Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 415
24 September 1905 415 foolish would it be that he should be called superior to a person who never had such a stain on his face—rather, he possessed a beautiful and bright face—simply because his stain has been removed. Our opponents are suffering from these types of mistakes. We would have been patient with them if there had been no attack upon the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, or against Islam and the nation. When the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was asked for the miracle of going to the heavens, he received the answer: 1 ْلُق َناَحْبُس ْيِّبَر ْلُق َناَحْبُس ْيِّبَر whereas it is permitted for the Messiah that he ascended to the heavens. The inevitable outcome of such uniquenesses is that he is made out to be God. Where does this leave Tau hi d [the Oneness of God]? They are in fact aiding those 400,000,000 people who are making him into God. Alas, these people have abandoned the factual Shariah and have approved fictional wonders. The Issue of Revival of the Dead They also raise the objection with regard to me: the Messiah had raised the dead, how many has he raised? How should I answer this? First, they should find out how many dead were raised by the Messiah. Besides that, the era of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, precedes me, and I am but a humble servant of his s as. Once it was submitted to him to resurrect someone who was a newly-wed who had just died of a snake bite. The Holy Prophet s as replied, ‘Bury your brother. ’ 1. Say, ‘Holy is my Lord!’ ( S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:94) [Publisher]