Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 55
55 fore, clear that the name Jesus has been given by the Holy Qtiran to some individuals of the Muslim people, and it is plainly indicated that some one from among the Muslims will first acquire the characteristics of Mary on account of his perfect righteousness,' and be called by that name, and then the spirit of Jesus being breathed into him, he will be called by the latter name. In accordance with these words of the Holy Quran, Almighty God first named me Mary, and then spoke of the breathing of a soul and lastly He named me Jesus, as is clear from revelations published in the Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya. Moreover, in the traditions it is clearly stated that in his famous night vision the Holy Prophet saw Jesus am. ong the other prophets who are all dead. He did not anywhere in heaven discover Jesus with his physical body. All that he saw was his w soul among the departed; souls in the same place as the soul of John the Baptist. Of course the living could not have gone to the habitation of the dead, and therefore, Jesus could not have joined the other prophets without passing through the door of death. In short, Almighty God has borne witness to the death of Jesus in His Word while the Holy Prophet saw him among the dead, and thus by his deed he has given tbe same testimony. Any one who rejects these two testimonies, will be answerable to God. The Muslims ought not to stumble where the Jews stumbled before them. They have before them the example of the Jews and know with far greater certainty than they that Almighty God never sends men back to this world. Had the second advent of a man been possible, we stood in far greater need of oar lord and master^the Holy Prophet Mubarnmad, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, and his return should have been vouchsafed to us, for in it was our whole delight. But