“Was Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) crucified??

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   Wise Men do not live by sentiments alone, in order to live they have to act and in order to act they have to choose and in order to choose they have to judge , Not to be able to judge , not to have values at all is therefore not a possible attribute of Human existence.
In this Respected History forum, we are to raise a pertinent discussion topic entitled 
 “Was Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) crucified??” as such with the handsome variety of the highly educated elite in this high standard Forum, which I am sure can efficiently contribute to a very quiet, scientific and academic debate which purpose of this study is not to kindle any flame of rancour or anger between the two largest Monotheistic Religions of Islam & Christianity in a world already polluted with fury, hatred, segregation, prejudice, racial conflict, violence and fanaticism rather the aim is to search for a convincing  sublime truth.

It is obvious in the Christian faith, the cross is the core of this  faith and that the  Bible clearly indicates that the eternal destiny of man depends totally on the atoning death of Christ on the cross , thus in such tenets, this is what Christianity teaches and this is what Christians believe, in contrast to such beliefs, Islam rejects the whole concept of the cross, Muslims allege that it is against reason to claim that God, the Omnipotent, would not forgive man's sins without the cross, saying so is to limit God's power, while repentance, they say, is combined with God's mercy and forgiveness, it becomes sufficient to award the penitent all the pleasures of the paradise promised in the Holy Quran.
Furthermore the contrast between the two perspectives is similar to the contrast between East and West, a Christian who believes in Christ as the Son of God, and in His atoning death, finds the sure guarantee of eternal life in the cross and God has embodied His love, grace, mercy and justice on the cross. The source of this certainty is Christ's promises. Jesus said: ``whosoever believeth in me...has everlasting life.'' (John 3:16, NKJ), a Christian can rest well-assured that he has indeed been granted eternal life on the basis of Jesus' promises. Such phrases as ``if God wills'' or ``that depends on God's mercy'' cannot be part of that assurance. 

Sooth to say that these phrases fail to provide any sense of security in the life of any believer, because he would lack the certainty he needs for a fruitful, solid faith and this does not mean that a person can indulge in sin believing that the death of Christ has secured for him the pardon of his transgressions in advance for this reason anyone who seeks everlasting life has to live a Christ-like life to meet the moral demands of the Christian faith and a person whose life does not attest to the new creation in him may still be under the condemnation of God's wrath.
According to Islam ,Salvation is based on a continuous effort to obtain God's favour, which would be bestowed in the form of blessings, joys, and the pleasures in the hereafter  or paradise, if he wills , therefore , this requires constant exertion in the hope of pleasing God, a Muslim can never be sure that he really has pleased God and secured his approval, Good deeds in Islam are an exigency for obtaining God's reward, while good works in Christianity are the fruit of love and faith, to Christians, good works are not a means of earning some present or future reward while everlasting life has already been guaranteed by the merit of the redemptive act of Christ on the cross.   
In the Islamic faith the issue of the crucifixion and death of Prophet Jesus or Issa is important to Muslims as they believe that Jesus will return before the end of time, Muslims believe Jesus was not crucified but was raised bodily to Heaven by Almighty God, depending on the interpretation of the following verse, Muslim scholars have abstracted different opinions. Some believe that in the Biblical account, Jesus’ crucifixion did not last long enough for him to die, while others opine that God gave someone Jesus' appearance, causing everyone to believe that Jesus was crucified, while a third explanation could be that Jesus was nailed to a cross, but as his body is immortal he did not "die" or was not "crucified".
In opposition to the second and third foregoing proposals, yet others maintain that God does not use deceit and therefore they contend that crucifixion just did not occur and the basis of all of these beliefs is the following verse in the Holy Quran:
“That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ” Jesus the son of Mary the Messenger of Allah, but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not: Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise «Holy Qur'an,Chapter- Sura 4 An Nissa(Chapter the Women) verses 157-158. 
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“Was Prophet Jesus (Peace be upon him) crucified??

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