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Unlike the Christian view of the death of Jesus, most Muslims believe he was raised to Heaven without being put on the cross andinstead Godthe createdQura'an astates resemblancethat tothey appearmistakenly exactlythought likethat Jesusthey who washave crucified instead of Jesus,him and he ascended bodily to Heaven, there to remain until his [[Second Coming of Christ|Second Coming]] in the [[Eschatology|End days]].<ref name="Reynolds 2009"/>
 
The identity of the substitute has been a source of great interest. One proposal is that God used one of Jesus' enemies.<ref name="Reynolds 2009"/> [[Judas Iscariot]], Jesus' betrayer, is often cited, and is mentioned in the [[Gospel of Barnabas]]. The second proposal is that Jesus asked for someone to volunteer to be crucified instead of him.<ref name="Reynolds 2009"/> [[Simon of Cyrene]] is the person most commonly accepted to have done it, perhaps because according to the [[Synoptic Gospels]] he was compelled by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] to carry Jesus' cross for him. [[Baidawi|Al-Baidawi]] writes that Jesus told his [[Disciples of Jesus in Islam|disciples]] in advance that whoever volunteered would go to [[Jannah|heaven]].<ref>Muhammad Saed Abdul-Rahman ''The Meaning and Explanation of the Glorious Qur'an (Vol 10)'' MSA Publication Limited 2009 {{ISBN|978-1-861-79670-7}} page 93</ref>