Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 47
CHAPTER III 47 1 God Almighty that Hadrat Īsā went and sat, with his physical body, next to Hadrat Yahya [John the Baptist] in the Second Heaven! Is God, the Holy and Exalted, sitting in the Second Heaven as well? Is there any other place in the Quran where the term [exaltation towards Allah] has been taken to mean raising of a physical body to Heaven? Is there any precedent in the Holy Quran to suggest that the physical body is also raised to Heaven? There is another verse in the Holy Quran similar to this verse and it is: يَايَتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَينَةُ ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً. Therefore, does it mean that, ‘O soul at peace! Go to the Second Heaven with your physical body'? And God Almighty says in the Holy Quran regarding Balaam Beor, that 'We desired to raise him towards Us, but he inclined towards the earth. "³ Are we to understand from this verse that God also wanted to raise Balaam Beor to Heaven with his physical body, but Balaam instead chose to stay on the earth? Sadly, the Holy Quran is being seriously misrepresented! These people also claim that: 'The Holy Quran contains the verse, قتلوه و ما صلبوه مَا from which it is proven that Ḥaḍrat ‘Īsā has been raised to Heaven. ' However, any reasonable person can understand that if an individual is not killed nor crucified, it does not necessarily follow that he was raised 1. On the contrary, Allah exalted him to Himself (Surah an-Nisa', 4:159). [Publisher] 2. And you, O soul at peace! Return to your Lord well pleased with Him and He well pleased with you (Surah al-Fajr, 89:28-29). [Publisher] 3. Surah al-A'raf, 7:177 [Publisher] 4. They slew him not, nor crucified him (Surah an-Nisa', 4:158). [Publisher]