Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 473
Laying to Rest Some Doubts 473 own book that he was a Prophet and was a prince and the Inj i l [Gospel] was revealed to him? Can a disciple say that he is a Prophet and a prince and the Inj i l had been revealed to him? Thus, there can be no doubt that this tomb, which is in Kashmir, is that of Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him. And let it be clear to those who believe him to be sitting in heaven that he, in fact, rests in Kashmir; that is, in Mohalla Khanyar, Srinagar. Just as God Almighty had kept the People of the Cave hidden for so long, so did He keep Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, hid- den and finally disclosed the truth to me. There are thousands of such instances in the works of God Almighty, and it is not His way to seat anyone in heaven with a mortal body. His Statement— In a ha d i th, ‘ I s a [ Jesus], who is to descend, has been called Nabi yy ull a h [‘the Prophet of God’]. Can it be proven from the Quran and Hadith that a Mu h addath [recipient of discourse with God] has also been called a Nab i [‘Prophet’]? My Answer— In Arabic and Hebrew, the word Nab i [Prophet] merely means one who makes prophecies—one who makes a prophecy on the basis of revelation received from God. Thus, when—on the authority of the Holy Quran—the door of such Prophethood is not closed whereby a person, through grace of and submission to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, may be granted the honour of converse and discourse with God and may be informed of hidden matters through divine revelation, then why would such Prophets not appear among the Muslims? What is the argument for it? I do not hold the belief that a seal has been placed on this kind of Prophethood. Only the door to that kind of Prophethood is closed that is accompa- nied by the ordinances of a new Shariah or that is a claim that moves away from submission to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. But a claim to Prophethood by one whom divine revelation describes as an ummat i [follower of the Holy Prophet s as ]