Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 155
155 1 َ اِنِّيْ مُتَوَفِّيْك يٰعِيْسٰۤى O Jesus, I will cause thee to die a natural death. At another place, it speaks in my favour by stating: 2 ْ تَوَفَّيْتَنِي فَلَمَّا But since Thou didst cause me to die. Still, in another instance, it states: 3 ُ رَسُوْلٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُل مُحَمَّدٌ اِلَّا مَا And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him. Hence, on various occasions, in different ways, the Word of God loudly proclaims that the path which I follow is the one that is true by the grace of God Almighty. It is on this path that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw the Messiah as with John as on the night of the Mi’raj. And it is con- clusively established that the Holy Prophet sa did not speak of any difference be- tween the two, as would indicate that one was living and the other was dead. On a certain occasion, the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, bore testimony to the death of Jesus as by speaking of his age. In another instance, he explained to us that Jesus as has died by describing the differing appearance of the Promised Messiah who was to come and the Messiah of the Israelites. These testimonies are from the Hadith and the Quran. In addition to the above, the unanimous testimony of all the companions at the demise of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was that all the Prophets had died. Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not yet died, and stood with an unsheathed sword. But then Hazrat Abu Bakr Sid- diq, may Allah be pleased with him, stood to deliver an address and recited the following verse: 1 Aal-e-Imran, 3:56 2 al-Ma’idah, 5:118 3 Aal-e-Imran, 3:145