The Nazarene Kashmiri Christ — Page 25
25 attained eternal life spiritually, but he cannot be excluded from the group of messengers, and physically he cannot be beyond the divine law of death regarding prophets. used in this verse means خلا. The word "passed away. " On a close study of the Quran one finds that the words are explained in the same verse. . Allah says قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ "Verily all messengers have passed away before him. " The question arises, how did they pass away? The answer is: آفَابِنْ مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمُ which means. 'Therefore if the Holy Prophet passes away like all messengers who came before him, if then he dies or is slain, will you turn back on your heels?". None of them escaped from Si. e. , passing away. They either died or were slain. There is no mention of ascent to heaven. If physical ascension was another way of i. e. , passing away, was this fact beyond the knowledge of Allah?. This verse also consists of a great prophecy. that on the death of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) grave doubts would arise amongst his followers that perhaps the divine decree of passing away, which was applicable to all the previous messengers of Allah did not apply to him. It is also on record that the Holy. Prophet died seven years after the revelation of this verse. On his death Hadhrat Umar stood up in the mosque at Madina with a drawn sword in hand and