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المسيح الناصري في الهند

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The book deals with the escape of Jesus from death on the cross, and his journey to India in search of the lost tribes of Israel. Christian and Muslim scriptures provide evidence about this journey.

170 pages

First published January 1, 1899

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Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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Mirza Ghulām Ahmad was an Indian religious figure and founder of the Ahmadiyya movement. He claimed to be the Mujaddid (divine reformer) of the 14th Islamic century, the Promised Messiah (“Second Coming of Christ”), the Mahdi awaited by the Muslims in the latter-days, and a “subordinate prophet”, with some qualifications. He declared that Jesus (Isa) had in fact survived the crucifixion and later died a natural death, after having migrated towards Srinagar, Kashmir in India and claimed that he had appeared in the spirit and power of Jesus. His claims, teachings, writings, prophecies and religious activities caused grave concern particularly in the Christian and Muslim religious circles.

He traveled extensively across the subcontinent of India preaching his new religious ideas and ideals and won a sizable following. He is known to have engaged in numerous debates and dialogues with the Muslim, Christian and Hindu priesthood and leadership. Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyya movement in 1889. The mission of the movement, according to him, was the propagation of Islam in its pristine form.

Ghulam Ahmad authored around 80 books on various religious, spiritual and theological issues. Many of his books bear a polemic and vindicatory tone. He promoted the peaceful propagation of Islam and emphatically argued against the necessity of Jihad in its form of physical fighting in the present age.

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July 13, 2016
If I'm judging this book on its own merits, its pretty bad. Its just psueudohistorical. The author seems to have no awareness of the Sanskrit or Pali sources on Afghan or Kashmiri history, or the early history of Buddhism (or, I might add, the Christian interpretive tradition which would contest his every claim on the accounts of the gospels). It spins out elaborate theories that the Kashmiris and Afghans are the lost tribes of Israel based on scant evidence including false etymologies, and inferences from classical Roman and Arabic sources (people like Tacitus who really had no idea what was going on east of Persia). It also makes heavy use of early orientalist scholarship which notoriously tried to find or fabricate any shred of evidence that Christianity was actually the basis of culture and civilization in Asia. However, even the use of these sources is selective to only draw a link between Jesus and Buddhism, but not Jesus and Bhakti Hinduism, or Vedanta. Orientalist false histories to that effect also existed, but Ahmad ignores them. Most frustratingly perhaps, when comparing Buddhism and Christianity, Ahmad takes any vague similarity between word sounds, philosophical concepts, or life stories between the two traditions to be firm evidence that not only are they related, but that Christianity is the source. All in all, this is an example of how not to do historical revisionism, or really scholarship of any sort. To any rational third party reader it is obvious that at every possible turn the author is cherry picking facts and theories to suit his conclusions.

As a historical document though, it is interesting. It shows that the Ahmadiyya really are an odd branch of Islam. A truly Indic branch, which tries to resituate India as a part of Biblical antiquity, and therefore as a core part of the Abrahamic story. It also shows that Ahmad had a somewhat different take on Islam wherein Jesus plays a more prominent role, and in which even Buddha has a role. Yet, it is consistently critical of Hinduism. (one can certainly see why mainstream Sunnis despise the Ahmadiyya insofar as it deviates from the mainline Islamic narrative so strongly). So it is an attempt to situate India within the Abrahamic past, but to contest the centrality of Hinduism in Indian religious history. So it is an interesting piece of mythology, but it isn't presented as mythology because it was written too recently. Unfortunately, that makes it simply a false piece of historical writing.
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414 reviews1 follower
May 29, 2016
Interesting read....makes me again believe that there is NO God...just too many similarities in all the religions to believe there is only one true religion. Also, this book being written in 1899, makes me wonder why it wasn't studied by anyone as it sure points to why the dumb ass religions should NOT be fighting or killing one another...
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139 reviews19 followers
November 29, 2017
Interesting read by an interesting guy (founder of the much persecuted Ahmadiyya community) and the story is quite credible (slightly more so than the resurrection from the dead alternative). The story is widely believed by Hindus and Moslems, although oddly enough not by Christians who would prefer that he was the result of a virgin birth, rose from the dead and later ascended, body and soul, into Heaven.
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61 reviews16 followers
October 27, 2015
الكتاب من تأليف حضرة مرزا غلام أحمد عليه السلام، كتبه حضرته في أواخر أيامه المباركة.
الكتاب يتناول موضوع نجاة المسيح عن الصليب كما أخبرت به نبوءات الأنبياء مدعوماً بأدلة عقلية ونقلية من القرآن والسنة والكتاب المقدس وكتب التاريخ والطب.
كما يفند حضرته فكرة الجهاد العدواني الذي لا يكون في سبيل الدفاع عن النفس.
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March 12, 2016
انتهيت من قراءة هذا الكتاب الآن، وأستطيع أن أقول أنه بالغ الأهمية للمسيحيين وللمسلمين بالدرجة الأولى، إذ من ناحية فهو يثبت بالبرهان وبالدليل القطعي واليقيني على استمرار حياة السيد يسوع المسيح بعد حادثة الصليب بشكل طبيعي بدون أن يجري عليه الموت قسرًا، فهو لم يموت بالقتل فلم يقوم كما يعتقد المسيحيين ولم يصعد أو يرفع إلى السماء بشكل خرافي كما يعتقد عامة المسلمين، بل إنه في الواقع نجا من الصلب وهاجر ناحية الشرق لإتمام ما قد كُلف به من الله، وما صرح به هو نفسه {وَلِي خِرَافٌ أُخَرُ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هذِهِ الْحَظِيرَةِ، يَنْبَغِي أَنْ آتِيَ بِتِلْكَ أَيْضًا فَتَسْمَعُ صَوْتِي} (إِنْجِيلُ يُوحَنَّا 10 : 16) فكان ما قال عليه السلام.

كما أن هذا الكتاب مهم جدًا أيضًا لليهود، فهو يعد عظة عظيمة لهم في إطار قدرة الله العظيمة في إنفاذ إرادته وتمكين انبياءه على الرغم من إرادة اليهود الدائمة لكتم أفواه وصوت الانبياء على اختلافهم. وهو فرصة لهم أيضًا ليؤمنوا بالمسيح الناصري وبنجاته من مكايد آبائهم، ومنه ليؤمنوا بطريق النور من اوله حيث ضلوا، ليصلوا إلى الحقائق إذا صدقوا.

ويعد الكتاب مهمًا بالدرجة الثالثة لأصحاب الديانات البوذية والهندوسية. وللمهتمين بالأنساب لشعوب مناطق كشمير والتبت وأفغانستان. إذ يثبت بالدلائل التاريخية والمادية العلاقة الوثيقة بين أنساب الأفغان وقبائل بني إسرائيل، ووسيلة ذلك الاتصال.
من كل ذلك نَخلُص إلى أن هذا الكتاب يؤكد ويبرهن على هجرة المسيح ابن مريم (الناصري) إلى الهند حيث استكمل دعوته ومات موتًا طبيعيًا بعد أن أتم مهمته على أكمل وجه.

الكتاب صغير ولكنه مرجع هام لعديد من المواضيع الشائكة والمفصلية في المسيحية والإسلام.
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246 reviews14 followers
August 14, 2022
Unique Background Corroboration

This book is fairly short, and a bit … different. The author, who allegedly lived from the near-to-middle part of the 1900s to the early part of the early 20th Century, was Muslim and claimed to be the Promised Messiah. In fact, according to the publisher of this book, “’Jesus in India’ is the English version of Masih Hindustan Mein, an Urdu treatise written by the Holy Founder of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi.”

I am in no position to either validate nor refute that claim. Yet, to my knowledge, since he isn’t here to defend his contention nor, in all likelihood, have those who aren’t Muslim heard him before now (notwithstanding that his words in this book appear to have been published numerous times since 1908 with the last time being in 2018), I would say that while he may have, indeed, been the Islamic Promised Messiah, he is not here to support that claim and the knowledge of this has not been spread ‘throughout Christendom,’ nor the rest of the world...until now. To my knowledge.

However, what I can say in relation to the information found in this/his book is that it appears to be legitimate if not accurate. Still, he is extremely verbose regarding what I, personally, believe to be tangential data and what APPEARS to be seemingly related information to the subject of this book, yet which is actually unrelated. Or, at least to me it seems so. Therefore, he does not fully address the subject of ‘Jesus in India’ until chapter 4, “The Evidence Found in Historical Records.”

Still, Ahmad DOES make quite a few salient points regarding various aspects of Jesus’s life and ministry and most importantly, his resurrection, in the first three chapters, it is the rest of the book, beginning with Chapter 4 and ending with the 22 appendices which provide the documented evidence that Jesus was still very much alive after the crucifixion (after he came out of his coma), as well as referencing documented notations from numerous individuals regarding his journey out of Israel through India and Afghanistan, primarily.

As far as why the author wrote this book, he says that it is because “...the ultimate object underlying Jesus’ long journey to India was that he might discharge the duty of preaching to all the Israelite tribes…” which certainly seems more than plausible to me, since as most of us who have studied the life of Jesus are aware, he stated that he had a message he needed to deliver to the lost ones of Israel. And well before Jesus made his appearance on the scene in Israel, the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were often a major topic. Why?

The bottom line is, there’s just far too much proof that Jesus – actually, Yeshua ben Yosef – was a very real individual as was his uncle, Joseph of Arimathea; that he DID do much of what has been claimed he did (except for actually dying on the cross), and whether various individuals wish to believe this or not, there also seems to be quite a bit of evidence that indicates that he was not only married to Mary Magdalene, but that they had children. In fact, there is a bloodline that is traceable from various towns and cities in Israel and up through France and Great Britain, specifically Wales and England, but even to many other areas in Egypt, India and elsewhere.

Lots of unique background corroboration.
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141 reviews
August 5, 2020
After reading Nicolas Notovitch, this was the next logical choice and I followed it into a long journey into the Ahmadiyaa movement. Like Notovitch, Ahmad has some interesting thoughts on Jesus. Largely rejected by most biblical scholars, his followers number from 10 to 20 million, which makes me a little embarrassed to have not heard of them until recently. For comparison's sake there are 5 to 8 million Baha'i and 25 million Sikh.

The book itself is a quick read and explains the Ahmadi belief system rather clearly with sections on the Bible, Quran, and primary sources of the day. It will be of interest to any scholars of religion, India under the Raj, or alternative history enthusiasts.
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January 14, 2021
An amazing read read. Each sentence gave me so much to pack. Looks like the lower reviews are from anti-ahmadiyya folks. Bit of a shame, any open minded person would be at awe with this book. Very amazing, will definitely come back and restudy this.
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August 22, 2024
Facts stated with logical references

I like the author's point of view. This is something I was never taught in theology school, and makes me think the Puritans who came to America, fanatical as they were,got it all wrong.
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March 11, 2016
_ المسيح الناصري في الهند، لـ حضرة ميرزا غلام أحمد القادياني.
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_ غلام أحمد القادياني، الإمام المهدي والمسيح الموعود�� مؤسس الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية.
وإذا أردتم الإستزادة بمعلومات حول حضرته خصوصًا، والجماعة في العموم، فإليكم لينك الموقع الرسمي للجماعة، حيث يمدكم بما تُريدون وأكثر، وسيكون أفضل مني في الحديث عن الأحمدية.
لينك التحميل:
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_ المسيح الناصري في الهند، يناقش قضية تحمل جدال كبير عند المسيحيين، والمسلميين أيضًا، حيث يتكلم عن عيسى عليه السلام، ويجاوب على أسئلة شتى.
هل مات المسيح؟، هل صعد إلى السماء حيًا؟، هل سيُبعث من جديد لسفك الدماء وتكسير الصليب؟، هل سيساند المهدي في حربه على جميع من يرفض اتباعه؟، هل هناك حرب من الأساس على غير المسلمين؟!
أسئلة كثيرة، ولغط كثير، يجيب عنها حضرته في ذلك الكتاب، وكل إجابة مُدعمة بدليل.
فإذا كنت عزيزي القارئ ذو عقل مُستنير مُقتنع أن وجهة نظرك صحيحة تحتمل الخطأ، ووجهة نظر الغير خطأ تحتمل الصواب، فعليك بقراءة ذلك الكتاب حيث أنه سيفتح أمام عقلك طُرق عديدة، تُعيد من خلالها تعديل أفكارك من جديد.
وإذا كنت ممن يرفض كل جديد، متمسك بالتراث حتى وإن ثبت خطأه، فلا تُضيع وقتك في قراءة هذا الكلام، واغضض بصرك عن هذا الكتاب، وامض فيما أنت ماضٍ.

_ الكتاب كان مفترض له أن يتكون من عشرة أبواب وكلمة ختامية، ولكن حضرة المسيح الموعود قد قابل الرفيق الأعلى قبل أن يتمه، فخرج الكتاب في هيئة أربعة أبواب فقط.
مؤكد أن الكتاب لو كان مُقدرًا له الخروج بالعشرة أبواب كاملة لأصبح مرجع يُعتد به، ولجاوب على كل الأسئلة والتي تدور بداخلنا بشأن موضوعه.
ولكن وهو على هيئته الحالية بـ الأربعة أبواب قد أضاف إليّ الكثير والكثير، وفتح أمامي آفاق جديدة لم تكن لتخطر لي على بال، والعبرة هنا بالإفادة وعلينا نحن تكملة طريق البحث.

_ تناول الكتاب من خلال أبوابه الأربعة ما يلي:
1_ ما ورد في الكتاب المقدس بشأن رحلة المسيح وحياته، وواقعة الصليب.
2_ بيان من الشهادات الموجودة داخل القرآن الكريم، والأحاديث الشريفة، حول نجاة المسيح عليه السلام.
3_ شهادات مأخوذة من كُتب الطب، تفيد نجاة المسيح من واقعة الصلب.
4_ شهادات مستمدة من التاريخ من خلال الكُتب الإسلامية، والبوذية، وتاريخية تنص على مجئ المسيح عليه السلام إلى البنجاب وما يجاورها من بلاد.
وبالطبع في خاتمة الكتاب موجود النصوص المُقتبس منها، والمراجع المُعتمد عليها لخروج هذا الكتاب إلى النور.

_ القرآن والأحاديث الشريفة نزلت باللغة العربية، العربية التي تمتاز بالتشبيهات والإستعارة، والكناية.. وإلخ من جماليات اللغة، نزل بلغة تتطلب التأويل والتعمُق فيها وتكيفها تبعًا لمتطلبات وأحداث كل عصر.
ولكن لبعدنا عنها نحينا جمالياتها جانبًا، وتمسكنا بالحرفية، وإذا جاء أحدهم وأراد إزلة الغُبار عن تلك الجماليات اتهمناه بالجهل والتحريف، لذا فلا عجب من أننا متمسكين بحرفية التراث، غير مدركيين أننا نسعى بخطوات واسعة نحو الهلاك.
فلنعود لقواعد العربية من جديد، ونخرج المعاجم من قبورها على الأرفف، ونحاول فهم عظمة الدين من جديد، ولنتمعن ولنتدبر علنا نصل يومًا إلى الصواب.

_ الكتاب أمتعني كثيرًا، وأفادني أكثر، لذا فسأقيمه بـ خمسة نجوم.
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226 reviews
October 20, 2019
Author argues with an estense bibliography that Jesus did not die in the cross, not lived in India in his lost years. But as the following paragraph states (page 107); he survived the Crucifixion and contrary to the gospels; he did not ascended to heaven but died as an old man in northern India; in Kashmir.
"Let it be noted, therefore, that it was extremely necessary, by reason of his office as divine messenger, for Jesus to have journeyed to the Punjab and its neighbourhood because the ten tribes of Israel, who in the Gospels have been called the lost sheep of Israel, had migrated to this country." Jesus in India, page 107.
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May 30, 2016
- ما أثار دهشتي كمية المراجع والإستدلالات الموثقة، فحضرة مرزا غلام أحمد إن لم يكن صادقا في دعواه فهو حتما باحث بارع ومجادل لا يستهان به أبدا...
ولأني من النوع الذي لايصدق الأشياء إلا إذا تبين منها بعقله وعينه وتأكد تمام التأكد، لم أقتنع ومازلت أبحث في بنود هذا البحث( الكتاب) الذي أوردها وحاجج بها المؤلف ( مرزا غلام أحمد )...
لا أنكر أنني شعرت كأنني أمام محامي أو رجل قانون بارع كما نقول في مصر " يبحث عن الإبرة في كوم القش " فهو يبحث عن الخيوط التي تبرهن دعواه، الغالب في براهينه أنها تتخذ تفسيرات مُغايرة للمتعارف عليه، تفسيرات تخدم مبتغاه، ولكن هذه التفسيرات لاتنقص منه إن كان صادقا حقا...
سأستمر في البحث وحين أتيقن أنني تشبعت، وتقصيت حال كل الحجج، سأصدر الحكم الذي توصلت إليه ...
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