A Gift for the Queen — Page 22
22 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD is immersed in Jesus and his in me. Heavenly signs are appear- ing in support of this claim. Everyone has been invited to satisfy himself through signs about this claim if he desires to. I have gath- ered courage to write this much because of the true love and true respect I have for Jesus, the Messiah, in my heart—along with the statements which I heard from the tongue of Jesus, the Messiah, and the message he gave me. All these matters have moved me to become an ambassador from Jesus to the court of Your Majesty. I submit humbly that—as Your Majesty has been made protector of the lives, property and honour of millions of people, and has even issued laws for the comfort of animals and birds—how wonderful it would be that Your Majesty’s attention should also turn to the hidden disrespect which is meted out to Jesus, the Messiah. How great would it be if Your Majesty, would research the word ‘curse’ through the lexicons of the world in general, and Arabic and Hebrew in particular, and take the experts’ testimony of all the lexicons to ascertain that someone is called accursed only on the condition that his heart has moved away from the recognition, love and nearness of God; and rather, the enmity of God, instead of His love, has been created in his heart. That is the reason that in the Arabic lexicon accursed is the name of Satan. How can this ignoble name, that has become a part of Satan, be attributed to a pure heart? The Messiah has cleared himself from this in my vision. Common sense also dictates that the status of the Messiah is above and beyond such an allegation. The implication of curse always relates to the heart, and this is a clear matter that we cannot name a near one and a beloved of God to be cursed or accursed in any sense of the word. This is the message of Jesus, the Messiah, which I am delivering. It is enough proof of my truth that the signs