A Gift for An-Nadwah — Page 31
31 It has been purchased by a Christian company for 250,000 rupees and has been verified as having been written by Peter. It would be naïve to cling to the idea that Jesus is still alive in the face of such clear and overwhelming evi- dence. One cannot deny the facts. Muslims! I congratulate you, for this is a day of triumph. Abandon your false beliefs and fashion your faith in accordance with the Holy Quran. Let me reiterate that this final testimony is that of Jesus’ closest disciple. In this document, he identifies himself as Peter; a servant of the son of Mary. He tells his age as 90 and is writing 3 years after the death of Jesus. Historically, both Jesus and Peter are understood to have been of simi- lar ages and that at the time of the crucifixion Jesus was approximately 33 years old and Peter somewhere be- tween 30 and 40. Both these facts have been accepted by renowned Christian scholars (see Smith’s Dictionary , Vol. 3, p. 2446, 23 㘰᛬ ᙯ䁡 New Testament History , and other his- torical works on the subject). A number of notable experts on Christianity have examined this letter and declared it authentic. This discovery has brought with it a great deal of joy. As I have already mentioned, the letter has been valued so highly that the heirs of the holy man from whose library it was found were paid a handsome amount for it. 23 The title of this book cannot be clearly identified probably due to a misprint in the first Urdu edition. [Publishers]