Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 377
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 377 death. So, how great a lie it is that hangs from your neck like a garland; namely, that that you declare a person alive who died 1900 years ago! Everyone was excusable as long as God had not unravelled this mystery. Now that the H akam [Arbiter] has come, and the reality has come to light, and the death of Hadrat ‘ I s a as has been established from the Holy Quran, and the testimony about his residence among the souls of the dead was found on the basis of the Hadith, and the death of Hadrat ‘ I s a stands proven by the Word of God and by the act of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—that he had given his eyewitness testimony. Moreover, it has been established from the Hadith of Muslim and S a hih Bukh a r i that the Messiah would be from within this very Ummah, and this Messiah—in his capacity as the H akam —has also testified in keeping with the Holy Quran and these a ha d i th. If you still do not accept, pray tell, is it honesty or dishonesty? Why should I be disappointed in someone who does not accept my Signs, when he neither believed the Word of God nor did he accept the testimony of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him—and he did not wish to disavow his error by being fearful of God? Then why should I regret if such a person fabricates a lie against me? One person’s error cannot be used as justification by the other. If during the Dark Ages, such a notion had developed in the heart of people that Hadrat ‘ I s a had gone to heaven alive, it cannot serve as an authority. In the best of ages [the age of the Holy Prophet s as and his Companions], there was no trace or sign of this concept; other- wise, why would the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, have reached the agreement that all Prophets, peace be upon them, had passed away? In Islam, the very first consensus was that all Prophets had died. When the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, passed away, some of the Companions were also of the opin- ion that he had not died, and would return to this world and would