The Advent of the Promised Messiah — Page 19
19 -. - / 1 I am not but a man sent as a messenger, i. e. I possess limitations of human nature, which keep me from ascending to heaven. In fact, the disbelievers had posed this question deliberately, for they had already heard that a human lives and dies on this earth. Therefore, they took their opportunity and posed this question. However, the answer given to them frustrated their design. Therefore, it is already a settled matter that the Messiah as has passed away. It is indeed a miraculous sign that the people were kept in ignorance to this fact and the wise were kept oblivious. Do bear in mind that those who passed on before the present age are excused, for this matter was not proved to them categorically. They shall receive their reward and recompense from Allah Almighty for what they interpreted in their time according to their own earnest judgement. However, now that age is over. In this age, Allah Almighty has lifted the veil and has revealed this hidden secret together with the evil and dangerous implications of the issue at hand. You see that Islam is in 1 Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die. ( al-A’raf, 7:26) [Publisher]