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i would like to know according to islam if jesus christ or isa was not cruisefied and had is place exchanged with yudas who was cruicefied i would like to know why did the pepole wanted him cruicefied and what was his relation with the jews and what was it about jesus being the foretold prophet in their books and why did they hated him so much 

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Why Jews hated Jesus Isa

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: i would like to know according to islam if jesus christ or isa was not cruisefied and had is place exchanged with yudas who was cruicefied

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verses 157-158:

157 That they (the Jews) 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 (the Jews) killed him (Christ Jesus (a.s.)) not.

158 Nay Allah raised him (Christ Jesus (a.s.)) up unto Himself; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.

The All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord Declares in His Glorious Quran that the Jews neither killed Prophet Jesus (a.s.), nor crucified him; but Allah Subhanah raised the noble Prophet Jesus (a.s.) alive unto Himself.

Whether or not Yudas or anyone else was exchanged in the place of Christ Jesus (a.s.) and subsequently crucified by the Jews is neither confirmed nor denied in the Glorious Quran; thus what exactly transpired at that time is in the Perfect Knowledge of Allah Subhanah Alone.

Your Question: i would like to know why did the pepole wanted him cruicefied and what was his relation with the jews and what was it about jesus being the foretold prophet in their books and why did they hated him so much 

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 155:

155 (They (the Jews) have incurred Divine displeasure): in that they broke their Covenant: that they rejected the Signs of Allah; that they slew the Messengers in defiance of right; that they said "Our hearts are the wrappings (which preserve Allah's Word; we need no more)"; nay Allah hath set the seal on their hearts for their blasphemy and little is it they believe.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 112:

112 Shame is pitched over them (the People of the Book) wherever they are found except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men; they draw on themselves Wrath from Allah and pitched over them is destitution. This because they rejected the signs of Allah and slew the Prophets in defiance of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.

Not only does the Quran confirm that the Jews conspired and tried to kill Christ Jesus (a.s.) the Messenger of Allah, but they succeeded in brutally murdering many amongst the Prophets of Allah including the Noble Prophet Zakariya (a.s.) and Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist) (a.s.). And after the Hijrah of Prophet Mohamed (saws) to Madinah, it was the Jews who were the foremost in plotting and conspiring to kill even the Last and Final Messenger of Allah (saws)!

Your Question: i would like to know why did the pepole wanted him (Christ Jesus (a.s.)) cruicefied

After the Divine Revelation of the Torah upon the Prophet Moses (a.s.), Allah Subhanah sent a string of Prophets to the Jews to guide them aright. But every time any Prophet of Allah came to them, they conspired to disobey him and even tried and succeeded in killing some of them. The High-Priests and the Monks amongst the Jews or Rabbis had taken control over the religion and the Divine Scripture revealed upon Prophet Moses (a.s.); but they were foremost in disobeying Allah and His Commands.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 91:

91 No just estimate of Allah do they (the Jews) make when they say: "Nothing doth Allah send down to man (by way of revelation)": Say: "Who then sent down the Book which Moses brought a light and guidance to man: but ye make it into (separate) sheets for show while ye conceal much (of its contents): therein were ye taught that which ye knew not neither ye nor your fathers." Say: "Allah (sent it down)": then leave them to plunge in vain discourse and trifling.

The Jews kept on transgressing the laws and commands of Allah, until at long last Allah sent His Messenger Christ Jesus (a.s.) unto them with clear Signs and the Divine Revelation of the ‘Injeel’ (Gospel). Obviously obedience and submission to the New Testament would mean that the complete hold the Rabbis and the High Priests had over religion, and the oppression they committed towards the common man in the name of religion would be severely diminished. Thus instead of accepting Christ Jesus (a.s.) as the Messenger of Allah, they turned against him and his noble mission with all their might and power. But when they saw that Jesus’s popularity amongst the believers was increasing day after day, they conspired with the Roman rulers of the land to kill him and put an end to his noble mission.

Your Question: and what was his relation with the jews and what was it about jesus being the foretold prophet in their books and why did they hated him so much 

Christ Jesus (a.s.) was born a Jew, but when he invited the misguided children of Israel to the Truth from Allah, it was a direct blow to the power, corruption, atrocities, and the subjugation of man the Jewish Rabbis enjoyed over the population in the name of religion. Indeed, Christ Jesus (a.s.) was the foretold Prophet of Allah from their Divine Scripture, but like all the commands of Allah that went against their vested interests, the Rabbis and High Priests chose to disobey the Commands of Allah Subhanah and turned against the Noble Mission of Christ Jesus (a.s.), and conspired and instigated the Roman rulers that he was a threat to the kingdom of Emperor Ceaser and must be eliminated.

Beloved Brother in Islam, the crimes of the Jewish High Priests, Scholars, and Rabbis against the believers in the name of religion are well documented in the Glorious Quran by Allah Subhanah Himself, and even the present day gospels of the New Testament are abound with some of the crimes and conspiracies of the Jewish scholars and their Rabbis. The Mission of the Noble Messenger of Allah, Christ Jesus (a.s.), whereby he invited man to leave the subjugation of man and worship and unconditionally obey none but the One Lord Alone meant an immediate end to the power of the Jewish Rabbis and High Priests; but rather than seeking forgiveness for their oppression in the name of religion from their Lord and obeying the Messenger of Allah, Christ Jesus (a.s.), they conspired with the Roman rulers to eliminate Jesus (a.s.) and hold on to their power base in the name of religion. They sold their hereafter for a miserable price, and thus incurred the curse of Allah Subhanah upon themselves till the end of time for their persistent disobedience to Allah and His Messengers.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verses 77-82:

77 Say: "O people of the Book! Exceed not in your religion the bounds (of what is proper) trespassing beyond the Truth, nor follow the vain desires of people who went wrong in times gone by, who misled many and strayed (themselves) from the Even Way.

78 Curses were pronounced on those among the Children of Israel who rejected faith by the tongue of David and of Jesus the son of Mary: because they disobeyed and persisted in excesses.

79 Nor did they (usually) forbid one another the iniquities which they committed: evil indeed were the deeds which they did.

80 Thou seest many of them turning in friendship to the unbelievers. Evil indeed are (their works) which their souls have sent forward before them, (with the result) that Allah's wrath is on them and in torment will they abide.

81 If only they had believed in Allah and the Messenger, and in what hath been revealed to him, never would they have taken them for friends and protectors but most of them are rebellious wrong-doers.

82 Strongest among men in enmity to the believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say: "We are Christians:" because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world and they are not arrogant.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your Brother and sincere well wisher in Islam,

Burhan