Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 102
102. Allah the Supreme says in the Holy Quran that He is neither subject to sleep nor does He doze but the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) was subject to both these states. Allah the Excellent says in the. Holy Quran that He needs no spouse but the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) had nine wives. In other words, the distinctive features that were found in the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) are absent in God the Supreme and the distinctive attributes that inhere in God the Great were not found in the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him). Therefore when God said the above words, we at once knew that He used the expression in a metaphoric sense and it did not mean that he (the Prophet) had become God. Accordingly, we and all the Muslims of the world hold the belief that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him) was a mortal -except perhaps some ignorant individuals who do not share this view. Sometime back, a friend paid me a visit. . He is illiterate but he recited verses of the Holy Quran very clearly. I enquired of him the reason for this. He told me that the friend through whom he was enabled to join the. Ahmadiyya Movement used to read the Holy Quran very clearly and it was through association with him that his pronunciation became so clear. He then related to me that he once happened to visit some of his relations. He invited their attention to the statement of the Holy Prophet (peace and the blessings of Allah be on him): انما انا بشر مثلكم i. e. , I am but a man like you (18: 111). Thereupon they warned him saying: "Listen thou carefully, you are our