A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 80
80 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ himself had also passed away. Alas, they do not reflect over this style of speech. One can understand, even with a little command of the language, that in this verse, the news of the death of Jesus has been given by including him among the group of all the past Prophets, thus, it will be illogical to imagine that Jesus has not died. However if one persists in the belief that this verse proves only the death of the previous Prophets and not of Jesus, we ask them to fairly assess what this other verse proves: SECOND VERSE And Muhammad sa is only a messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. If then he die or be slain, will you turn back on your heels? 48 Now, how can Jesus [ Hadrat ‘ I s a as ] be excluded from the scope of this verse? If his advent was before that of the Holy Prophet Mu h ammad’s sa and we know it is a fact; then we will have to accept Jesus’s as death; for the verse tells us so clearly that all the Prophets before the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa have died. Sadly, some Muslim theologians show stubbornness; instead of accepting this fact righteously and honestly, they start making far- fetched interpretations of this verse. For instance, they say that the Arabic word ( khalat ) used in the verse does not only mean death, it also means to move from one place to another. Therefore, 48 S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n 3:145