The Heavenly Sign — Page 18
18 Nish a n-e- A sm a n i to this world and they thought that Sayyid Ahmad Sahib himself would return to this world after a short absence. Examples of such misunderstandings are found among other peoples as well. People do not pay attention to the Allah's practice and, disregarding the meanings that are probable and in accordance with the ways of Allah, accept those that are absurd and baseless. The second coming of Sayyid Ahmad, for which our ' Muwa hh id' brethren are waiting so eagerly, is actually a similar sort of mistake. Gentlemen! The 'Ahmad' who was to come has come! You might as well say that Sayyid Ahmad has come back, for believers are like one being: 17 Alas! How people ignore the fact that every man must die and that God never suggests the return of a dead person in the physical sense. No righteous person is made to suffer death and its agony twice. The absurd thought that Jesus as son of Mary as is alive in Heaven, has created much trouble and mischief in the world. In fact this is the only basis for the Christians claim about the godhead of Jesus as. This belief has gradually led them to think that God has now become idle and has relegated everything to His son who is alive. This is the basic argument which the Christians have in support of the divinity of Jesus as , and in this our Ulema are assisting them. The truth is that Jesus as is dead. 17 Prophets appear in the persons of Saints; In every age they manifest themselves in a different form. [Translator]