Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 535
REPLY TO THE DOUBTS RAISED BY RASHID AHMAD GANGOHI 535 Maryam [Jesus son of Mary]-and not 'the like of 'Isa'-in both the Gospel and the ahādīth of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The answer to this misconception is that it was essential that Almighty God should have described the Khalifah of the first part of Islam and the Khalifah of the last part of Islam in the same style in which it was described in the earlier scriptures. Thus, it is not hid- den from anyone that the prophecy in the Torah regarding the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is in similar phraseology, and that is: 'God Almighty shall raise up a Prophet like unto Mūsā from among your brethren. It was not written there that God Almighty would send Mūsā. Therefore, it was essential that, with regard to the coming of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, God should have used the phraseology correspond- ing to that of the Torah, so that no discord would develop between the Torah and the Holy Quran. This is why Allah the Almighty said-con- cerning the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا شَاهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًا 1 Meaning: 'We have sent a Messenger to you like the Messenger who was sent to Pharaoh. But as for the last Khalifah, who has been named 'Īsā, the Gospel did not say that someone like 'Īsā would come in the Latter Days; rather, it says that 'Īsā will come. So it was essential that, in keeping with the prophecy of the Gospel, the last Khalifah of Islam should have been named 'Isā so that no discord would develop between the Gospel and the ahādīth of the Holy Prophetsas. At this point, a seeker after truth does of course have the right to ask the reason and wisdom that, in the Torah, the Holy Prophet, may 1. Sūrah al-Muzzammil, 73:16 [Publisher]