Lecture Lahore — Page 61
61 It is evident from these verses that Jesus as will say, "As long as I lived, the Christians did not go astray, but when I died, I knew not what became of them. " Hence, if we suppose that Jesus as is still alive, then we will also have to believe that the Christians have not yet gone astray and are still following the true religion. Jesus as will also de- fend himself by saying that he only knew about the condition of his people as long as he was with them, but was unaware of what they did after God had caused him to die. So, if we believe that Jesus will return to the world once again before the day of resurrection and fight the in- fidels alongside the Mahdi, then—God forbid—we will have to consider this verse as false, or else we will have to admit that Jesus as will lie to God on the Day of Judgement and try to conceal the fact that he had returned to the world and fought the Christians for forty years together with the Mahdi. Anyone who truly believes in the Holy Quran will find that this single verse is enough to negate the concept of Jesus returning from heaven in order to fight alongside a bloodthirsty Mahdi. Whoever holds such a belief forsakes the Holy Quran. When the objections of my opponents are thus countered, they, as a last resort, start alleging that my prophecies have not been fulfilled, and to prove their point they cite my prophecy about A tham. Where is A tham? The essence of my prophecy was that the liar would die in the lifetime of the true one, so A tham is dead and I am still alive. The fact is that the fulfilment of this prophecy was condi- tional, and as long as A tham lived in awe of this prophecy