MOTHER MARYAM
Relate (O Muhammad) in the Book (the story of) Maryam, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern place.
She (Maryam) placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We (Allaah) sent to her Our angel (Jibreel), and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
She (Maryam) said: "I seek refuge from thee with (Allaah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allaah."
He (Angel) said: "Nay, I am only a Messenger from thy Lord (Allaah), (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son."
She (Maryam) said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
He (Angel) said: "So (it will be): thy Lord (Allaah) saith, 'That is easy for Me: and We (Allaah - wish) to make of him a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': it is a matter (so) decreed."
So she (Maryam) conceived of him (Eessa son of Maryam), and she retired with him to a remote place.
And the pains of childbirth drove her (Maryam) to the trunk of a palm tree: she cried (in her anguish) "Ah! Would that I had died before this! Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"
But (a voice) cried to her from beneath her: "Grieve not! For thy Lord (Allaah) hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
"And shake towards thyself (O Maryam) the trunk of the palm-tree; it will let fall fresh, ripe dates upon thee.
"So eat and drink and cool (O Maryam thine) eye. And if thou dost see any person, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allaah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human being'"
(Then) She (Maryam) brought him (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Maryam! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
"O sister of Haroon! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
AL-MASSEEHU EESSA IBNU MARYAM
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(Then) She (Maryam) brought him (the baby) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Maryam! Truly an amazing thing has you brought!
O sister of Haroon! Your father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!
But she (Maryam) pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?
He (Eessa ibnu Maryam) said: "I am indeed a worshiper of Allaah: He has given me revelation and made me a prophet;
And He (Allaah) hath made me blessed wheresoever I am, and has enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live:
(Allaah) has made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!
That is Eessa ibnu Maryam: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
The person who died on the cross was Judas
Jesus is nobody but Judas
Allaah cursed the Jews for their breaking the covenant, their disbelief in the signs of Allaah, and their killing of prophets of Allaah without right.
In Luke 22:48. Judas is seen betraying the Son of Man with a kiss.
It is at this (kiss) moment that Allaah cast the resemblance of Al-Masseehu Eessa ibnu Maryam on Judas. Now Judas is taken to be crucified, mistaken for the real man.
In Luke 22:67. Judas was asked: Art thou the Christ? tell us! And he said unto them, If I tell you (i.e. that I am Judas, not Jesus), you will not believe.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? I.e.: My God, my God, why did you leave me? (Matthew 46:27). The one who shouted was Judas hanging on the cross. Judas was calling his Lord "Jehovah". It is not reasonable that the one shouting is the Lord Jesus. And in the Quraan, Al-Masseehu Eessa Ibnu Maryam, was not crucified, but Allaah raised him up to him, so he is not the one who shouted. Eessa has no objection against Allaah, of whom he always said, "My Lord and your Lord" is Allaah.
Allaah raised Al-Masseeha Eessa Ibna Maryam to Himself. Soon Eessa will descend by the white minaret in east Damascus, wearing two lightly saffron-dyed garments, and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels.
As Judas was missing in the aftermath of crucifixion, the Jews realized that Judas was the one who died on the cross. The Jews retrieved the body of the crucified Jew (Judas) to hide their failure in their plotting and enmity towards Allaah. Judas was found hanging on a tree 4 days after Crucifixion.
Now the question is: If you were witness at the kiss scene, and you got to know that Judas was kissing Prophet Eessa by way of betraying him, would you not want to see the traitor being crucified for his crime rather than the blessed person? Allaah’s justice ensured that punishment should be inflicted on the criminal to the best interest of the victim. Judas, who betrayed Prophet Eessa was punished, while Prophet Eessa was saved by the will of Allaah against the hatred of the Jews who conspired against him.
Here
is the relevant excerpt (translated from Chapter 217 of the Gospel of
Barnabas):
"God acted wonderfully, so that Judas was so
changed in speech and in face to be like Jesus that we believed him
to be Jesus. Whereupon he was taken and crucified."
And a
bit later in the same chapter:
"And Judas did nothing but
cry out: 'God, why have you forsaken me, seeing that I am
innocent?'"
This account aligns with certain Islamic views
that Jesus (ʿEesa ibn Maryam) was not crucified, but rather, someone
else was made to appear like him — a belief rooted in Surah
An-Nisaa’ (4:157) of the Quraan.
MOTHER MARYAM
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Relate (O Muhammad) in the Book (the story of) Maryam, when she withdrew from her family to an eastern place.
She (Maryam) placed a screen (to screen herself) from them; then We (Allaah) sent to her Our angel (Jibreel), and he appeared before her as a man in all respects.
She (Maryam) said: "I seek refuge from thee with (Allaah) Most Gracious: (come not near) if thou dost fear Allaah."
He (Angel) said: "Nay, I am only a Messenger from thy Lord (Allaah), (to announce) to thee the gift of a holy son."
She (Maryam) said: "How shall I have a son, seeing that no man has touched me, and I am not unchaste?"
He (Angel) said: "So (it will be): thy Lord (Allaah) saith, 'That is easy for Me: and We (Allaah - wish) to make of him a Sign unto men and a Mercy from Us': it is a matter (so) decreed."
So she (Maryam) conceived of him (Eessa son of Maryam), and she retired with him to a remote place.
And the pains of childbirth drove her (Maryam) to the trunk of a palm tree: she cried (in her anguish) "Ah! Would that I had died before this! Would that I had been a thing forgotten and out of sight!"
But (a voice) cried to her from beneath her: "Grieve not! For thy Lord (Allaah) hath provided a rivulet beneath thee;
"And shake towards thyself (O Maryam) the trunk of the palm-tree; it will let fall fresh, ripe dates upon thee.
"So eat and drink and cool (O Maryam thine) eye. And if thou dost see any person, say, 'I have vowed a fast to (Allaah) Most Gracious, and this day will I enter into no talk with any human being'"
(Then) She (Maryam) brought him (babe) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Maryam! Truly an amazing thing hast thou brought!
"O sister of Haroon! Thy father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!"
AL-MASSEEHU EESSA IBNU MARYAM
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(Then) She (Maryam) brought him (the baby) to her people, carrying him (in her arms). They said: "O Maryam! Truly an amazing thing has you brought!
O sister of Haroon! Your father was not a man of evil, nor thy mother a woman unchaste!
But she (Maryam) pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?
He (Eessa ibnu Maryam) said: "I am indeed a worshiper of Allaah: He has given me revelation and made me a prophet;
And He (Allaah) hath made me blessed wheresoever I am, and has enjoined on me Prayer and Charity as long as I live:
(Allaah) has made me kind to my mother, and not overbearing or miserable;
So Peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)!
That is Eessa ibnu Maryam: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
The person who died on the cross was Judas
Jesus is nobody but Judas
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Allaah cursed the Jews for their breaking the covenant, their disbelief in the signs of Allaah, and their killing of prophets of Allaah without right.
In Luke 22:48. Judas is seen betraying the Son of Man with a kiss.
It is at this (kiss) moment that Allaah cast the resemblance of Al-Masseehu Eessa ibnu Maryam on Judas. Now Judas is taken to be crucified, mistaken for the real man.
In Luke 22:67. Judas was asked: Art thou the Christ? tell us! And he said unto them, If I tell you (i.e. that I am Judas, not Jesus), you will not believe.
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? I.e.: My God, my God, why did you leave me? (Matthew 46:27). The one who shouted was Judas hanging on the cross. Judas was calling his Lord "Jehovah". It is not reasonable that the one shouting is the Lord Jesus. And in the Quraan, Al-Masseehu Eessa Ibnu Maryam, was not crucified, but Allaah raised him up to him, so he is not the one who shouted. Eessa has no objection against Allaah, of whom he always said, "My Lord and your Lord" is Allaah.
Allaah raised Al-Masseeha Eessa Ibna Maryam to Himself. Soon Eessa will descend by the white minaret in east Damascus, wearing two lightly saffron-dyed garments, and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels.
As Judas was missing in the aftermath of crucifixion, the Jews realized that Judas was the one who died on the cross. The Jews retrieved the body of the crucified Jew (Judas) to hide their failure in their plotting and enmity towards Allaah. Judas was found hanging on a tree 4 days after Crucifixion.
Now the question is: If you were witness at the kiss scene, and you got to know that Judas was kissing Prophet Eessa by way of betraying him, would you not want to see the traitor being crucified for his crime rather than the blessed person? Allaah’s justice ensured that punishment should be inflicted on the criminal to the best interest of the victim. Judas, who betrayed Prophet Eessa was punished, while Prophet Eessa was saved by the will of Allaah against the hatred of the Jews who conspired against him.