Ahmadiyyat Is Not a New Religion — Page 25
25 with his workers or has it distributed among the poor. Neither does he save his clothes nor preserve his food, assured he can have freshly prepared food or newly sewn clothes. Yet, regarding Allah the Exalted—who is All- Powerful and has the divine imperative to provide whatever is needed for religion—Muslims believe that He kept Jesus as alive in the heavens for nineteen hundred years, only because He had to make him descend upon the earth and revive faith of the Muslim ummah when it suffers from religious decadence in the latter days. How is this different from a helpless man storing leftovers for the next meal? Besides, what feats did Jesus as achieve during his lifetime that God specifically chose to resend him in the latter days? He preached for a few days and ascended to the heavens when the Jews sought to crucify him. Was he so profoundly successful in his own mission that his return in the latter days was indispensable? Ascending to the heavens means a person has turned their back on the world. So what could a person who spurned the world and failed in his mission do for the Holy Prophet’s s as ummah? Can we expect him to succeed? This doctrine is an extreme insult to the majesty of Allah the Exalted and a disgrace to His Omnipotence.