The Heavenly Decree — Page 10
10 A sm a n i Fai s lah counts him among the dead? Not even once does the Holy Quran speak about his extraordinary life or second coming. Rather, it calls him dead and says no more. Not only do I reject Jesus’ bodily existence and later return to earth in view of revelations vouchsafed to me, but I also consider this concept absurd and false in the light of the clear and categorical injunctions of the Holy Quran. If this statement of mine is a lie and a heresy, then come and let us have a debate about it. If you can prove the physical existence of Hadrat ‘ I s a as from the Holy Quran and Hadith, I shall not only revoke my claim, but shall burn all my books containing this subject. If you are unable to discuss it, then come and declare upon oath that there is no mention of the death of the Messiah as in the Quran and only his life is mentioned. Or that there is a S a hih Marf u ‘ Mutta s il * Hadith which testifies to the physical life of the Messiah as by offering a contrary interpretation to the word Tawaff a [ died ]. If no clear sign from Almighty Allah appears within one year which proves that your oath was false, i. e. , if you do not suffer some great calamity, I shall instantly repent at your hand. It is indeed a pity that, despite repeated requests, Mi yan Sahib neither came forward for the debate, nor took the oath, nor even did * An authentic Hadith ( S a hih ) which directly reports a statement or action of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad sa ( Marf u ‘ ), and the chain of the narrators of which is unbroken from the beginning to the end ( Mutta s il ). [Publisher]