Jesus, Prophet of Islam - The Islamic Bulletin

Jesus in Qur'an 299

God also refers to the fact that Jesus was neither killed nor cruci­
fied in the following passage from Surat an-Nisa, in which He de­
scribes the consequences of the actions of those from among the
Tribe of Israel who disbelieved and broke their covenant with Cod:

And because of their breaking their covenant, and their

rejecting the signs of God, and their killing the Proph­

ets without any justification, and their saying, 'Our

hearts are covered over,'-indeed God hasset a seal on

them because of their disbelief 50 that they will not be­

lieve except for a few -and because of their disbelief

and their spreading a great slander against Mary, and

their saying, 'Surely we killed the Messiah, Jesus son of

Mary', a Messenger of Cod -and they did not kill him

and they did not crucify him, but it appeared so to them.

And surely those who disagree about it are certainly in

doubt about it; they have no knowledge about it but

only fol1ow speculation. And they did not kill him for

certain, but God took him up to Himself. And God was

ever Mighty, Wise. And there is not one of thePeopleof

the Book but will certainly believe in him before his

death, and on the Day of Standing he will be a witness

against them -and because of the wrong doing ofthe

[ews, Weforbadethemthe good thingswhichwere per­

mitted for them (before), and because of their turning

away from the way of God so much, and their taking

usury - and they were indeed forbidden it -and their

devouring people's wealththroughdeception, Wehave

prepared a painful punishment for those of them who

disbelieve. But those of them who are firm in knowl­

edge, and the believers, believe in what has been re­

vealed to you (Muhammad), and in what has been re­

vealed before you - and those who establish the prayer,

and those who pay the zakat, and those who believe in

God and the Last Day - to these we shall give a great

reward. (Qur'an4: 155-162).

The Qur'an makes it clear that the last Messenger to be sent by

God, not only to the Tribe of Israel, but to allmankind, and to the

jinn, was the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant