Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 256
256 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad did not return to his home on earth. Maulvi Sahib stated that one convincing point which remains is that God says in relation to Jesus: ‘We shall make thee a sign unto the people. ’ 1 I responded by saying that it is not necessary for the sign to be in accordance with the people’s perception and expectation e. g. for a dead person’s grave be torn open and for them to emerge therefrom—such a notion is preposterous indeed! Certain men are referred to as a Proof of Allah; they are from among the Signs of God. Certain individuals are signs in themselves. There are some who leave be- hind signs. It was necessary to outline the underlying objective in this allegation. This objection is inconsistent with my stance on the matter. What our opponents believe in respect of the Messiah is that he ascended into the heavens alive and that he will return alive. Now what relevance or similarity does this have with the story of Ezra as ? A similarity would exist if those who raise the allegation in ques- tion, held that the Messiah, peace be upon him, were to be resurrected from his grave. When they do not believe this, it is strange that they should present this example, because it is a false analogy. These people hold the belief that some other individual who was given the ap- pearance of the Messiah was hung while Jesus, peace be upon him, was raised into the heaven alive, with his physical body and earthly form. Then, they do not even tell us what he is doing sitting up in the heaven. What more could he do in paradise than to engage in carpentry and make furniture for those in paradise? Anyway, this does not concern me. In any case, what relation and similarity does the scenario that our opponents present have with the account of Ezra as ? Hence, in this context, to mix the case of the Messiah with the account of Ezra as is a false comparison. It is my belief that the account of Ezra as has nothing to do with whether the Messiah returns or not. Of course, if the nature of this question was different, and if it were asked, for example: ‘How did Ezra as come back to life again?’ then this would be another matter altogether. However, the fact is that I reject such resurrection; in fact, the entire Quran from beginning to end rejects such a notion. Allah the Exalted has put in place a system for His servants who believe in Him, who believe in His angels, who believe in His books, etc. , in connection with their passing away from this world. First, the angel of death comes and takes 1 Allah the Exalted states that He shall make Jesus a sign for the people. For example, refer to Maryam (19:22) and az-Zukhruf (43:62) of the Holy Quran. [Publisher]