Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 41
! ! 41 You must be aware that just as the Holy Prophet sa was appointed to reform the world during his time, the Promised Messiah as has been appointed likewise for the present time. Now , Islam has reached such a state, where those who call themselves Muslims are responsible for inviting its condemnation. Haz rat Jesus as has Passed Away Thus, they assume out of ignorance that Haz rat Jesus as is sitting in the heavens and will descend to Earth at any point in time. This belief has invited much criticism against Islam. Firstly, it falsifies the Holy Qur’ān because it states that Haz rat Jesus as has died. Secondly, many Muslims have b ecome Christian because of this. This is because priests present the argument that, “Jesus is alive in the heavens and you [Muslims] also believe that. Ye t , your prophet has passed away and is buried in the earth. So now tell us yourself w hose status is higher? You already believe that your prophet’s status is highe r than that of all the prophets and when Haz rat Jesus ’ as status is even higher than that, it would imply that he is God. ” They could not respond to this, so they left Islam and beca me Christian, al though it is completely erroneous to believe that Haz rat Jesus as sits alive in the heavens. H e has actually been dead for a long time. The Meaning of the Coming of Haz rat Jesus as Muslims have misunderstood t he prophecy foretold by the Holy Prophet sa that Hazrat Jesus as will come again. From th e prophecy they surmi sed the coming of the previous Haz rat Jesus as himself [in the flesh] , whereas the Holy Prophet sa indicated t he coming of a person with attributes like Haz rat Jesus as. Since the Holy Prophet sa had also stated that in the latter days, Muslims would become [like] Jews. C onsequently , just as Haz rat Jesus as came for the reformation of Jews, the person who was to come for the reformation of the Muslims was to be named Jesus. Otherwise , how could the first Haz rat Jesus as return , for he ha d passed away ! The Holy Qur’ān says: n ا ﻟ ُّﺮ ُﺳ ُﻞ َﻗ ۡﺒ qِِ ِﻣ ۡﻦ َﺧ َﻠ ۡﺖ َﻗ ۡﺪ s َر ُﺳ ۡﻮ ٌل ِا َّﻻ ُﻣ َﺤ َّﻤ ٌﺪ َﻣ ﺎ