The Heavenly Sign — Page 37
The Heavenly Sign 37 are four sayings concerning the Mahdi, one of these is that the Mahdias is Ibn-e-Maryamas (son of Mary). My stand is that since it has been proved with decisive arguments that the Messiah 'Īsā Ibn-e-Maryamas has died, the Promised Messiahas is his reflection and his specimen, and that he has been sent and given his name due to the prevalence of Dajjaliyyat, it should, therefore, be evident to everyone that he is the Mahdias as well as the Messiahas of the time. When any noble and righteous person can be called 'Mahdi', why cannot he, who, through complete self- purification, has attained the status of being a pure soul and has been given the name of 'Isaas and Ruhullāh, be called Mahdias? I am extremely perplexed as to why these Ulema are vexed by the word 'Īsā. In Islamic literature, even detestable things are named ‘Īsā. For instance, in the book Burhan-e-Qātiʻa, under the letter "Ain', we read, that Īsā Dihqānī is a metaphor for wine made from the grapes and Īsā Nau Māha is the bunch of grapes from which wine is made. Wine made from grapes is also called 'Īsā Nau Māha. Now, it is outrageous that these Ulema should name a wine Īsā and not hesitate to mention this in their books and consider it permissible that an abominable thing and a holy man should have the same appellation, while the person whom God Almighty, by His grace and power, names 'Īsās, as opposed to the prevalent Dajjāliyyat, should be considered by them to be an infidel.