True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 118
[ 118 ] The Second Coming of the Messiah and ‘All a mah Iqb a l’s View In the ‘White Paper,’ great importance is given to ‘All a mah Iqb a l. His views are considered superior to all. Let us see what he has to say about the Second Coming of the Mes- siah. It is the central point of difference between Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and other Muslims. We believe that the old Jesus as will not descend physically but his re-advent would take place in the form of another per- son who would bear the name Jesus as. ‘All a mah Iqb a l writes: As I understand the significance of the movement, the Ahmadi belief that Christ died the death of an ordinary “mortal, and that his second advent means only the advent of a person who is spiritually like unto him, give the movement some sort of a rational appearance. . . ( Islam and Ahmadism, with a reply to Questions raised by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, by Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqb a l, printed at Brandreth Road Lahore on Feb. 17 th 1936, p. 22–23) That leaves no room for escape for those who oppose the Ahmadiyya perspective. All believe with absolute certainty that the awaited Messiah would be a Prophet of Allah. The only point of contention is, how will he come, will he be a new person in the spirit of the Jesus of old, or would it be the self-same Jesus. The thinkers of Islam, whom our oppo-