That is a great success.

That is a great success.’ To God belongs the heavens and the earth and whatever is within them, and He is Able to do all.” (26) NOTES: ________________________ 1. The name given for the disciples in the Quran is al-Hawariyyun , which means the purified ones, like the colour white. It is also reported that they used to dress in white. 2. Jesus was raised up in a state of sleep. The word that is used here is wafah , which can mean sleep or death. In Arabic, sleep is called the minor death.

See also verses 6:60 and 39:42, where the word wafah refers to sleep and not to death. Since verse 4:157 denies the killing and crucifixion of Jesus, and since each human dies once but Jesus is supposed to come back to earth, the only remaining interpretation of the verse is sleep. 3. The Holy Quran 3:52-55 4.…