Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 145
Lecture Ludhiana 145 mere mention of my name. Can any person find the truth in this way? I cite in my support the explicit and unequivocal verses of the Holy Quran, the Hadith, and the consensus of the Companions. However, my opponents refuse to listen and start shouting and calling me an apostate and a deceiver. I say to them clearly to prove from the Holy Quran that Jesus ascended to the heavens alive or to produce anything that contradicts what the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, witnessed, or to disprove the consensus in the presence of Hadrat Ab u Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, on the occasion of the demise of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; but no reply comes forth. Then, some people raise the clamour that if that same Jesus of Israel, Son of Mary, was not meant to come again, why was this name given to the one who was to come? I say, what kind of foolish objection is this? Surprisingly, those who raise this objection name their children Moses, Jesus, David, Ahmad, Abraham, or Ishmael, but if Allah the Exalted gives the name Jesus to someone, they object!!! Heavenly Support and Signs The crucial point to consider in this context really was whether the one who came was accompanied by Signs or not. Had they sought to find those Signs in the Promised One, they would have never dared to deny, but they never bothered about the Signs and the supporting evidence; instead, the moment they heard the claim, they declared ٌ َافِر ك َ اَنْت [ Anta k a firun —‘You are a disbeliever!’] It is accepted that the means of recognising the Prophets, peace be upon them, and the Appointed Ones of God are