Truth About Ahmadiyyat — Page 57
57 If the Seal of Prophethood is disrupted by the claim of the Promised Messiah that he is a prophet by reflection, then how is it that it would not be disrupted by the second advent of Jesus who was a Prophet in his own right? The bulk of the Muslims believe that Jesus would descend from heaven in his earthly body and would be a prophet. For instance, Maulana Maudoodi Sahib has stated: The second advent of Jesus is a question on which the Muslims are all agreed. This belief is based upon the Holy Quran, hadees, and consensus … This is a certainty and admits of no doubt that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has announced the second advent of Jesus. This is established by irrefutable testimony. If such testimony can be rejected, no histor ical event of the world can be accepted. (Answer to ten questions on behalf of Jamaat Islami, p. 24) In a hadees of Muslim, the Messiah who was to come has been described as the Prophet of Allah. The stand of the Ahl - i - Hadees sect in this matter is that there is a consensus among the Muslims and it is supported by the ahadees that the Promised Messiah would be a prophet. (Ahl - i - Hadees, 29 November 1966). Imam Sayuti, Ibn Arabi, and Ibn Hajar have all clearly affirmed that in his second advent, the Messiah would be a prophet. Basing himself on a statement by Imam Sayuti, Nawab Siddique Hasan Khan Sahib wrote: He who asserts that Hazrat Isa, when he comes down will not be a prophet and would be deprived of his prophethood is