Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 856
856 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI Indeed, I am amazed at your condition! What argument do you have to oppose me? God Almighty repeatedly mentions the death of Jesus in the Holy Quran. Why, then, are you not admonished? There cannot be any contradiction in the Word of the Lord of all the worlds. What has gone wrong with you that you bear enmity towards the rational arguments and reject the scriptural records? I present to you the Word of God but you turn your faces aside and walk away. You are well aware that both you and we unconditionally agree on the advent of the Promised Messiah. So the real contention between us and you is the issue of the son of Mary coming down from the sky. God Almighty has settled this issue by conveying the news of Jesus' death in His enlightening Scripture. Anyone whom God chooses to guide to the right path, He opens his heart to accept the Quranic statements. After all, which book, besides the Furqan [Holy Quran], deserves to be fol- lowed with the utmost conviction by you and us both? Woe unto you! You neither want to show up for the debate nor accept the invitation to mubahalah. You only attack from afar. I have numerous arguments in my support from the Book of God and the Sunnah of His Messengersa, but how can I present them to those who are turning away? Know they not that Allah never grants succour to those who bring innovations into faith or are unbelievers, nor are they helped. Such people are neither accepted by Him nor are they given preference as is granted to the righteous. After all, what wrongdoing can my opponents ascribe to me except that I have informed them of Jesus' death? Whereas all other Prophets that lived before him are also dead, will they reject an established con- sensus that is evident and based on an incontrovertible argument, or will they make a decision on their own? I declare in the name of Allah that Jesus is dead. They [my opponents] are hostile to evident truths and claim what is contrary to the Holy Quran. Indeed, they have no fear [of the Almighty]. What prevents them from accepting that ‘Īsā is dead? The fact of the matter is that they are a people who exceed all bounds. They ascribe to him [i. e. Jesus] an attribute which is not found in any human being, and knowingly support the Christians. How can the jealousy of