THE ASCENSION OF PROPHET ^ISA When Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was 33 years old, the blasphemers among the offspring of Israel plotted to kill him, but Allah saved him from their harm. Ibn Abi Hatim and an-Nasaiyy narrated from the route of lbn ^Abbas that he said: Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was in session with twelve of his elite companions in a house. He told them that some of them would blaspheme in the future. Then he asked them, ‘’Who among you would volunteer to be made to look like me, be killed in my place, and be my companion in Paradise. The youngest among them stood up and said, ‘’I. Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ told him to sit, then repeated his same question. Again, the same young man said, ‘’I. Again, Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ told him to sit, then asked the same question. After the same young man volunteered for the third time, Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ told him . Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was raised to the sky from an opening in the ceiling of the house. When the Jews came after Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ , they saw that young man, whom Allah made to look similars to ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ . They took him, thinking he was Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ and crucified him It should be noted here there are two widespread false stories about this matter. In one, it is claimed that one of ^Isas students was paid a great sum of money to lead those Jews to ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ . However Allah made this student look like ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ , so they thought he was ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ and they crucified him. In another, it is said that the person killed in place of ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was the leader of the Jews. Both of these stories are false. After Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was raised to the heaven, his nation lived following his guidance, teaching, and methodology for two hundred (200) years. However, the nation of Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ did not remain steadfast to Islam. Many people who claimed to follow the rules of ^Isa perverted those rules and changed the statements of the Injil. Three hundred (300) years after Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ was raised to the sky, those who were following the ones who had perverted the teachings of Prophet ^Isa ﻋﻠﻴﻪﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ became very numerous, and those who were truly following the Religion of Islam were few and weak. After some five hundred (500) years, none of the believing Muslims of ^Isas nation were left. When Prophet Muhammad began receiving Revelation, he was the only Muslim living among people on Earth, worshipping solely Allah.
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