Jesus went on his mission until vice knew that its throne was threatening to fall. So the forces of
evil accused him of magic, infringement of the Mosaic Law, allegiance with the devil; and when
they saw that the poor people followed him, they began to scheme against him.
The Sanhedrin, the highest judicial and ecclesiastical council of the Jews, began to meet to plot
against Jesus. The plan took a new turn.
When the Jews failed to stop Jesus’ s call, they decided to kill him.
The chief priests held secret meetings to agree on the best way of getting rid of Jesus.
While they were in such a meeting, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, Judas Iscariot, went to
them and asked:
“What will you give me if I deliver him to you?”
Judas bargained with them until they agreed to give him thirty pieces of silver known as shekels. The plot was laid for the capture and murder of Jesus.
It was said that the high priest of the Jews tore his garment at the meeting, claiming that Jesus had
denied Judaism. The tearing of clothes at that time was a sign of disgust.
The Torture of Jesus
The priests had no authority to pass the death sentence at that time, so they convinced the Roman
governor that Jesus was plotting against the security of the Roman Empire and urged him to take
immediate action against him. The governor ordered the Jesus be arrested.
According to the Book of Matthew, Jesus was arrested and the council of the high priests passed
the death sentence upon him.
Then, they began insulting him, spitting on his face and kicking him.
It was the Roman custom for the condemned to be flogged before they were executed. So Pilate,
the Roman governor, ordered that Jesus be flogged.
The Mosaic Law stipulates forty lashes, but the Roman had no limit, and they were brutal lashes. After that, Jesus was handed to the soldiers for crucifixion.
They took off his clothes, and kept them. They put a crown of thorns on his head to mock him. According to custom he carried his cross on his back to increase his suffering.
Jesus’s Crucifixion – Bible Version
Finally, they reached a place called Golgotha, meaning the Place of Skulls, outside the walls of
Jerusalem.
Instead of giving him a cup of wine diluted with scent to help lessen the pain on the cross, the soldiers gave Jesus a cup of vinegar diluted with gall. Then they crucified him and, as a further mockery, two thieves with him. So it is written in the Bible.
Jesus’s Crucifixion – Quranic
But the faith of Islam came with views quite different from that of the extend gospels with regards
to both the end of Jesus and his nature.
The Glorious Qur’an affirms that Allah the Exalted did not permit the people of Israel to kill Jesus
or crucify him. What happened was that Allah saved him from his enemies and raised him to
heaven. They never killed Jesus, they killed someone else.
Allah the Almighty declared:
” And because of their saying (in boast), “We killed Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger
of Allah,” but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of Jesus was put over
another man (and they killed that man) and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They
have no certain knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not
(Jesus, son of Mary): But Allah raised him (Jesus) up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and
he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever All Powerful, All Wise.
And there is none of the people of the Scripture (Jews & Christians), but must believe in him
(Jesus, son of Mary, as only a Messenger of Allah, and a human being0, before his (Jesus or a
Jew’s or a Christian’s ) death (at the time of the appearance of the angel of death). And on the
Day of Resurrection, he (Jesus) will be a witness against them. ( Ch 4:157-159 Quran)
Almighty Allah also revealed:
“And remember when Allah said: “O Jesus! I will take you and raise you to Myself and clear you
(of the forged statement that Jesus is Allah’s son) of those who disbelieve, and I will make those
who follow you (Monotheists, who worship none but Allah ) superior to those who disbelieve (in
the Oneness of Allah, or disbelieve in some of His Messengers, e.g. Muhammad, Jesus, Moses,
etc., or in His Holy Books, e.g. the Torah, the Gospel, the Qur’an) till the Day of Resurrection.
Then you will return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to
dispute.” (Ch 3:55 Quran).
Refutation of the Christians Claim
Allah Disclaims Begetting Anyone – Surah 19, Almighty Allah refuted the claims of the Jews and
the Christians in many verses of the Glorious Qur’an.
“The Most Beneficent (Allah) has begotten a son (or offspring or children) (as the
Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say that He has begotten a son (Christ),
and the pagan Arabs say that he has begotten daughters (angels, etc.)).”
Indeed you have brought forth (said) a terrible evil thing. Whereby the heavens are almost torn,
and the earth is split asunder, and the mountains fall in ruins, that they ascribe a son (or
offspring or children) to the Most Beneficent (Allah).
But it is not suitable for (the Majesty of ) the Most Beneficent (Allah) that He should beget a son
(or offspring or children). There is non in the heavens and the earth but comes unto the Most
Beneficent (Allah) as a slave. Verily, He knows each one of them, and has counted them a full
counting. And everyone of them will come to Him alone on the Day of Resurrection (without any
helper, or protector or defender). (Ch 19:88-95 Quran)
Allah the Exalted also declared:
“Yet, they join the jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created them (the
jinns), and they attribute falsely without knowledge sons and daughters to Him. Be He Glorified!
And Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him. He is the Originator of the heavens and the
earth. How can He have children when He has no wife? He created all things and He is the
All-Knower of everything.
Such is Allah, your Lord! La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), the
Creator of all things. So worship Him (Alone), and He is the Wakil (Trustee, Disposer of affairs,
Guardian etc.) over all tings.
No vision can grasp Him, but His Grasp is over all vision. He is the Most Subtle and Courteous,
Well-Acquainted with all things. (Ch 6:100-103 Quran)
Almighty Allah commanded:
“O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Do not exceed the limits in you religion, nor
say of Allah aught but the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, was (no more than ) a
Messenger of Allah and His Word, (“Be” – and he was) which He bestowed on Mary and a spirit
(Ruh) created by Him; so believe in Allah and His Messengers. Say not: “Three (trinity)!”
Cease! (It is ) better for you. For Allah is the only One Ilah (God), Glory be to Him (Far Exalted
is He) above having a son. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.
And Allah is All Sufficient as a Disposer of affairs.
The Messiah will never be proud to reject to be a slave to Allah, nor the angels who are near (to
Allah). And whosoever rejects His worship and is proud, then He will gather them all together
unto Himself. So, as for those who believed (in the Oneness of Allah – Islamic Monotheism) and
did deeds of righteousness, He will give their (due) rewards, and more out of His Bounty. But as
for those who refuse His worship and were proud, He will punish them with a painful torment.
And they will not find for themselves besides Allah any protector or helper. (Ch 4:171-173
Quran)
Allah Disclaims Ezra as a Son
Almighty Allah also declared:
And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say: Messiah is the son of Allah.
That is a saying from their mouths. They imitate the saying of the disbelievers of old. Allah’s
Curse be on them, how they are deluded away from the truth!
They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah, (by
obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires
without being ordered by Allah) and (they also took as their lord) Messiah, son of Mary , while
they (Jews and Christians) were commanded (in the Torah and the Gospel) to worship none but
One Ilah (God- Allah) La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Praise
and glory be to Him, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him). (Ch
9:30-32 Quran)
Allah Disclaims Begetting Anyone
Allah the Almighty also revealed:
“Now ask them (O Muhammad): “Are there (only) daughters for your Lord and sons for them?”
Or did We create the angels females while they were witnesses?
Verily, it is of their falsehood that they (Quraish pagans) say: “Allah has begotten off-spring or
children (angels are the daughters of Allah)” And, verily, they are liars!
Has He (then) chosen daughters rather than sons? What is the matter with you? How do you
decide? Will you not then remember? Or is there for you a plain authority? Then bring your
Book if you are truthful!
And they have invented a kinship between Him and the jinns, but the jinn know well that they
have indeed to appear (before Him) (i.e. they will be brought for accounts).
Glorified be Allah! (He is free) from what they attribute unto Him! Except the slaves of Allah,
whom He chooses (for His Mercy i.e. true believers of Islamic Monotheism who do not attribute
false things unto Allah). (Ch 37:149-160 Quran)
And Almighty Allah declared:
“Surely, in disbelief are they who say that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary. Say (O
Muhammad): “Who then has the least power against Allah, if He were destroy the Messiah, son
of Mary, his mother, and all those who are on the earth together?” And to Allah belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them. He creates what He wills.
And Allah is Able to do all things.
And (both) the Jews and Christians say; “We are the children of Allah and His loved ones.” Say:
“Why then does He punish you for your sins?” Nay, you are but human beings, of those He has
created, He forgive whom He wills and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the
dominion of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and to Him is the return of
all.
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Now has come to you Our Messenger
(Muhammad) making (things) clear unto you, after a break in (the series of ) Messengers, lest
you say: “there came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner.” But now has come unto
you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And Allah is Able to do all things. (Ch 5:17-19
Quran)
Allah the Exalted warned: Surely they have disbelieved who say:”Allah is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary.”But the Messiah (Jesus) said: “O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord and
your Lord.” Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship with Allah, then Allah has forbidden
Paradise for him, and the Fire will be his abode. And for the Zalimun (polytheists, and
wrong-doers) there are no helpers.
Surely, disbelievers are those who said: “Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity).” But there is
no Ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah (God- Allah). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall the disbelievers among them.
Will they not repent to Allah and ask His Forgiveness? For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger; many were the Messengers
that passed away before him. His mother (Mary) was a Siddiqah (she believed in the Words of
Allah, and His Books. They both used to eat food, as any other human being, while Allah does
not eat). Look how We made the Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
clear to them, yet look how they are deluded away from the truth. (Ch 5:72-75 Quran)
And Almighty Allah ordered:
And say:
“All the praises and thanks be to Allah, Who has not begotten a son (nor an offspring), and Who
has no partner in His Dominion, nor He is low to have a Wali (helper, protector, or supporter).
And magnify Him with all the magnificence, (Allahu-Akbar, Allah is the Most Great).” (Ch
17:111 Quran)
The pagans once asked the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): “To whom is your Lord related, His
original ancestors and His various branches of descendants?” It is also reported that the Jews said:
“We worship Ezra, the Son of Allah,” and the Christians said: “Jesus is the Son of Allah,” and the
Magians said: “We worship the sun and the moon,” an the Pagans said: “We worship idols.”
In response to all of them Allah revealed some of His attributes: Unity, Uniqueness, and other
substantives:
Say: (O Muhammad): “He is Allah, the One. Allah As-Samad (The Self- Sufficient Master,
Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; and
there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.” (Ch 112:1-4 Quran)
for scientific miracles articles visitwww.sunofislam.com