Truth about Khatm-e-Nabuwat — Page 143
"And I swear by the Lord who holds my life in His hands that the son of Mary shall surely appear among you as just arbiter and shall break the cross, annihilate the swine and abolish jazia"l This is the' great prophecy in Islam relatini to the coming of the Messiah. Though the Ahmad- iyya Community does not share the view that it _relates to the coming of the self-same Messiah, son of Mary, but it holds the belief that it foretells ·about the appearance of a Messiah in the likeness of the son of Mary ( peace be on him ); all • the_ other sects· of Islam believe in the coming of, the self-same ·Messiah of Nazueth who appeared 600 years before the advent of th~ Holy Prophet ( Allah bless him) in the Mosaic dispensation. They, at the same· time, believe that • this Messiah shall retain his status of prophethood and shall not be divested of this dignity. Says Imam Jalaluddin &n~= • ~ ~ J. . y. . . ~ -. \ ~ 1-;, ':. '-. . . ~- • , \ \ \,;" • cC,$, ~~ ~ ~u w:a,. . . . ,--~~ ~ ~ (r't"l~~!. 91l•JIF,J -i~'l,,J,IOJ 11 One who said that he will be divested of prophethood is a true heretic, for, verily he is a prophet and shall not be relieved of the property of prophethood. "2 Since therefore all the Muslims unanimously believ. e in the appointed appearance of Messiah in the latter da)s and further agree that he shall hold the exalted rank of prophet, there can there- fore be no escape from the logical and necessary 1. Sahih Bokhr,ri Book Badul khalq chapter' Nazuli iaa bin Mapyam, - • • • 2. Hujjajul kirama l'a,e 4,31.