Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 228
228 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Note: After this, the Promised Messiah as continued his exposition. His Holiness as : The truth is as Allamah Zamakhshari has written that ‘the son of Mary’ refers to all those who are holy. For if we limit and restrict this con- notation, the very essence of Islam will slip from our hands. I reiterate that if someone stays with me for just ten days, they will come to know of the truth of this community, which has been established by God at this time, as clearly as one sees the apparent. Questioner: Again, my question is: do you believe in the Hadith regarding the son of Mary? His Holiness as : I have already stated that I believe in it as expounded in the Quran. The Messiah has died and in his place, his likeness has appeared. Look here, I say once more that you must give precedence to the Quran over all else. It reached us from the blessed lips of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and God Almighty is its Preserver. Mahdi Hasan: But if the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not used ambiguous words then this dispute would not have arisen at all. His Holiness as : It is a disrespect to the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to use such words for his holy personage and suggest that he made an ambiguous statement. The Holy Prophet sa did not say any- thing ambiguous. This is the fault of your own understanding. He spoke in the same manner that God Almighty has always addressed his Prophets since time immemorial. Questioner: So a proper noun needs no interpretation. His Holiness as : I have already told you what I think about the nature of this absurd principle. If a person holds this belief, they will have to forsake Islam, because in relation to the Hadith about the touch of Satan, since you hold that a name cannot be interpreted in a non-literal sense, you will have to accept in turn that, God forbid, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was also not free from the touch of Satan. No Muslim can hold such a belief. p. 208