Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 478
478 MALFUZAT ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME IO that has passed away and is in Paradise has no explanation other than that he, too, has died. In short, these are two testimonies. Now, one should judge impartially what this proves. What reason is there that exceptions be made for Jesus? The Christian priests put forth the argument in favour of the 'Divinity' of Jesusas, that he used to raise the dead, whereas God Almighty says: فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَى عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ : Now, there cannot be a contradiction in the Word of God that in one verse He says that the dead do not come back to this world and in the other He says that the dead do come back to life. Then He says, with regard to the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that the dead are brought back to life at his hand: 2 لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ yet everyone knows that this means giving life to the spiritually dead. So the Muslims who, follow- ing in the footsteps of the Christian priests, believe that Jesusas could bring the dead back to life, are making a mistake. Then they allege that the only ones who were free from the touch of Satan were Jesus and his mother. Look, just imagine what an insult to the Holy Prophetsas is implicit in this belief! There are many other similar distinctions that the Muslims have accorded to Jesusas that are necessarily insulting to the Holy Prophetsas. I can never tolerate that anyone be made to appear greater than the Leader of All Messengers sas who was far better and superior than Jesus. )اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِ نَا مُحَمَّدٍ( ]O Allah shower Thy blessings on Our lord and master Muhammad. ] 1. And then He retains those against which He has decreed death (Sūrah az-Zumar, 39:43). [Publisher] 2. That he may give you life (Sūrah al-Anfāl, 8:25). [Publisher]