section 6
promise of rescue to jesus
the christians were invited to the spiritual contest
55. "(remember) when allah said: ` o' jesus! i will take you and raise you
up to myself and purify you of those who disbelieve and
place those who follow you above
those who disbelieve until the day of judgement
then, unto me shall be your return and i shall judge between you
as to that therein you used to differ!"
commentary:
this holy verse is again the continuation of the explanatory verses
concerning the life of jesus (a.s.) basing on sura nisa, no. 4, verse
157, it is popularly assumed amongst the islamic commentators that
jesus (a.s.) was never killed but allah (s.w.t.) took him to heaven. the
verse under discussion is something referring to the same meaning. it
says:
" (remember) when allah said: 'o' jesus! i will take you and raise
you up to myself ..."
and, then it adds:
"... and purify you of those who disbelieve..."
the purpose of this purification is saving him from the grips of
disbelieving filthy people; or saving him from unjust accusations and
dastardly plots that ended in the victory of his religion.
then, it continues saying:
"... and place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the day
of judgement. ..."
this verse is one of the miraculous predictive verses of the qur'an
which speaks of the hidden news when it says that the followers of jesus
(a.s.) will be always above the jews who were opponent to jesus then
it adds:
"...then, unto me shall be your return and i shall judge between you as to
that therein you used to differ."
that is, what was said about those victories are related to this
world, while the final court and the ultimate judgement over the deeds
of people is something that will happen in hereafter.
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