Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 504
504 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE I have been sent by Almighty God as Hakam yet they desire to be arbiters over me. Now I will turn my attention to the fact that Hadrat 'Īsā, may peace be upon him, has indeed died and that the belief that he is still alive is contrary to the Holy Quran and authentic ahādīth. Keep in mind that the Holy Quran proclaims loud and clear that Hadrat 'Isaas has died a natural death. At one place Allah the Almighty, by way of promise, says: يُعِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَ رَافِعُكَ إِلَى ) In another verse, He speaks of the fulfilment of this promise, as He says: 2 وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينَا بَلْ رَّفَعَهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ 3 The first verse means, 'O ‘Īsā! I will cause you to die a natural death,³* meaning you will not die by being killed or crucified, and I shall raise you towards Myself. Thus, this verse was by way of a promise. And the second verse quoted above points to the fulfilment of this promise; its translation and commentary is as follows. The Jews 1. Sūrah al-e-Imran, 3:56. [Publisher] 2. Sūrah an-Nisa', 4:158-159. [Publisher] 3. Keep in mind, the word تونی tawaffi] in the Arabic language does not just mean causing someone to die, but means causing someone to die a natural death, which is not through murder or crucifixion or other external caus- es. This is why the author of Kashshāf, who was the pre-eminent scholar of the Arabic language, has explained the words إِنِّى مُتَوَفِّيْكَ ]inni mutawaffika] in his commentary as إِنِّنْ مُمِيْتُكَ حَتْفَ أَنْفِكَ meaning that I will grant you a natural death. And it is on this basis that it is written in Lisānul-Arab and Tājal-Arūs: -ta توفى ,meaning that توفّى الميّت استيفاء مُدّته التى وفيت له وعدد ايامه وشهوره وأعوامه في الدنيا waffi] of a deceased person means that all the days, months, and years of his natural life are completed. And this can only happen if the death is natural and not through murder. (Author)