Where did Jesus die? - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

158 Pages·2007·1.66 MB·English

by  J. D. Shams

Where did Jesus Die?

Where did Jesus Die?
The Messiah, son of Mary, was no more than a Messenger. All
Messengers before him have passed away. And his mother was
righteous. Both of them used to eat food. See how We explain
the Signs for their good, and see how they are turned away.
(The Holy Quran 5:76)
by
J.D. Shams
Imam of the London Mosque 1936–1946
Islam International Publications LTD.
Where did Jesus Die?
written by Hazrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra,
Imam of the London Mosque (1936–1946)
First published in UK, 1945
Eighth edition in UK, 1989
Ninth edition in UK, 1996
Tenth edition in UK, 2004
Eleventh edition in UK, 2014 (ISBN 1-85372-190-6)
Present Twelfth edition, printed in India, 2017
© Islam International Publications Ltd.
Published by
Nazarat Nashro Isha‘at
Qadian 143516
District Gurdaspur (Punjab), India
Printed in India at
Fazl-e-Umar Printing Press
Qadian - 143516 (Punjab)
For further information please visit www.alislam.org.
ISBN 978-1-84880-892-8
Contents
About the Author ........................................................ix
Foreword to the First Edition...................................xiii
Foreword to the Present Edition ..............................xvii
Introduction ..............................................................xix
Preface ....................................................................xxxv
Chapter One—Passages from the Gospels ...............3
Chapter Two—The Judgment ...................................17
Chapter Three—The Story of the Resurrection .....35
Chapter Four—Early Documentary Evidence .......45
Chapter Five—Recent Discovery: Shroud
of Jesus.............................................................................65
Chapter Six—Modern Medical Opinion ................71
Chapter Seven—Did Jesus Ascend to Heaven? .....79
Chapter Eight—Did Jesus Die on the Cross and
Ascend to Heaven? .......................................................89
Chapter Nine—Paganism and Paul ......................107
Chapter Ten—Redemption or Atonement .........121
Chapter Eleven—Jesus Goes to India ...................139
Chapter Twelve—The Unknown Life of Jesus ....175
Chapter Thirteen—Yus Asaph and Jesus ..............191
Chapter Fourteen—A Paramount Prophecy ......205
Appendix to Sixth Edition ......................................217
Appendix to Seventh Edition ..................................223
Appendix to Twelfth Edition ..................................231
Bibliography ...........................................................237
Publisher’s Note ......................................................243
The Tomb of Jesus—
Khanyar Street, Srinagar, Kashmir
According to the oral and written evidence of dis-
tinguished people in Srinagar, the occupant of the
above tomb is a Prophet, Yus Asaf by name and
also called Prince, who came to Kashmir some
1900 years ago. The author of the Tarikh-i-Azami of
Kashmir, a historical work written some 200 years
ago refers to this tomb as follows:
The tomb next to that of Sayyed Nasr-
ud-Din is generally known as that of a
prophet who was sent to the inhabitants
of Kashmir, and the place is known as
the shrine of a prophet. He was a Prince
who came to righteousness and devotion,
he was made a prophet by God and was
engaged in preaching to the Kashmiris.
His name was Yus Asaf. (p. 82)
Yus Asaf in Hebrew means Jesus the Gatherer.
Hazrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra
About the Author
Hazrat Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Shams ra was born in 1901 and was
a companion of the Promised Messiah as, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad of Qadian. His father, Mian Imam-ud-Din Sekhwani ra,
his two paternal uncles, Mian Jamal-ud-Din Sekhwani ra and
Mian Khair-ud-Din Sekhwani ra, and his paternal grandfather,
Muhammad Siddique Sekhwani ra, were also companions of
the Promised Messiah as—all of whom who were blessed to be
included in the list of 313 Companions, along with their respec-
tive families.
Jamal-ud-Din, Khair-ud-Din, and Imam-ud-Din are recorded
in the ‘History of Ahmadiyyat’ as the Sekhwani Bradaraan or
Sekhwani Brothers after the town they lived in, Sekhwan, a few
miles to the northwest of Qadian. The family used to pray in a
mosque that was built by the father of the Promised Messiah as
and they were well acquainted with the young Mirza Ghulam
Ahmad as as he was growing up. When Ahmad as claimed to be the
Mahdi and Messiah, the brothers and their families unanimously
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accepted his claim without question as they knew his truthful and
virtuous character.
Growing up in this inspirational environment, the young Jalal-
ud-Din Shams dedicated his life for the cause of Ahmadiyyat,
and was trained to be a missionary by various companions of
the Promised Messiah as including Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din
Mahmud Ahmad ra and Hazrat Hafiz Raushan Ali ra. In 1925,
Maulana Shams ra was dispatched to the Middle East where he
founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Damascus,
Syria. However, there he was viciously attacked from behind by
a knife-wielding assailant and left for dead in a pool of blood.
Fortunately, he was discovered by a neighbour and immediately
taken to the hospital. The doctors’ prognosis was grim and it was
expected that he would soon die from the several knife wounds he
sustained in his back. A telegram was sent to Hazrat Mirza Bashir-
ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad, the Second Khalifah ra, in Qadian to
apprise him of the situation. He requested the Community to
gather in Masjid Aqsa to collectively pray for Shams and another
missionary in another locale. Miraculously, Shams started to heal
within three days. Upon full recovery, the French authorities
requested him to leave as they could not guarantee his protection.
Maulana Shams, under the guidance and direction of the
Second Khalifah ra, went to Palestine. There he frequented various
centres of Muslim learning to preach the message of Ahmadiyyat.
He established the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Kababir,
Haifa (now in Israel) and laid the foundation of Mahmood
Mosque. A street in Kababir is named after him. After deliver-
ing a lecture at the famous Dar-ul-Hikmah in Cairo, one of the
Arab scholars stood up and questioned him where he received