The Rescending Of Jesus to Eart
İt’s mentioned that Jesus- Hz. İsa will turn back again ın the world before the End of the World. Will Jesus descend from the sky, or wıll hıs spırıt appear ınto any man ın the world?
According to the Holy Quran, Jesus/Isa is not alive. Allah has taken his soul.
The Glorified Allah commands:
“Allah commanded: O Isa, I am going to make you die-to terminate the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of those who disbelieve and make those who follow you above those who disbelieve till the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me shall be your return, so l will decide between you concerning that in which you differed.” (Al-i İmran, 3/55)
“İsa says: I did not say to them anything else, but only what You ordered to me with: That serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord- I said. I was a witness/inspector of them so long as I was among them. But when You wanted me to die, You were the watcher over them. You are the Witness and Watcher of all things.” (Maide, 5/117)
İn another verse Allah informes us how He rescued Jesus from Jewish’s hand, when they had decided to crucify him.
“ Because they said: Surely we have killed, Isa son of Mariam, the apostle of Allah… However they did not kill him nor did they crucify him. But it appeared to them like Isa (who they crucified). Surely those who differ therein are in indecision about it. They have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure. Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise. (Nisa, 4/157-158)
According to the meaning of this verse, the majority of İslam’s scholars maintain that Jesus has not died. They believe that Allah, with His power has taken him over the skies, up to Himself, so Allah will rescend Jesus again to the earth, before the Day of Resurrection. But, in the verses below, Allah informes us in a irrevocable mode that Jesus has died. Moreever, the expression: “… cause you to ascend unto Me…” passes in the verse after the expression “…. I am going to make you die…”
as it is clarified in this verse Allah caused Jesus’death, when the time appointed for him finished and ascended his soul to Himself.
There are some hadiths too, that inform us about the rescend of Jesus to this world. One of them reports thus:
“ İ swear over Allah, who holds my soul in His mighty hand, that Mariam’son, Jesus, will descend among you as a just judge, will break the cross, will kill the pig, will abolish the jizyah (tax collected from non-muslims), and will accept nothing else but İslam. The goods will be so abundant that nobody will turn his head. However, a single prostration will be more precious than the world and everything within it.” (Buhari, Enbiya, 50; Muslim, İman, 71; Tirmizi, Fiten, 54.)
The analysis of this hadith and others similar to this demonstrates that the context of these words is that Jesus and Mehdi will descend to earth and will save the Muslims from their crisis and difficulties. Moreever, in another hadith passes this expression: “The way the cup is filled with water, that way will the world fill with peace. There will, also, be the oneness of the religion and noone will adore someone else, but Allah.” (İbn Mace, Fiten, 33).
İn a more careful analysis, it will be noticed that none of Jesus’ actions after his believed rescend to eart, such as the killing of the pig, the breaking of the cross, the abolishment of Jizyah or the converting of everybody to İslam, are mentioned in the Quran. Furthermore, no prophet has been given the responsibility of converting people to İslam by force. Their responsibility is only with preaching.
The Glorified Allah commands:
“Nothing is on the Prophet, but to preach/deliver (the Message)” (Maide5/99)
“There is no compulsion in religion. The right way has become clearly distincted from error. Therefore, whoever disbelieves in the fierce and believes in Allah ,he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle. İt is impossible to be broken. Allah is Hearing, Knowing.” (Bakara 2/256)
A lot of İslamic scholars have cocidered sufficient the fact that these hadiths had been included in Kutub-i Sitte (The most famous six hadith books)The authority of the authors of these books (Buhari, Muslim, Ebu Davud, Nesai, Tirmizi, İbn Mace) has caused a natural obstacle to any possible critic of these reports/rivayets.
Even though this kind of hadiths has a sahih senet/ true testimony, their text’ meaning is not conform the Quran. Because Allah Teala informs us in Quran that the prophets are bearers of god news and warners.
“You are not, but a warner.Surely We have sent you with the truth as a bearer of good news and a warner. There is a warner amoung every people.” (Fatr 35/23-24)
“İf they turn aside, We have not sent you as a watcher over them. On you is only to proclaim (the Message)”.(Shura 42/48)
“And if your Lord had pleased, surely all those who are in the earth would have believed. So, will you force men to believe?”(Yunus 10/99)
The metter of jesus’rescend has been concidered as a belief condition. Whereas the scholars that supposes so, are the same scholars that accepts that the belief conditions can not be appointed with a ahad haber.- a single information. The hadiths that informs about Jesus’ rescend are single informations-ahad haber.
As a conclusion, the muslims should give an end to their expectation: “İnany case Jesus will rescend and will save the world” and should work much better for İslam. Because Allah Teala commands:
“Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition.” (Rad 13/11)
“Know that man shall have nothing but what he works for” (Nejm 53/59)
