Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 56
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 56 If the soul [of Jesus] was not taken and he ascended to the heavens alive with his physical body, then how did he reach the other world? A single fact suffices for a righteous person. To abandon the actual and correct concept and adopt imaginary and conjectural ideas runs contrary to righteousness. I have been made to understand this from God repeatedly. Along with it are Signs, assistance, Divine help, and texts of the Quran and Hadith. Whatever I say, I say based on insight. Consider what statement affords ِ ب ِااْلَْمْن ِ ب ِااْلَْمْن ُّ اَحَق ُّ اَحَق [greater peace (of mind)]. I have come as Elijah came. Ask the Jews why they remained deprived of believing in the Messiah. Their excuse was similarly that Elijah did not come from heaven as it is writ- ten in the Torah. However, our Muslims cannot even make this excuse because they have several precedents before them, demonstrat- ing how descent takes place. These people can quarrel with me as much as they wish, but after death, they will come to know which side was correct. These people help the Christians so much that these maulaw i s themselves have made many people Christians. The stance God has adopted is indeed superior to all, and through it, Islam will triumph. The words نزول نزول [ nuz u l — descent] and ل ی نز ل ی نز [ naz i l —the one who descends] are used for a guest to honour and respect. Every language has this idiom. So in Urdu as well, it is said, ‘Where have you descended?’ Meanwhile, a cleric interjected and said that the Messiah would descend in Damascus. Where did you descend? The Promised Messiah said: It is proven from the Hadith that he will descend to the east of Damascus; Qadian is exactly east of Damascus.