A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 73
REVIVAL of Islam LiEs in PROVING the Death of Jesus as Musht a q Chisht i , in his pamphlet F a te h -e-Qadian, has also raised the issue of the life and death of Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ]. To prove that Jesus is still alive, he has quoted a fatwa [edict] of P i r Meher ‘Al i Sh a h as following: Even if you take the Arabic word, ( tawaff i ) to mean death, Mirza’s [Ghul a m Ahmad] purpose is not achieved because the word ( mutawaff i ). . . covers both the present and the future. Therefore, it will mean that ‘I will cause you to die at some future time’. The Jews will not be able to kill you. All the Muslims agree that Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ] will die after having descended from Heaven, close to the Day of Judgement. ’ ( Mehr-e-Mun i r, p. 528) If one reads this edict carefully, it implies that when Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ] will die after having descended close to the Day of Judgement, the same word ( mutawaff i ka ) will indicate his death. Thus, it is established that ( mutawaff i ka ) has no other meaning except death. If, for the sake of argument, we suppose that he will