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the dead to life once again and returning them to this world. The Holy. Quran states: ‘Allah takes away the souls of men at the time of their death; and of those also that are not yet dead during sleep. And He withholds those against which He has decreed death and sends back the others till an appointed time. In that, surely are Signs for a people who reflect. ' '116. Hence, while God Almighty sends back the souls against which He has not decreed death, the souls of those against whom the Almighty has decreed death are retained by Him, never to be returned to the confines of this transient world since, according to the wisdom of the Holy Quran, 'there is a barrier behind the dead, until the day when they are to be raised again. '117. This day on which the dead are to be raised again has been indicated by God Almighty and the fact that this fateful day is not to precede the. Day of Resurrection is acknowledged by the entire Muslim Ummah. The sponsor of the logic that if Jesus were dead, God Almighty would bring him to life himself states: 'An essential ingredient of belief taught to us by the Holy Prophet is that this world would come to an end on the appointed day called. Qayammah. All human beings who have lived in this world since its inception will be restored to life after Qayammah. ' 118. Hence, in view of this essential ingredient of belief taught to us by the. Holy Prophet of Islam, Christ, if he is dead, which he definitely is, would not to be raised before Qayammah since he, like all other mortal beings cannot cross the barrier mentioned in the Holy Quran¹¹ not because, God forbid, the Almighty Lord cannot make him cross this barrier but because it is His inviolable law that those against whom death has been decreed are not returned to this world. 120 116. Al Quran 39. 43 118. Maududi, A. A: Risalat e Tabligh 117. Al Quran 23. 101 119. Al Quran 23. 101 166 120. Al Quran 21. 96