Maulawi Ghulam Rasul, alias Rusul Baba of Amritsar, was one of the bitterest opponents of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him. He is one of the primary opponents named by the Promised Messiah(as) in his book Anjam-e-Atham (The Death of Atham). Rusul Baba wrote a book called Hayatul-Masih, in which he made a vain attempt to prove that Jesus(as) remains alive in the heavens with his corporeal body. He also promised a reward of Rs. 1,000 to anyone who could refute his arguments. This treatise of the Promised Messiah(as) was written in June 1894 to categorically refute Rusul Baba’s book. The Promised Messiah(as) presents comprehensive arguments based upon the Holy Quran, the Hadith of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be on him, and the writings of eminent Muslim scholars that prove the death of Jesus(as). He also demanded that the prize money, announced by Rusul Baba, be deposited with a neutral party. The Promised Messiah(as) addressed the ulema of Islam and sent this treatise to several of the nobility in Amritsar as well as to Muhammad Husain Batalavi, who was the chief instigator of issuing edicts of disbelief against the Promised Messiah(as), and to Rusul Baba. However, the latter made neither reply nor rebuttal, remaining silent for the rest of his life, which was brought to an end by the plague on 8 December 1902.
As such, this treatise of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, penned in classical Arabic and Urdu, remains true to its name, serving as a conclusive argument against those who misrepresent the true teachings of Islam regarding the natural death of Prophet Jesus, peace be on him.
al-Haj Munir-ud-Din Shams
Additional Wakilut-Tasnif, London
August 2020