Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 391
APPENDIX TO BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FIVE 391 absolutely false,¹ for the fact is that all prophecies have been fulfilled, and there can be levelled no such objection against any prophecy of mine that has not been raised by ignorant and faithless people against the prophecies of the former Prophets. If you feared God Almighty, you would understand that your opposition to me is far removed from righteousness. Your reliance is totally on such aḥādīth from among which some are inauthentic and some fabricated, and some from among them are such as you do not understand their true meaning. As against this, my claim is based on insightful discernment. I have such faith in the revelation that has informed me that Hadrat 'Isā, may peace be upon him, has died and 1. Given that, the death of Hadrat 'Īsā is established from the verse of the Holy Quran فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي when You did cause me to die']; and in Şahih Bukhārī, Ibn 'Abbās has interpreted the word مُتَوَفِّيكَ ]mutawaffika] to mean مُمِيتُكَ ]mu mituka-'I shall cause you to die']; and Shah Waliullah also gives مُمِيتُكَ ]mum- ītuka-'I shall cause you to die'] to be the meaning of مُتَوَفِّيكَ ]mutawaffika] in Fauzul-Kabir; and it is established from the Holy Quran that رفع rafaa-He exalted'] comes after تونی tawaffi-'death'], for Allah the Exalted, says: يُعِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَ رَافِعُكَ إِلَى ['O Jesus, I will cause you to die a natural death and will exalt you to Myself' (Sūrah-Al-eʻImrān, 3:56). ] And not يَا عِيْسَى إِنِّي رَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُتَوَفِّيْكَ ]O Jesus! I will exalt you to Myself and will cause you to die']. And taking words of the Holy Quran out of their context at one's own whim falls under the purview of the verse: يُحَرِّفُونَ الْكَلِمَ عَنْ مَوَاضِعِهِ [They pervert the words from their proper places (Sūrah al-Ma'idah, 5:14)]. And no reliable hadith permits the placing of رَافِعُكَ ]rafika-'exalt you'[ before مُتَوَفِّيكَ ]mutawaffika-'I will cause you to die'] in this verse. Thus, the death of Hadrat 'Īsā is proven from every aspect. It is also proven that the 'Isa who was to come would be from within this Ummah, as [the following hadith of the Holy Prophetsas] is recorded in Bukhari إِمَامُكُمْ مِنْكُم ]your Imam from among you'], and in Muslim it is cited as اَمَّكُمْ مِنْكُمْ ]your leader from among you']. (Author)