Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 23
23 The Holy Prophet s as is also reported to have said to Hadrat Fatimah ra during his final illness: َ ہ ٗ عَارَضَنِی ْ بِالْقُرْاٰن ِ الْعَام َّ ۃ ً وَاِن َّ عَام ٍ مَر ِّ جِبْرِیْل َ کَان َ یُعَا رِضُنِی الْقُرْاٰن َ فِی ْ کُل َّ اِن َ ْسَی ابْن ي ِ ع َّ ذِی ْ قَبْلَہ ٗ وَاَخْبَرَنِی ْ اَن َّ عَاش َ نِصْف َ ال َّ ہ ٗ لَم ْ یَکُن ْ نَبِی ٌّ اِل َّ ْن ِ وَاَخْبَرَنِی ْ اَن ي تَ َّ مَر 20 َ ْن ِّي ت ِّ ذَاھِبًاعَلٰی رَأْس ِ الس َّ ل َ اَرَانِی ْ اِل َّ مَرْیَم َ عَاش َ عِشْرِیْن َ وَمِائَۃ َ سَنَۃ ٍ و Once every year, Gabriel recited the Quran to me. This year he recited it twice. He also told me that every suc - ceeding prophet has lived to half the age of his predeces - sor. He told me that Jesus, son of Mary, lived to a hundred and twenty years. Therefore, I think, I may live to about sixty years. The source of this statement is Divine revelation. The Holy Prophet s as is not saying anything on his own; he is citing Gabriel as having told him that Jesus lived to the age of 120. This belies the belief that he was raised alive to heaven at the age of 32 or 33, for, in that case, he would be 600 years old by the time of the Holy Prophet s as , and, consequently, the Holy Prophet s as should have lived to the age of 300. The fact that the Holy Prophet s as died at 63 and he was told through revelation that Jesus died at the age of 120 shows that the belief that Jesus is alive and sitting in heaven is contrary to the teachings of the Holy Prophet s as and to Divine revelation. This being so, how can we listen to these people and believe that the Messiah is still alive and, thereby, forsake the Holy Prophet s as ? It is said sarcastically asked, how come that this truth has only become known to our Community, whereas all the great schol - ars remained ignorant of it for 1300 years? It is unfortunate that