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Sayyiduna ‘Isa IN THE Heavens

When Sayyiduna ‘Isa  proclaimed his Prophethood in front of Jews, they were already well-informed by virtue of Torah that Sayyiduna ‘Isa  would overrule their religion. For this reason, Jews became his enemy.
When Sayyiduna ‘Isa   felt that Jews will remain rigid in their unbelief and they will kill him, he   addressed the people and said:

 مَنْ اَنۡصَارِیۡۤ اِلَی اللہِ ؕ

Who will be my helper towards Allah?

About twelve or nineteen companions replied:

نَحْنُ اَنۡصَارُ اللہِ ۚ اٰمَنَّا بِاللہِ ۚ وَاشْہَدْ بِاَنَّا مُسْلِمُوۡنَ ﴿۵۲﴾
We are the helpers of the religion of Allah; we believe in Allah, and you be witness that we are Muslims. 
The remaining Jews remained rigid in their unbelief and they conspired to assassinate Sayyiduna ‘Isa . They sent a person called ‘Tatyanoos’ to kill Sayyiduna ‘Isa   in his home. Meanwhile, Allah  sent Sayyiduna Jibra’eel with a cloud to raise Sayyiduna ‘Isa  towards the skies. His mother embraced him out of love and affection. Sayyiduna ‘Isa  said to his mother, ‘O beloved mother, now we will meet on the Day of Judgement’ and the cloud lifted him up to the skies. This incident took place in Bayt-ul-Muqaddas in the blessed night of Shab-e-Qadr. 

According to the research of ‘Allamah Jalaluddin Suyuti , at that time the blessed age of Sayyiduna ‘Isa was 33 years and according to I
Allamah Zurqaani , at that time the blessed age of Sayyiduna ‘Isa  was 120 years. Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti  also became of the same opinion in the later days of his life.
(Iafseer Jamal ‘ala/ ]alalayn, vol. 1, pp. 427; part 3, Surah
Aal-e-‘Imran, Ayah 57)
When Tatyanoos did not come out of the home of Sayyiduna ‘Isa  for a long time, Jews invaded the home. Allah  transformed Tatyanoos into the appearance of Sayyiduna ‘Isa. Jews killed Tatyanoos assuming him to be Sayyiduna ‘Isa . After this, when the family members of Tatyanoos observed his dead body carefully, only his face was identical to that of Sayyiduna ‘Isa’s while rest of his body was of his own. His family members inquired that if the killed person was ‘Isa , then where was their Tatyanoos; and if that was Tatyanoos, where was ‘Isa ? This issue sparked so much that civil war broke about among the Jews and consequently, a lot of Jews were killed. Allah  has described this event in the Holy Quran as follows:

وَمَکَرُوۡا وَمَکَرَ اللہُ ؕ وَاللہُ خَیۡرُ الْمٰکِرِیۡنَ ﴿٪54﴾اِذْ قَالَ اللہُ یٰعِیۡسٰۤی اِنِّیۡ مُتَوَفِّیۡکَ وَرَافِعُکَ اِلَیَّ وَمُطَہِّرُکَ مِنَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِیۡنَ اتَّبَعُوۡکَ فَوْقَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡۤا اِلٰی یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَۃِ ۚ ثُمَّ اِلَیَّ مَرْجِعُکُمْ فَاَحْکُمُ بَیۡنَکُمْ فِیۡمَا کُنۡتُمْ فِیۡہِ تَخْتَلِفُوۡنَ ﴿55﴾

And the disbelievers deceivingly planned (to assassinate ‘Isa), and Allah secretly planned their destruction; and Allah is the best in planning secretly. Remember, when Allah said, ‘O ‘Isa! I will let you reach your complete age, and will raise you towards Me, and purify you from the disbelievers and give your followers (believers) dominance (through sound proofs) over the disbelievers until the Day of Resurrection; then you will all return to Me, so I shall judge between you concerning the matter in which you dispute.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 3, Surah Aal-e-‘Imran, Ayah 54-55)
After Sayyiduna ‘Isa’s ascension towards the Heavens, Sayyidatuna Maryam  lived for 6 years and then passed away.
It is mentioned in Bukhari and Muslim that Sayyiduna ‘Isa  will descend on earth close to the Day of Judgement and will follow the Shari’ah of our Nabi Muhammad . He will kill Dajjaal and the pig, break the cross and after maintaining justice for seven years, he  will pass away and will be buried in Madina-tul-Munawwarah under the Grand Green Dome. (Iafseer Jamal ‘ala/ Jalalayn, vol. 1, pp. 427; part 3, Surah Aal-e-‘Imran, Ayah 57)
Refuting the credo of the Christians, it has also been revealed in the Holy Quran:

وَمَا قَتَلُوۡہُ یَقِیۡنًاۢ ﴿157﴾ۙبَلۡ رَّفَعَہُ اللہُ اِلَیۡہِ ؕ وَکَانَ اللہُ عَزِیۡزًا حَکِیۡمًا ﴿158﴾

And without doubt, they did not kill him. Rather, Allah raised him towards Himself, and Allah is Overpowering, All-Wise.
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)J (Part 6, Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 157-158)
In the preceding Ayah, it is said:

وَمَا قَتَلُوۡہُ وَمَا صَلَبُوۡہُ وَلٰکِنۡ شُبِّہَ لَہُمْ ؕ

Neither did they kill him nor crucify him, but for them a look-alike was created (his face resembling the face of ‘Isa).
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 6, Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 157)
To sum up, Sayyiduna ‘Isa   was not killed by Jews but was ascended to the heavens by Allah . Anyone who believes that Sayyiduna ‘Isa  was either killed or crucified as Christians believe; such person is an unbeliever as the Holy Quran mentions clearly that Sayyiduna ‘Isa was neither killed nor crucified.

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