We would like to present another interesting point. How many times the word Mary is used in the Quran? 34 times. As we have mentioned earlier, Jesus is mentioned by name is Sura Mary in verse 34.

34. ذَلِكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ قَوْلَ الْحَقِّ الَّذِي فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

34. Such is ‘Isa son of Maryam (Jesus son of Mary. That is) the truth about which these people doubt

The 19th occurrence of each of the names of Jesus and Adam in the Quran (if we count from the beginning of the Quran) is in the Sura Mary which is the 19th Sura of the Quran. The word Jesus appears in verse 34 and the word Adam appears in the verse 58 of Sura Mary. If we start counting from the verse 34 (including verse 34), we find that verse 58 is the 25th verse.

58. أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ آدَمَ وَمِمَّنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْرَائِيلَ وَمِمَّنْ هَدَيْنَا وَاجْتَبَيْنَا إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتُ الرَّحْمَن خَرُّوا سُجَّدًا وَبُكِيًّا

58. These are the people on whom Allah bestowed Favour from among the Prophets of the seed of Adam and of those (believers) whom We (saved and) carried with Noah in the Ark, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel (Jacob) and of those (chosen ones) whom We guided and exalted. When the Verses of the Most Kind (Lord) are recited to them, they fall down prostrating themselves in (profuse) tears.

16. Jesus' Marriage, life, and Death

Sometime narrations indicate that Jesus will live for 7 years, other narrations indicate he will live for 40 years.

There is a narration in Nuaim bin Hammad's Kitab Al-Fitan that specifies that after Jesus returns to Earth, he will get married, have children, and will live for a period of 19 years after his marriage. According to this narration, he may live more than 19 years.

حدثنا عبيد الله بن معاذ العنبري حدثنا أبي حدثنا شعبة عن النعمان بن سالم قال سمعت يعقوب بن عاصم بن عروة بن مسعود الثقفي يقول سمعت عبد الله بن عمرو وجاءه رجل فقال ما هذا الحديث الذي تحدث به تقول إن الساعة تقوم إلى كذا وكذا فقال سبحان الله أو لا إله إلا الله أو كلمة نحوهما لقد هممت أن لا أحدث أحدا شيئا أبدا إنما قلت إنكم سترون بعد قليل أمرا عظيما يحرق البيت ويكون ويكون ثم قال

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يخرج الدجال في أمتي فيمكث أربعين لا أدري أربعين يوما أو أربعين شهرا أو أربعين عاما فيبعث الله عيسى ابن مريم كأنه عروة بن مسعود فيطلبه فيهلكه ثم يمكث الناس سبع سنين ليس بين اثنين عداوة ثم يرسل الله ريحا باردة من قبل الشأم فلا يبقى على وجه الأرض أحد في قلبه مثقال ذرة من خير أو إيمان إلا قبضته حتى لو أن أحدكم دخل في كبد جبل لدخلته عليه حتى تقبضه قال سمعتها من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال فيبقى شرار الناس في خفة الطير وأحلام السباع لا يعرفون معروفا ولا ينكرون منكرا فيتمثل لهم الشيطان فيقول ألا تستجيبون فيقولون فما تأمرنا فيأمرهم بعبادة الأوثان وهم في ذلك دار رزقهم حسن عيشهم ثم ينفخ في الصور فلا يسمعه أحد إلا أصغى ليتا ورفع ليتا قال وأول من يسمعه رجل يلوط حوض إبله قال فيصعق ويصعق الناس ثم يرسل الله أو قال ينزل الله مطرا كأنه الطل أو الظل نعمان الشاك فتنبت منه أجساد الناس ثم ينفخ فيه أخرى فإذا هم قيام ينظرون ثم يقال يا أيها الناس هلم إلى ربكم

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Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, " The Dajjal (Anti-Christ) will appear in my Ummah, and will remain for forty - I cannot say whether he meant forty days, forty months or forty years. Then Allah will send Jesus son of Mary, who looks like Urwah bin Masud. He (Jesus) will chase the Dajjal and kill him. Then, people will stay for seven years during which there will be no enmity between any two persons. Then, Allah will send a cool wind from the direction of AshSham (Greater Syria), which will take the soul of everyone who has the slightest speck of good or faith in his heart. Even if one of you were to enter the heart of a mountain, the wind would reach him there and take his soul. Only the most wicked people will be left; they will be as careless as birds, with the characteristics of beasts, and will have no concern for right and wrong. Then, Satan will come to them in human form and say: 'Don't you respond?' And they will say: 'What do you order us to do?' And he (Satan) will order them to worship the idols but, in spite of this, they will have abundance of sustenance and lead comfortable lives. Then, the trumpet will be blown and no one will hear that but he will bend his neck and raise it. He (the Prophet) said 'The first one to hear that trumpet will be the person who will be busy repairing the water reservoir for his camels (to drink). He will be struck and the other people will also struck, then Allah will send or He (the Prophet) said will bring down rain which will be like men's semen, out of which the bodies of the (dead) people will grow. Then the trumpet will be blown another time and they (dead people) will be resurrected and be looking around.' Then it will be said: 'O people, go to your Lord (God)'. Then he (the Prophet) mentioned verse 24 of Chapter 37: 'Stop them for they must be questioned.' He (the Prophet) said "Then it will be said 'Bring out the groups of Hell-Fire'. It will be said 'How many ? ' It will be said: 'Out of every one thousand, nine hundred ninety nine.' Then, He (the Prophet) said: 'That is the day (and he mentioned the end of verse 17 of Chapter 73) that makes children turn grey-haired.' Then he mentioned the end of verse 42 of Chapter 68: 'The day that reveals the great affliction, and they will be called to prostrate, but they can not.' " (Sahih Muslim)

حدثنا هدبة بن خالد حدثنا همام بن يحيى عن قتادة عن عبد الرحمن بن آدم عن أبي هريرة

أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ليس بيني وبينه نبي يعني عيسى وإنه نازل فإذا رأيتموه فاعرفوه رجل مربوع إلى الحمرة والبياض بين ممصرتين كأن رأسه يقطر وإن لم يصبه بلل فيقاتل الناس على الإسلام فيدق الصليب ويقتل الخنزير ويضع الجزية ويهلك الله في زمانه الملل كلها إلا الإسلام ويهلك المسيح الدجال فيمكث في الأرض أربعين سنة ثم يتوفى فيصلي عليه المسلمون

Abu Huraira narrated that Prophet Mohammad صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "There is no prophet between me and him (Jesus Christ عليه السلام ). He shall descend so, recognize him when you see him. He is a man of medium height, (his complexion) is between reddish and white; he will be (dressed) in two yellowish garments; His head looks as if it is dripping water even though it is not wet. He will fight people in the cause (for the sake) of Islam, will break the Cross and kill the swine (pig) and abolish Jizya (tax on Christians and Jews); and Allah will put an end to all religious sects except Islam during his (Jesus') time. He (Jesus) will slay the Antichrist (Dajjal) and he will stay on Earth for 40 years. Then, he will die and the Muslims will perform the funeral prayer for him." (Abu Dawud and Musnad Ahmad).

وروى الطبراني من حديث عبد الله بن نافع ، عن عثمان بن الضحاك ، عن محمد بن يوسف بن عبد الله بن سلام ، عن أبيه ، عن جده قال : يدفن عيسى ابن مريم مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، وأبي بكر وعمر ، فيكون قبره رابعا .

Othman bin Al-Dhahak based Mohammad bin Yousef bin Abullah in Salam, based on his grandfather, said: "Jesus son of Mary will be buried with the Messenger of Allah , along with Abu Bakr and Omar, such that his coffin will be the fourth." (Tabarani)

Abdullah bin Amr narrated that Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم said that the Messiah will die after completing the duration he was destined to pass in the World and that Muslims will offer his funeral prayers and bury him next to the grave of the Prophet (Mohammad). (Mishkat, p. 480)

After Jesus returns and then dies, a pleasant wind will take the souls of all the remaining Believers in Allah and this may be referred to as the Rapture. After this wind, only the UnBelievers will remain on Earth and they may live for an unknown number of years until the Day of Resurrection occurs.

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