Repeatedly invoked by quotation ('they neither killed him nor crucified him, but it was made to appear so') as the Qur'anic denial of Jesus' crucifixion, creating the central clash with Christian claims.
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157 and for their saying, 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of God' -- yet they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them. Those who are at variance concerning him surely are in doubt regarding him; they have no knowledge of him, except the following of surmise; and they slew him not of a certainty -- no indeed;
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36
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28
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Cited as the key Quran text denying the crucifixion, and used to argue that Allah thereby caused or permitted the foundational Christian belief that Jesus was crucified.
Explained as a verse that may deny Jewish boasting rather than the crucifixion itself, allowing an interpretation in which Jesus was still crucified under Allah's plan.
Presented as the Quranic correction that denies the Jews killed Jesus and is therefore said to remove a theological cause of persecution.
Raised in a question about whether the appearance of Jesus's crucifixion deceived only his enemies or also his followers and other witnesses.
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