Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 412
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 412 no intellect can now argue against it. Almighty Allah has clearly stated that he died. The Messiah himself confessed to his death. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, saw him among the dead, and then the Companions ra reached the first ijm a ‘ [consensus] on this very issue upon the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and they settled it. The ijm a ‘ of the Companions ra can never be based upon error because the Companions pos- sessed the superb knowledge resulting from being in the com- pany of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 1 َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا َو اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا Regarding this, they say that ْ خَلَت ْ خَلَت [ khalat —passed] does not mean ‘death’, but they are wrong in it because Almighty Allah has already given the meaning of khalat : 2 ْنِٕىۡاَفَا َتاَّم ْوَا َلِتُق ْنِٕىۡاَفَا َتاَّم ْوَا َلِتُق If there were any other meanings besides these, then the ع ِف ر ع ِف ر صـری ٰعْن سد ال ُج الـ صـری ٰعْن سد ال ُج الـ [ rafa‘a al-jasad al-‘an s r i —ascension with the earthly body ] would have been mentioned with it, but it is not given in the Holy Quran, so then how can we accept it? In such a case, what use do we have for the testimony of the [corrupt] intermediate age? And then, it is surprising that even in that age there are people of this school of thought who acknowl- edged his death. And if Almighty Allah named me ‘ I s a [ Jesus], then what 1. And Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away before him ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145). [Publisher] 2. If then he die or be slain ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145). [Publisher]