A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 90
90 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ discussion. Moreover, your own prominent theologians, your own thinkers have written that he will certainly be: A. A Prophet of God—Anyone who will believe him to be devoid of prophethood will be a disbeliever, rather some of your great pious leaders have accepted that: B. He will not be the old Prophet - he will come in a new body i. e. not the old body but another person will appear. The Holy Prophet sa has himself given the verdict that Mahdi and Messiah will not be two separate persons but will be two names of one and the same person. The statement of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , اى ا bears a testimony to this. Addressing our opponents who insist that Jesus [I s a as ] was taken to the Heaven , Hadrat Mirz a Ta hir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV rh further said: You have been defeated. . . and will remain defeated. . . and will never be able to bring to life Jesus, son of Mary [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as Ibn- e-Maryam as ], who was a Prophet of the Mosaic ummah. If, according to your view, he is sitting in Heaven, you will never be given the ability to bring him down. You may continue to wait generation after generation, but, by God, this longing of yours will never be fulfilled. ( Ibid. ) In this connection, our adversaries throughout the world have not been able to accept the challenge which was given to them by the then Imam of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The challenge, which stands today, was that if the old Messiah had to guide the