Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 221
221 is stated in some Hadith that Jesus son of Mary, the Israelite Prophet who was born in Nazareth some 1900 years ago, will return, and he will not be deposed from his office of prophethood, but would remain a Prophet, and our Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would no longer be the Seal of Prophets, as the Holy Quran states that he is, I can never, ever accept such a Hadith which dishonours the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. I would undoubtedly consider such a narration to be a fabrication. And if there are Hadith which do not state that the Israelite Prophet will return, but rather, describe the Israelite Messiah and the Messiah of Muhammad sa to have different appearances, and if his advent is not established in these narrations in a light that is contradic- tory to the Holy Quran, then such Hadith are definitely worthy of being accepted. However, I assure you that my claim to be the Promised Messiah is based on the Holy Quran. Although it is absolutely true that authentic Hadith—which will never contradict the Holy Quran—attest to the truth of my claim, I prove the truth of my claim in light of the Holy Quran. News of my advent is mentioned in the Holy Quran. Indeed, it is true that there is mention in the Hadith as well and the Messenger of Allah, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, has also expounded this subject as well. 1 Mahdi Hasan: All I am asking is that when the name ‘Messiah son of Mary’ has appeared in the Hadith, and this name is a proper noun, why do you interpret this metaphorically? His Holiness as : It is not I who has interpreted this metaphorically, rather, the Holy Quran has described the true nature of this matter, where it states: َ ْ مِنْ فِرْعَوْن ي الْجَنَّۃِ وَنَجِّنِ فِی ْتًا ي َ امْرَاَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ اِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ابْنِ لِیْ عِنْدَکَ ب لِّلَّذِیْن َ ٰامَنُوا ُ مَثَلًا هلل َ وَضَرَبَ ا وَ مَرْیَمَ ابْنَت فِيْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِنَا فَنَفَخْنَا َمَ ابْنَتَ عِمْرٰنَ الَّتِيْۤ اَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَهَا ی ْ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ وَ مَرْ ي وَعَمَلِهٖ وَنَجِّنِ 2 َ َانَتْ مِنَ الْقٰنِتِیْن ك َ ُتُبِهٖ و ك َ و َلِمٰتِ رَبِّھَا ك ِ وَ صَدَّقَتْ ب ْهِ مِنْ رُّوْحِنَا ي ِ ف فَنَفَخْنَا ْۤ اَحْصَنَتْ فَرْجَھَا ي ِ عِمْرٰنَ الَّت And Allah sets forth for those who believe the example of the wife of Pharaoh when she said, ‘My Lord! build for me a house with Thee in the Garden; and deliver me from Pharaoh and his work, and deliver me from the wrongdoing people;’ And the example of Mary, 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 34, dated 17 September 1901, p. 3 2 at-Tahrim, 66:12-13 p. 202