The Criterion for Religions — Page 18
18 Mi'yiirul Madhahib would like to know what arrangements were made for the salvation of the creatures who lived before the time of our own Adam and who had no connection whatsoever with the present human race. Was it this same son who was crucified time and again for their salvation, or was it some other son who would accept the cross for the sake of earlier creations? To the best of my judgement, I believe that if there can be no re- demption without crucifixion, then the God of the Christians must have possessed countless sons who would have been useful in such endeavours now and then, and each one of them must have been crucified in his own good time. Hence, it would be futile to ex- pect any good from a God whose own youthful sons continued to die. During the debate at Amritsar I also raised the fol- lowing question. The Christians claim that their 'God' does not wish anyone to die in sin, let them, therefore, tell us what arrangements this 'God' has made for the salvation of the evil spirits mentioned in the Gospels? 3 Did any Son of God come to the 3 Note: It is evident from the teachings of Islam that even devils can be- come believers. Thus, our lord and master the Holy Prophetsa said, 'My Satan has become a Muslim. ' In short, every human being is accompanied by a devil. The devil of one who is pure and saintly does become a believer. But the pity of it is that Jesus' devil would not believe; on the contrary, he planned to mislead Jesus and took him up on a mountain and showed him