# Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to Jesus coming back? *Qadhi's clip: an 'academic' look and the Quranic verses said to foretell the return* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/14/ - Date: 2021-03-02 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #204 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (1:06:29–1:13:56) - Status: a view quoted in order to be discussed, not a position held - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1OOltqtPTw&t=3989s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/ **Topics:** The second coming of Jesus; Exchanges with Yasir Qadhi; Jesus in the Quran **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** 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. ## Longer summary Mufti Abu Layth plays the opening of Yasir Qadhi's lecture, in which Qadhi says the return of Jesus has caused controversy online and that he will take an academic look, removing the emotional back and forth and letting the evidence speak, starting from what the Quran and the Sunnah say. Qadhi says it comes down to a few Quranic phrases: that Jesus shall speak to mankind in maturity, which would be a prediction of his return if he was not around at an older age, though the language alone does not indicate it and only the context may; that none of the People of the Book will remain without believing in him before his death, belief here meaning affirming him as a prophet; and what he calls the most explicit verse, that Jesus is a sign of the Hour, in another recitation. Mufti interjects that on Qadhi's reading all Jews and Christians would affirm Jesus at death until the end of the world, and mocks the idea that Jesus, who came two thousand years ago, is a sign of the Hour that everybody missed. Qadhi concludes that the Quran strongly suggests the return, though this is not the unanimous interpretation, and Mufti remarks that it is not actually anywhere in the Quran. ## Sources and names cited - Yasir Qadhi - Isa (Jesus) - Quran 3:46: https://quran.com/3/46 - Quran 4:159: https://quran.com/4/159 - Quran 43:61: https://quran.com/43/61 - qira'at (the variant readings) ## Transcript (machine tier, 1:06:29–1:13:56) [1:05:49] a lengthy video debate about uh about the second coming of jesus and i wanted to dedicate a huge amount of today's session just on this because we have to you know es [Laughter] so people what is going on now some people who are a bit controversial i feel for some people now if i can so what we're going to do is take a look at churchias [1:06:28] clip uh we're gonna and then we're gonna look at some clips and i'll go through a ref i'll go through some replies and i'll explain what's going on but let's see the issue about uh coming back at the end of times is one that has caused a little bit of controversy uh in the last few years online i thought that in today's library chat let's take an academic look let's remove ourselves from the emotional back and forth and let us see uh the reality of this issue and uh allow the evidences to speak for themselves so today's another approach and that is to build [1:07:08] and that is to go back to the beginning and say what does the quran have to say what does the sunnah have to say and so today we're going to be following uh that particular procedure this is a fairly comprehensive uh lengthy introduction to the entire topic and i did spend a good amount of time just to be a bit clear this so just so we can see one of the main things that uh yes alkali has highlighted hadith that this is going to be academic [1:07:45] some people who are a bit controversial i feel for some people on the extreme side spectrum and we don't mean it's in a selfish way because sometimes so academic so people around the day and a half doing and so in reality it boils down to three particular phrases in the quran because is going to [1:08:11] this is repeated twice in the quran he shall speak so basically what our adi-sabha is doing here is he's going to give clear evidences i've obviously summarized his video so but we still we've got to go through this so everything makes sense um but he's going to show us the evidences for why this is very clear in the quran maryam shall speak to mankind it's not a miracle to speak at an older age but if isabe is not around at an older age [1:08:50] then this is a prediction that he's going to come back and speak when he's an older man language in and of itself does not indicate that asa is coming back okay but it can be said that the context would indicate this okay twice and then there's this verse about this verse is that it goes back to isa and that none of the people of the book shall remain alive at that time [1:09:30] except that they believe in jesus before jesus dies iman here does not necessarily mean they shall believe in jesus the belief of the kalima and the belief of an acceptance of islam but rather they shall believe that jesus was a prophet even if they reject his prophethood just like allah says in the quran allah affirm the quraish have iman in allah this see a quick point here that notice [1:10:07] below it below it below it is mentioning that you see what the the main thing for the final hour is that as all jews and christians die they affirm jesus as they affirm god and this is till the end of the world this is till not just after jesus came this is even going on right now and it's going to go on till you know the world kind of implodes not the prophet muhammad islam [1:10:44] not the quran but that they must affirm as they come to their death jesus nice nice nice these aren't nice nice this verse seems to strongly indicate christ the fourth verse that allah says in the quran that jesus before jesus dies iman here does not necessarily mean they shall believe uh in jesus the belief of the kalima and the belief of an acceptance of islam but rather they shall believe that jesus is a prophet even if they [1:11:22] reject his prayers this verse seems to strongly indicate christ the fourth verse that we will discuss is considered to be the most explicit and it is considered to be uh the abe pay attention this is the most explicit most explicit this one strong disclose is close [1:11:58] strongest indication that the quran is affirming the coming of jesus the second coming of jesus would recite this verse in a different recitation and jesus is a sign for the day of judgment even though this allah moon is not from the you know the the it's not from that it's just mentioned then that means that he is an alama and he is sign for the day of judgment [1:12:38] so keeping in mind that um what he's saying is jesus is a sign for the day of judgment acha church jesus is a sign for the day of judgment it's been what 2000 years so the sign for the day of judgment is not you know something it's not even islam it's not even the quran it's not even the prophet it's not even the end of it's jesus who came 2000 years ago so we all clearly missed the sign but hello charlotte let's go back man let's let's play man let's play let's learn quran pay attention suggests [1:13:16] and indicates there is really a very strong suggestion shall return there is really a very strong suggestion that asia is strong strong people strong suggestion pay attention you mother fathers those of you getting distracted pay attention pay attention shall return to be academic and pedantic uh this is not the unanimous uh interpretation of the quran and uh we ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment b1OOltqtPTw/s/14. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/b1ooltqtptw/s/14/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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