Fountain of Christianity — Page 25
25 kingdom. On the other hand, the God Whom we consider to be the True God is He Who appointed as His Messenger a poor and helpless man from Mecca, and showed a mani- festation of His power and glory to the whole world at that very time, so much so, that when the Persian Emperor sent his soldiers to arrest the Holy Prophet sa , the Omnipotent God told him to inform them, "Tonight my God has killed your god. " Just consider, in the first instance we have a man who claimed to be God, but ended up being arrested by a Roman soldier and thrown into jail, and his night-long prayers remained unanswered. In the second instance, we have a man who claimed only to be a Messenger, but God anni- hilated even the kings who stood up against him! The saying [Be the friend of the mighty, so that you may prevail], is of great value for a seeker after truth. What is the use of a religion that is dead, and of what value is the book that is dead, and what can we gain from a God who is dead? I swear by Him, in Whose hand rests my life, that I am honoured with the most certain and definite Divine conversation, and I am honoured with it almost every day. The God, to Whom Jesus had said, 'Why hast Thou forsaken me?', has not forsaken me. There have been many attacks on me, as there had been on the Messiah, but my enemies were frustrated in every one of them. A conspiracy was even hatched to have me executed, but, unlike the Messiah, I was not be crucified. Instead, my God saved me at the time of every trial, dem-