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Quran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)

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Cited in 10 segments across 5 recordings · 2018 to 2021 · quran/quran:3:46

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14 Mar 2021video Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus? Qadhi's clip cites three or four Quranic phrases, Jesus speaking in maturity, the People of the Book believing before his death, and Jesus as a sign of the Hour, and concedes they only strongly suggest a return. Mufti Abu Layth interjects that the sign of the Hour would then have come two thousand years ago. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiIsa (Jesus)Quran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death) machine7 min 48 s2:46on YouTube
14 Mar 2021video Does 'he will speak to people in maturity' or 'before his death' prove that Jesus will return? The verse about Jesus speaking in the cradle and in maturity concerns those he addresses, children and grown men, and the first to read it as a return was al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl, who died in 282 AH and transmitted strange reports. 'Before his death' was recited by Ubayy and Ibn Abbas as 'before their death' and read by commentators as referring to Jesus, the Prophet, the truth or Allah. Lessonposition checkedQuran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 5:110 (you spoke to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death)al-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Bajali al-Naysaburi machine5 min 14 s1:20:13on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back? In the clip Qadhi says three verses strongly suggest Jesus's return; Mufti Abu Layth mocks the readings and says the return is not in the Quran. Lessonquoted view, not his positionguest speechYasir QadhiIsa (Jesus)Quran 3:46Quran 4:159 machine7 min 27 s1:06:29on YouTube
2 Mar 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Does the verse about Jesus speaking 'in maturity' mean he will come back? Neither verse proves a return: 'in the cradle and in maturity' refers to the people Jesus addresses, the return reading began with a late transmitter of strange reports, and 'before his death' has several readings. Lessonposition checkedYasir QadhiQuran 3:46Quran 5:110Quran 4:159 machine4 min 53 s2:23:16on YouTube
23 Feb 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Did Jesus really speak as a baby in the cradle? Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran does not say Jesus spoke as a baby; the Maryam passage most likely refers to Jesus at twelve debating the priests in the Temple, as in Luke. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Quran 19:27-33 (Mary brings Jesus to her people; he speaks from the cradle)Isa (Jesus)Maryam (Mary) machine13 min 55 s1:15on YouTube
23 Feb 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran What does it mean that Jesus spoke to people in the cradle and in old age? Mufti Abu Layth says the verse means Jesus would relate to people of every age when he preached, not that he spoke as a baby; that story likely came from apocryphal infancy gospels. Lessonposition checkedQuran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity)Isa (Jesus)Maryam (Mary)Infancy Gospel of Thomas machine3 min 37 s13:57on YouTube
15 Mar 2018Responding to Refutations Is someone who denies a line of al-Tahawi's creed a kafir? No: Mufti Abu Layth says this makes al-Tahawi rather than the Quran the standard, that Elmasry himself departs from al-Tahawi on several points, that Ash'ari creed does not make takfir of the people of the qibla, and that al-Tahawi wrote 250 years after the Prophet and is not an Ash'ari authority. LessonShadee ElmasryHamza Maqboolal-Tahawial-Aqidah al-Tahawiyya machine2 min 37 s2:36on YouTube
15 Mar 2018Responding to Refutations Does the verse about Jesus speaking as a kahl prove he will return? No: kahl means mature adulthood from about thirty or forty, and al-Razi says Jesus reached that age on earth. The reading of the verse as the second coming first appeared with a scholar who died in the 280s AH, not among the salaf. Lessonposition checkedIsa (Jesus)kahlQuran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and as a kahl; the phrase also occurs in 5:110)Fakhr al-Din al-Razi machine2 min 38 s5:13on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology The Creed of Tahawi is not the Quran; Ash'aris do not make takfir of ahl al-qiblah Denying a line of Tahawi's creed is not kufr: Ibn Taymiyya rejected several of its points, it refutes whole Muslim groups, and Ash'ari creed forbids takfir of the people of the qiblah. Lessonposition checkedal-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyaal-TahawiIbn TaymiyyaShadee Elmasry machine2 min 38 s2:06:11on YouTube
13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology Verse 3:46 and the meaning of kahl: al-Razi and the origin of the second-coming reading Kahl in 3:46 means mature manhood, which al-Razi says Jesus reached on earth; the reading of the verse as a second coming began only in the late third century with al-Bajali. Lessonposition checkedQuran 3:46Fakhr al-Din al-Razial-Husayn ibn al-Fadl al-Bajali al-Naysaburi [?]kahl machine2 min 36 s2:08:49on YouTube