[21] ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said regarding the Words of Mighty and Majestic...

[21] ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said regarding the Words of Mighty and Majestic: And when Allah said: “O Isa, I shall Take you and Raise you to Me and Purify you from those who are disbelieving [3:55] . So, they were not able upon killing him -as and crucifying him -as because they, had they been able upon that, would have belied His -azwj Words: But! Allah Raised him to Him, [4:158] , and Taking him -as .

When Allah -azwj Wanted to Raise him -as , Revealed to him -as to deposit the Light of Allah -azwj and His -azwj Wisdom, and Knowledge of His -azwj Book to Shamoun Bin Hamoun Al-Safa, being a Caliph upon the Momineen. He -as did that. Shamoun -as did not cease to be staying with the Commands of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic and guiding with the entirety of the words of Isa -as among his -as people from the Children of Israel, and fighting the Kafirs.

Thus, the one who believed in him -as with what he -as had come with was a Momin, and one who rejected him -as and disobeyed him -as was a Kafir, until our Lord -azwj Mighty and Majestic Accomplished, and Sent among His -azwj servants, a Prophet -as from the righteous ones, and he -as is Yahya Bin Zakariyya -as . [22] Find the complete Hadeeth in the Appendix II.

Imam Abu Abdullah -asws has narrated that ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws was asked about his -asws own merits, so he -asws mentioned some of them. Then they said to him -asws , ‘Increase us’. He -asws said: ‘Two monks from the Christian monks came to Rasool-Allah -saww and they spoke regarding the matter of Isa -as . So, Allah -azwj Revealed this Verse: Surely, the example of Isa with Allah is like the example of Adam [3:59] – up to the end of the Verse.

Rasool-Allah -saww entered holding that hand of Ali -asws and Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws and (Syeda) Fatima -asws , then he -saww went out and raised his -saww hand towards the sky and separated between his -saww fingers and called them to the imprecation’. He -asws said, ‘And Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘And like that is the imprecation. He -saww interlocked his -saww hand in his -saww hand and raised them towards the sky.

When the two monks saw him -saww , one of them said to his companion, ‘By Allah -azwj ! If he -saww was a Prophet -saww , we will be destroyed, and if he -saww was other than a Prophet -saww , he -saww will restrain his -saww people and we shall restrain’, and they both left’’.