Quoted from the "ISLAM REVEALED"

JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ISLAM

JESUS ASCENDED AND WILL RETURN

 Surat al-Imran (The Family of ’Imran) 3, verse 55 says,

There are many interpretations of this significant verse.  Al Fakhri al Razi said, "The meaning of ‘I am gathering thee’ is that Allah was specifically exalting him to a place of honor.  Furthermore,"  Razi declares:  I believe, however, that this Quranic reference is borrowed from the words of Jesus quoted in John 20:17, ". . . I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."
 I suppose one of the most famous verses in all the Quran, as far as Christians are concerned, is from Surat Maryam (Mary) 19:33-34:  Almost all Muslim scholars declare that Jesus will come again and defeat the anti-Christ, then die and be raised up.  Whatever the interpretation is, one must still understand from this passage that Jesus Christ is coming again.
 A similar statement is found in Surat Zukhruf (Ornaments of God) 43:61; "And lo! verily there is knowledge of the Hour. . . ."  Jesus himself enunciated this truth when he declared in John 5:25, "Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice on the Son of God; and those who hear will live."
 Every scholar of the Quran perceives that "the Hour" is a reference to the hour of judgment.  Jesus is also recognized as the one who knows "the Hour," and therefore will be present at the final judgment.  In other words, He will be coming again.
 In Mishkat Al Masabih, several authorities are quoted as saying that Muhammad announced that there will be ten signs before the "last hour."  Interestingly enough, Muhammad announced that the coming of the Anti-christ, "Dajjal, is one, and the return of Jesus the Christ is another.
 Jesus (‘Isa) is mentioned ninety-seven times in ninety-three verses of the Quran.  He is called the Spirit of God seven different times.
 Christ Jesus, according to Islam, is one of the six prophets with special titles, listed chronologically below:
 Adam, the Chosen of God
 Noah, the Preacher for God
 Abraham, the Friend of God
 Moses, the Speaker with God
 Jesus, the Word of God
 Muhammad, the Apostle of God.

 It is obvious from the above references that Jesus Christ emerges from the Quranic passages, as well as the Hadith’s pages, as a very formidable, fascinating, and divine figure indeed.  In fact, the Quranic description of Jesus of Nazareth stands second only to the Bible.
 The major problem in Muhammad’s misunderstanding of the full truth of who Jesus is could be related to the fact that Muhammad’s information came neither from true Christian believers, nor the New Testament Gospels.  Rather, it was acquired from Jewish fables as well as from local heretical Christian sects.  Still, one is profoundly amazed at how close a figure the Quran presents of the true Christ of the Gospels, our Savior and Lord.  He is absolutely more than a prophet!



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