Recitation No. 488-C

اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
My Dear Quran Lovers,
 We have seen an account of the crucifixion of "Jesus" given by Wahab bin Munabbah, an Israelite who embraced Islam when the Prophet s.a.w. migrated to Medina. Some others said that the Jews had confined Prophet Jesus a.s. in a house and put a guard to it, and God changed that guard's face into that of Jesus's. Then he was caught, killed and crucified by the Jews, while at that same time Prophet Jesus a.s. was being raised to the Heavens. There are many accounts told about Prophet Jesus's last days on earth. One of them is, as narrated by Ibnu Hatim from Ibnu 'Abbas r.a. who said, "When Allah wanted to raise Jesus a.s. (peace be upon him) to the Heaven, he a.s. went out and met his a.s. Twelve Apostles. He a.s. came out from a spring at that house and his a.s. hair was dripping with water. He a.s. said, "Any one of you who want to be (with) the same look alike me and take my place to be killed, and will be with me /my equal in my ranking / status?" A man who was the youngest of the Apostles stood up, but Jesus a.s. said, "Sit!". Jesus a.s. repeated the question again. The same young man stood up and Jesus a.s. said, "Sit!". Then after the third time that young man stood up, Jesus a.s. said, "You are that person.". Thence, the young man's look was turned to the look of Jesus a.s. while Jesus a.s. was, first put to sleep until, one day in the future, will be descended back to the Earth with his a.s. water dripping hair) and then was raised by Allah from that house, throught its ventilator, to the Heaven. {He a.s. was placed in the Second Heaven together with Prophets Zakaria/Zacharias a.s. and Yahya/John the baptist a.s.}.  At which time, those Jews who were searching for Jesus a.s. came into the house, caught that young man with Jesus's a.s. look, then they killed and crucified him. Thus, there were a portion of them turned away / disbelieved in Jesus a.s., Twelve times, after believing in him a.s. They broke up into Three groups. One group said that he, Jesus a.s. was God was with them according to his wish, and then, at that time, gone back to the Heavens. This group is known as Yaa-qubiyah/Jacobite or Jacobin. Another group believed that he, Jesus a.s. was/is son of God was with them according to his wish, and was raised by God back to Him. This group is known as the Nas-thuriyyah/Christian. And the other group believed that Jesus a.s. was/is the servant of God and is His/God's Messenger (Prophet cum Messenger) was with them in accordance to Allah's Wish and Will, then Allah raised him a.s. up back to Him s.w.t. This group is the Muslimin. {Yours truly feel that this group may also be called the "Nashoro/Nazarene"}. (to be continued).
 Till we meet again in the next session, Insya Allah. See You all Quran Lovers later.
 Wassalamu alaikum w. w.
 Abdul Hamid Mohd Yusof Ali.