The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 195
The Messiah and his Second Coming 195 in Kitāb-ut-Tafsir. In so doing, he intended to convey that the correct interpretation of the word Tawaffaitanī is the one which the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of. Allah be upon him) attributed to it, that is to say, 'Thou didst cause me to die'. In the following Hadith: عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ يُجَاءَ بِرِجَالٍ مِن أُمَّتِي فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ فَأَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ أَصَيْحَابِى فَيُقَالُ إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِئُ مَا أَحْدَثُوا بَعْدَكَ فَاَقُوْلُ كَمَا قَالَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيْهِمْ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي كُنْتَ أَنتَ الرَّقِيْبَ عَلَيْهِمُ the Holy Propheta says that: "on the Day of Judgement some of my people will be driven to hell, and I will supplicate, 'Lord! these are my companions'. Then it will be said to me, 'You know not what they did after you'. . Upon this I will say what a righteous servant of God, i. e. ,. Jesus son of Mary, had said when he was asked: 'Did you teach your people that they should worship you and your mother as gods?' I will say what Jesus had then said: 'I was witness over them while I was amongst them; but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the One to watch over them. ”” (Bukhārī). The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) meant that he would make the same affirmation as. Jesus would make when he would be asked whether he had taught his people to take him and his mother as gods. . In this manner the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of. Allah be upon him) interpreted the expression Tawaffaitanī as meaning death. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, pp. 585-586] over them. ' Al-Ma'idah, 5:118 [Publisher]