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The
Promised Messiah [The Second Coming of Jesus]:
English
Rendering of: 'Maseeh
Maood'
Original Book in
Urdu by Maulana Muhammad Ali
English Rendering by Sheikh Muhammad Tufail Sahib
Contents:
Introduction
- Introduction to the Second
Edition
- Assessing the truth of Hazrat
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's mission
- He did not create dissension among
Muslims
- What is sectarianism?
- The importance of little
things
- The advantage of his
claims
- The beneficial aspects of the
Ahmadiyya Movement
- The revival of the defence and
propagation of Islam
Chapter
I: The way to resolve differences:
- The Quran is the covenant of
God
- The spirit of unity infused by the
Quran
- Accepting the authority of the
Quran by the Companions of the Holy Prophet
- Argument from a verse of the Qu'an
on the death of the Holy Prophet
- Hazrat `Umar's sermon about dowry
and his acceptance of his mistake in public
- The need for invitation to
good
- The Mujaddid of this
century was assigned the task of the propagation of
Islam
- The Quran is the sole
arbiter
- The principle of
arbitration
- Furu' (branches) should be
subjected to usul (principles)
- The Quran should hold precedence
over the Hadith
- The various Muslim schools of
thought are united on the Quran but differ on the
Hadith
- Promise for the protection of the
Quran
- Special arrangement for the
protection of the Quran
- The Holy Prophet gave preference
to the revelation of God over everything else
- Five reasons for the Quran holding
precedence over the Hadith
- The Hadith is not
untrustworthy
- Stories and prophecies in
Traditions
- Metaphors found in
prophecies
- Sayings of the Companions of the
Holy Prophet and Imams
- Footnotes on Chapter I
Chapter
II : Finality of Propehthood:
- On Finality of Prophethood depends
the Unity of Islam
- What is meant by the Finality of
Prophethood?
- The significance of the verse,
Khatam al-Nabiyyin
- The interpretation of the Finality
of Prophethood by the Holy Prophet himself
- Unity of Godhead and the Finality
of Prophethood are two basic principles of
Islam
- The Prophet is only
one
- The Finality of Prophethood in the
eyes of the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement
- Prophethood which is perfect and
complete has been cut off
- The Holy Prophet is the last of
the prophets and the Quran is the last of the
Books
- Nobody can come after the Holy
Prophet, but one who is like a messenger
- Prophetic revelation cannot start
after the Holy Prophet
- The advent of a prophet after he
Holy Prophet is a disgrace to Islam
- The meaning of Khatam
al-Nabiyyin is the one who brings prophets to an
end
- It is essential for a prophet to
receive apostolic revelation through the agency of
Gabriel and that is totally forbidden now
- There is no prophet in this
ummah after the Holy Prophet
- Prophets and prophetic revelation
have come to an end and there is no messenger after the
Holy Prophet
- Prophethood has come to an end;
the Promised Messiah will be from this
ummah
- To believe in a prophet after the
Holy Prophet amounts to denying the Last of the
Prophets
- The period of prophethood of
Muhammad extends to the Day of Judgement
- God will not send a prophet after
the Khatam al-Nabiyyin
- The door of prophetic revelation
is closed and the explanation of Khatam al-Nabiyyin
is "there is no prophet after me"
- A claimant to prophethood cannot
be a Muslim
- The Prophet being Khatam
al-Nabiyyin refers to the fact that he is the father
of the righteous servants of his ummah and by
following him the excellence of prophethood, that is, the
favour of God's communication, will be
granted
- In this ummah, prophets
cannot come because the Quran has made the Shari'ah
complete and perfect
- All prophethood has come to an end
because of the perfection of the prophethood of
Muhammad
- The granting of the excellenc by
the Seal of the Holy Prophet means the advent of
auliya (saints) in this ummah
- Prophethood has been cut off after
the Holy Prophet and only abundance of Divine
communication has remained
- The special grace of the Holy
Prophet's prophethood has come to an end but his
followers will be honoured by Divine
communication
- Footnotes on Chapter
II
Chapter
III : The Appointment of Mujaddids
(Renovators):
- The need for the advent of
prophets
- What is the basis of the
appointment of mujaddids (renovators)?
- God's communication with
non-prophets in the previous ummahs
- The second example is the mother
of Jesus
- God's communication cannot end
with the termination of prophethood
- Mubashshirat (true visions)
are a part of prophethood
- Persons who are spoken to by God -
(muhaddathin)
- Who is a
muhaddath?
- The status of
muhaddath
- The view of Mujaddid Alf Thani
(Mujaddid of the Second Millennium)
- Summary of the discussion about
muhaddath
- A mujaddid is needed to
promote the cause of religion and this need has not come
to an end
- Reference in the Quran about the
appointment of mujaddids
- The hadith of
mujaddid
- The claimants to the office of
mujaddid
- The claim of Mujaddid Alf
Thani
- The claim of Shah
Waliullah
- Accepting the mujaddid does
not amount to showing contempt to other Muslim
dignitaries
- A mujaddid in every
century
- Footnotes on Chapter
III
Chapter
IV : Descent of the Son of Mary:
- The descent of the son of Mary and
the Finality of Prophethood
- The basis of the Finality of
Prophethood is decisive, whereas that of the descent of
the son of Mary is allegorical
- During the second advent, the son
of Mary will not be a prophet
- Not to function as a prophet
amounts to dismissal from the office of
prophethood
- The dismissal from prophethood of
a person is against the Quranic principles
- Sending a prophet to do the work
of a mujaddid is against Divine Wisdom
- The Quran and its followers are
enough to provide conclusive arguments against the
Christians
- The son of Mary will be a
follower
- The mention of different
complexions proves that the coming Messiah is not the
Israelite Messiah ….
- Prophecy of the descent, or the
second advent of a person in the previous scriptures,
means the appearance of a like of that person
- Prophecy about the second advent
of Elias (Elijah)
- How did Jesus interpret the
prophecy of the second coming of Elias?
- Circumstantial evidence that this
was a divine prophecy
- The second advent of the Messiah
will be similar to the second advent of Elias
- If Jesus Christ himself appears he
will definitely be a recipient of prophetic
revelation
- The use of the word prophet
for the coming Messiah
- The Quran does not mention the
coming of an Israelite Messiah
- There is a reference about the
descent of Jesus in 24:55
- Why was a promise given to the
Holy Prophet for the appearance of khalifas like
that of the khalifas of Moses?
- The verse of succession
(istikhlaf), 24:55, shows that none of the Holy
Prophet's khalifas will appear from outside the
ummah of Muhammad
- The explanation of the word
descent (nuzul)
- Footnotes on Chapter
IV
Chapter
V : Death of Jesus:
- Importance of the question of the
death of Jesus
- Onus of proof about Jesus being
alive is on those who hold that view
- Negation of Jesus' death on the
Cross or negation of his being slain do not prove that he
is alive
- The meaning of qatl
(slaying) and salb (crucifixion)
- People of the Book and their
concept of Crucifixion (salb)
- The Quran does not belie the
history of the People of the Book, but belies their false
doctrine
- Evidence from the Gospels that
Jesus did not die on the Cross
- The Jews claimed that they slew
Jesus; the Quran denied that he was slain or that he was
crucified
- The meaning of wa la-kin
shubbiha lahum
- History verifies the statement of
the Quran and rejects the beliefs of the People of the
Book
- What was the need of executing
someone else who resembled Jesus?
- Further evidence from the Quran
that Jesus appeared like a person who was
crucified
- Further explanation of
4:159
- The question of exaltation
(rafa`na)
- The use of the word rafa`
for Jesus cannot be the basis of the doctrine of his
going up to heaven
- What is the significance of
rafa` (exaltation) of a person towards
God?
- The meaning of rafa'
(exaltation) in the Hadith
- Reason for the use of the word
rafa`
- Other verses analysed
- The Muslim scholars who believed
in the death of Jesus
- The meaning of
tawaffa
- Proof of the death of Jesus from
the verse inni mutawaffi-ka (3:54)
- Proof of the death of Jesus from
the verse fa-lamma tuwaffaitani
(5:116)
- Enjoining the payment of
zakat on Jesus shows that he is not
alive
- Partaking of food by Jesus is
other proof that he is not alive
- All those who are taken for God
besides Allah are dead
- 3:143 proves that Jesus is
dead
- Proof about the death of Jesus
from the Hadith
- Footnotes on Chapter V
Chapter
VI : Renovator (Mujaddid) of the Fourteenth
Century:
- Only one claimant appeared at the
head of the century
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim of
being a mujaddid
- The services rendered to Islam by
the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement
- The Mujaddid's
mission
- The need for an organisation for
the propagation of Islam
- The negligence of
Muslims
- The greatest need of Islam in this
age is to propagate the teachings of Islam
- The success of the work of
propagation
- Footnotes on Chapter
VI
Chapter
VII : Messiah of the Muslim ummah:
- For its spiritual progress and
purification, the Muslim ummah needs only the
guidance of the Holy Prophet
- Jesus was not taught and purified
by the Holy Prophet Muhammad
- The Mujaddid of the
fourteenth century Hijrah was made the like of
Jesus
- The knowledge of this likeness was
given to him by God
- The Promised Messiah can only be
the person on whom the truth about the descent of the
Messiah was manifested
- The first reason why the
Mujaddid of the fourteenth century Hijrah
was going to be the Promised Messiah - dominance of
Christianity in the world
- The second reason - present-day
condition of Muslims
- Signs of the advent of the
Promised Messiah
- Three main works of the coming
Messiah
- The first task of the Promised
Messiah - was to prepare a jama'at for the
propagation of Islam
- The second task of the
Messiah
- No sword is needed for the
proclamation (izhar) of Islam
- The significance of the
proclamation of religion
- Signs for the propagation of Islam
are in sight
- A principle of profound
value
- The Founder of the Ahmadiyya
Movement addressed himself to the followers of all
religions
- How to solve the internal disputes
among Muslims
- A unique hero
- Footnotes on Chapter
VII
Chapter
VIII : The Mahdi:
- In spite of the weakness and
discrepancies of the reports about the Mahdi,
their collective evidence cannot be rejected
- Common factors in the reports
about the Mahdi
- Whether the Mahdi will
spread Islam by the sword
- This wrong conception was removed
by the Mahdi himself
- Messiah and Mahdi are
one
- A prophecy becomes a great miracle
after its fulfilment
- The significance of the two
names
- Other prophecies about the
Mahdi
- Some of the signs are only in the
form of metaphors in the prophecy about the
Mahdi
- Footnotes on Chapter
VIII
Chapter
IX : Prophecies of the Promised Messiah:
- The difference between the
miracles of Islam and that of other religions
- A dual system of prophecy in
Islam
- Evidence from the Quran and the
Hadith that prophecies will continue to be granted to
Muslims
- Conciseness in
prophecies
- Different kinds of
prophecies
- Clear and important
prophecies
- Prophecies of warning
- A prophecy could be misunderstood
or misinterpreted
- Principles for understanding
prophecies
- Prophecy is not the only criterion
for judging the truth of a claimant
- The unforeseen part in a prophecy
is a source of knowledge about God's
existence
- Prophecies about the success of
the Founder's mission
- Prophecies about the partition of
Bengal
- Prophecy about Japan
- Prophecy about Iran
- Prophecy about the World War and
the destruction of the Tsar of Russia
- The testimonies of the
prophecies
- Footnotes on Chapter
IX
Chapter
X : Allegations against the Promised
Messiah:
- The beginning of
takfir
- Allegations made the basis for the
pronouncement of heresy
- Insistence of the maulavis
on the pronouncement of heresy
- The use of the term prophet
by way of metaphor
- The extremist group of
followers
- Correction of an
Error
- The significance of the Finality
of Prophethood -- the Founder did not change his views on
the subject
- His belief remained unchanged
before and after 1901
- The Founder has asked his
followers not to become zealots and
extremists
- Belief in Lailat al-Qadr,
angels and miracles
- The Founder did not declare other
Muslims to be kafirs (unbelievers)
- Marriage relations with
others
- The question of
imamat
- The name Ahmadiyya
- Footnotes on Chapter X
- Annexe to Chapter X
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