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223 addressed as Mary: َ یَا مَر ْیَم ُ اسْکُن ْ اَنْت َ وَزَوْجُک ِ الْجَنَّۃ O Mary, dwell you and your companion in the garden. ” Note from the Editor: Certain ignorant people raise the allegation that the verb uskuni (dwell you) ought to have been here in the feminine form due to the name ‘Mary’. The fact is, however, that since His Holiness as has been addressed here, God Almighty used the masculine verb uskun instead. For in this instance, the name ‘Mary’ is applicable in the context described above and as mentioned in the aforementioned verse of Surah Tahrim. His Holiness as : Moreover, I have also received the following revelation: ْہ ِ مِن ْ رُّوْحِنَا ی فَنَفَخْت ُ فِ So We breathed into him of Our Spirit. Therefore, my claim is in accordance with the Quran and God has disclosed to me that it is I who has been promised in the Quran. I have conveyed this plainly and in detail. Anyone who so wishes is free to reflect on this point. Questioner: Why did the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, use these words in specific, why did he not just say that the like- ness of the Messiah would appear? His Holiness as : This is an objection which you make against the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and not me. And then, this objection in itself is due to a lack of knowledge on your part. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has clearly expounded the matter by saying: ْ اِمَامُکُم ْ مِنْکُم He will be your leader, from among you. Further, it was in accordance with the Quran that he stated that Jesus as died at the age of 120. In addition to this, the Holy Prophet sa saw Jesus as among the dead on the night of his spiritual scension to heaven (mi’raj). Therefore, p. 204