Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 581
25 May 1908 581 1 َّنِا َلَثَم ىٰسْيِع َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ِلَثَمَك َمَدٰا َّنِا َلَثَم ىٰسْيِع َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ِلَثَمَك َمَدٰا meaning that, if you present the miraculous birth of Jesus as as proof of his Divinity, then Adam should be God in the first place, as he had neither father nor mother. Therefore, you must first accept Adam to be a greater God, and only then may you present this argument for the Divinity of Jesus as. Thus, in this way Allah the Exalted refuted this argument of theirs. Accordingly, Allah the Exalted falsified their argument of the Messiah’s fatherless birth being proof of his ‘Divinity’ by presenting the example of Adam. A second argument of the Messiah’s ‘Divinity’ advanced by the Christians was that he was alive and is sitting on the right hand of God in Heaven with his mortal body. And in this way they established a unique distinction of the Messiah and pre- sented this very item as a mighty argument in favour of his ‘Divinity’. Now, can anyone tell me that if ْ ِّی تَوَف ْ ِّی تَوَف [ tawaffi ] does, in fact, mean as cension to Heaven with the physical body and it does not mean death in the case of Jesus as , then where has the Quran provided the reply to this objection of the Christians? The first argument of theirs was falsified by [the Holy Quran by] citing a precedent. In a similar manner, show me [from the Holy Quran] that such a precedent [about physical ascension] exists before or after Jesus as as well. And if there is no such precedent, then know for sure that Islam is gone today and gone tomorrow. The Christians convict you by your own beliefs and say that you yourself believe that Jesus as is alive with his physical body in Heaven, whereas your Messenger lies buried in the dirt of Madinah. Now, you decide who is better! Is it Jesus as or is it Muhammad s as ? 1. Surely, the case of Jesus with Allah is like the case of Adam ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:60). [Publisher]