John

Six days before the Eid of Pardon, Isa came to Bethany, the village of Lazarus, whom he had resurrected alive.

They made a dinner feast for him there. Martha served them, and Lazarus reclined with them.

Mariam poured expensive, perfumed oil, on the feet of Isa. Then she wiped them with her hair, and the house was full of the pleasant smell of the spice.

But Yahuda Iscariot, the hawari that was going to betray him, said,

"Would it not have been better to sell this perfume for three hundred dinars and gives alms to the poor with it?"

Yahuda said these words because he was a thief, not because he had compassion on poor people. He was responsible for the money box, and he took money from it.

Isa said, "Do not bother her. She has saved it for the day of my burial.

You will always have poor people with you. But I will not be with you always!"

So large crowds of Al-Yahud came when they knew that he had come. They did not only want to see him. They also wanted to see Lazarus, whom Isa had resurrected alive.

The leading ahbar conspired to kill Lazarus also,

because many Yahud were leaving them and believing in Isa because of him.

The next day, the crowds of people performing hajj heard that Isa was on his way to Al-Quds.

So they cut palm branches and went out to meet him. They praised Allah, "Alhamdulillah to the Savior! The one who comes in the name of Rabb Al-Alamin has a baraka! The king of Bani Israil has a baraka!"

Isa found a young donkey and rode it. This fulfilled what was in the kitab of Allah:

"Do not fear, inhabitants of Al-Quds. Look! Your king is coming, riding on a young donkey."

His hawariyun did not understand this at that time. But after Allah raised Isa in the splendor of his glory, they remembered this saying of Allah about him, and what happened to him.

The people who were with him when he called Lazarus from the grave and resurrected him alive gave shahada to him.

The crowds gathered to meet him when they heard about this miracle he had done.

The Pharisees discussed the matter. They said, "Look how nothing does any good against him. The whole world has followed him!"

Some Greek people came to worship at the Eid.

They came to Philip the hawari, who grew up in Bethsaida in Al-Jalil, and said, "Sir, we want to see Isa."

Philip went and told Andrew, and both of them told Isa.

Isa answered them, "The hour has come for the splendor of the glory of Sayyid Al-Bashar to be shown.

I tell you a true, true saying: "If a grain of wheat does not fall into the earth and die, it remains only a single grain of wheat. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

Whoever loves his life will lose it. Whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal spiritual life.

If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, my servant will be, and Al-Malik Al-Rahman will honor him.

My soul is troubled now. Shall I pray in dua' to Al-Malik Al-Wadud to save me from this hour? No! I came to this hour for this purpose.

Al-Malik Al-Wadud Al-Majeed , show the splendor of the glory of your name." A voice came from heaven, "I have shown the splendor of its glory, and I will show it again."

The crowds surrounding him heard the voice and said, "This is thunder." Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

Isa answered them, "This voice has come for your benefit, not for my benefit.

The appointment for judgment of this world and casting out of its ruler Al-Shaitan has come.

When I have been lifted up from the earth, I will attract everyone to me."

By this saying, he was referring to how he would die.

The crowds said, "We have heard from the kitab that Al-Masih will remain forever. How can you say that Sayyid Al-Bashar will be raised up? Who is Sayyid Al-Bashar?"

So Isa told them, "The light is with you for a little while longer. So walk while you have the light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The person who walks in darkness is jahil and does not know his destiny.

Trust in the light while it is with you, so you will become sons of light." After Isa said this, he left them and hid from them.

But they did not believe in him despite his many ayat and miracles.

By their kufr, they fulfilled what Allah had revealed in the scroll of the nabi Isaiah: "Our Rabb, who believed our message? To whom was your right hand revealed?"

For this reason, they could not believe. Allah revealed in the same scroll,

"He made their eyes blind, and hardened their hearts. So they did not see with their eyes, understand with their hearts, and repent. If they did, I would have healed them."

Allah revealed that through his nabi Isaiah, when he showed him the splendor of the glory of the expected Al-Masih.

Despite that, many of the leaders of Al-Yahud believed in him, but because of their fear of the Pharisees, they did not make their faith known. If they did, they would have been cast out from the house of salat.

They loved the rida of people more than the rida of Allah.

Then Isa shouted, "The person who trusts in me trusts in the One who sent me, not just in me."

The person who has seen me has seen the One who sent me.

I have come as light to all people. No one who trusts in me will remain in darkness.

If anyone hears my words and does not follow them, I will not condemn him. I did not come to condemn all people, but to ransom all people.

The person who rejects me and does not follow my words will be condemned on Yawm Al-Din. My word will condemn him.

I do not speak by myself. I am the rasul of Al-Malik Al-Wadud, who has commanded me what to say.

I know that his command is eternal spiritual life. Everything I say is truly what Al-Malik Al-Wadud says."