Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 540
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 540 Now, those who believe that Jesus as did not die and is alive, while the Holy Prophet s as is dead and buried in Madinah— have they not mounted a grievous attack on the honour of the Holy Prophet s as ? And then they say that the same Israelite Prophet would come back to the world and reform the ummah of Muhammad s as and revive the Faith. Now, tell me how the Holy Prophet s as would continue to be Khatamun-Nabiyyin [the Seal of the Prophets] after an Israelite Prophet comes after the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? By virtue of this doctrine, Jesus as would be Khatamun-Nabiyyin and not the Holy Prophet s as. Most certainly not! Jesus as was himself a Prophet of God in his own right. Would his earlier shariah and prophethood become abrogated? When we have received the promise in clear words in S u rah an-N u r that the one to come would only come from within you—there is now no room for anyone to come from the outside. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , which is the most authentic book after the Book of Allah, also says 1 ْ مِنْكُم ْ إِمَامُكُم [‘Your Imam from among you’]. And when his death [that of Jesus] is clearly proven from the Holy Quran and the Hadith, then why is such a doctrine maintained that is a belief that is totally against the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet s as ? The Holy Prophet s as himself saw him [ Jesus] among the Prophets who are deceased on the night of Mi’raj [Spiritual Ascension]. If he was alive, there should have been some other place designated for him rather than being with the deceased. The living and the dead have nothing in common. In short, God through His Word and the Holy Prophet s as through his action have proven that he [ Jesus] has already died. 1. S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bul-Anbiy a’ , Hadith 3449 [Publisher]