The crucifixion and death of Jesus are also denied: "And because of their words: 'We killed Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah,' and they did not kill him or crucify him, but it only appeared to them... They didn't kill him... nay, Allah has lifted him up to Himself: for Allah is great and wise." (Qur'an 4:157-158).

Muslims admit that the Jews wanted to crucify Jesus, but they believe that they crucified another person by mistake, and Allah took Jesus to himself and he is now in heaven. Before the end of the world, he would appear a second time, kill the villain Dajjal, and preach Islam.

Muhammad taught: "Soon, very soon, the son of Mary will come down to you as a just judge. He will break the crosses, kill the pigs, abolish the tax on the Gentiles and increase the wealth so much that no one will covet it anymore" (Bukhari, 3469). Since Muslims believe that Christians have distorted the teachings of Christ, it is natural that, according to their ideas, the appearing "Jesus" will oppose Christianity – hence the motif of "breaking crosses" as well as the belief that "on the day of resurrection he will be a witness against them (Christians)" (Qur'an 4:159).

In another hadith, Muhammad says: "When Jesus, the son of Mary, comes, he will marry, he will have children. He will be on earth for 45 years and will be buried with me, in my grave. And I will rise with Jesus from the same grave." It is said that Jesus marries a woman of an Arab tribe after he kills Dajjal. She will give birth to a girl who will die. And he himself will die in a few years.49

After that, "Isa" will be buried in Medina, where a grave has been specially prepared for him. Muhammad's will to leave a place for Jesus on his left hand was fulfilled, and it is still preserved.

What are the differences from Christian teaching?

Often Muslims sincerely cannot understand the Christian teaching about the Incarnation. This, as a rule, stems from the fact that they do not think about the difference between nature and personality.

What does this mean?

For example, if a person suddenly loses an arm or a leg, then he will not stop being himself. If a person loses their memory as a result of amnesia, their personality will remain the same. If he loses his intellectual abilities, his personality will remain the same. This means that neither the parts of the body, nor the body itself, nor the memory, nor the mind are a person. All this belongs to human nature. And the personality is the "me" that has this nature. It can be said that human nature is everything that answers the question "what?" and personality is everything that answers the question "who?"

It is also in God. Therefore, Christians can say that God is one, because He is one by nature, and that God is Trinitarian, because one divine nature has three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

And the second Person of the Trinity incarnated on Earth two thousand years ago. This is Jesus Christ.

It is because of the lack of understanding of the difference between nature and personality that Muslims do not understand this fact. Those of them who polemicize with Christianity like to quote from the Gospel that speak of the humanity of Christ, and think that by doing so they have been able to refute the teaching of Christians about the Incarnation.

But for the Christians themselves there is no "refutation" or "contradiction" here, for having become man, Christ did not cease to be God, he did not "transform" from God into man, and did not confuse the divine nature with the human into some kind of hybrid - no! He simply incorporated human nature, born of the Virgin Mary, into His Person. He is both true God and true man, and the fact that the Gospel illuminates one thing or the other does not constitute a contradiction.