Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 174
Ironically, the scholars of Judaism refused to accept this explanation given by the Messiah whose advent they had anticipated for centuries and hence the Hebrew nation rejected the son of Mary because the prophesies bearing upon his advent had not been literally fulfilled in word and essence. . Should the pseudo scholars of Islam who insist upon a literal fulfilment of our beloved Prophet's prophesy in relation to the advent of the Muhammedan Messiah not reflect upon this essential lesson in history? Do they not also, like the Hebrew scholars, insist upon the personal appearance of the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary just as the Jews insisted upon the personal appearance of Elijah before the advent of the. Messiah?. MEANING OF THE EXPRESSION NUZUL t. These contentious mullahs who insist upon a personal appearance of the son of Mary rest their case upon the expression nuzul employed in our beloved Prophet's Traditions although this expression has been variously used in the Glorious Book and in none of its usages does it imply an actual physical descent. . An exhaustive study of the Holy Quran indicates that the expression on the basis of which the opponents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim. Community insist upon Jesus's actual physical descent has been used in the Glorious Quran in a very wide sense. For instance, at the time of the. Battle of Uhud, God Almighty is said to have 'sent down' peace upon a party of Muslims - a slumber that overcame them. 24 Again, during the. Battle of Hunain, the Almighty Lord 'sent down' peace upon His. Messenger and the believers. 25 Similarly, in another verse of the Holy. Quran, God Almighty declares that He has 'sent down,' to the children of. Adam, raiment to cover their shame but the raiment of righteousness is the best. 26. One need not be reminded that slumber is a function of the human brain, peace a state of mind and righteousness a quality of morality and all these states or conditions are void of any physical or material form. Hence 24. Al Quran: 3. 155 25. Al Quran: 9. 26 26. Al Quran: 7. 27 175