Enlightenment about the First Mahdi
And the Crucified Look-Alike of Jesus a.s
by: Yousef McGowen
Bismillah HirRahman, NirRaheem. Alhamdulillah
Rub 'alamin. Allahuma salle ala Muhammad, wa
ala Muhammad, al A'Emma, wal Madiyeen wa
salam Tasleema Katheera.
I pray you are all in good faith, and that God
Almighty opens up many new doors of
understandings and blessings into your life,
and protects you from all that is evil in this
world.
We would like to help our Christian brothers
and sisters become more aware that Muslims
and Christians are much closer than they may
think. One of the main differences between
Muslims and Christians is that Christians
either believe Jesus (as) is the son of God or
some believe that he is God himself
manifested in the physical form. Whereas
Muslims believe that Jesus (as) is the son of
Mary and the Prophet of God in his time, the
Messiah to return in the end of times to
destroy the ad-Dajjal, the imposter, or as
christians know him as the antichrist.
Another very important difference between
Christians and Muslims, is that Christians
believe Jesus was crucified on the cross for
our sins, whereas Muslims believe that Jesus
(as) was truly not crucified on the cross,
rather a look-a-like descended down to take
his place. This is backed up from many hadith
from the Ahlul Bayt (as), and this is what this
presentation is going to focus on GodWilling, and I pray that after this presentation,
many Christians will recognize the truth in
this matter.
Many Christians know from the Old and New
Testaments, that on the night Judas met with
the Jewish Rabbis to turn Jesus in, Jesus (as)
made several supplications to God, asking to
be spared from the plots of the Jews. One
account says, […And he went forward a
little, and fell on the ground and
prayed that, if it were possible, the
hour might pass from him. And he
said, Abba, Father, all things are
possible unto thee; take away this
cup from me…][21]
One thing made clear by this verse, is that
Jesus (as) desperately sought God's help in
supplication, seeking for the hour to pass from
him, and that God would take this cup from
him, or the coming torment and crucifixion,
and we know that God Almighty does not
waste or reject the supplications of His
messengers (as).
In the Holy Qur'an Allah (swt) says, {And
their saying, ‘We did kill the
Messiah, Jesus (Isa), son of Mary, the
Messenger of Allah; whereas they
slew him not, nor crucified him, but
he appeared to them so (like Isa);
and those who differ therein are
certainly in a state of doubt about it;
they have no definite knowledge
thereof, but only follow a conjecture;
and they killed him not for sure.}[7]
In the Qur'an, God makes it clear that