Intro
Firstly, Muslims don’t accept Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 (“”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“) as an authentic source, thus, this prayer and entire scenario was always disregarded by Muslims.
In 2026 (Jun), Bro Imtiaz streamed on TikTok with Amir Haq and explained how MGA alleged that Allah had decreed an accursed death for Eisa (as)(naozobillah), however, after Eisa (as) prayed (Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 (“”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“), Allah changed his decree and Eisa (as)(See 3:47:14 time stamp)(Via Malfuzat-5-Urdu, page 238)(dated as Aug-23-1903) was allowed to survive the crucifixion.
In 1882-1884, via “Barahin-i-Ahmadiyya” (See page 206 online English edition), MGA was criticizing Christianity and alleged that per the Gospel, the night before Eisa (as) was arrested, he kept repeating a certain prayer over and over again and hoping to avert his death (See Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34), however, this prayer was not accepted. MGA also calls the method of birth for an alleged God to be disrespectful, since the Christian God seems to have been a fetus and delivered through the birth channel (and somehow this is disrespectful for a God)(See BA-4, RK-1, page 441-Urdu)(See Bro Imtiaz, 3:51:19 time stamp). MGA also alleged to have received a revelation in Hebrew (“”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“)(See [Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah, part 4, pp. 555–556 sub-footnote 4, RK, v1, pp. 662–664 sub-footnote 4–Urdu, See page 433, online English edition).
In 1890-1891, MGA argued that the prayer (Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“) of Jesus of the Bible was not heard—for it was irrevocably destined not be heard, and what power would a poor creature have before the definite will of the Creator!—still, upon the hope that it might be accepted, the Messiah (as) took the admission of his humility and submission to the extreme. If he had indeed known beforehand that his prayer would be rejected and would never be heard, would he have gone on praying all night till dawn? And would he still have fervently employed himself and his disciples in this vain exercise? Here the critic would agree that Jesusas was sure that only God knew and he knew not. Likewise, the reason why so many of Jesus’as prophecies turned out to be false was his ignorance of matters of the unseen, which caused him to misunderstand and misinterpret Divine prophecies (See “Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers”, pages 43-44, 64 and 10).
In 1893 (via Tohfa Baghdad, page 91), MGA alleged to have received a revelation “”O my Lord,
my Lord, why have You forsaken me?”” aka “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani””.
In 1894 (via Nur ul Haq, page 75), MGA indirectly quotes (Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“) and alleged that the Christian God was a ridiculous invention, MGA then mentioned how Jesus of the Bible died while saying, ‘My God! My God! Why have you forsaken me?’ Yet in spite of all this, he is a god and the son of God?
In 1895, MGA quoted Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 and alleged that Jesus of the Bible departed from this world in utter hopelessness, crying لما سبقتانی [lama sabachthani—why
have You forsaken me?] Even the Hindu god Ramchandra fared better than this ‘God’; he was able to take revenge against Ravan while still alive and did not stop until he had killed him. MGA criticized the God of Christians and opined, Was it an act of Divinity that he bawled his eyes out
for the whole night, yet his prayer went unanswered? He gave up the ghost crying Eli, Eli [my God, my God but the Father took no pity on him (See pages 51, 62, 109-110).
In 1900 (Apr-17), MGA argued that how can the Christians, who deify a humble, weak, powerless unsuccessful man, give anyone success? What fruits can a man give to others who pray, when his own night-long prayers were useless and in vain? How can a man who says: ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani,’ meaning, ‘O God! O God! Why hast thou forsaken me?’ and admits that God has abandoned him, join others with God? (See Al-Hakam, vol. 4, no. 14, dated 17 April 1900, pp. 2-9, via Malfuzat-2, online English edition, page 216).
In 1900 (Aug-9), MGA argued that how can someone (Jesus of the Bible) who cries over his own helplessness grant power and honour to anyone else? How can such a one hear the supplications of others, when his own cries and lamentations made throughout the night went in vain? A person who cried and shrieked ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani,’ meaning, ‘O God! O God! Why hast thou forsaken me?’ yet he was not heard. And to crown this all off, ultimately, the Jews seized him and hung him on the cross, and in light of their own doctrine, established that he was accursed. Even the Christians themselves consider him to be accursed; their justification is that he took this curse upon himself for their sake (See Al-Hakam, vol. 4, no. 28, dated 9 August 1900, pp. 3-4, Via Malfuzat-2, online English edition, page 48).
In 1902 (Jul-24), MGA argued that if one observes the life of the Messiah it becomes clear that he spent the entire night praying himself and asked his friends to pray as well, but ultimately
began to complain and said: ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabachthani,’ meaning, ‘O God! O God! Why hast thou forsaken me?’ Now who would look at this regretful state and say that he was commissioned by Allah? The image of Christ in his final state as put forth by the Christian priests consistently is one which causes utter despair. These people make such tall claims that may heaven preserve us, yet Christ did not really achieve anything. Over the span of his entire life all he managed to do was to prepare a community of 120 people, and even these people were so foolish and ignorant that they could not even understand matters relating to the kingdom of God (See Al-Hakam, vol. 6, no. 26, dated 24 July 1902, pp. 5-12, via Malfuzat-2, online English edition, page 234).
In 1903 (Aug-23), MGA alleged that Allah had decreed an accursed death for Eisa (as)(naozobillah), however, after Eisa (as) prayed (Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 (“”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“), Allah changed his decree and Eisa (as)(Via Malfuzat-5-Urdu, page 238)(dated as Aug-23-1903) was allowed to survive the crucifixion (See Bro Imtiaz streamed on TikTok with Amir Haq, See 3:47:14 time stamp, Jun-2026).
In 1906 (Feb), MGA allegedly received a Hebrew revelation, “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”” (See Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34) and alleged that this revelation makes MGA think that someone might plan some harm secretly, like women, the ultimate result of which would be acquittal; but this is only my considered judgment. Allah knows best what is actually meant by it. A man attacks openly. To attack anonymously or in secret is not manly but is characteristic of women. The last sentence means: We saved Bani Isra’il from the mischief of Pharaoh (See the al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 8, February 23, 1906, p. 2 and al-Hakam, vol. 10, no. 7, February 24, 1906, p. 1,
Via Tadhkirah).
In 1906 (Mar), MGA alleged to have received a revelation wherein his God said “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”” (Hebrew, this is Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34 “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachtani”“)(See the Al-Badr, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 2, dated 22 March 1906, via Malfuzat-8, page 356, online English edition). MGA alleged From his ijtihad [interpretive judgement], I had understood this to mean that someone will plot secretly like women, which may lead to a case against me due to his deception, but in the end, I will be acquitted. But these are my interpreted meanings, and it is possible that what I saw before and what I saw now have another significance, but these are the apparent meanings. God knows.
In 1906, MGA quoted “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”” (Hebrew, this is Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34) and argued that the God, to Whom Jesus had said, ‘Why hast Thou forsaken me?’, has not forsaken me. There have been many attacks on me, as there had been on the Messiah, but my enemies were frustrated in every one of them. A conspiracy was even hatched to have me executed, but, unlike the Messiah, I was not be crucified. Instead, my God saved me at the time of every trial, demonstrated great miracles for my sake, and helped me with His mighty hand. Through thousands of signs, He has proved to me that the True God is He Who revealed the Holy Quran and sent the Holy Prophet (saw). I do not at all consider Jesus to be superior to me in these matters. Just as the Word of God was revealed to him, so is it revealed to me; and just as he is said to have shown miracles, so have I been granted miracles, though in greater numbers. All this honour has been conferred upon me solely by virtue of being a follower of the Prophet whose spiritual station and high standing is largely hidden to the world, and he is none other than Muhammad, the Chosen Ones (See pages 25-26 and 53).
In 1906-1907, MGA quoted “”Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani”” (Hebrew, this is Matthew 27:46 or Mark 15:34) and argued that Yasu‘ the Messiah says in the Gospels, ‘If ye have faith even as much as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, move from here to there; and it shall move.’ But it seems that the entire prayer of Yasu‘ to spare his own life went to waste. Now Behold! What conclusion would be drawn about the faith of Yasu‘ according to the Gospels? It is not true at all that Yasu‘ prayed that he may well die on the cross, but it should be without distress. Was the prayer in the garden [of Gethsemane] meant only to spare him the distress? If this were the case, why did he raise the cry Eli Eli lama sabachtani when he was put on the cross? Does this utterance indicate that his distress had been removed at that moment? How far can a fabrication go? The prayer of Yasu‘ clearly has these words: ‘Let this cup pass from me.’ So God made that cup pass and created such circumstances as were sufficient to save his life; for example, the fact that he was not kept on the cross for up to six or seven days as was the norm, but was taken down within a short time, and that whereas the bones of others [crucified] were always broken, his bones were not broken. It is inconceivable that someone could die from such little torture (See Haqiqatul Wahi, Online English edition, page 53). On page 74, MGA argued that The assertion that the Messiah willingly accepted an accursed death is refuted by his passionate supplications in the garden that the cup [of death] be passed from him; and his lamentation when he was put on the cross: Eli Eli lama sabachtani, meaning: my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? If he was indeed content with that death on the cross why did he make supplications? And this notion that death of the Messiah on the cross was the
mercy of God on mankind and God was pleased to do this so that the world could find salvation through the blood of the Messiah, is rejected by the argument that if divine mercy was truly excited on that day then why was there a terrible earthquake which caused the veil of the Temple to be torn, and why was there such a severe sandstorm and the sun became dark? All this, indeed, shows that God was greatly displeased with the crucifixion of the Messiah
and this is why He chased the Jews for forty years and they suffered various calamities. First they died of a severe plague and at the end thousands of Jews were killed at the hands of Titus, the Roman. On page 75, There cannot be anything more absurd than to suggest that he willingly accepted death on the cross in order to redeem the sins of his people. The man who spent the entire night in tearful supplication in a garden to save his life—which was not even heard—and then he was so overwhelmed by panic that he cried out Eli Eli lama sabachtani at the time of the crucifixion. He addressed his God as God and forgot to call him ‘Father’ in that extreme anguish. Now, considering all this, can anyone believe that he died by his own volition? Who can understand the contradictions in Christian theology? On the one hand, they believe Yasu‘ to be God, while on the other, the same ‘God’ is seen praying and crying before another God. Whereas all three ‘Gods’ were inside Yasu‘ and he was the embodiment of them all, to whom did he tearfully supplicate? It appears from all this that there is another mighty God for Christians besides the Godheads of the Trinity, who is distinct from them and rules over them, before whom the three were obliged to supplicate.
In 1908 (May-18), This belief of those people that Jesus as did not engage in istighfar is false. This is their stupidity and ignorance, and they level a false allegation upon Jesus as. A study of the New Testament reveals that he repeatedly confessed to his weaknesses and even performed istighfar. What was meant by his cry ایلی اْیلی لما سبقتانی —Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?1 Why did he not cry out اِبى اِبى Abi, Abi [‘My Father, my Father!’]? In Hebrew, God is called Ail. The very meaning of this [verse] is ‘Have mercy and help me and do not leave me abandoned like this (in other words, Protect me)(See Al-Hakam, vol. 12, no. 34, p. 1–4, dated 18 May 1908, via Malfuzat-10, online English edition, page 433).
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