The Conclusive Argument — Page 13
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 13 to our enlightenment. You read in Bukh a r i , ‘Ain i , and Fa d lul- B a r i that التوفّي [ at-tawaff i ] means ‘to cause death’ as Ibn Abbas and our Chief [the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as ]—the Imam of All Men and Prophet of All Jinn —have so clearly tes- tified. So then—O groups of Muslims and brethren!—what else remains after this? The Messiah admits in the Holy Quran that his people were corrupted only after his death. So, if Jesus has not yet died, then you must accept that Christians have not corrupted their religion up to this day. As for those who have invented some other meaning for التوفّي [ at-tawaff i —cause to die], such meanings—unsatisfying as they are—merely reflect their wishful thinking and the confusion of their thoughts. God Almighty has sent no proof for them, as is not hidden from men of knowl- edge and the awakened ones. If they do not desist out of malice, البخاری والعینی وفضل الباري إماتة، كما شهد ال أن التوفّي هو ا ّ ابن ُ عبّاس بتوضیح البیان، وسیّدُنا إ نس ونبي ّ الجانّ، فأي ال الذي إمام ا إخوان ال أمر ٍ بقي بعده یا معشر ا وطوائف المسلمین؟ وقد أقر ّ المسیح في القرآن أن فساد أمّته ما كان إال بعد موته، ن، آ ال فإن كان عیسی لم یمت إلی ا فلزمك أن تقول إن النصاری ما أفسدوا مذهبهم إلی هذا الزمان. والذین نحتوا معنی آخر للتوفّي فهو د عن التشفّي، وإن هو إال من ی ّٰ بع أهوائهم، وفساد آرائهم، ما أنزل الل خفی علی ی به من سلطان، كما ال