Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 397
24 September 1905 397 they had previously heard the verses in which this possibility had been denied. They thought that if he admits to it now, they would find an opportunity to object, but being the Word of Allah, there could be no contradiction in it. For this reason they received this very reply: 1 ْلُق َناَحْبُس ْيِّبَر ْلَه ُتْنُك اَّلِا اًرَشَب اًلْوُسَّر ْلُق َناَحْبُس ْيِّبَر ْلَه ُتْنُك اَّلِا اًرَشَب اًلْوُسَّر Meaning that, tell them that such a miracle runs contrary to the Word of Almighty Allah, and He is Holy beyond going against His earlier Word. In short, how obvious these points are that Almighty Allah has presented time and time again. Nevertheless, it is occasion for surprise and regret that they do not understand these and—be it intentional or not—they need to invent some sort of distinction in the Messiah which does not exist in others. This is the teaching of the Holy Quran, and look at [ S a hih ] al-Bukh a r i and [ S a hih ] Muslim and read the authen- tic books of Hadith—there is the mention of the vision of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. He saw the Messiah with John in exactly the same state. There was nothing special in the Messiah at that time which was unique with respect to his body; that is to say, he had a [physical] body while John was merely spirit. When the Quran and the clear testimony of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, are there, then how can there be this unique body [for Jesus]? If it is not a unique body, then in the name of Allah we believe that the body that is given after death was also given to the Messiah. Hence, the dispute is merely semantics. We can 1. S u rah Ban i Isr a ’ i l, 17:94 [Publisher]