Imam Nasser Mohammad Al-Yemeni
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{And We raised him to an elevated place}
..The response to Ashraf
..In the name of Allah the All Merciful, the Most Merciful, and peace be upon the messengers, and praise be to Allah Lord of the worlds
My honorable brother, Surely Allah did not say that He raised Edrees to the heaven; in fact Allah the Most High said: {And mention Edrees in the Book. Surely he was a truthful man, a prophet,(56) And We raised him to an elevated place.(57)}Truthful Allah the Great [Maryam] 19:56-57
In a sense that Edrees is raised in a high place on the highest place in the middle area among the worlds; which is the Arabian peninsula, and the highest area in the Arabian peninsula is the plateau of Yemen, and the highest area in Yemen is Thamar area, and the highest place in the province of Thamar is Al-Aqmar village, and that is the elevated place wherein Allah’s prophet Edrees with his brothers Elias, and Elyasa and Al-Raqeem the Messiah Jesus son of Mary the lifted one to them later on. And Allah the Most High said: {When Allah said: O Jesus, I will take your (soul) and raise (it) to Me, and purifying you of those who disbelieved}Truthful Allah the Great [Ãli-´Imrãn] 3:55
As for the word of Allah the Most High: {When Allah said: O Jesus, I am causing you to die and raising you in My presence}, the meant with that is; uplifting the soul of the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary to its Maker as He takes the souls of the sleeping ones. Confirming to the word of Allah the Most High: {Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that die not, during their sleep. Then He withholds those on whom He has passed the decree of death and sends the others back till an appointed term. Surely there are signs in this for a people who reflect.}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Zumar] 39:42
Therefore the intended of the taking of the souls is meant in this situation is as Allah takes the souls of the people in their sleep, and Allah the Most High said: {And He it is Who takes your souls at night, and He knows what you earn by day,}Truthful Allah the Great [Al-An`ãm] 6:60
And as well as He takes the souls of the deceased so He raises it to Him then He withholds which He decreed death upon it and He sends the other till an appointed term, and now we know the meaning of the word of Allah the Most High: {When Allah said: O Jesus, I am causing you to die and raising you in My presence }Truthful Allah the Great, that He means the raising for the soul without the body, and as for the body surely He specifies it in the word of Allah the Most High: {and purifying you of those who disbelieved}Truthful Allah the Great, in the meaning of; that those who disbelieved they could not get to the body of the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary - prayer of forgiveness and peace be upon him, and they did not kill him nor they crucified him; but Allah aided him by the Holy Spirit Gabriel and the angels and Allah raise the soul of the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary and the Holy Spirit and those who were with him raised the body of the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary and they purified it and made him the added (one) number (Al-Raqeem) to the companions of the cave, and He made for them a look alike of another body with the might of Allah, but the Christians thought that the Jews killed the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary but they did not kill him nor they crucified him, but the Christians who said Allah took a son praise be to Him; they have no knowledge of the body of the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary so they do not know that Allah purified him from those who disbelieved, they did not touch him, and he has been added to the companions of the cave, and Allah clarified that for us in the first ten verses of Chapter 18 The Cave [Al-Kahf], and Allah the Most High said: {Praise be to Allah! Who revealed the Book to His servant, and allowed not therein any crookedness,(1) Rightly directing, to give warning of severe punishment from Him and to give good news to the believers who do good that theirs is a goodly reward,(2) Staying in it for ever;(3) And to warn those who say: Allah has taken to Himself a son.(4) They have no knowledge of it, nor had their fathers. Grievous is the word that comes out of their mouths. They speak nothing but a lie.(5) Then maybe you will kill yourself with grief, sorrowing after them, if they believe not in this announcement.(6) Surely We have made whatever is on the earth an embellishment for it, so that We may try which of them is best in works.(7) And We shall surely make what is on it dust, without herbage.(8) Or, did you reflect that the companions of the Cave and (Al-Raqeem) the (added one) number to them; they were of Our wondrous signs?(9)} Truthful Allah the Great [Al-Kahf] 18:1-9