Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 746

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وَصَلْبِهِ ، فَحَصَرُوهُ فِي دَارٍ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ ، وَذَلِكَ عَشِيَّةَ الْجُمُعَةِ لَيْلَةَ السَّبْتِ ، فَلَمَّا حَانَ وَقْتُ دُخُولِهِمْ أَلْقَى شَبَهَهُ عَلَى بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ الْحَاضِرِينَ عِنْدَهُ وَرُفِعَ عِيسَى مِنْ رَوْزَنَةٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، وَأَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ يَنْظُرُونَ ، وَدَخَلَ الشُّرَطُ فَوَجَدُوا ذَلِكَ الشَّابَّ الَّذِي أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ شَبَهُهُ فَأَخَذُوهُ ظَانِّينَ أَنَّهُ عِيسَى فَصَلَبُوهُ وَوَضَعُوا الشَّوْكَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ إِهَانَةً لَهُ ، وَسَلَّمَ لِلْيَهُودِ عَامَّةُ النَّصَارَى الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُشَاهِدُوا مَا كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ عِيسَى أَنَّهُ صُلِبَ وَضَلُّوا بِسَبَبِ ذَلِكَ ضَلَالًا مُبِينًا كَثِيرًا فَاحِشًا بَعِيدًا

And his crucifixion; they besieged him in a house in Jerusalem, and that was on the eve of Friday, the night of Saturday. When the time for their entry arrived, he cast his likeness upon some of his companions who were present with him, and Jesus was raised from a skylight in that house to heaven, while the people of the house were watching. The guards entered and found that young man upon whom his likeness had been cast, so they took him, thinking that he was Jesus, and they crucified him and placed thorns upon his head as an insult to him. The general body of Christians who did not witness what had happened regarding Jesus accepted the Jews' claim that he had been crucified, and because of that, they went deeply, excessively, and far astray.

وَأَخْبَرَ تَعَالَى بِقَوْلِهِ: ﴿ وَإِن مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ ﴾ أَيْ بَعْدَ نُزُولِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ ، فَإِنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ وَيَقْتُلُ الْخِنْزِيرَ وَيَكْسِرُ الصَّلِيبَ وَيَضَعُ الْجِزْيَةَ وَلَا يَقْبَلُ إِلَّا الْإِسْلَامَ ، كَمَا بَيَّنَّا ذَلِكَ بِمَا وَرَدَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْأَحَادِيثِ عِنْدَ تَفْسِيرِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ مِنْ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ ، كَمَا أَوْرَدْنَا ذَلِكَ مُسْتَقْصًى فِي كِتَابِ « الْفِتَنِ وَالْمَلَاحِمِ » عِنْدَ أَخْبَارِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ ، فَذَكَرْنَا مَا وَرَدَ فِي نُزُولِ الْمَسِيحِ الْمَهْدِيِّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ ذِي الْجَلَالِ لِقَتْلِ الْمَسِيحِ الدَّجَّالِ الْكَذَّابِ الدَّاعِي إِلَى الضَّلَالِ

The Almighty informed us by His saying: 'And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in him before his death,' meaning after his descent to the earth at the end of time before the establishment of the Hour. For he will descend, kill the swine, break the cross, abolish the jizya, and accept nothing but Islam, as we have explained through the hadiths that have come down regarding this in the interpretation of this noble verse from Surat an-Nisa. We have also presented this exhaustively in the book 'Al-Fitan wal-Malahim' (The Trials and the Great Battles) under the reports of the False Messiah (Dajjal), where we mentioned what has been reported regarding the descent of the Messiah, the Guided One (al-Mahdi), peace be upon him, from the Lord of Majesty, to kill the False Messiah, the liar who calls to misguidance.

وَهَذَا ذِكْرُ مَا وَرَدَ فِي الْآثَارِ فِي صِفَةِ رَفْعِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

This is a mention of what has been reported in the traditions regarding the manner of his ascension to heaven.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (41 verbs · 64 nouns)

• وَصَلَ — to arrive
• حَصَرَ — to besiege
• حَانَ — to approach
• صَلْب — crucifixion
• دَار — house
• بَيْت — house