Lecture Ludhiana — Page 19
Lecture Ludhiana plet of which reads: كُنْتَ السَّوَادَ لِنَاظِرِي فَعَمِي عَلَى النَّاظِرُ مَنْ شَاءَ بَعْدَكَ فَلْيَمُتْ فَعَلَيْكَ كُنْتُ أَحَاذِرُ 14 19 rz Since the aforesaid verse of the Holy Qur'an had cate- gorically spelled out that all Prophets had passed away, Hassan too proclaimed that after the death of the Holy Prophets he was the least worried about anyone else's death. It was too hard for the Companions to believe that anyone else should live and the Holy Prophets die. This was something they were least ready to accept. Thus, it was the first consensus the world saw after the demise of the Holy Prophets, which also settled once and for all the issue of the death of Jesusas. I have emphasized over and over again that this is the most convincing argument which establishes once and for all the death of Jesuss. The demise of the Holy Prophetsa was too extraordinary an event not to have shocked the Companions. We find that even if a petty village func- tionary, a neighbour, or a close relative dies, all concerned who belonging to the family, the village and the district are overcome with grief. Then how is it possible that the devoted followers of the Holy Prophetsa, who was kind- ness and mercy personified, who had been appointed prophet for the whole world, as stated in the Holy Qur'an: 15 وَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعَلَمِينَ 14 'O Prophet, you were the pupil of my eyes; with your death they have gone blind. Whosoever dies now is no concern of mine; what I feared most was your demise alone. ' [Translator]