Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 62
62 And had Allah decreed that Jesus, who was from among the Jews, would return to the world, then honour would surely have returned to the Jewish people and the decree of disgrace would have been rendered void, nullifying the decree of Allah, the only One worthy of worship. Hence, Allah decided to cut them from their roots, to destroy their very foundation and solidify their dis- grace. To make this happen, Allah first of all caused Jesus to be born without a father solely through His power. Hence, Jesus was a forerunner for our Prophet and a sign of the transfer of prophet- hood, for he was not connected to the Israelite lineage through a father. As far as John is concerned, he was a veiled testament to the handover of prophethood, for the birth of John had not occurred through the human prowess of the Israelites, rather through the power of the Omnipotent Allah. Thus, after these two prophets, there were no grounds left for the Jews to be proud or arrogant. And, all this came to pass so that Allah may destroy their argu- mentativeness, put to rest all their boasts and quell their excessive passions. Allah then transferred prophethood from the Israelites to the Ishmaelites and Allah bestowed His favour upon our Prophet Mu h ammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and turned Gabriel and His revelation away from the Israelites. He is therefore Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ and after him no prophet will ever be raised from among the Jews, nor will the honour that they were deprived of be returned to them. This is a promise of the Loving God, and thus is it written in the Torah, the Gospel and the Quran. Hence, how will Jesus return when all the books of Allah, the Master of the Day of Judgment, are barring him from doing so? And if it were to be presumed that he will come back before the