Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 84
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 84 So, there are two testimonies here. One is the testimony of God Almighty in the Holy Quran, and the second is the testimony of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, on the night of the Mi‘r a j. 7. The Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said—as is written in Kanzul-‘Umm a l, T abar a n i , and in the book ِ مَا ثَبَت َ بِالسُّنَّة ِ مَا ثَبَت َ بِالسُّنَّة [ M a Thabata (min) bis-Sunnah ] by Sheikh ‘Abdul- H aqq, etc. —that the age of Jesus 1 was 125 years. In one hadith, it is written that it was 120 years. Nowhere is it written that his age was thousands of years. 8. The ijm a‘ of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, after the death of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is also conclusive proof of the death of Jesus, peace be on him. This consensus was based on this verse: 2 اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا اَم ٌدَّمَحُم اَّلِا ٌلْوُسَر١ۚ ْدَق ْتَلَخ ْنِم ِهِلْبَق ُلُسُّرلا 9. Apart from this, God Almighty has made clear to me through His authentic, decisive revelation, again and again, that Jesus has died. Moreover, He has manifested my truth with His clear Signs. Similarly, there are many other proofs, but this 1. Kanzul-‘Ummāl, Kit a bul-Fa da ’il, b a b Fa da ’il S a ’ir al-Anbiy a ’, Hadith 32259, vol. 2, p. 217, published by D a rul-Kit a b al-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon; See also, Al-Ma‘jam al-Kab i r li t - T abar a n i , Masnad an-Nisa’, Banat Ras u lull a h, Dhikru Sinna Fatimah ra d i All a hu ‘ anha wa Wafatih a wa min Akhbarih a wa Man a qbih a wa Kunyatih a , m a Rawat ‘ A’ishah Ummul-Mu’min i n, ‘ an Fatimah ra d i All a hu ‘ anhum a , vol. 22, p. 417–418, published by D a rul-I h y a ’ at-Tur a th al-Arab i [Publisher] 2. Muhammad is only a Messenger. Verily, all Messengers have passed away be- fore him ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:145). [Publisher]