Noah's Ark: An Invitation to Faith — Page 28
HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD (AS) Christians transgressed. And if the verse E suggests that Jesus was lifted to heaven alive with his physical body, then why did God not mention in the Quran of the eventual death of a figure whose 'life' has led hundreds of thousands of people astray? It is as if God conferred on him eternal life, so that people may fall prey to idol-worship and lose their faith, and it would seem as if the people have not erred, but it is God who has done all this to lead them astray. Remember, the religion of the cross cannot die unless the Messiah is allowed to pass away. After all, what benefit is there in considering him alive in contradiction to the teaching of the Quran? Let him die so that this faith [Islam] may live again. God manifested the death of the Messiah through His Word; and on the night of the Mi'raaj' the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw him dwelling among the dead. And yet you still do not believe in his death. What manner of faith is this? Do you prefer the tales of men over the Word of God? What kind of religion is this?? Not only did our Messenger, peace 1 Spiritual ascension of the Holy Prophets. [Publisher] 2 Note: There is a verse in the Holy Quran which clearly indicates that the Messiah and his mother travelled to Kashmir after the incident of the We gave Jesus and his mother وَأوَيْنَهُمَا إِلَى رَبُوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَمَعِينٍ" :crucifixion. It says shelter on an elevated land which was a place of comfort and was provided with springs of clear water. ' Here, God Almighty has depicted an illustration of Kashmir. According to the Arabic lexicon, the word aawaa is used to grant refuge against calamity or misfortune; and before the crucifixion, Jesus and his 28