Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 28
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 7 28 Yes, there is definitely a dispute regarding [ Jesus] the Messiah between you and me, but there can be no truer witness than the Word of God. What do we care about the words of others? The [reported] sayings of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, are true and correct, so long as they do not go against the Noble Quran. Therefore, in order to safeguard our Faith, it is necessary to give precedence to the Holy Quran over such accounts as are recorded in the a ha d i th. Thus, as far as we are concerned, we will give preference to the Holy Quran and those a ha d i th which are solid and authen- tic and are definitely [in accord] with the Quran and support me in my claim. So, there is no disagreement between these people and me except that they are content with the husk, while I desire the kernel. The death of [ Jesus] the Messiah has been settled by the Quran itself through 1 اَّمَلَف ْيِنَتْيَّفَوَت اَّمَلَف ْيِنَتْيَّفَوَت. If we accept that the Messiah of Nazareth is still alive today, we will also have to admit that Christians, are still on the right path, and the refutation of this is given by the Noble Quran itself in the verse: 2 ُداَكَت ُتٰوٰمَّسلا َنْرَّطَفَتَي ُهْنِم َو ُّقَشْنَت ُضْرَاْلا ُداَكَت ُتٰوٰمَّسلا َنْرَّطَفَتَي ُهْنِم َو ُّقَشْنَت ُضْرَاْلا My God has commissioned me in a thousand revelations, and that is the very statement that was written 1300 years ago. There is no quarrel between them and us if there was a sense of hon- our, modesty, and faith. Even setting this aside, did all the people embrace Islam during the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings 1. Since You did cause me to die ( S u rah al-M a ’idah, 5:118). [Publisher] 2. The heavens might well-nigh burst thereat, and the earth cleave asunder ( S u rah Maryam, 19:91). [Publisher]