Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 200
THE MYTH OF THE CROSS AND CRUCIFIXION. History indicates that several crucial evidences relating to the fate of the Messiah son of Mary, particularly after his subjection to the cross, somehow came to be hidden under a mass of mythological beliefs and as a result of this, different schools of thought began to develop their own ideas as regards the fate of the Mosaic Messiah, Isa ibne Mariam, upon whom be peace. . The Jews of that era began to believe that they had succeeded in causing the son of Mary to die on the accursed cross 7 and the. Christians, unable to argue against this false contention, falsified excuses to make people believe that by causing Jesus to die on the accursed cross, God Almighty enabled mankind to expiate its sin and hence reconcile mankind with its Creator. *. Ironically, a larger section of the Muslim Ummah, inspite of clear evidences in the Glorious Quran, lost its sense of direction too and came to believe that Hazrat Isa, peace be upon him, was never subjected to the cross but God Almighty caused a likeness of Isa to fall upon another, albeit innocent bystander, whom the Jews mistook for Hazrat Isa and hence mistakenly crucified him. ⁹. The Promised Messiah, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad demolished the credibility of all these naive and misguided beliefs and established beyond a shadow of doubt the fact that although Hazrat Isa, peace be upon him, was subjected to the cross, Almighty Allah did not suffer him to die an accursed death but He infact saved him from the evil design of his adversaries. The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community stated that God Almighty caused a deep swoon over Jesus Christ as a result of which he was assumed dead by his enemies. . Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad also established the fact that the son of. Mary was brought down from the accursed cross from whence he was taken to the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea where the physician 7. Al Quran 4. 158 8. 1 John 1. 7 9. Hasan, S: The Study of Al Quran: Lesson 14. pg 14 201