Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 254
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 254 The Mischief about Jesus being Alive The death of Jesus and the life of Islam are two interrelated objectives that have a very strong connection with each other, and the issue of the death of Christ has become essential for the life of Islam in this age because the mischief that has arisen from Jesus being [believed to be] alive has grown extensively. In regard to Jesus being alive, to say, ‘Did Almighty Allah not have the power to take him up to the heavens alive?’ shows a lack of understanding of what the power of Allah the Exalted and 1. . . means. I believe, more than anyone else, that: 2 َّنِا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق َّنِا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق Allah the Exalted has, without doubt, the power to do everything, and I believe that, without doubt, He can do what- soever He pleases, but He is holy and free of all such things that are against His perfect attributes, and He is an enemy of those things that go against His religion. In the beginning, the belief that Jesus was alive only carried the context of an error, but today this error has become a veri- table monstrosity that wants to swallow Islam. In the early days, there was no fear of any harm being caused by this mistake, and it had the appearance of just a mistake, but ever since the emer- gence of Christianity and their declaring Christ being alive as a powerful proof of his Divinity, it became a dangerous con- cept. They repeatedly and forcefully presented this issue that if Christ is not God, how is he sitting on the Divine throne? And 1. Some word has been left out here due to error in transcription. [Compiler] 2. Surely, Allah has the power to do all that He wills ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:21). [Publisher]