He Who Devotes His Life to the Cause of God Is a Martyr — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon He Who Devotes His Life to the Cause of God Is a Martyr, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 17: Heaven and Hell
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Do not account those who are slain in the cause of Allah as dead. Indeed, they are living in the presence of their Lord and are provided for. Previous Books also support this. This proves that the souls of the pure will enter paradise. Now paradise will contain physical bounties of diverse types and fruits of many kinds and entry into paradise means that those bounties should be availed of. In such case the entry of the soul alone into paradise is meaningless and useless. Will the soul enter paradise and yet not be able to avail itself of its bounties? The verse:

وَلَا تَحۡسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُواْ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمۡوَٰتَۢا ۚ بَلۡ أَحۡيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ يُرۡزَقُونَ

“Think not of those, who have been slain in the cause of Allah, as dead. Nay, they are living, in the presence of their Lord, and are granted gifts from Him,” (Surah Al-e-‘Imran, 3:170)
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, pp. 388-390]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 453]

An objection is raised that if every pure believer who is not burdened with sin enters paradise immediately on death, this would mean a rejection of resurrection and all its accompanying conditions, inasmuch as, according to the verse:

لَا يَمَسُّهُمۡ فِيهَا نَصَبٞ وَمَا هُم مِّنۡهَا بِمُخۡرَجِينَ

“Fatigue shall not touch them there, nor shall they ever be ejected therefrom.” (Surah ‘Nor shall they ever be ejected therefrom.’—Al-Hijr, 15:49)

their departing from paradise is not permissible. Thus, the whole system of resurrection and the events relating to the hereafter would be nullified.
The answer is that the Holy Qur’an teaches that pure believers enter paradise immediately on death and also teaches that there will be resurrection of the body and the dead will be revived and we believe in both. The only difference is that the entry into paradise on death is a 231 ‘Nor shall they ever be ejected therefrom.’—Al-Hijr, 15:49 [Publisher]
[Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, p. 387, footnote]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 454]

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