The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 264
264. Essence of Islam-III 'We gave Jesus and his mother shelter at a plateau which was an abode of peace and was provided with springs of clear water. ". In this verse God Almighty has drawn an accurate picture of Kashmir. The expression Awa in Arabic is used for providing shelter against calamity of misfortune; and before the crucifixion Jesus and his mother underwent no period of hardship as would require shelter. It is thus established that it was only after the incident of the crucifixion that God Almighty led Jesus and his mother to this plateau. [Kashtī-e-Nūḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 19, p. 17, footnote]. I am the humble one who has been sent to sow the seed of true purity in the hearts of men, like the holy servant of God in the time of the Roman Empire nearly nineteen hundred years ago, who was sent to preach true salvation to the people of Galilee. Having endured great suffering at the hands of the Jews at the time of Pilate, he had to migrate from Judea, according to the eternal way of God. Almighty. He came to India to convey the message of. God to the Jews, who after the dispersal of Babylone, had come to these countries. At the age of 120, he departed from this mortal world and returned to his True. Beloved, and Kashmir had the great honour of being his burial place. How fortunate are Srinagar, Anmoza and the Mohalla of Khānyār, unto whose blessed dust that eternal prince and righteous Prophet of God committed his holy body, and enabled many a dweller of Kashmir to partake of true salvation and eternal life. May the glory of God be with him forever, Āmīn. [Kashf-ul-Ghițā', Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 14, pp. 191-192]. . The truth is that when Jesus (peace be upon him), after