Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 31
31 to bring about their reformation. There is not a single instance, from the time of Adam down to the Holy Prophet s as , whereby God resurrected and returned an old Prophet for the guidance of mankind. This could only happen if it were accepted that God no longer has the power to cleanse and purify the people of this age, which is impossible. It is equally impossible that a dead Prophet should be taken out of Paradise and brought back for the refor - mation of the world. God is All-Powerful. If, after the Messiah, He could create a man like the Holy Prophet s as , it is surely not beyond his capacity to create someone like the Messiah or even better than him in this age. We, therefore, reject the concept of the Messiah’s return to the world, not because we think that God does not have the power to bring this about but because we believe God has the power to choose and ordain any of His servants to bring lost souls back to the right path. Those who think that He cannot do this and has no choice but to bring back a past Prophet at a time of need are mistaken. The concept of the second coming of the old Messiah does not only put a question mark on God’s omnipotence, but it also casts doubt on the spiritual power of the Holy Prophet s as. To say that the Messiah will return to the world for a second time means that God would be constrained to bring back an old Prophet because there would be no one among the followers of the Holy Prophet s as with the capacity to bring about a transformation. This would be in contrast to past Prophets for whose followers God sent Reformers from among themselves. If we were to accept this notion, we would be no less of an enemy to the Holy Prophet s as than are the Christians and Jews who question his spiritual