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From: SALMAN BIN MUHAMMAD sal...@bernas.com.my
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject: Good Friday Crucifixion
Last Friday was Friday the 13th. To Christians it was a bad Friday.
The Friday before that was the Good Friday to Christians. Many Christians were
fasting that day, and the churches all over the world were holding religious
service, commemorating the crucifixion of the person they called Lord Jesus.
Whereas, any Friday is a good day for Muslims. It is the chief of all days. On
this day, Muslim men would observe the Friday Prayer in congregation, the only
prayer that is not valid except being observed in a group. If the day of
pilgrimage happens to fall on Friday, it is considered a Hajj Kubra, or Great
Pilgrimage.
The Jews consider the chief of days on any week is Saturday, which they call
Sabbath. It is the day the Jews are not allowed to work, but to spend the day
singing praises to the Lord. They are not allowed to work because according to
Jews; their God, Himself rested on that day, having completed His creations in
six days, so the Bible says.
To the Christians, Friday is generally considered a bad day. It is the day
Adam ate the Forbidden Fruit, and the beginning of Prophet Noah’s Great Flood.
Their good day is Sunday, the day according to them, Jesus was resurrected.
Although Friday is not a good day to the Christians, if it falls during the
Easter Week, then it becomes Good Friday. It becomes a good day because
according to christians on that day, Jesus was crucified.
The Friday, the day on which according to christians, Jesus was crucified, is
actually not good, for crucifixion, is not a good thing. But according to
christians, it is considered a Good Friday because according to
christians, through that crucifixion, according to christians, the Original
Sin of mankind is erased. For this reason, that Friday is considered a good
Friday, although in general Friday is bad, according to christians.
Thus, unlike Muslims who generally believe that Jesus was never crucified, the
Christians would not be Christians if they do not believe that Jesus was
crucified. To the Muslims, the crucifixion of Jesus is at best a possibility,
which they / muslims generally reject. To the Christians, it is a certainty.
Not believing in it would make their faith flawed.
Now, the Muslims’ main contention is due to the fact that the Qur`an (chapter
4: verses 156-159) makes it clear that Jesus was neither slain, nor crucified.
Some Muslims theorize that a man which ALLAH Had changed him to look like
Jesus a.s. was crucified. That man looked like Jesus a.s. did not die on the
cross. He only fainted, because people don’t die through crucifixion that
soon. Death because of crucifixion was supposed to take days, not hours. Or
more precisely, according to christians, six hours in the case of according to
christians, Jesus’ alleged crucifixion. This becomes known as the Swoon Theory.
According to christians,They argued that Jesus was already beaten to a pulp.
He was already half dead, so according to christians, to speak, by the time he
was crucified. That he died soon thereafter was not at all improbable.
According to christians,perhaps God did not want him to suffer much longer.
I would say to my Muslim brothers holding the Swoon Theory, to cut the crap.
Since the Qur`an is already very clear on the matter, we need not theorize any
further. Jesus a.s. was not slain, nor crucified, but only made to appear like
that to the eyes of the people, Quran says. Enough said.
For the Christians, however, crucifixion is a matter of faith. It is one of
their pillars. For Christianity to hold water, Jesus must die on the Cross
More at my blog:
http://smderis.blogspot.com/2012/04/good-friday-and-need-for-crucifixion.html
Salman Muhammad
AGM Business Process Department
Padiberas Nasional Berhad
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