Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 462
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 462 peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has been named ‘the like of Moses’, but the Khalifah who will come in the end has been named ‘ I s a [ Jesus], not ‘the like of ‘ I s a ’; therefore, it is he himself [ Jesus] who will come. Objections of this kind are apparently misleading and may perturb a man who is not familiar with the true circumstances. However, the fact is that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, should indeed have been called ‘the like of Moses’ because in the Torah’s Book of Deuteronomy, he was referred to as ‘the like of Moses’. So, if he had claimed to be Moses, the People of the Book would have said that we have been promised ‘the like of Moses’, not Moses. Therefore, in order to draw their atten- tion, the same word was retained as was present there. Nevertheless, here its opposite applies. It is learnt from the earlier scriptures and the Gospels that Jesus will come. But when it has been proven that he had died and having already come, no one would even think that he would be resurrected to return. Death of Jesus, Peace be on Him As for the issue of his death, it is so clear that there is no need to say much about it. God Almighty through His Word: 1 ىٰۤسْيِعٰي ْيِّنِا َكْيِّفَوَتُمَ ىٰۤسْيِعٰي ْيِّنِا َكْيِّفَوَتُمَ And Jesus through his confession: 2 اَّمَلَف ْيِنَتْيَّفَوَت اَّمَلَف ْيِنَتْيَّفَوَت 1. O Jesus, I will cause you to die a natural death ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:56). [Publisher] 2. But since You caused me to die ( S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:118). [Publisher]