The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 226
226 Essence of Islam-III only appeared to be alive for a short time as a result of mesmeric influence. . . . The Holy Qur'an affirms that Jesus had been given the power to do these things as an exercise of his natural ca- pacity, which is inherent in every human being. Jesus was not unique in this respect. Such capacity is being demonstrated in our own age. The miracles of Jesus were rendered bizarre and doubtful by the pool which had ex- isted even before the birth of Jesus, and which also dis- played wonders and a single dip into which bestowed healing upon all those afflicted with diseases such as pa- ralysis, leukoderma, leprosy etc. And there were others who manifested similar extraordinary signs later on, and there was no such pool to cast doubt on their manifestations. The belief that Jesus fashioned birds of clay and made them come alive as real birds by breathing into them, is entirely false and polytheistic. It was only an exercise of mesmeric capacity that had been developed to some de- gree by his spiritual propensity. It is also possible that he made use of clay from the pool that had been activated by the Holy Spirit. His miracle was only a kind of sleight of hand and the clay remained only clay like the Samari- tan's calf. Ponder over it, because this is a magnificent point; no one comprehends it except those who have been granted great wisdom. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, pp. 251-263, footnote]. No other Prophet has had so many fictitious miracles at- tributed to him, as have been attributed to Jesusas; some ignorant ones even imagine that he had revived thou- sands upon thousands of the dead. The Gospels narrate a highly exaggerated statement of an occasion when all the dead buried in a graveyard, which had existed for