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Salaams!

Thank you for your question! As for an interpretation of Q. 3:55, Imam Rassi (as) in one of his replies, says that the verse is understood to mean 'taken in death' as it is used in Q. 5:117 by the Mu'talzilites. He also said that their opponents say that it means that 'Isa, upon him be peace, was physically taken by Allah to answer the charge that his enemies killed and crucified him, upon him be peace. The imam does not seemingly favour any interpretation and therefore leaves it open for one to interpret it in any way one wants. 

Sayyid Imam Nasir Fath ad-Daylami (as) did not address this specifically in his tafseer of the verse in his Al-Burhaan. The late Sayyid Badrudeen al-Houthi (ra) said in his tafseer that the meaning of the verb in Q. 3:55 is similar to the meaning of the verb in Q. 39:42, which means to take the soul in death.     

And Allah knows best!

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