Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 361
! ! 361 T his event was of such great significance that after this , how can we presume that Haz rat Jesus as still lives ? After [this incident ] , Abdullah bin Saba began to spread dissension. The companions ra considered him to be an apostate , for he began to spread the notion that Allah , W ho revealed the Holy Qur’ān will once again raise the Holy Prophet sa to the same level. If Ha z rat Jesus as is still alive, then we can say that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa also lives. The verse that Haz rat Abu Bakr ra recited can only mean that either Haz rat Jesus as should not be believed to be a Prophet or that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came first and then Haz rat Jesus as came after him. While in fact, everyone knows that Haz rat Jesus as came first and was also a Prophet. Thus, in light of this verse, he has died. n َو َﻣ ﺎ ُﻣ َﺤ َّﻤ ٌﺪ ِا َّﻻ َر ُﺳ ۡﻮ ٌل s َﻗ ۡﺪ َﺧ َﻠ ۡﺖ ِﻣ ۡﻦ َﻗ ۡﺒ qِِ ا ﻟ ُّﺮ ُﺳ ُﻞ “ And Muhammad is but a messenger. Verily all Messengers have passed away before him. ” ( Holy Qur’ān, Ch. 3: V. 145 ) Th is verse clearly shows that all prophets who preceded the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa have passed. Thus, what other evidence is needed, after the evidence of the Holy Qur’ān and that which the companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa have presented ? The Promised Messiah as has put forward a very strong arg ument. Remember, there are three Qur’ān ic verses , which i f all ladies learn by heart , then no one can stand a chance at defeating them regarding this topic. The first is the verse which Haz rat Abu Bakr ra recited : n َو َﻣ ﺎ ُﻣ َﺤ َّﻤ ٌﺪ ِا َّﻻ َر ُﺳ ۡﻮ ٌل s َﻗ ۡﺪ َﺧ َﻠ ۡﺖ ِﻣ ۡﻦ َﻗ ۡﺒ qِِ ا ﻟ ُّﺮ ُﺳ ُﻞ “ And Muhammad is but a messenger. Verily all Messengers have passed away before him. ” ( Holy Qur’ān, Ch. 3: V. 145 ) And the second verse is mentioned in Surah Al - Ma ’ ida h in the last ruk ū‘ :