Can Jesus (pbuh) Return if He is Dead

I have personally not come to a conclusion whether Jesus (pbuh) has died or not. Very briefly, I will mention that there have been other people mentioned in Quran who were raised from the dead. For instance, Quran mentions:

Similarly, prophet Jesus (pbuh) was given the miracles by which he caused the dead to raise to living by God's will:

This incident of prophet Jesus (pbuh) raising the dead is also mentioned in the Bible. Therefore, it is possible that God can raise the dead and he can bring someone to life after a long time. Even if Jesus (pbuh) has died (or raised) the same person can definitely brought back. Prophet Jesus (pbuh)'s life is full of miracles of extra ordinary nature and this should not surprise anyone who is familiar with his history. He was born without a father, he spoke as an infant, he gave sight to the blind, he raised the dead, he created a bird and breathed spirit into it by God's will, then I would not be surprised if the same very person reemerged on a later Day. As mentioned earlier, I am not convinced whether he will or will not come for some other reasons, but nonetheless, if he did really come, I would not be surprised.

If one believes that Jesus son of Mary has died and that the same person cannot come again, then narratives of the Prophet (pbuh) conflict with the Quran. If someone believes this, then the most appropriate approach would be to say that the interpretation of those narratives is beyond us right now, when we understand them we will accept them. But I cannot believe that the Prophet (pbuh) would say 'Isa ibn mariyam' (the prophet) would come when he actually did not mean that and meant someone else.

It is very simple. If I am named Omer son of Iqbal and there is only one Omer son of Iqbal at this moment. Everyone is told that Omer son of Iqbal will come, how can it be taken to mean that there is another person and we were actually talking about him? When Quran comes to the names of the Prophets, Messengers, personalities, it is never metaphorical.

So one can also say that Jesus (pbuh) may have died, but God is all Powerful and He can bring him back to life. He has done it with other people as I noted above with references from Quran. Essentially, one's belief that Jesus (pbuh) has died does not necessarily lead to one conclusion which you have drawn.

As for our beliefs, I think there is not even a single belief that emanates from outside of Quran. The Prophet (pbuh)'s narratives are primarily focused on practices and explanation of Quran and it's teachings. Quran has labelled itself the criterion of right and wrong, if there is something right or wrong, it has to be in Quran, not outside of it. Having said that, if we look at previous scriptures, nations were told about the prophets of God that were to come. For instance, old testament mentions both that a 'Messiah' will come and that a 'prophet' will come. New testament also leads us to the fact that a 'prophet' shall come. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) came and claimed that he was that prophet mentioned in those books. However, Quran makes NO claim whatsoever that a new prophet or messenger shall come. If Quran is the criterion of right and wrong, the thing that will lead me to salvation, that which God has called guidance, then how can it miss such an important belief? Wouldn't that mean that God is trying to play with us by not telling us that there is another prophet to come if we are supposed to believe in him?

The most important point is that if there is a prophet to come, then it must be based on Quran as all beliefs are based on Quran if one truly believes that this book is path to their salvation. And if so, then following it will suffice for their salvation, everything else helps understand religion, shows practices, shows values and so forth, but not beliefs.

Nobody needs to prove that Jesus (pbuh) is alive or dead from the Quran, it is not important. The most improtant thing is that God has not foretold us about any new messenger or prophet and that suffices for it.