46 Jesus, Prophet ofIslam
And then Jesus commanded us to calI his faithful disci
ples that they might see him. Then did James and John
calI together the seven disciples with Nicodemus and
Joseph, and many others of the seventy-two, and they
ate with Jesus.
The third day Jesus said: 'Go to the Mount of Olives
with my mother, for there will 1 ascend unto heaven,
and you will see who shall bear me up.'
50 there went all, saving twenty-five of the seventy
two disciples, who for fear had fled to Damascus. And
as they all stood in prayer, at mid-day came Jesus with
a great multitude of angels who were praising God: and
the splendour of his face made them sore afraid, and
they feUwith their faces to the ground. But Jesus lifted
them up, comforting them, and saying: 'Be not afraid, 1
am your master.'
And he reproved many who believed him to have
died and risen again, saying: 'Do you then hold me and
God for liars? For God has granted to me to live almost
unto the end of the world, even as 1said unto you. Verily
1 say unto you, 1 died not, but Judas the traitor, Beware,
for Satan will make every effort to deceive you, but you
be my witnesses in all Israel, and throughout the world,
of all things that you have heard and seen.'
And having thus spoken, he prayed God for the sal
vation of thefaithful, and the conversion of sinners.And,
his prayer ended, he embraced his mother, saying: 'Peace
be unto you, my mother, rest you in God Who created
you and me.' And having thus spoken, he turned to his
disciples, saying: 'May God's grace and mercy be with
you.'
Then before their eyes the four angels carried himup
into heaven.After Jesus had departed, the disciples scattered through
the different parts of Israel and of the world, and the
truth, hated of Satan, was persecuted, as it always is, by
falsehood. For certain eviI men, pretending to be disci
ples, preached that Jesus died and rose not again, Oth
ers preached that he really died, but rose again. Others
preached, and yet preach, that Jesus is the Son of God,http://www.islamicbulletin.com