Arba'in — Page 44
44 [consensus] of the Companions upon it. Likewise, during the night of Mi‘r a j [the Spiritual Ascension], the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be on him, saw Hadrat Mas ih in the company of the Prophets who had died. He has also said that the Messiah lived up to the age of 120 years 1. In addition, he said that ‘If Moses and Jesus were alive, they would have followed me. ’ 2 In the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessing of Allah be on him, has been given the title of Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’ [the Seal of the Prophets]. So now tell me, after all these texts, what doubt remains con- cerning the death of Hadrat ‘ I s a , peace be on him? And as for my claim, that too is not without supporting evidence. It is clearly writ- ten in [ S a hih al- ] Bukh a ri and [ S a hih ] Muslim that the Promised Messiah shall be from among this very Ummah [the followers of the Holy Prophet]. And God made the sun and the moon eclipse for me in the heavens during the month of Ramadan. Similarly, many Signs were displayed on the earth, and the evidence was ful- filled in conformity with the Practice of Allah. And I swear by that Being in Whose hand my life is, that if, after cleansing your hearts, you wish to see some additional Sign 1. Kanzul-‘Umm a l, Kit a b al-Fa da ’il, B a b Fad a ’il S a ’ir al-Anbiy a ’, Hadith 32259, vol. 11, p. 217, published by D a rul-Kutub al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon (al-Mu‘jamul-Kab i r li’l- T ibr a n i , Musnad an-Nis a ’, Bin a t Ras u lull a h S allall a hu ‘alaihi wa Sallam, Dhikru sinni F at imah ra d iyal- l a hu ‘anh a , wa Waf a tih a wa Min Akhb a rih a wa Kunyatiha, m a rawat ‘ A ’ishatu Ummul-Mu’min i n, ‘an-F at imah ra d iyall a hu ‘anhum a , vol. 22, p. 417–418, D a r A h y a ’ al-Tur a th al-‘Arab i ). [Publisher] 2. Tafs i r ibn Kath i r, Tafs i r S u rat al-Kahf, verse 82, vol. 5, p. 169, D a rul- Kutub al- ‘I lmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon [Publisher]