The Advent of the Promised Messiah — Page 13
13 erupted as was unprecedented in the life of any other Prophet. This is why Allah Almighty felt the need to inquire from Jesus as , ! " # $ 1 That is to say, was it you who told the people, ‘Take me and my mother for God’? The community that Jesus as established was so weak and unreliable that even the Christians themselves admit this fact. The Gospel corroborates that of the twelve disciples, who were the embodiment of the distinct spiritual power and influ- ence of Jesus, one was Judas Iscariot , who sold his master and guide for thirty pieces of silver. Another who was greatest in rank and was known as his foremost disciple, and in whose hands were the keys of Paradise, namely Peter, cursed Jesus three times while standing before him. If this was the influence and grace of the Messiah in his own lifetime, one can only imagine what remains after 1900 years? In comparison, the community built by the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was so faithful and loyal that they sacrificed their lives, 1 al-Ma’idah, 5:117 [Publisher]