Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 58
58 MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 8 its pages and look at his colleagues. Sometimes he would ask one per- son to find something, and sometimes he would point to someone else, asking him, 'Do tell me something, please, brother?' There were many present [accompanying him]. Sometimes one person snatched the Quran from his hand, and sometimes he snatched the Quran back. Of course, there was nothing to be found. Panicked, he said, 'Well رَافِعُكَ ]rafiuka-'will exalt thee']¹ is written. ' The Meaning of Rafa'a The Promised Messiahas said: The meaning of رافعك - ]rafika-exalt thee'] here is the same as the meaning in: رَفَعْتُهُ مَكَانًا عَلِيًّا Muslims make this same prayer every day concerning the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that he may be bestowed رَفَعَ ]rafaa - exaltation']; so does it mean that he ascends to the heavens with his physical body? It is absolutely correct what God said, and He confirmed it with revelations. 1. Sūrah Al-e-Imran, 3:56 [Publisher] 2. And We exalted him to a lofty station (Sūrah Maryam, 19:58). [Publisher]