In regard
to the verse, which is revealed in the Qur'án, that His Highness Christ, was
not killed and was not crucified by this is meant the Reality of Christ.
Although they crucified this elemental body, yet the merciful reality and the
heavenly existence remain eternal and undying, and it was protected from the
oppression and persecution of the enemies, for Christ is Eternal and Everlasting.
How can He die? This death and crucifixion was imposed on the physical body of
Christ, and not upon the Spirit of Christ. ...
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá (From a Tablet; Star of the West, vol. 2, nos. 7 & 8,
August 1, 1911)
