With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 191
Death of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as bin Mariam ra 191 die it would not be inconsistent with his prophethood as all prophets before him have been subject to death—would be accounted as defective and meaningless. Surely God Almighty is far above saying that which is not true and is against the facts. 202 Another verse that clearly and absolutely declares the death of Hazrat ‘ Ī s ā as , without any doubt whatsoever is discussed by the Promised Messiah as in the following quotation: The Holy Qur’ ā n says: َ خيَْﻠُﻘُﻮْن َ ﻻ ِّٰ اهلل ِ دُوْن ْ ﻣِﻦ َ ﻳَﺪْﻋُﻮْن َ وَاذلَِّﻳْﻦ َؕ خيُْﻠَﻘُﻮْن ُْ وَّمه ﺷَﻴْـًٔﺎ ٍ اَﺣْﻴَﺎٓء ُْ ﻏَري ٌ ۚاَﻣْﻮَات َ ﻳُﺒْﻌَﺜُﻮْن َ اَايَّن َ ﻳَﺸْﻌُﺮُوْن وَّﻣَﺎ 203 (S ū rah An-Nahl, Part 14) This means that: ‘Those who are worshipped and called upon beside All ā h cannot create anything but are themselves created. They are dead, not living. They do not know when they will be resurrected. ’ Just see how clearly these verses affirm the death of all those human beings who were worshipped as gods by the Jews and Christians and some of the Arab tribes and to whom they supplicated. If you are still not convinced of the death of Jesus son of Mary, 202 Iz ā la-e-Auh ā m , R ū h ā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Volume 3, Pages 277-278, trans. in The Essence of Isl ā m, Volume 3, Pages 198-199 203 S ū rah An-Nahl, 16:21-22