- Welcome back. Now we answer questions
we've received from you, our viewers. If you have a question, visit
our website QuaranSpeaks.com. Dr. Shabir, the
question we have here is what happens to Muslims
when Christ returns? - So that's an
interesting question. In Muslim narratives
about eschatology, we have the general
understanding that Jesus, on whom be peace, will
descend from the heavens, he will arrive in a
place near Tel Aviv, he will pray there with
the Muslims in a mosque, and the Muslims will offer
him to lead the prayer, but he will say no,
(speaking foreign language), one of you should be the
leader of your group. And after he has
prayed with the Muslims he will go out and he
will slay the anti-Christ. It's almost, he doesn't
have to slay the anti-Christ because in the Muslim
narrative the anti-Christ will melt in his presence. Nonetheless he will spare
him as the final blow. And peace would reign
for several years. So, in this Muslim expectation,
Jesus on whom be peace is a Muslim himself,
he's a submitter to God, he is a prophet and
messenger of God, and being now in the, coming
back in the current era he would naturally follow
the way that has been taught by our prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon him, the universal word prophet, and it's basically the
same way that Muslims are already following. So Jesus would fit in
nicely among the Muslims. And nothing really would
happen to the Muslims. - I think this is a Christian
asking this question, and maybe thinking about
their understanding of when Christ returns, and
therefore what would happen to Muslims then. - Yeah, so the Christian
understanding is that Jesus is returning as the
judge of the world, and the apostles, the apostle
Paul is shown to be saying that God has appointed a
man to judge the world. So Jesus will come back
as the judge in that time, and he will, other
passage of the Bible say he will reward people
for their good deeds, and then punish others
for their bad, and so on. And so, maybe a Christian
might be thinking if we take that literally
it looks like Muslims are gonna be really in for
a shock when Jesus returns. But that is not the
Muslim understanding. Of course not all Christians
take that return of Jesus in such a literal manner,
and many Christians are open to the possibility of people
outside of the Christian faith being saved as well, so
that's an ongoing discussion. - Does the Quran explicitly
say that Jesus will return? And does it include
that entire narrative that you described? - No, that entire narrative
is actually outside of the Quran, there's
only some vague reference in the Quran that have been
interpreted, two references, in fact, that have been
interpreted to indicate that Jesus will come back. One is a verse in Surah four, it's verse number
159, which says, (speaking foreign language), there is no person of
the book except that will believe in him
prior to his death. But this is a little vague
in that it's not clear who's death is
being referred to. Is it the death of the
person of the book? So that this person of
the book, before dying, will believe in Jesus? Or is it a reference
to Jesus' death? Meaning that he hasn't died
yet, but when he comes back, and before he dies, everyone
from among the people of the book will believe
in him at that time. So because of this vagueness
we cannot say that this definitively proves
that Jesus is returning. Another passage in the Quran
is in the 41st chapter, or rather the 39th
chapter, to the 41st, now my memory's a little
vague, you see I'm getting old. So nonetheless, that verse says, (speaking foreign language), he is a sign of the hour. So what does that mean? Does it mean that
when Jesus comes back that will indicate
that the hour is close? It could mean that, but
one cannot say definitively that it means that.
- We'll leave it at that. Thank you for your
time Dr. Shabir. - Your welcome. - If you enjoyed this video,
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