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Books
Section
> Testimony
of the Holy
Quran
> Introductory Note by the Translator
Introductory
Note by the Translator: At that time, a tiny number of Muslims already believed, on rational rather than purely Quranic grounds, that Jesus was dead and not alive in heaven. When Hazrat Mirza raised this issue forcefully, there was much uproar and fury at first, but gradually an increasing number of Muslims, apart from those who became his followers, came to accept his incontrovertible case based on the Quran; and now hardly an educated Muslim can be found who holds that Jesus has not died. This ever-growing group has, however, to decide what to make of the Hadith prophecies speaking of the return of Jesus. The tendency, particularly among modernists, is to deny the authenticity of the Hadith reports containing the prophecies. Where, they ask, does the Quran speak of the future coming of a Messiah? It was in response to a question from a critic holding such views that Hazrat Mirza wrote this book. As the critic also belonged to a school which altogether rejects the system of Hadith as valid religious authority in Islam, Hazrat Mirza first discusses the general issue of the authenticity of Hadith. Then the bulk of the book, as indicated by the title, cites evidence from the Quran itself about the coming of a Messiah among the Muslims, and shows that the Hadith prophecies are based on certain fundamental teachings of the Quran. Books
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> Testimony
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> Introductory Note by the
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