Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 102
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 102 evidence that Jesus as was not crucified and was not raised to heaven. His exaltation was not something new or unique to him; rather, the elevation of his soul was similar to the elevation of his fellow prophets. As for the specific mention of his being raised in the Quran, it was to refute what the Jews and the People of the Cross claimed, for they thought that he was crucified and cursed according to the Torah’s judgment, and cursing is incompatible with being exalted; in fact, it is the opposite, as is well known to the wise. Allah responded to these two groups by saying, 1 ِ ُه ْ َْي� ل ِِإ ُ � ِہّٰلل ََعَُهُ ا � َّف ََْلْ َّر � ِب What is meant by this is that Jesus as is not cursed, but rather one of those who are exalted and honoured before God’s eyes. The rejection of the Jews was merely about the spiritual ele- vation that the crucified person did not deserve, and they do not consider the elevation of the body to be the path of salvation. Thus, searching for it is idle talk that does not involve cursing and sin. For Abraham as , Isaac as , Jacob as , and Moses as , none of them were raised to heaven with their physical body, as is no secret, and there is no doubt that they were saved from the curse and made close to Allah and were saved by His grace. Indeed, they were the Chiefs of the Survivors. So, if raising the body to the heavens was one of the conditions for salvation, then the Jewish belief would be that their Prophets 1. On the contrary, Allah exalted him to Himself ( S u rah an-Nis a’ , 4:159). [Publisher]