A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 101
Signs of the advent of the Messiah and Mahdi 101 beloved of Allah, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , dug up because according to the apparent words 52 ى , there can be no other meaning except that, God forbid, he will be buried with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa after his grave is dug up. Even if people continue to watch this soul-rending painful scene, with the false hope that after the burial they will believe in the dead Messiah, they will still have to sit and wait on the threshold for the Day of Judgement because the final stage is still outstanding. Which is that on the Day of Judgement, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and the Messiah will rise from the same grave which is between the graves of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra and Hadrat ‘Umar ra. Now, you see, how literal interpretation and superficial thinking has pushed [Musht a q] Chisht i and people of his ilk in the misery of waiting, and as yet they will remain deprived of faith. They will remain without faith till the Day of Judgement. This was not the purpose of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ; by declaring 53 اى ا he determined that they were one and the same person. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stated such signs of the coming of the Messiah that a discerning eye could recognize him, not just in the twilight hours but in the deep darkness of the night, as you can see a white lit-up tower from a distance. As a hadith of the Holy Prophet sa mentions: 52 He will be buried with me in my grave. [Publishers] 53 There is no Mahdi except Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ]. Ibn-e-M aj ah , K it ab u l- F itan , Bab Shiddatuz - Zam a n.