The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 33
33 Then, in a way, you determine God Almighty to be a liar, because God says that after the event of the cross He settled ‘ I s a and his mother on an elevated piece of land with pristine running water, i. e. springs flowed in it; it was a place affording great comfort and quite like Paradise, as God says: 1 َو ۤاَمُهٰنْيَوٰا ىٰلِا ٍةَوْبَر ِتاَذ ٍراَرَق َّو ٍنْيِعَم That is: After the episode of the cross, which was a great calamity, We granted ‘ I s a and his mother refuge in a great elevated land, which was a place of great comfort with pleasant tasting water; i. e. the land of Kashmir. If you have even the slightest knowledge of the Arabic lan - guage, you would be aware that the term اٰوی [ a w a ] is used only on such an occasion where one is provided refuge after having been rescued from a disaster. This usage can be found through - out the Holy Quran, Arabic sayings, and the a ha d i th. In addi - tion, the Word of God Almighty proves that during the entire life of Hadrat ‘ I s a , peace be upon him, the cross was the only calamity that befell him. And it is proven from the hadith that it was this very incident which aggrieved Maryam [Mary] the most during her entire life. Hence, this verse proclaims loudly that after the incident of the cross, God rescued Hadrat ‘ I s a from this calamity and took him away from that dangerous country and settled him in some other country where springs of clear water flowed and which was situated on elevated ground. The question now is whether there is a highland in Heaven where springs of 1. S u rah al-Mu’min u n, 23:51, [Publisher]