From: iqbal@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Kamran Iqbal)
Subject: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "PROMISED MESSIAH"- V
Originator: iqbal@maumee.eng.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 16:32:19 GMT


		THE TRUTH ABOUT THE "PROMISED MESSIAH" - V
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	This is the reality that is apparent from Hadith without any
ambiguity.  In view of this, there remains no doubt that the business
being spread in our country in the named of the "promised messiah" is
no more than a deception and fraud.

	The most specular aspect of this fraud and foregery is that
the person who claims to be the subject of these prophecies has given
the following explanation to prove that he himself is the Jesus son of
mary:

	"He (i.e. Allah Almighty) named me Mary in the third
	part of "Burahin-i Ahmadiyyah.  Then, as in evident 
	from "Burahin-i Ahmadiyyah", I was reared up with the
	nature of "Maryhood" for two years.  ... Then ... the
	spirit of Jesus was breathed into me as it had been
	in the case Mary, and I was made pregnant in the
	metaphorical sence.  At last, after a period of several
	months, which did not last more than ten months, by virtue
	the insperation recorded at the end of the fourth part of
	"Burahin-i Ahmadiyyah", I was made Jesus from Mary.  So in
	this way I become son of mary."

			           (--Kashti-i Nuh, pp87,88,89)

	That is, he became Mary at the first instance, then became
pregnant by his own agency, then from his own self took birth as Jesus
son of Mary!  One difficulty, however, remained to be overcome.
According to the traditions, Jesus son of mary will descend from
Demascus, which has been well known city in Syria for several thousand
years, and still exists on the map of the world with the same name.
This diffulty was overcome by another pecular explanation:

	"Let it be known that in respect of the interpetations
	of the word Damishq (Damascus) it has been explained to
	me through revelations by Allah that in this place the 
	name Damascuc has been given to a town whose inhabitnats
	posses the characteristics of Yazid and follow the ways 
	and notions of unclean Yazid.  This town of Qadians , for
	the reason that most of its inhabitants posses the qualities
	and characteristics of Yazid, bears the resemblence and 
	similarities with Damascus."

				(-- Footnote "Izala-i Auham,pp 63-73)

	Yet another difficulty needed to be resolved.  According to
the traditions the son of Mary would descend near the white tower.
This was resolved when the "Messiah" later got a minaret although it
should have been there before the descent of the son of the Mary.

	The last and most serious difficulty was that according to the
traditions, Jesus son of Mary was to kill the Dajjal at the gate of
Lod.  To resolve this difficulty, in the beginning, differnet sorts of
explations were given.  Sometimes it was said that Lod is a name of a
village in the vicinity of Bait al-Maqdas (Izala-i Auham, published by
the Anjuman Ahhmadiyyah, Lohare, p220).  Then it was said, "Lud is a
name given to the people who pick quarrels."  (Izala-i Auham, p.730).
But when this also did not help, it was plainly said that Lud meant
Ludhina, and the Dajjal's being slain at its gate implied that inspite
of the opposition of the mischief-mongers, it was from there that the
first person swore fealty to the Mirza Sahib.  (Al-Huda, p91)

	Anyone who goes through these far-fethched interpretations
will come to the conclusion that this is nothing but a clear case of
imposture.

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KAMRAN IQBAL	  | In the name of Allah, the beneficient, the merciful.
Dept of Elec Eng  |  "I bear witness that there is no god but ALLAH,
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