Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 216
216 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad I Am the Promised Messiah Whose Advent Was Foretold It is my claim that the Messiah son of Mary, the Israelite Prophet, who was born some 1900 years ago in the city of Nazareth, has died a natural death, and I am the Promised Messiah, whose advent was promised by God Almighty. My oppo- nents believe that the Messiah son of Mary, who is a Prophet of the Israelites, has ascended into heaven alive, and despite being a mortal, is free from human needs, and that he will descend from heaven at some time, resting his hands on the shoul- ders of angels. God Almighty does not accept this, for He has proven through His action and by His succour that this is an imaginary and fanciful claim. No such indication is made in the Holy Word of God, nor has God bestowed success with heavenly support to those who make this claim in contestation to me, nor does sound reasoning stand by their side. In reality, this tale has been adopted by our opponents from Israelite narratives. However, our code of conduct is the Book of Allah, about which God Almighty Himself states that this is a decisive word, a measure. Further: ٍ ء ْ لِّكُلِّ شَي تِبْيَانًا It explains everything. We have no other guide except for the Noble Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. One who studies the Holy Quran from beginning to end will see that the word mutawaffi is used for the dead. This very same word has also been used for the Messiah son of Mary. This word is so commonly known to refer to the dead that even uneducated village registrars know that this word is only used to express that a person has died. If one studies the Hadith, it is evi- dent that this word has appeared only with the meaning of death. Therefore, if one reads the Holy Quran closely, it is clearly ascertained that the Messiah son of Mary has died. Moreover, this is not only established in one instance in the Holy Quran, rather, there are thirty verses of the Holy Quran which manifestly prove that the Messiah has died. Further, the Hadith also testify to the death of Jesus as. In fact, historically, the very first consensus of the companions was on the death of Jesus as. It is written that when the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed this world, Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, unsheathed his sword and stood firm, proclaiming that he would kill any- one who said that the Holy Prophet sa had died. This caused a great clamour. On p. 198