Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 536
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 536 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was referred to simply as ‘the like of M u s a ’, while in the Gospel it was stated that ‘ I s a himself would come; moreover, why is it not possible that ‘ I s a here refers to ‘ I s a him- self and that he was the one who would return? The answer to this is that Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, cannot come back in any case, because he has died, and his death has been declared by Allah the Almighty in the Holy Quran in categorical terms. Moreover, the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw Hadrat ‘ I s a, may peace be upon him, in Heaven seated among those who have passed away from this world. The third testimony in this regard is that the death of all Prophets is established by the ijm a ‘ [consensus] of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them. Then there is the testimony of sane reason that supports the above three testimonies; because ever since the world was created, it has never seen an instance like this, and no Prophet has ever gone to Heaven or returned from it with a physical body. These four testi- monies together give the definitive verdict that Hadrat ‘ I s a, may peace be upon him, has died; and it is slanderous to claim that he ever went to Heaven with his physical body, that he is still alive, and that he will at some point in time return to the earth with his physical body. It is unfortunate that although Islam was far removed from idolatry, in the end this doctrine found its way into Islam as a form of idolatry, in that such distinctions were accorded to Hadrat ‘ I s a as are not to be found in any other Prophet. May God Almighty rescue Muslims from this kind of idolatry! If ‘ I s a dies, Islam lives; and if ‘ I s a lives, Islam dies. May God usher in the day when the heedless Muslims cast a glance toward the right path. A m i n. Now the summary of this discourse is that, when the death of Hadrat ‘ I s a, may peace be upon him, is indubitably proven, then it is demonstrably false to presume that Hadrat ‘ I s a, may peace be upon him, will return to this world. Then there is the answer to the part of the aforementioned question, as to the wisdom behind naming an ummat i as ‘ I s a , and as to why he was named ‘ I s a in the Gospel and a ha d i th of