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| '''Yuz Asaf''' is the name of two different religious figures of two distinct religious groups. | |||
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| '''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== | |||
| * For the ] of Iraq, Yuz Asaf—"Yuz the Gatherer"—was a saint and teacher (in the general ] sense of the term) who brought them their religion. | |||
| ===Similar beliefs about Yuz Asaf=== | |||
| * 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}}). | |||
| ==In Mandaean Sabean tradition== | |||
| 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}} | |||
| According to oral tradition (preserved in ]) of the ] Mandaeans, Yuz the Gatherer called his people to the religion (i.e. ]), which—so the tradition—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. | |||
| 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> | |||
| 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}} | |||
| 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." | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 ]. | |||
| ''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> | |||
| 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> | |||
| 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}}. | |||
| 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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| *{{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}}. | |||
| *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'' | |||
| *], ''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'' | |||
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| *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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| *{{citation|last=Gündüz|first=Sinasi|title=The Knowledge of Life: The Origins and Early History of the Mandaeans|series=Supplements to the Journal of Semitic Studies|year=1994|location=London|publisher=Oxford University Press|<!--page=31-->}}. | |||
| *{{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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| *{{citation|last=Rice|first=Edward|title=Eastern Definitions: A Short Encyclopedia of Religions of the Orient|year=1978|publisher=Doubleday|publisher=New York|isbn=0-385-08563-X|<!--page=7-->}}. | |||
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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 is the name of two different religious figures of two distinct religious groups.
- For the Mandaean Nasaræan Sabeans of Iraq, Yuz Asaf—"Yuz the Gatherer"—was a saint and teacher (in the general gnostic sense of the term) who brought them their religion.
- Adherents of the Ahmadiyya Islamic sect of Kashmir and the Punjab region, identify Yuz Asaf with Jesus of Nazareth, or more precisely, they believe that Jesus is entombed in Srinagar, and that the tomb "is mistaken for that of a prophet named Yuz Asaf" (Kashmiri: युझ असफ, یوذسف).
In Mandaean Sabean tradition
According to oral tradition (preserved in Al-Tabari) of the gnostic Mandaeans, Yuz the Gatherer called his people to the religion (i.e. Mandaeism), which—so the tradition—had been the religion of the Iranian peoples before the coming of Zoroaster.
In Ahmadiyya doctrine
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According to the early 20th century teachings of the Ahmadis of Kashmir and Punjab, Jesus of Nazareth did not die on the cross, but after his apparent death and resurrection he journeyed to Kashmir to teach the gospel, and that he then remained in India for the rest of his life.
Following his death of natural causes (so the Ahmadi tradition) "at the ripe old age of 120 years," the Jesus of Ahmadi doctrine was then laid to rest in Srinagar, and that the prophet Yuz Asaf said to be entombed there (at what is known as the Roza Bal) is said to be really none other than Jesus.
According to the Ahmadis, the name 'Yuz Asaf' "must not be explained as a corruption of Bodhisatwa!" but rather "apparently the Kashmiri version of Jesus son of Yusuf (Joseph)." The Ahmadis give the Yuz Asaf enshrined in Shrinagar the epithet Shahzada Nabi, "Prophet Prince."
The theological basis of the Ahmadi belief that Jesus was only "in a swoon" when he was taken down from the cross is an interpretation of a phrase in Deuteronomy 21:31: Gulam Ahmad (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)." 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.
According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, this aspect of Ahmadi belief is one of the three primary characteristics that distinguish Ahmadi teachings from general Islamic ones, and that it had provoked a fatwa against the founder of the sect, "purporting that this doctrine disagreed with the Koran and therefore had to be looked upon as a heresy."
Other Ahmadi traditions include the belief that Jesus/Yuz Asaf was also briefly reunited with his apostle Thomas at the Temple of Solomon in Srinagar, 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 that Mary 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") in the town of Murree, Pakistan.
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