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24 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD though he was innocent. But, O Honoured Queen of India, we humbly submit before you that, on the occasion of the joy of the 60th jubilee, make an effort to exonerate Jesus. I dare to submit to you—with the purest of intentions filled with the fear of God and truth—to clear Jesus the Messiah, with courageous resolve, of this stigma placed upon his honour. No doubt, making a submis- sion before emperors without prior permission is putting one’s life on the line but at this time I accept every danger for the sake of the honour of Jesus, the Messiah, and having been called to serve as his ambassador, I stand before our just ruler. O Honoured Queen! May innumerable blessings be on you. May God relieve you of all the worries which are in your heart. Accept this repre- sentation however possible. This has been the way to resolve all religious issues from time immemorial, that when two parties differ, they first try to decide on the basis of the record available in the scriptures. When a decision cannot be reached on the basis of written evidence, they turn to reason and try to decide with rational arguments. Then, when an issue cannot be resolved with reason, they seek a heavenly decision and take the heavenly signs as the arbitrator. O Honoured Queen, all three of these sources point to the innocence of Jesus, the Messiah. From written tradi- tions it is so, as all scriptures indicate that the heart of Jesus was humble, merciful, God-loving and was with God all the time. Why, then, is it proposed that at any time his heart, God forbid, had deviated from God, and became His denier and enemy, as the meaning of accursed implies. From a common sense point of view also, it does not follow that one who is a prophet and a chosen one of God—and filled with His love and whose nature is saturated with light—would, God forbid, be filled with the