Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 53
53 described by Jesus and his apostles and those predicted by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, are strangely enough all appearing at the same time. If ever a prophecy was fulfilled exactly, we are indeed wit- nessing the plainest fulfilment of such a prophecy to-day: (Vol. II R. R. 1903. ) The Holy Quran cleaply speaks of the death of Jesus son of Mary (Isa Ibne Mapiam) Peace be on him and refutes the false belief of his personal Second Advent. In the Chapter entitled the Maida, Almighty God relates the answer of Jesus to a question put by Himself: "0 Jesus, didst thou say to the people to take thee and thy mother for two gods?" The answer is, "My Lord, had 1 said so, Thou wouldst have known it, for Thy knowledge is all comprehensive. I did not say to them aught but that which Thou didst com- mand me to say. But when Thou didst cause me to die, Thou wast a watcher of their doings, while I could not be aware of them*" This answer can never be reconciled with his second advent into the world. For, if there is any truth in the doctrine that Jesus, son of Mary, will come again and live for forty years upon the earth, and fight with the Christians and break the cross, he cannot with any plausibility of truth assert on the day of judgment that he did not know what happened after his death or in what errors the Christians were involved. In his second advent he should not only see the Christian and come to know of their false belief regarding his own divinity, but should also fight with them for this false doctrine, until either its holders are all murdered or the doctrine is extirpated. A person who with all this knowledge gained upon this earth, pleads a total ignorance or the circumstances must be condemned as a liar. In