The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 230
230. Essence of Islam-III were to beseech Jesus for a heavenly sign throughout their lives, they would not be given any, as Jesus is not. God. He is a humble human being and would be unaware of their supplication. Even if he were aware of it, what could he do?. . . . . If on the Day of Judgement, Jesus was to confess that he was not God and inquire from them why they had attributed Godhead to him, what will they do and to whom will they turn? God Almighty has established four witnesses to confound the Christians: 1. The Jews who have borne witness for more than three thousand five hundred years that they were never instructed in the doctrine of Trinity, nor had any of their Prophets predicted that God or a son of God in the true sense would appear on earth. 2. The followers of John the Baptist who are still found in Syria and who have throughout believed that Jesus was a human being, a Prophet and disciple of John the Baptist. 3. The Unitarian sect of the Christians which has been repeatedly mentioned in the Holy Qur'ān and whose members held a discussion with the. Trinitarian sect of Christianity in the third century under the direction of the Roman Emperor, and who were held to be in the right and the Emperor had sided with them. 4. The Holy Prophet of Islām (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and the Holy Qur'ān both of whom have affirmed that Jesus, son f Mary, certainly was not God or the son of God, but was only a Prophet. . Moreover, thousands of the righteous have testified under Divine guidance that Jesus, son of Mary, was a