Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 477
15 MAY 1908 to indict them by questioning how they could allow it for one Prophet but not for another; whereas, you believe that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was superior to all Prophets and to Jesusas, in particular-and is the embodiment of all the excellences of prophethood. Thus, this ascension to Heaven while still alive, is not men- tioned in the Holy Quran. The Quran, in fact, rejects this doc- trine. This is a verse of the Holy Quran that I have recited; it is not a hadith that it could be susceptible to the objection of being weak or fabricated etc. You can peruse the entire Quran from start to finish, but you will not find support for Jesusas being alive to this day. What you will find is فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِي . Jesus, peace be upon him, is submitting to the Lord of Honour, 'When You caused me to die, then You were the Guardian of things-I did not come back again, and the Christians became misguided after I was gone. That means death is so obvious that it cannot be denied. This word has been used in the Holy Quran for other Prophets too. For example, Josephas said تَوَفَّنِى مُسْلِمًا and then for the Holy Prophetsas himself: 3 أَوْ تَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ . Both uses are as a verb. You will not find a meaning opposed to this in any lexicon either. So this is the testimony of the Word of Allah the Exalted. Now, look at the testimony of the Holy Prophetsas through his actions which relates to his vision. He says that on the night of Mi'raj [Spiritual Ascension], he saw Jesusas with Yahyaas [John the Baptist]. Now, no Muslim has any doubt about the death of John, peace be upon him. Thus, to see someone among a group 477 1. But since You caused me to die (Sūrah al-Ma'idah, 5:118). [Publisher]. 2. Let death come to me in a state of submission to Thy will (Sūrah Yūsuf, 12: 102) [Publisher]. 3. Or if We cause you to die (Sūrah Yūnus, 10:47). [Publisher]