Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 76
NU S R AT U L- H AQ Q — HE L P OF G OD 76 these reasons, they had declared Hadrat ‘ I s a to be a disbeliever and had rejected his spiritual exaltation. In the opinion of the Jews, the plea that the Messiah went up to the heavens in his physical body was laughable. As a matter of fact, this fabrication was perpetrated by those who were not acquainted with the teachings of the Torah. The very idea in itself is the greatest degree of gibberish, which exposes God to criticism. For, while the Messiah, may peace be upon him, had not yet conveyed his message to all of the tribes of the Jews, which had been divided into various sects, and not even a single sect had been guided through his hand up until that point, to leave the work of preaching incomplete and for Hadrat ‘ I s a to ascend to heaven is totally against good judgement and tantamount to dereliction of his official responsibility. Moreover, it is self-evident that for Almighty God to arbitrarily seat him in heaven is a frivolous and useless act that can never be ascribed to Almighty God. In short, it is a slander against Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, to say that he ascended to heaven with his earthly body. Just as his ene- mies had slandered him during his lifetime as a disbeliever and a liar, so have those who had gone to the other extreme in his excessive praise— being his foolish friends—bodily lifting him up to the heavens, as has been said: ادنن ز چ ب دن رم�ی داں � ز چ � اں � ز ی چ � [‘Saints do not fly; their disciples give them wings’]. And not only that, but they even declared him to be ‘God’. And then, after more time had elapsed, another doctrine was fabricated to the effect that he will descend from heaven with the same body, the last days of the world will be his, and he will be Kh a tamul-Anbiy a’ [Seal of the Prophets]. Thus, in no other Prophet do we find anything like the false miracles and marvels that are ascribed to Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him. Stranger still, despite all the supposed miracles, he stands in first place when it comes to the failure and ineffectiveness in spread- ing the faith. Such a degree of ineffectiveness has not been seen in the case of any other Prophet. However, keep in mind that the religion that is now spreading in his name is not his religion.