Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 26
26 َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا١ؕ ْنِٕىۡاَفَا َتاَّم ْوَا َلِتُق ْمُتْبَلَقْنا ىٰۤلَع 21 ْمُكِباَقْعَا١ؕ And Muhammad 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? 22 َكَّنِا ٌتِّيَم َّو ْمُهَّنِا َنْوُتِّيَّم Surely you will die, and surely they too will die. He then went on to say: َ ہللا َّ دًا قَد ْ مَات َ وَمَن ْ کَان َ یَعْبُد ُ ہللا َ فَاِن َّ مُحَم َّ دًا فَاِن َّ اس ُ مَن ْ کَان َ یَعْبُد ُ مُحَم َّ یَااَیُّھَا الن 23 ُ حَی ٌّ ل َ یَمُوْت O ye men, whoever amongst you worshipped Muhammad s as , let him know that Muhammad s as is dead, and whoever amongst you worshipped Allah, let him know that Allah is Living, there is no death for Him. When he had read the verse and confirmed that the Holy Prophet s as had passed away, the truth dawned upon the Companions and tears gushed from their eyes. Hadrat ‘Umar ra later said that it seemed to him as if the verses had only just been revealed, and upon hearing them his legs couldn’t support him and he fell down with the intensity of sorrow. 24 This episode proves three important points: (1) It proves that the first consensus arrived at by the Companions after the demise of the Holy Prophet s as was that all Prophets before him had passed away. If any of the Companions had any doubts about it, they would surely have stood up at that