Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 461
Laying to Rest Some Doubts 461 quoted them here. In short, it is an established fact that the Jews have two [differing] beliefs regarding the killing of Hadrat ‘ I s a. One of these is that he was first killed and then [his corpse was] nailed to the cross, and it was essential to refute this belief. People of such thinking are also mentioned in the first verse, which is: 1 اَّنِا اَنْلَتَق َحْيِسَمْلا ىَسْيِع َنْبا َمَيْرَم Hence, when the claim was that ‘We killed Jesus,’ it was necessary to first refute this claim. But in order to make the refutation comprehen- sive, God also rejected the view of the other sect—which claimed that he was first placed on the cross—by saying ما صلبوہ [‘They crucified him not’]. Thereafter, Allah the Exalted, says: َو ْنِكٰل َهِّبُش ْمُهَل َو َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُفَلَتْخا ِهْيِف ْيِفَل ٍّكَش ُهْنِّم اَم ْمُهَل ٖهِب ْنِم ٍمْلِع اَّلِا َعاَبِّتا ِّنَّظلا َو اَم 2 نًا ی ِ َق ی ُهْوُلَتَق Translation: ‘ I s a was neither killed nor crucified; rather, the situation was made dubious for the people. And the Jews and the Christians who differ with regard to ‘ I s a ’s crucifixion or his spiritual ascent are merely in a state of doubt about it; they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture; and they are languishing in doubt and conjecture and are not themselves convinced that they indeed killed Jesus. ’ This is the reason why some sects of the Christians believe that the second coming of the Messiah will take place figuratively, like that of Prophet Ily as. In other words, the belief that the Messiah is physically alive in heaven is wrong, and that in fact he had died and the promise of the return of the Messiah in the Latter Days means the coming of 1. We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:158). [Publisher] 2. S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:158 [Publisher]