Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 395
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 395 and the difference between their words and the Word of God is that while they declare ‘ I s a to be an ummat i , God Almighty declares an ummat i to be ‘ I s a. This1 ٭ was not such an error as could not have been rectified. If the providence of God Almighty could bestow the title of ‘ I s a upon an ummat i , and thus establish the superiority of this Ummah over the Israelites, then what was the need to bring ‘ I s a ibn Maryam [ Jesus son of Mary] down from heaven and contradict the promise of God (that the one who leaves this world never returns to it)?2 ٭ Hadrat ‘ I s a was the last Khalifah of Ban i Isr a ’ i l [the Children of Israel], therefore declaring an ummat i to be ‘ I s a signified that he would also be the last Khalifah of this Ummah, and that the ‘Jews’ of this Ummah would attack him too and would refuse to accept him. But 1. ٭ They do not realize that if they have given Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, he title of an ummat i , then why should they object if God Almighty gives an ummat i the title of ‘ I s a ? Does not the hadith امامكم منكم mean precisely that: ‘O people of the Ummah! The ‘ I s a who is to come will be from among you and not from another people?’ (Author) 2. ٭ Allah the Exalted says: [ S u rah al-A‘r a f, 7:26 ] — اَهْيِف َنْوَيْحَت َواَهْيِف َنْوُتْوُمَت َواَهْنِم َنْوُجَرْخُت Meaning that, ‘You will indeed live your lives on the earth, and indeed die on the earth, and be resurrected from this very earth. ’ How then was it possible that a person live in heaven for hundreds of years? And God says: [ S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:37 ] — َو ْمُكَل يِف ِضْرَاْلا ٌّرَقَتْسُم Meaning that, ‘And for you there is abode in the earth. ’ How then is it possible that abode of ‘ I s a for hundreds of years should be in heaven? Again God says: [ S u rah al-Mursal a t, 77:26 ] — ْمَلَا ِلَعْجَن َضْرَاْلا اًتاَفِك Meaning that, ‘We have made the earth such that it draws everyone towards itself and holds every body in its grip. ’ How then was it possible for Hadrat ‘ I s a to have escaped the grip of the earth? (Author)