Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 491
UNDATED QUESTION NO 4-God made Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, born without a father. The Promised Messiahas said: If a fatherless birth is an argument for Divinity and Sonship, then Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, is more deserving of it as he has neither a mother nor a father. God says: إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَى عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ ! And the matter to ponder over is that since there was a possi- bility for people to be deceived due to the fatherless birth of Prophet Jesusas, God had, therefore, established an example from before by having Prophet Adam, peace be upon him, born without a mother and a father. However, if the notion of Jesusas ascending to the heaven is accepted as authentic, then Allah the Exalted ought to have established an example for this as well. Now tell me, if God did not present any example for the ascen- sion to heaven, then this in itself proves that the narration of Jesus as ascending to heaven is an absolute fabrication. When the disbelievers asked our Noble Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: أَوْ تَرْقَى فِي السَّمَاءِ Meaning that, ascend to heaven; God gave this reply that man cannot ascend to heaven, as He said: 491 1. Surely, the case of Jesus with Allah is like the case of Adam (Sūrah Al-e- Imrān, 3:60). [Publisher] 2. Or thou ascend up into heaven (Sūrah Bani Isrā'īl, 17:94). [Publisher]