Objections Against Jesus — Essence of Islam Vol. 3

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Objections Against Jesus, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 6: The Messiah and His Second Coming
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The Messiah and his Second Coming 213 during, for forty years, the abuse which Christian missionaries have hurled against the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.) Some foolish Maulavis, who should rather be called blind, think that Christians have never reviled the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.) But the truth is that the Christian missionaries are in the forefront of those who refer to the Holy Prophetsa with contempt and defame and abuse him. I have a stock of books by Christian missionaries which are full of abuse of the Holy Prophetsa. And whoso desires can come and inspect them. I declare that I shall henceforth deal respectfully with any Christian missionary who, discarding the method of abuse, adopts a respectful style of exposition. By having recourse to abuse, they themselves make their fictitious Jesus a subject of criticism. We have become weary of their abuse. If someone abuses another’s father, would the wronged one not be justified in abusing the offender’s father? What I have said is not abuse but a fact. 183
[Nur-ul-Qur’an, No. II, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9, pp. 374-375]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 213]

The wretched Jews of the time of Jesus (peace be upon him) planned his ruin and conspired to impose upon his righteous soul the curse of death upon the cross, as the Torah has declared that he who dies upon the rood would be accursed, which means that his heart would become vile and estranged from God and he would be rejected by God like Satan. That is why Satan is called the accursed one. This was an evil scheme which had been thought out

with reference to the Messiah (peace be upon him) so that the people should conclude that he was not pure hearted and a true Prophet and a loved one of God but was accursed whose heart was vile, and that he was disgusted with God and God was disgusted with him. But God Almighty frustrated the wicked design of the Jews and not only rescued his righteous Prophet from death on the cross, but bestowed a long life of one hundred and twenty years upon him, during which all his Jewish enemies were destroyed. According to the eternal ways of God Almighty, every Prophet with a high resolve has to migrate on account of the persecution by his people. Therefore, Jesus (peace be upon him) also, after a ministry of three years, and having been rescued from death on the cross, migrated towards India. Having conveyed the Divine message to the other tribes of Israel, who, after the Babylonian dispersal, had settled in India, Kashmir and Tibet, he finally died in Kashmir and was honourably buried in Mohalla Khanyar of Srinagar. His tomb is quite famous.
[Raz-e-Haqiqat, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 14, pp. 154-155]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 213]

The Jews raise such strong objections concerning Jesus and his prophecies, that it is difficult for us to refute them. All we can say is that Jesus was undoubtedly a true Prophet, because this is what the Holy Qur’an says. We have no other proof of his Prophethood. On the contrary, there can be several arguments in refutation of his Prophethood. It is the beneficence of the Qur’an that he is included among true Prophets. That is why we believe that he was a Prophet, a chosen one of God and free from the calumnies which the Jews had uttered against him and his mother. It appears from the Holy Qur’an that there were two principal charges against him: The Messiah and his Second Coming 215 1. He was accursed because his birth was illegitimate. 2. He death was accursed as he died upon the cross. The Torah declares that a person of illegitimate birth is accursed and will not be admitted to heaven nor will he be spiritually exalted. It was also written that he who dies on the cross will be accursed and will not be spiritually exalted. These are grave charges indeed! The Holy Qur’an has refuted them together in the same place: 184

(Part Number 6, Surah Al-Nisa’) Here the response is given to both the allegations.
The meaning of these verses, in brief, is that: ‘Jesus was neither of illegitimate birth nor did he die on the cross. It was mistakenly believed that he had so died. Hence he was accepted of God and was spiritually exalted like the other Prophets.’ There is no mention of his bodily ascent to heaven, as the Maulavis would allege. The whole controversy was simply about his spiritual exaltation.
The Holy Qur’an affirms his righteousness, but it is a pity that his prophecies are strongly criticized by the Jews and we have no answer to their criticism. We accept him sincerely as a true Prophet because the Holy Qur’an so affirms; we have no other proof of his Prophethood. The Christians exalt him to godhood while there is little proof even of his Prophethood.
[I‘jaz-e-Ahmadi, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 19, pp. 120-121]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 214]

If we were to rely solely upon the available record, it would not be possible to establish the Prophethood of Jesus. On the contrary, he would be charged with falsehood and imposture. For instance, he whom he represented as the Prophet Elias denied that he was Elias. But as the Holy Qur’an affirms the Prophethood of Jesusas, we believe in him as such and regard his rejection as patent disbelief.
[Dia-ul-Haq, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 9, pp. 303-304]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 215]

Jesus (peace be upon him) has been a victim of the misguided in a strange manner. During his lifetime the disbelieving Jews called him an infidel, liar, deceiver and impostor and denied his spiritual exaltation. When he died, those who were inclined towards the worship of man deified him. The Jews denied his spiritual exaltation and were countered with the doctrine of his physical ascent to heaven. Previous Prophets were exalted to heaven spiritually after they had died, but Jesus was declared to be seated in heaven bodily in his clothes and with all human qualities while he was still alive. This was a reply to his persistent rejection by the Jews and their denial of his spiritual exaltation, but it was an altogether absurd reply. [Brahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, p. 57]. A certain person named Hidayatullah has published a pamphlet in which he has accused me of denying the miracles of Jesusas. In doing so, he has sought support from some paragraphs of my book Izala-e-Auham. Remember, such people are the victims of their own short sightedness and lack of intelligence. I do not deny the miracles of Jesus (peace be on him); there is no doubt that he did work some miracles. The Gospel accounts of
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 3, p. 216]

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