Welcome to Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam — Page 274
− Ó»A ¹¨¯Ai Ë ¹Î¯ÌN¿ ÓÃA ÓnÎ¨Í ì ä ê ä å ê ä ä ä æ éê ä ä å æ éê ê ê æ ê Ð ya ‘Isa inni mutawafika wa rafi‘uka ai layya − − − − − − O Jesus, I will cause thee to die and will exalt thee to a natural death Myself. (3:56) This Divine promise only meant that God would not allow Jesus Christ to die the accursed death on the cross, but would cause him to die a as natural death and would raise his soul to Himself like those of all righteous persons. The Ahmadis interpret the prophecy of the second advent of Jesus as ± − in the same way in which Jesus interpreted the prophecy of second advent as of. Jesus was not to come back in person, but another man was to Elijah as come in the spirit and character of Jesus , just as John the Baptist came in as the spirit and character of. Elijah The prophecy of the second advent of Jesus , the Ahmadis believe, as ± − has been fulfilled in the advent of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who ± ± − − ± came in the spirit and power of Jesus , as John had come in the spirit and as power of. Elijah (Basics of Religious Education, Third Edition, Sheikh Abdul Hadi, p 23) The Promised Messiah and Mahdi did a great deal of research and as − he wrote on this subject with great vigor giving powerful arguments. He laid great emphasis on the natural death of Jesus contrary to Orthodox as Muslim belief about ascension and life of Jesus physically in Heaven. He as also proved the natural death of Jesus from the Holy Qur’an and as Hadith. − ± − The Promised Messiah and Mahdi writes: as − "Remember very well that no one shall ever come down from 274