newseed wrote:Does anyone care to comment?
In regards to Surah 3:144:
Pickthall
Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him. Will it be that, when he dieth or is slain, ye will turn back on your heels? He who turneth back on his heels doth no hurt to Allah, and Allah will reward the thankful.
Quoting a Muslim's response from a Islamic forum:
First
Death is divided in differnet levels
when u r sleep , u r half dead.
when u don't beath u r full dead
when u are not in the world after being in the world, then u r dead.
God said " Passed Away" , it is a typical English translation.
in arabek , Khalat men kableh al rusol.
Khalat in this phrase means that they were over, that they were finished, they took their period and ended.
about jesus, God said about Jesus" I am the one who made u dead and took u with me and i will send u back again to them".
dead here means that he is not anymore in the world , he is with God till he sends him back
So the two phrases surahs (3:144 & 4:157) don't contradict......
coz for us jesus is dead in other level than death we know by human. he is dead is he is not with us at he moment tell God send him back again.
(Note: italic mine)
I just don't know if I want to either laugh or cry.