Where Did Jesus Die? — Page xvii
Foreword to the Present Edition God’s Word revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw—the Holy Quran—proclaims that Jesus as did not die on the cross. In corroboration of this Quranic revelation, the Promised Messiah as, Hazrat [His Holiness] Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, proposed the rev- olutionary theory that Jesus as died in India. This theory chal- lenges the very foundation of Judeo-Christian views surrounding the advent of the Messiah. Simply put, if Jesus as did not die on the cross, he could not be the false prophet that Jews allege him to be citing the criteria in Deuteronomy 18:20–22 and 21:22–23, nor could he be carrying the curse of all mankind’s sins as alluded to in Paul’s Epistle to the Galatians 3:13. This forces Judaism to reconsider him as the fulfilment of their anticipated Messiah, and questions the Christian concept of salvation. In ? , Maulana Shams ra illustrates that the most rational and credible explanation of Jesus’ crucifixion and post-crucifixion events is the one provided by the Holy Prophet saw and the Promised Messiah as. Their account requires neither fab- ricated miracle nor myth. It just so happens that this is the only account that glorifies Jesus Christ as by exonerating him from the accursed death on the cross and restoring him the honour of a