The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 263
The Messiah and his Second Coming lose their credibility. 263 [Masīḥ Hindustān Meiń, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 56-61] Jesus in Search of the Lost Sheep It was extremely important for Jesus (peace be on him) to travel to the Punjab and its neighbouring lands in order to discharge his Prophetic functions. This was because ten tribes of Israel, who have been designated in the Bible as 'the lost sheep of the house of Israel', had settled there- a fact which no historian can deny. It was, therefore, nec- essary for Jesusas to travel to these lands, seek out the lost sheep and convey God's message to them. Unless he did that, the purpose he had been sent for would have re- mained unfulfilled. His mission was to preach to the lost sheep of Israel, if he had died without seeking them, or, having found them, failing to teach them the way to sal- vation, he would have been like the man who was ap- pointed by a king to go to a certain tribe in the desert and dig a well to provide them water, but he spent three or four years roaming in other places and returned without doing anything to find the people to whom he had been sent. Could it be said of him that he carried out the com- mand of his master? Certainly not. In fact he cared too much for his own comfort to do anything for the people. [Masīḥ Hindustan Meiń, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 93-94] Jesus in Kashmir One of the verses of the Holy Qur'an clearly indicates that Jesus and his mother travelled to Kashmir after the incident of crucifixion. It is said وَ أَوَيْنَهُمَا إِلَى رَبُوَةٍ ذَاتِ قَرَارٍ وَ مَعِينٍ 195 195 Al-Mu'minūn, 23:51 [Publisher]