Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 530
530 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA - PART FIVE go to Heaven after death, and it is specifically with regard to them that Allah the Almighty says: مُفَتَّحَةً لَهُمُ الْأَبْوَابُ . Meaning that the gates of Heaven shall be opened for the believers. Take note that if there had been only souls, the pronoun لهم labum would not have been used for them. This usage strongly supports that when a believer is raised after their death, it is along with a body, but the body is not an earthly one. Rather, the soul of the believer is granted a different body that is pure and glorious and is immune from the suf- fering and defects that form a necessary part of the physical body. In other words, it is neither dependent on earthly food nor is it in need of earthly water. All those who are granted a station close to Almighty God receive similar bodies. It is our belief that Hadrat 'Isā received a similar body after his death and he was raised towards God with that body. Some ignorant people present the following verses of the Holy Quran: and وَ كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ 2 فَلَمَّا تَوَفَيْتَنِي كُنْتَ انْتَ الرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ 3 Then they raise the objection: 'These verses of the Holy Quran clearly 1. Sūrah Şād, 38:51 [Publisher] 2. And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them (Sūrah al- Ma'idah, 5:118). [Publisher] 3. But since You did cause me to die, You have been the Watcher over them (Surah al-Ma'idah, 5:118). [Publisher]