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they sent a person inside his room to slay him. But that person
did not find him out. Allah saved him by His infinite power and
took him up to the heaven alive.
At that very moment, the appearance of that person turned with
the image of Hazrat Isa (As) by Allah's command. Failing in his
attempt to murder when he came out of the room, his
companions (the Jews) took him to be Hazrat Isa (As) himself
and killed him by crucifixion.
Allah has narrated the story in the Quran in the following
words:
Meaning : They did not slay him, nor did they crucify him,
rather they fell in an illusion. Those who differed about him,
surely they were in doubt. They have no knowledge at all about
him, except persuiting a conjecture. And it is definite that they
could not kill him, Rather Allah uplifted him towards His own
self (Surah an-Nisa-157-158).
He would come again on earth before the day of doom in the
last stage of the world. This time he would stay on earth for
forty years. He would kill Dajjal, who falsely claimed to be
Allah. He would establish Allah's rule of justice, and peace on
earth. This time Isa (A) would preach as a follower of Hazrat
Muhammad (Sm). After that, he will meet a natural death. His
body would be buried beside the grave of the Prophet