Lecture Sialkot — Page 28
28 L ECTURE S IALKOT had persistently demanded this same miracle from him that he should ascend to heaven before their very eyes and descend with the Book, only then would they be- lieve in him. The reply they received was: 26 meaning, I am only a human being and it is not for God Almighty to raise physically any mortal to heaven in contradiction to His own Word. When He has already promised in the Holy Quran that all hu- mans would live their lives on earth, how could He have raised the Messiah as physically to heaven and paid no heed to His promise: 27 Some Muslims entertain the illusion that they need not believe in any Promised Messiah. They say, 'We do accept that Jesus as has died, but as we are already Muslims, and offer Prayers and keep Fasts and follow the injunctions of Islam, why then should we need any Reformer?' Remember, such people are greatly mistaken. How, in the first place, can they claim to be Muslims when they do not obey the command of God and the Holy Prophet sa ? The command they were 26 Say, ‘Holy is my Lord! I am not but a man sent as a Messenger’. — Ban i -Isr a’i l, 17:94 [Publishers] 27 Therein shall you live, and therein shall you die, and therefrom shall you be brought forth. —Al-A‘r a f, 7:26 [Publishers]