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'''Yuz Asaf''' is the name of two different religious figures of two distinct religious groups.
'''Yuz Asaf''' (]: युझ असफ, یوذسف), '''Judasaf''', '''Yus Asaph''', or '''Shahzada Nabi Hazrat Yura Asaf''' (meaning "Leader of the Healed") is a prophet revered among the ]. ] recorded that Judasaf or Budasaf, as he is also known, called his people to the religion of the Sabians that ] and his father ], the rulers of ] after ], had previously embraced until ] and ] came to ] with their beliefs.<ref>''The Knowledge of Life'' by Sinasi Gunduz (Journal of Semitic Studies pg.31)</ref> It is believed by ]s to be the name adopted by ] after he allegedly survived the ] and subsequently traveled to ], ].
==History==


===Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf===
* For the ] of Iraq, Yuz Asaf&mdash;"Yuz the Gatherer"&mdash;was a saint and teacher (in the general ] sense of the term) who brought them their religion.
* Adherents of the ] Islamic sect of ] and the<!--*the*--> ], identify Yuz Asaf with ],<ref name="Rice_1978_7">{{harvnb|Rice|1978|p=7}}.</ref> or more precisely, they believe that Jesus is entombed in ], and that the tomb "is mistaken for that of a prophet named Yuz Asaf"<ref name="EI">{{harvnb|Houtsma|1913|p=260}}.</ref> (]: युझ असफ, {{lang|ur|یوذسف}}).


Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf are held by a wide variety of people and groups, among them that he married a woman called Marjam, who bore him a number of children, and that he lived to be around 120 years of age before he died. It is also claimed that Jesus' mother, ], died when he was 48 years old, and is buried nearby in the town of ], in ]), where her burial place is called '''Mai Mari da Ashtan'''.(meaning "Resting place of Mother Mary.'{{Fact|date=December 2007}}
==In Mandaean Sabean tradition==
According to oral tradition (preserved in ]) of the ] Mandaeans, Yuz the Gatherer called his people to the religion (i.e. ]), which&mdash;so the tradition&mdash;had been the religion of the ] before the coming of ].<ref>{{harvnb|Gündüz|1994|p=31}}.</ref>

==In Ahmadiyya doctrine==
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According to the early 20th century teachings of the ]s of Kashmir and Punjab, ] did not die on the cross, but after his apparent death and resurrection he journeyed to ] to teach the gospel, and that he then remained in India for the rest of his life.


Yuz Asaf's teachings are often compared with those of Jesus in form.{{Fact|date=April 2008}} These beliefs about Yuz Asaf have also been adopted by people in the ] movement, and by those who consider the ] to be genuine rather than the hoax that Bible scholars belive it to be.{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
Following his death of natural causes (so the Ahmadi tradition) "at the ripe old age of 120 years,"<ref name="Faruqi_1983_98">{{harvnb|Faruqi|1983|p=98}}.</ref><ref name="SchaeferCohen">{{harvnb|Schäfer|Cohen|1998|p=306}}.</ref> the Jesus of Ahmadi doctrine was then laid to rest in ], and that the prophet Yuz Asaf said to be entombed there (at what is known as the ]) is said to be really none other than Jesus.<ref name="EI">{{harvnb|Houtsma|1913|p=260}}.</ref>


Professor Fida Hassnain, former Director of India History and Archives, and a life-time resident of Kashmir, collaberated with Suzanne Olsson to research local evidence supporting the claims that Yuz Asaf and Jesus are one and the same and are buried here.
According to the Ahmadis, the name 'Yuz Asaf' "must not be explained as a corruption of '']''!<!-- yes with "!" -->"<ref name="EI">{{harvnb|Houtsma|1913|p=260}}.</ref> but rather "apparently the ] version of Jesus son of Yusuf (Joseph)."<ref name="Faruqi_1983_98">{{harvnb|Faruqi|1983|p=98}}.</ref> The Ahmadis give the Yuz Asaf enshrined in Shrinagar the epithet ''Shahzada Nabi'', "Prophet Prince."


Ahmadis believe that Jesus travelled to ], a journey not mentioned in the ]. The ], written around the late second or early third century AD <ref>The Whole Bible, http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/actsthom.htm</ref>, is partly about a journey by ] to India. It alleges that Thomas arrived in the southern part of India in 52 AD after completing a building contract in ] for the king there. Taxila was a university city on a trade route, and a center of Buddhism. According to tradition, Thomas founded seven early churches there <ref>Stephen Neill. A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707 ISBN 0521548853</ref><ref></ref>. The ] are all descended from these churches. A Roman Catholic cathedral marks the location where he was murdered and buried, in ].
The theological basis of the Ahmadi belief that Jesus was only "in a swoon"<ref name="Faruqi_1983_98">{{harvnb|Faruqi|1983|p=98}}.</ref> when he was taken down from the cross is an interpretation of a phrase in ] 21:31: ] (the founder of the sect) read the phrase
''kī qilelat Elohim taluy'', "... for a hanged man is the curse of God," as suggesting that
"Allah would never allow one of His prophets to be killed in such a degrading manner as
crucifixion, and that he was cured of his wounds with a special ointment known as the
'ointment of Jesus' (''marham-i ʿIsā'')."<ref name="SchaeferCohen">{{harvnb|Schäfer|Cohen|1998|p=306}}.</ref> Further (so Gulam Ahmad), the second coming predicted in Muslim tradition is not actually that of Jesus, but that of a person similar to him (''mathīl-i ʿIsā''), i.e. Gulam Ahmad himself.<ref name="SchaeferCohen">{{harvnb|Schäfer|Cohen|1998|p=306}}.</ref>


But supporters of some of these theories also claim that a ] text, ''Tarikh-i-Kashmir'' by Khwaja Hassan Malik, records an inscription which reported that Yuz Asaf entered Kashmir in the year ].{{Fact|date=December 2007}} However, this inscription is now illegible or lost, while critics note that the text is not available for general study. Another inscription is said to have existed at the Temple of Solomon (in Srinagar) which, it is claimed, was carved by Jesus and St. ] when they allegedly visited and repaired the Temple.{{Fact|date=December 2007}}.
According to the ], this aspect of Ahmadi belief is one of the three primary characteristics that distinguish ] teachings from general Islamic ones, and that it had provoked a '']'' against the founder of the sect, "purporting that this doctrine disagreed with the Koran and therefore had to be looked upon as a heresy."<ref name="EI">{{harvnb|Houtsma|1913|p=260}}.</ref>


==See also==
Other Ahmadi traditions include the belief that Jesus/Yuz Asaf was also briefly reunited with his apostle ] at the Temple of Solomon in ], and that they together then repaired and cleaned the temple and left an inscription there. The Jesus/Yuz Asaf of Ahmadi tradition married a woman called Marjam, who then bore him a number of children. Further, the Ahmadis believe<sup>''cf ''.</sup><ref name="Faruqi_1983_98">{{harvnb|Faruqi|1983|p=98}}.</ref> that ] accompanied her son on the journey to Kashmir and when she died (when Jesus/Yuz Asaf was 38 years old) was buried at 'Mai Mari da Ashtan' ("Resting place of Mother Mary"{{Fact|date=December 2007}}) in the town of ], ].
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⚫ *{{citation|first=Khwaja Nazir|last=Ahmad|title=Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Journey of Jesus to Kashmir, His Preaching to the Lost Tribes of Israel, and Death and Burial in Srinagar|publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat|location=Lahore|year=1999|isbn=0-913321-60-5}}.
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*Andreas Faber Kaiser, ''Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the ten lost tribes of Israel'' Gordon & Cremonesi (1977), ISBN 0-86033-041-9
*{{citation|last=Faruqi|first=Nisar Ahmed|chapter=The Promised Messiah|title=Ahmadiyyat in the Service of Islam|year=1983|publisher=Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat|location=Lahore|isbn=0-913321-00-1|at=chap. 3|chapter-url=http://www.aaiil.org/text/books/others/naseerahmadfaruqui/ahmadiyyatserviceislam/promisedmessiah_pf.shtml}}.
*Norbert Klatt, ''Lebte Jesus in Indien?'', Göttingen: Wallstein 1988. Relates the origin of the identification of Jesus and Yuz Asaf.
*Holger Kersten, ''Jesus Lived in India''
*], ''The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ'', Leaves of Healing Publications (April 1, 1990), ISBN 0-9602850-1-6. Reprint of this 1890s publication, which first proposed this theory.
*Paul C. Pappas, ''Jesus' Tomb in India: The Debate on His Death and Resurrection'', Asian Humanities Press, (September 1, 1991), ISBN 0-89581-946-5 Concludes that Yuz Asaf is not Jesus.
*Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, ''Jesus in India''
⚫ *Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, ''Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Journey of Jesus to Kashmir, His Preaching to the Lost Tribes of Israel, and Death and Burial in Srinagar'', Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat, 1999, ISBN 0-913321-60-5
*Günter Grönbold, Jesus In Indien, München: Kösel 1985, ISBN 3-466-20270-1. Shows that Yuz Asaf is a misreading for Budasaf, an alternative name of ].
*Hugh Schonfield, ''The Essene Odyssey'', Element Books Ltd (1993), ISBN 0-906540-63-1 Argues that Yuz Asaf is an ] teacher, not Jesus.
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== External links ==
*{{citation|last=Houtsma|first=M. Th.|chapter=Ahmedia|title=Encyclopedia of Islam|volume=1|editor-last=Houtsma|editor-first=M. Th.|editor2-last=Arnold|editor2-first=T. W.|editor3-last=Basset|editor3-first=R.|year=1913|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|<!--page=260-->}}.
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'''Muslim Ahmadii Links'''
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*{{citation|last=Schäfer|first=Peter|last2=Cohen|first2=Mark R.|title=Toward the Millennium: Messianic Expectations from the Bible to Waco|year=1998|location=Leiden/Princeton|publisher=Brill/Princeton UP|isbn=90-04-11037-2|<!--page=306-->}}.
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Yuz Asaf (Kashmiri: युझ असफ, یوذسف), Judasaf, Yus Asaph, or Shahzada Nabi Hazrat Yura Asaf (meaning "Leader of the Healed") is a prophet revered among the Sabians. Al-Tabari recorded that Judasaf or Budasaf, as he is also known, called his people to the religion of the Sabians that Bishtasb and his father Luhrasb, the rulers of Persia after Kai Khosrow, had previously embraced until Sami and Zoroaster came to Bishtasb with their beliefs. It is believed by Ahmadis to be the name adopted by Jesus after he allegedly survived the crucifixion and subsequently traveled to Jammu and Kashmir, India.

History

Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf

Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf are held by a wide variety of people and groups, among them that he married a woman called Marjam, who bore him a number of children, and that he lived to be around 120 years of age before he died. It is also claimed that Jesus' mother, Mary, died when he was 48 years old, and is buried nearby in the town of Murree, in Pakistan), where her burial place is called Mai Mari da Ashtan.(meaning "Resting place of Mother Mary.'

Yuz Asaf's teachings are often compared with those of Jesus in form. These beliefs about Yuz Asaf have also been adopted by people in the New Age movement, and by those who consider the Talmud Jmmanuel to be genuine rather than the hoax that Bible scholars belive it to be.

Professor Fida Hassnain, former Director of India History and Archives, and a life-time resident of Kashmir, collaberated with Suzanne Olsson to research local evidence supporting the claims that Yuz Asaf and Jesus are one and the same and are buried here.

Ahmadis believe that Jesus travelled to Jammu and Kashmir, a journey not mentioned in the Bible. The Acts of Thomas, written around the late second or early third century AD , is partly about a journey by St Thomas to India. It alleges that Thomas arrived in the southern part of India in 52 AD after completing a building contract in Taxila for the king there. Taxila was a university city on a trade route, and a center of Buddhism. According to tradition, Thomas founded seven early churches there . The Saint Thomas Christians are all descended from these churches. A Roman Catholic cathedral marks the location where he was murdered and buried, in Mylapore.

But supporters of some of these theories also claim that a 17th century text, Tarikh-i-Kashmir by Khwaja Hassan Malik, records an inscription which reported that Yuz Asaf entered Kashmir in the year 78. However, this inscription is now illegible or lost, while critics note that the text is not available for general study. Another inscription is said to have existed at the Temple of Solomon (in Srinagar) which, it is claimed, was carved by Jesus and St. Thomas when they allegedly visited and repaired the Temple..

See also

References

  1. The Knowledge of Life by Sinasi Gunduz (Journal of Semitic Studies pg.31)
  2. The Whole Bible, http://www.maplenet.net/~trowbridge/actsthom.htm
  3. Stephen Neill. A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707 ISBN 0521548853
  4. Biography of St. Thomas the Apostle
  • Andreas Faber Kaiser, Jesus died in Kashmir: Jesus, Moses and the ten lost tribes of Israel Gordon & Cremonesi (1977), ISBN 0-86033-041-9
  • Norbert Klatt, Lebte Jesus in Indien?, Göttingen: Wallstein 1988. Relates the origin of the identification of Jesus and Yuz Asaf.
  • Holger Kersten, Jesus Lived in India Online summary
  • Nicolas Notovitch, The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ, Leaves of Healing Publications (April 1, 1990), ISBN 0-9602850-1-6. Reprint of this 1890s publication, which first proposed this theory.
  • Paul C. Pappas, Jesus' Tomb in India: The Debate on His Death and Resurrection, Asian Humanities Press, (September 1, 1991), ISBN 0-89581-946-5 Concludes that Yuz Asaf is not Jesus.
  • Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Jesus in India Online version
  • Khwaja Nazir Ahmad, Jesus in Heaven on Earth: Journey of Jesus to Kashmir, His Preaching to the Lost Tribes of Israel, and Death and Burial in Srinagar, Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat, 1999, ISBN 0-913321-60-5
  • Günter Grönbold, Jesus In Indien, München: Kösel 1985, ISBN 3-466-20270-1. Shows that Yuz Asaf is a misreading for Budasaf, an alternative name of Buddha.
  • Hugh Schonfield, The Essene Odyssey, Element Books Ltd (1993), ISBN 0-906540-63-1 Argues that Yuz Asaf is an Essene teacher, not Jesus.


External links

Independent Research

Muslim Ahmadii Links

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