Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 154
With these words, Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique convinced the early. Muslims that our beloved Prophet had died like all other prophets before him. Had the son of Mary been alive at that point in time, Hazrat Abu. Bakr would not have had his day so easily since Hazrat Umar, being a man of his convictions, could have argued that if the son of Mary could ascend to heaven and be still alive, why could our own Prophet, who in every sense of the word, was a greater Prophet, not have also ascended to heaven and be still alive. . It is also interesting to note that when Hazrat Umar argued against the death of the Holy Prophet, he referred to 'Prophet Moses's visit to the. Lord' and not 'Prophet Jesus's ascension to heaven. ' Hazrat Umar's failure to mention Christ's ascension to heaven on this occasion indicates that the Holy Prophet's companions did not hold any such views which minutely suggested that the Messiah son of Mary had bodily ascended to heaven. . CHRIST'S DIALOGUE WITH ALMIGHTY GOD. A similar inference of Christ's death may be drawn from the dialogue between God Almighty and Jesus as recorded by the Holy Quran wherein it is stated that on the Day of Resurrection, the Almighty Lord will question the son of Mary: 'O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say to people; 'Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah ?'82. The Holy Quran then proceeds to give the defence which Jesus will offer to vindicate himself against this charge of blasphemy. It states that he will plead: 'Holy art Thou! I could never say that to which I had no right. If I had said it, Thou wouldst have surely known. Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I know not what is in Thy mind. Surely Thou art the great. Knower of the Unseen. I said nothing to them except that which Thou 82. Al Quran 5. 117 155