Jesus in Ahmadiyya Islam

The Ahmadiyya movement believe that Jesus survived The Crucifixion and migrated eastward towards Kashmir to escape persecution. He went on to spread his message to the Lost Tribes of Israel after he had carried out his mission to the Israelites. Living up to old age, he later died a natural death in Srinagar, Kashmir.

The Ahmadiyya Movement consider Jesus a mortal man and a prophet of God, born to the virgin Mary, in line with contemporary Islamic views on Jesus. Ahmadiyya however diverges from the majority Islamic view that Jesus was raised up to Heaven and remains alive there.

According to Ahmadiyya, a literal interpretation of some of Jesus' miracles in the Quran (such as creating birds and bringing the dead back to life) is inconsistent with other verses in the Quran as it attributes a semi-divine status to Jesus. This notion is rejected for a hermeneutic approach to understanding the Quranic verses on account of these actions. For example, Jesus bringing the dead back to life is understood in the context of bringing back a 'spiritual' life to people who were spiritually dead.

Another distinct Ahmadi belief is that Jesus was not a law bearing prophet, and that he was a restorer of the pre-existing faith of Judaism.

Ahmadi scholars consider the contemporary Islamic views of the second coming of Jesus (see Ahmadi prophetology) as inaccurate. The view of Jesus' expected return in person is deemed as mistaken. Jesus is believed to have died a natural death, like all other prophets. In the Quran and Hadith there is an absence of the use of terms such as return or second coming with reference to Jesus' return in the end times.

The movement interpret the prophecies concerning Jesus's return as allegorical - expressing the coming of a person (from within the fold of Islam) being in the "likeness" of Jesus. The prophecies are merged with those concerning the coming of the Mahdi. Both the terms Jesus Son of Mary and Mahdi (as used in Islamic apocalyptic literature) are understood interchangeably as two titles for the same person. Ahmadis believe these prophecies have been fulfilled in the person of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the movement.

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