The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 254
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. Moses and that the good pointed of the one are analogous to the other. . Among the Muslims there are those who resemble the Prophets of the. Mosaic dispensation, while there are those who are the prototype of the Jews who have incurred the wrath of Allah. This likeness could also be expressed in a simile of a well-designed house with beautifully furnished rooms befitting a person of very high culture and from which house a portion is set aside for toilets, gutters, drains and sewage. A little later, the owner of the house desires to erect another house similar to the first. Islam could easily be likened to the second house. Whereas the first house was indeed the house of. Moses, the new palace, however, is quite independent of the first house. The Holy Quran does not stand in need of any assistance from the Torah, nor is the Islamic dispensation, in any way, subservient to the Mosaic dispensation. Every exalted saint that is born among the. Muslims gets his enlightenment and guidance direct through the Holy. Prophet, peace be on him, and the revelations of this saint are always. a reflection of the revelations of the Holy Prophet, his master. This is a point that must be properly understood and its true purport be thoroughly digested. It is a great pity that our opponents try to drag. Jesus back to this world and totally fail to realize that in the resemblance mentioned above, Islam only enjoys the pride of similitude and does not suffer the debasement of being sub-servient to an Israelite prophet for its renaissance. . Moreover it is highly absurd to lay stress on such a notion which has no precedent nor enjoys any support from the Holy Quran. . The disbelievers, as is mentioned in the Holy Quran, had asked the. Holy Prophet, peace be on him, to ascend bodily to heaven, but God. totally rejected this demand and commanded him to say: Holy is my. Creator. I am no more than a man and a Prophet(17:94). Was Jesus not a man? Why was he then raised to heaven without even a request from his people and compatriots?. The Holy Quran only mentions a 'Raising towards Allah' which is an entirely spiritual concept and does not at all mean 'being raised bodily to heaven'. The Jews contended that anyone who was hanged on the cross and died on it could never be exalted by Allah as 254