And His—exalted is He—statement:
“Yet they certainly did not kill him, for sure” ⦗al-Nisāʾ 157⦘
means that the negation of his killing is an established certainty about which there is no doubt. Those who disputed about the matter, by contrast, are themselves uncertain—unsure whether he was killed or not—and possess no conclusive proof for their claim.

For that reason a group of Christians have said, “He was not crucified,” maintaining that it was the Jews who crucified the one who was actually put on the cross, but that the Messiah had been made to resemble another person, exactly as the Quran indicates. Likewise, among the People of the Book it is reported that he was confused with someone else; they could not distinguish which of them was Jesus until one of the bystanders declared, “I recognize him,” and only then did they identify him.

Accordingly, the interpretation offered by some—that the verse means, “They did not kill him knowingly, but only imagined they had”—is a weak position.

Fourth Point: Allah, the Exalted, said:
“When Allah said, ‘O Jesus, I will take you in full and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve’” ⦗Āl ʿImrān 55⦘.
If the entity being raised were the divine nature, it would follow that the Lord of all worlds was addressing Himself—or His own Word—saying, “I will raise You to Myself.” The same difficulty applies to His words: “Rather, Allah raised him to Himself,” for according to them the Messiah is God. Yet it is self-evident that a being cannot raise itself to itself. And even when they insist that he is “the Word,” they still affirm at the same time that he is the God, the Creator; they do not treat him as they would the Torah.