Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 258
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 258 Now, tell me if the meaning of this word is indeed to be raised bodily to heaven, then do we not have the right to apply the same meaning for him [the Holy Prophet s as ]? What is the rea- son that when this word is used for a Prophet who is thousands of ranks inferior to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he should be understood to have been taken straight up to the heavens bodily and alive based on their fabricated meaning, yet when this word is used for the Leader of all who came past and present, it means nothing but ‘death’? On the contrary, his being alive is proven to the degree that it is not for any other Prophet. Proof of the Holy Prophet, may Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon Him, being Alive And therefore, I emphatically claim that if any Prophet is alive, it is our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Most great saintly people have written books on the topic of the Holy Prophet being alive, and we have such over- whelming proofs of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, being alive that no one can compete with them. One of them is that the living Prophet can only be the one whose blessings and favours continue forever, and we see that Allah the Exalted has never allowed the Muslims to perish from his time till now. He sent someone at the head of every century who continued the work of reformation in accordance with the need of the time up to the point that He sent me in this century so that I give proof of the Prophet’s life. This fact is also proven from the Holy Quran that Allah the Exalted has been protect- ing the religion of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and will continue to do so as He said: