Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 207
Footnote Number Eleven 207 the five should have been honoured as nothing but the ‘God of Gods’, because all these five personalities were graced with their spiritual and physical faculties from her. The Christians have invented all kinds of undue praise for Ibn- e-Maryam and yet they could not conceal his imperfections. They themselves confessed that he was tainted with impurities, and yet they pronounced him to be the son of God without any reason. Although the Christians and Jews, according to their astonishing scriptures, are all ‘sons of God’—indeed, according to one verse, they are themselves ‘gods’—I should point out that the Buddhists have fared better than them in their lies and inventions. Because, having acclaimed Buddha as God, they did not ascribe his birth through the filthy and impure channel or his nourishment to any kind of filth. On the contrary, they believe Buddha was born by way of the mouth. Alas for the Christians! They forged many lies, but it did not occur to them to similarly ascribe the birth of Mas ih through the mouth so that they could have safe- guarded their ‘God’ from being mixed with urine and other impurities. Nor did it occur to them to safeguard him against death, which is the utter negation of the truth about Divinity. Nor did they think of excis- ing from the Gospel all references to the confession of the son of Mary that he was not good, nor completely wise, nor had he come of his own will, nor was he the knower of the unseen, nor did he possess absolute power, nor did he have the power to accept prayers; and that he was a humble servant [of God] and a submissive human being who had been sent by the Master and Lord of the universe. In brief, the grand verity contained in the subject of ّٰ لل الحمد [ al h am- dulill a h ] is not at all found in any religion other than the pure and holy religion of Islam. Should, however, the Brahm u s claim that they believe in the above-mentioned verity, let it be known, that they too would be false in making this claim. As I have pointed out earlier in this very dis- course, the Brahm u s regard God Almighty to be dumb, mute, destitute of the power of speech, and incapable of granting the inspiration and revelation of His knowledge, and they consider Him to be deprived