The Shining Lamp — Page 84
84 in exactly the form of this very verse, a most subtle prophecy that was made seventeen years ago from this day. And it is declaring loudly that that same situation will transpire in this case as well. To refer to this humble one as Jesus and then to affirm that, ‘O ‘ I s a [ Jesus], I will cause you to die and will raise you towards Myself ’, is in fact to depict the same circumstances that were encountered by Hadrat ‘ I s a. And that incident was that the Jews wanted to kill him in such a way to prove that he was a liar and they had taken in hand the despicable ploy of killing him through the means of crucifixion because a person who is crucified is accursed. Further, the mean- ing of accursed is that the individual is faithless, rebellious to God, and distant and forsaken. In this way he would be proven to be a liar. However, God reassured him that you will not die the kind of death from which the conclusion is drawn that you are accursed, distant from God, and forsaken; rather, ‘I will raise you towards Myself ’; meaning, I will abundantly establish your nearness 1 ٭ to Me and the Jews will be left frustrated in this plan of theirs. Thus, in the meaning of the word رفع [ rafa‘a —raised] there was also hidden a prophecy relating to the advent of our Holy 1. ٭ Footnote: This promise was made to this humble one also: [‘O ‘ I s a [Jesus], I will cause you to die and shall raise you towards Myself ’]. Thus, this same verse was also revealed by Him in regard to this humble one by which our ulema take the meaning of the earthly body’s ascen- sion. And I have established with evidence that this verse has also been revealed in relation to me, so then should it also be believed with regard to me that I will be raised to the heavens in my earthly body? And if you say that my ilh a m is not proven then know that your objection is frivolous because the very subtle prophecy on which this ilh a m is con- stituted has already been fulfilled. Thus, by this very argument the truth of this ilh a m becomes proven. —Author