Allah states that the Children of Israel tried to kill `Isa by conspiring to defame
him and crucify him. They complained about him to the king who was a disbeliever.
They claimed that `Isa was a man who misguided people, discouraged them from obeying
the king, caused division, and separated between man and his own son. They also
said other lies about `Isa, which they will carry on their necks, including accusing
him of being an illegitimate son. The king became furious and sent his men to capture
`Isa to torture and crucify him. When they surrounded `Isa's home and he thought
that they would surely capture him, Allah saved him from them, raising him up from
the house to heaven. Allah put the image of `Isa on a man who was in the house;
when the unjust people went in the house while it was still dark, they thought that
he was `Isa. They captured that man, humiliated and crucified him. They also placed
thorns on his head. However, Allah deceived these people. He saved and raised His
Prophet from them, leaving them in disarray in the darkness of their transgression,
thinking that they had successfully achieved their goal. Allah made their hearts
hard, and defiant of the truth, disgracing them in such disgrace that it will remain
with them until the Day of Resurrection. This is why Allah said,
﴿وَمَكَرُواْ وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ
خَيْرُ الْمَـكِرِينَ ﴾
(And they plotted, and Allah planned too. And Allah is the Best of those who plot.)
﴿إِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ
يعِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَىَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَـمَةِ
ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ
- فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَأُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَاباً شَدِيداً فِي الدُّنْيَا
وَالاٌّخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُمْ مِّن نَّـصِرِينَ - وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا وَعَمِلُواْ
الصَّـلِحَاتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمْ أُجُورَهُمْ وَاللَّهُ لاَ يُحِبُّ الظَّـلِمِينَ - ذَلِكَ
نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الآيَـتِ وَالذِّكْرِ الْحَكِيمِ ﴾
(55. And (remember) when Allah said: "O `Isa! I will take you and raise you to Myself
and purify ﴿save﴾ you from those who disbelieve, and I will make those who follow
you superior to those who disbelieve till the Day of Resurrection. Then you will
return to Me and I will judge between you in the matters in which you used to dispute.''
(56. "As to those who disbelieve, I will punish them with severe torment in this
world and in the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.'') (57. And as for those
who believe and do righteous good deeds, Allah will pay them their reward in full.
And Allah does not like the wrongdoers.) (58. This is what We recite to you of the
verses and the Wise Reminder.)
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