The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 265
The Messiah and his Second Coming 265 his deliverance from the hands of the unfortunate Jews, honoured the Punjab with his presence, God Almighty invested him with great honour and prestige in this country and he found himself amongst the ten lost tribes of Israel. It appears that after settling in these countries most of them had become Buddhists and some had taken to a low form of idol worship. With the coming of Jesus, a large majority of them reverted to the straight path. As. Jesus had prepared them to accept the Prophet who was to come, the ten tribes, who came to be known as Afghans and Kashmiris, all became Muslims in the end. . Thus Jesus was greatly honoured in this land. . Recently a coin has been found in the Punjab on which the name of Jesus (peace be on him) is inscribed in Pali characters. The coin is of the time of Jesus. This confirms that Jesus as was bestowed royal honour in this country. This coin was probably struck in the reign of a monarch who believed in Jesus. Yet another coin has been found which bears the fac-simile of an Israeli male. . This is most probably the fac-simile of Jesus. The Holy. Qur'an also contains a verse to the effect that God had blessed Jesus wherever he went. These coins also show that he was greatly blessed and did not die till he was bestowed royal honours. 196 [Masih Hindustan Meiń, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp. 53-54]. Jesus (peace be on him) came to the Punjab via. Afghanistan with the ultimate intention of going to. Kashmir. The fact is that Chitral and a part of the Punjab separate Kashmir from Afghanistan. If we travel from 196 The reference is to the verse: 'And He has made me blessed wheresoever I may be. '-Maryam, 19:32 [Publisher]