Blessings of Khilafat — Page 14
14 Messiah as because there is no proof of any successors after the Messiah of the Israelites. So, in the first place, this argument of theirs is a totally invalid. We believe that Jesus did not die on the cross, and that he lived for almost 80 years after the crucifixion. The Gospel, which is devoid of any mention of Khilafat after him, is in fact a history of his lifetime only up to the time of the crucifixion. Therefore, how can one, merely by reading the Gospel, come to know whether any Khilafat had ever succeeded Jesus, peace be upon him? To believe this is like someone putting forth Bar a h i n-e- Ahmadiyya , a book of the Promised Messiah as , and arguing that there is no mention of any Khilafat or anyone being a Khalifah after the Promised Messiah as which proves that he was not succeeded by a Khalifah. Similarly, how can anybody find some Khalifah of the Prophet Jesus from the Gospel when it narrates his life history only up to 33 years of his age, whereas we know from the sayings of the Holy Prophet sa that Prophet Jesus lived for 120 years. Considering that Jesus remained alive after the 33 years of his biblical life, how can one come to know about his successors merely by reading the Gospel? Should anyone suggest that even after his death at the age of 120, there is no mention of a Khalifah , then our point of view is that if someone brings us the history of Jesus’ life after the first 30 years, we would also be obliged to produce the names of his Khulaf a ’ ? Since the history of the life of Jesus regarding his later years is not available, it is simply ridiculous to argue about the existence of his Khulaf a ’. Someone might argue that crucifixion and migrating from one’s country is like suffering death, and the Promised Messiah as has written in al-Wa s iyyat , that ‘the same had happened to the Prophet Jesus as well’—i. e. , he was succeeded by a Khalifah —and then ask us mention the name of his Khalifah. It