# Which Quranic verses does Yasir Qadhi say point to the return of Jesus?

*Qadhi's clip: the 'academic' framing and the Quranic verses said to foretell Jesus's return*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/2/
- Date: 2021-03-14 · Kind: lesson · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Reply to Yasir Qadhi's False Claims on 2nd Coming of Jesus | Mufti Abu Layth (2:46–10:34)
- 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=TR3NSX3UFy8&t=166s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/

**Topics:** The second coming of Jesus; Exchanges with Yasir Qadhi; Jesus in the Quran

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** 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.

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth plays the opening of Yasir Qadhi's video. In the clip Qadhi says the return of Jesus has caused controversy online, that he will take an academic look, remove the emotional back and forth and let the evidences speak, going back to what the Quran and the Sunnah say. Qadhi says the matter boils down to a few phrases in the Quran: that Jesus shall speak to mankind in maturity, which is no miracle unless he is not around at that age and so predicts his return, though the language itself does not indicate it and only the context does; that none of the People of the Book shall remain without believing in Jesus before his death; and what he calls the most explicit verse, that Jesus is a sign for the Day of Judgement, which Ibn Abbas and Ubayy recited differently. Mufti interjects throughout, remarking that the verse about the People of the Book is going on right now and until the end of the world, that if Jesus is the sign of the Hour then it came two thousand years ago and everyone missed it, and mocking the repeated phrase that the Quran strongly suggests the return. The clip concedes that this is not the unanimous interpretation and that the Quran only strongly suggests it, before moving on to the hadith.

## Sources and names cited

- Yasir Qadhi
- Isa (Jesus)
- Quran 3:46 (he will speak to people in the cradle and in maturity): https://quran.com/3/46
- Quran 4:159 (none of the People of the Book but will believe in him before his death): https://quran.com/4/159
- Quran 43:61 (he is a sign, or knowledge, of the Hour): https://quran.com/43/61
- Ibn Abbas
- Ubayy ibn Ka'b

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:46–10:34)

[2:38] 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 cherry assad 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

[3:10] 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 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 uh procedure uh this is a fairly comprehensive uh lengthy introduction to the entire topic

[3:48] and i did spend a good amount of time just to be a bit clear there so just so we can see one of the main things that uh yasser khadi has highlighted hadith that this is going to be academic teasing yeah academic economics some people who are being controversial i feel for some people

[4:24] so people around the day and a half doing and so in reality it boils down to three particular phrases in the quran because once is going to speak this is repeated twice in the quran he shall speak so basically what our adisab 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

[4:59] 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 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 that's

[5:34] this is the correct position so so there's two verses comes 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 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

[6:12] even if they reject his prophethood just like allah says in the quran that's this see a quick point here that notice has 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

[6:52] 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 not the quran but that they must affirm as they come to their death jesus

[7:18] these aren't nice nice so this verse seems to strongly indicate christ the fourth verse that allah says in the quran that you mean 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 reject his faith they reject him

[7:55] in allah 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 is close close

[8:22] strongest indication that the quran is affirming the coming of jesus the second coming of jesus and uh even abbas and obeying others would recite this verse in a different recitation and jesus is a sign for the day of judgment even though this alamo is not from the you know the the mutterwater

[9:00] for the day of judgment so keeping in mind that um what he's saying is jesus is a sign for the day of judgment a cha-cha 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 two thousand years ago so we all clearly missed the sign but let's go back man let's let's play man let's play let's learn learn quran attention

[9:39] suggests and indicates there is really a very strong suggestion there is really a very strong suggestion this 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

[10:17] interpretation of the quran and we can say that the quran strongly suggests the quran seems to have a very strong indication that isa is coming move on to the hadith and as for the hadith this is where of course the issue becomes crystal clear so so that's the strong inkling strong suggestion jesus is coming in the quran even though it's we're going to see in a moment it's not actually anywhere in the quran but strong then the hadith there's no doubt

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment TR3NSX3UFy8/s/2. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/tr3nsx3ufy8/s/2/

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