Fountain of Christianity — Page 11
11 prophecy about the Prophet of the Latter Days sa [the Holy Prophet]. Sale, in his commentary, has related the story of a Christian monk who was converted to Islam after reading this Gospel. Remember, these people declare a book to be false or fabricated for either of these two reasons: 1. If an account or a book contradicts the current Gospels. 2. If an account or a book has some similarity with the Holy Quran. Some mischievous and black-hearted people first try to establish the principle 9 that these books are fab- ricated, and then claim that the Holy Quran contains stories taken out of them, and in this manner they try to deceive the ignorant. The fact is that only Divine revelation has the authority to prove the truth or falsity of past scriptures. Any account confirmed by Divine revelation has to be true, even though some ignorant ones declare it otherwise. Similarly, the account which Divine revelation rejects, has to be false, even though some people declare it to be true. To think that the Holy Quran is made up of such well- known accounts, tales, books or gospels, is the height of ignorance and something to be ashamed of. Is there any- thing wrong with a book of God being in agreement with some past accounts? Many truths of the Vedas, which were not even known at the time, are to be found in the 9 Christianity does not only allow the use of falsehood and imputation in support of the faith, but considers this practice to be worthy of divine reward. See the teachings of Saint Paul. [Author]