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The Dead Sea Scrolls By Misheal Al-Kadhi, from the Arabic PaperThis (above) is exactly what the Qur'an has been saying for 1400English The Dead Sea ScrollsThis (above) is exactly what the Qur'an has been saying for 1400
years now; that Jesus (pbuh) was not forsaken by God to be killed
by the conspiracy of the Jews and Judas, but that "it was made to
appear so to them":
"But when Jesus became conscious of their
disbelief, he cried: Who will be my helpers in the cause of Allah? The
disciples said: We will be Allah's helpers. We believe in Allah, and bear you
witness that we have surrendered (unto Him). Our Lord! We believe in
that which You have revealed and we follow him whom You have sent.
Enroll us among those who witness (to the truth). And they (the
disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the
best of schemers" --The Qur'an, A'l-Umran(3):52-54.
"And because of their saying: We slew the Messiah Jesus son of Mary,
Allah's messenger, and they slew him not nor crucified, but it appeared so
unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof;
they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; for of a
surety they slew him not" --The Qur'an, Al-Nissa(4):157
The scrolls then go on to describe how "Kittim" (the Roman empire) and
the kings of Greece would both try to take Jerusalem (the symbol of the
faithful), but that it would be Kittim (the Romans) who would finally be
successful.
"Some texts also speak about an eschatological prophet who will announce
the coming of the Messiah, a figure similar to Elijah in the rabinnic
tradition" (Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, p.
323).
Referring to the manuscript titled
The Rule of the Community, verse 9:11-
12
, Mr. Schiffman says: "
this text unquestionably refers to two messiahs
who will be announced by an eschatological prophet and based on a the
cave 4 manuscripts of Rule of the Community, the original publication
team argued that this passage was added to the text later in the history of
the sect. However, the evidence in these manuscripts does not sufficiently
support such an assertion. As far as we can tell, the
two-messiah concept
was part of Rule of the Community from the time it was composed".
(Reclaiming the Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, p. 324).
"And when there came unto them (the Jews) a Scripture from Allah,
confirming that in their possession though before that they were invoking
Allah (for the coming of Muhammad ) in order to gain victory over those
who disbelieved, then when there came unto them that which they had
recognized, they disbelieved in it. So let the curse of Allah be on
disbelievers" --The Qur'an, Al-Baqarah(2):89
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