Second Coming Of Jesus
Thanks Umer for your reply. Do you mind giving me explanation of 43:61 in English please.
To understand what this verse is referring to, we need to take a step back and look at the historical context and the circumstances under which Jesus (sws) was given prophethood. Since we know from both Quran & Bible History that Bani-Israel were chosen to perform the duty of “Shadah” (i.e. completion of proof) on other nations, the responsibility which was later on shifted onto Bani-Ismail. To build a nation worthy of that job, they were put through an evolutionary building process which culminated at Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). This was the time when they were given formal command to take up the responsibility and start performing their obligation of establishing “Shadah” on other nations. That was the time for all the law to be laid down formally, which did happen in Torah. After that, Bani-Israel did not experience any discontinuity of Prophets within them, there were Prophets one after another within them to guide them and to establish “Shadah” on Bani-Israel; with Bani-Israel in return establishing “Shadah” on the rest of the nations. Now Bani-Israel, who were not standing in darkness, in fact they had a long held tradition of continuous prophethood among them and God’s book right by their side. Even then, they committed transgressions and betrayed the oath that they gave to God. Under such circumstances, their last prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) came among them to remind them of their Oath and their duty and He was given extraordinary miracles for completion of proof on Bani-Israel. They already had the book with them, they did not need another book, in fact they needed someone to remind them of the rationale behind that book which was mainly the law. Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) came to remind them of “haqeeqat-e-Imaan” / rationale behind that law which was long forgotten by them. But Alas! They tried to kill the very person who came to save them. So the decision was made, Prophet Jesus raised above, and eternal punishment imposed on Bani-Israel. This verse has summarized this whole history in a few words. In words of Ghamidi sb., “This verse is referring to those extraordinary miracles of Jesus (sws) including birth without a father, ability to turn dead people alive (with ALLAH’s will) and ability to blow on scluptures of birds and they turned alive. He is the one from whom completion of proof (ittmam-e-hujjat) was established on Bani-Israel and eternal punishment imposed on them till the day of judgement. This is the basis why Quran has symbolized Jesus (sws) with the day of judgement.” May ALLAH help us both in our search for the truth. (In case of any ambiguity, please do not hesitate to write me back. )
Thanks Umer. Do you mind explaining 4:159 ( And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he will be against them a witness.) in context to second coming of Jesus please.