This book brings to light the difficulties of uniting the Jesus in Al-quran with the biblical Jesus. It investigates questions such as the following: Was Jesus raised to Allah?
Baby Jesus speaking of his birth, his death and his resurrectionSura 19 (31) Whereupon the child said, Verily I am the servant of God; he hath given me the book of the gospel, and hath appointed me a prophet. (32) And he hath made me blessed, wheresoever I shall be; and hath commanded me to observe prayer, and to give alms, so long as I shall live; (33) and he hath made me dutiful towards my mother, and hath not made me proud or unhappy. (34) And peace be on me the day whereon I was born, and the day whereon I shall die, and the day whereon I shall be raised to life. (35) This was Jesus, the son of Mary; the Word of truth, concerning whom they doubt.
The contradiction to S19(31)-(35) follows:Sura 4 (156) and have said, Verily we have slain Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of God; yet they slew him not, neither crucified him, but he was represented by one in his likeness; and verily they who disagreed concerning him were in a doubt as to this matter, and had no sure knowledge thereof, but followed only an uncertain opinion. They did not really kill him; (157) but God took him up unto himself: and God is mighty and wise.
Observation:The contradiction is not of a simple matter as of a detail in a ritual, but of the main objective of the Messiah. Does God make errors? Or blind editors? Is the title "Allah" interchangeable with redactors? The islamic Allah has a dilemma with a paradox.
The islamic scholars' explanation is the following verse:(158) And there shall not be one of those who have received the scriptures who shall not believe in him before his death; and on the day of resurrection he shall be a witness against them., which is interpreted to mean that Jesus will come back, and at this second time, he will die in a proper manner. Right
Further to the matter, the Quran contradicts S4(158) by the following verse: Sura 3 (54) When God said, O Jesus, verily I will cause thee to die, and I will take thee up unto me, and I will deliver thee from the unbelievers; and I will place those who follow thee above the unbelievers, until the day of resurrection: then unto me shall ye return, and I will judge between you of that concerning which ye disagree.
Jesus dies before being taken up by Allah. Apparently the redacted corrective measures have not been successful. Other questions such as "Who is Jesus in Al-Quran? Why is Jesus necessary in the Quran?" is also investigated. Where does the quranic Jesus come from?
The biblical Jesus is presented from the inspired scriptures. And questions relative to eternal life are answered. Why is it essential that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God? What do Muslims lose in denying that Jesus is the begotten Son of God?
Why is it essential that Jesus died on the cross? Why is His death denied by Al-Quran
Why is it essential that Jesus was resurrected from the dead?
This book also brings to light the very late finalising of Al-Quran. In other words, the Quran was developed over several centuries