Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 167
124 vision as related in the Old Testament. 125 126. The opinion that this incident recorded by the Glorious Quran is merely an instance of Prophet Ezekiel's vision is supported by the reference made to Prophet Ezeikel's food and drink which did not suffer any signs of decay or decomposition and also his animal which stood nearby. This opinion is further substantiated by Hazrat Imam Fakhr al Din Razi, an acknowledged scholar of Islam whose revered opinions on other matters are held in high esteem by most anti Ahmadiyya authors. 127 In his commentary of this Quranic passage which makes a reference to the Prophet's food and drink, the revered Imam expresses an opinion that the 'years did not pass over them. ' 128. The sponsor of this ignorant opinion suggesting that since God. Almighty has previously raised a dead person within this volatile world, He would also raise Jesus again and send the son of Mary back to this world once again, ought to divorce himself from such weird notions and contempelate on the wisdom of the Holy Quran and the Traditions. He may yet learn that Islam does not countenance any such belief which suggests that the dead are ever raised within this volatile world nor does it give credence to the ignorant belief that the dead are ever raised and returned unto this world. And, those who sincerely expect the Almighty. Lord to compromise His inviolable laws ought to understand the true purport of the Quranic verse: 'Do they look for anything but God's way of dealing with the ancient. But thou wilt not find any change in the course of Allah; nor wilt thou ever find an alteration in the way of Allah. " '129. The preceding discussion on the question of Hazrat Isa alayhe 124. Razi, Imam Fakhr ud Din: Al Tafsir al Kabir & Hayyan, Abu Imam Athar al Din: Bahar al. Muhit 125. Ezekiel: 37. 1. 28 126. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Bashir ud Din Mahmood: Tafsir al Kabir: English Translation : pp 328/330 127. Maududi, A. A: Finality of Prophethood: pg 31 128. Al Tafsir al Kabir 129. Al Quran 35. 44 168