Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 166
This view that the dead are never returned to this world is also supported by our beloved master's Traditions. For instance, Traditions indicate that when one of our beloved Prophet's companions, Hazrat. Abd 'Allah died in a battle, the Holy Prophet consoled the martyred companion's son Jabir by informing him that his father had appeared before his Lord and God Almighty was so pleased with him that He asked Abd 'Allah as to what he desired most as a reward. This Tradtion then proceeds to state that when Abd 'Allah expressed a wish that he would like to return to this world so that he could win martyrdom once again, his Lord and Master, God Almighty repiled: 'This cannot be for the word has gone forth from Me that the dead shall not return to the world. ” '121. SURAH AL BAQARAH 2/259. Ironically, while the Holy Quran and the Traditions establish that. Almighty Allah does not violate His immutable laws by raising the dead and returning them to this transient world again, some critics of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continue to ignore the evidence contained in the Glorious Quran and the Hadith literature and suggest that: 'Those who deny the possibility of the dead being raised again should go through verse 259 of Surah Al Baqarah 122 in which God affirms in clear words that He let one of His creatures be dead for a hundred years and at the end of this period He raised the man alive. ' 123. One cannot be certain whether the author of these remarks genuinely believes that God raised this man alive or whether this is yet another ploy to bluff and mislead his readers. However, whatever his reasons be, most Muslim scholars of repute are agreed that this verse does not indicate an actual lapse of time but refers to the Israelite prophet Ezeikel's 121. Sunan Ibn Majah: 24. 15 & Jami of Tirmidhi: Kitab al Tafsir 122. Or 2. 260 where the opening verse 'In the name Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful' is taken as an integral part of the Holy Quran. 123. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 61 167