Life of Ahmad — Page 307
as JESUS as IS DEAD 307 mother for two gods beside Allah? He shall answer," Holy art Thou. . . I said nothing to them save that which Thou didst command me, to wit, "Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord". And I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them, but since Thou didst cause me to die, Thou hast been the watcher over them, and Thou art witness over all things. ' It is clear from these words that Christians have begun to worship Jesus as and Mary as since the death of Jesus as and not before, He does not say here that he ever returned to this world. In another place the Quran says: 'And those on whom they call beside Allah create not anything, but they are themselves created. They are dead, not living; and they know not when they will be raised' (Al-Na h l 16:21, 22). Now it is an admitted fact that Christians worship Jesus as and call on him, therefore according to this verse Jesus as is dead and not living. Again we read: 'And Muhammad is naught but a Messenger. Verily all Messengers have passed away before him. If then he dies or be slain, will ye turn back on your heels?' ( A l-e-‘Imr a n 3:145). 62 62 See Tafs i r Ma z har i by San a ’ullah of Panipat and Tafs i r Tab si rur Ra h m a n by Zainud D i n Ali Mah a m i and Tafs i r J a mi‘ul Bay a n by Sayyid Mu‘ i nud D i n Ibn-e- S af i yyud D i n and Fut uha t-e-Il a hiyya and Tafs i r Sa f i. Mahm u d Shaltoot, an eminent theologian of Al-Azhar, Cairo, declares that Jesus as , according to the Quran, is not alive in the heavens and that he