One summer time, I used to be within the UK with my Saudi buddy Faisal. It was a pleasant heat day, and we handed by a phenomenal church in Birmingham.
On the entrance of the church, Faisal seen the tall crucifix about 5 metres excessive.
On it lay the determine of a person with open arms, his head hanging low, a crown of thorns on his bleeding head, a big gash in his abdomen, and nailed to the cross by his fingers and ft.
Written by Mohammed Francis
Fairly shocked, Faisal requested me, ‘Who’s that man, and are you aware why is he nailed to a cross?’
Respectfully, I instructed him Christians say it’s the determine of Jesus Christ or the one which Muslims name Prophet Jesus (AS).
I defined that Christians additionally declare that Jesus (AS) is the son of God and that the Romans had crucified him to loss of life.
I additionally instructed him the biblical story of how Jesus (AS) mystically rose to heaven after his crucifixion and three days later returned to earth in a brand new human kind.
Muslims Reject The View Of The Crucifixion of Jesus (AS)
Faisal then requested, ‘Is that true? Did the Romans kill Prophet Jesus (AS) in such a approach?’
I replied, ‘No, they didn’t.’
As Muslims, we don’t consider Prophet Jesus (AS) was crucified or died in such a approach.
The Quran categorically states Jesus (AS) was not crucified (An Nisa 4:157), and Muslims assume it isn’t logically attainable.
Then Faisal thought for some time and mirrored. ‘If he had been the son of God, wouldn’t Jesus (AS) have had distinctive powers and tried to have stopped himself from being tortured and crucified?‘
I defined to Faisal that in keeping with the Christians, Jesus needed to expertise torture and crucifixion earlier than he died.
He requested why.
I instructed Faisal that Christians say God wished his son Jesus (AS) to undergo torture and to have a sacrificial loss of life to atone for or make up for the sins of all of the individuals on the planet who lived and died.
Christians consider that God forgives all their sins by way of the crucifixion and that they enter paradise by way of Jesus, the son of God.
The Christian View Of The Crucifixion
Faisal summarised the Christian viewpoint within the following approach.
‘So, in keeping with Christianity, God allowed the Romans to kill and crucify his earthly son, Jesus (AS), and tackle upon himself (Jesus) all of the sins of all of the individuals on the planet in order that God (his father) would forgive the individuals and permit them a spot in heaven after loss of life.’
The Christian View of The Crucifixion Of Jesus (AS) Is Illogical
Faisal then went on to elucidate the absurdity of this viewpoint.
First, a human can’t be a god. People are born, reside and die. Solely the true God is eternal. So, although Jesus (AS) had been a novel historic character, he logically couldn’t been a god.
Second, no father would ever allow his son to be tortured and to die by crucifixion, least of all of the one true God.
Third, an all-merciful God might simply present his mercy to all human beings for his or her sins while not having a sacrificial middleman.
Who Really Obtained Crucified?
I ended by explaining that Muslims consider the individual crucified was not Jesus (AS) however the man who had betrayed him to the Romans.
Allah (SWT) miraculously induced this man to look within the likeness of Jesus (AS), and it was this man who the Romans had mistakenly crucified to loss of life.
Ultimately, Allah (SWT) is aware of greatest.
