Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 378
378 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 The Promised Messiahas said: Collect all those names so they can be referenced somewhere. In this discourse, he said that: Ikmāl-ud-Din, which is an old book, clearly shows that he is a Prophet of 1,900 years ago. Then the customs and practices, etc. , of the Kashmiris resemble those of the Jews. Bernier, the French traveller, has also written that they are the Children of Israel. Apart from this, the arrival in India of the disciple Thomas is proven. (At this point, Mufti Şahib said that I have read in a book that when Mary fell ill, she wanted to meet Thomas who was in India at that time. So her coffin was brought to India. She was very pleased to meet Thomas and blessed him. And then Thomas led her funeral prayer. On this mention, it was said that it would not be surprising if this was actu- ally a ploy to reunite with her son. There was varied discussion about it. ) Reply to an Objection فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي on In the above discourse, the Promised Messiahas said: 1 When we present the verse فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي ]falammā tawaffaitani- when You caused me to die] in support of the death of the Messiah [Jesus], it is objected that if the Messiah, peace be on 1. Sūrah al-Ma'idah, 5:118 [Publisher]