A Gift for the Queen — Page 25
25 darkness of disbelief and disobedience; that is, darkness, which in other words is called curse. Furthermore, God is now giving us the news through heavenly signs that what the Quran has related about the Messiah—that he was safeguarded from the curse and his heart was not accursed even for a second— is the truth. Those signs have appeared through this humble one and are pouring like rain. Therefore, O our protector Queen, may God bless you with immeasurable bounties, decide this issue through your legendary just character. I also dare to make another submission. It is evident from the historical records that when the third of the Roman Caesars ascended the throne, and had firmly established his authority, he thought of organizing a debate among the two well-known sects among the Christians, one who believed in the Oneness of God and the other that considered Jesus as god. The debate took place in the presence of the Caesar of Rome in good decorum and arrangement. Hundreds of chairs were laid to seat honoured observers and members of the government according to their status to listen to the debate. The debate of the priests from both sides lasted for forty days in the court of the king. The Roman Caesar listened to the arguments from both sides and pondered over them. In the end, the sect considering Jesus, the Messiah, to be only a messenger of God and a prophet prevailed. The other sect faced such defeat that the Caesar disclosed in the gathering that he was drawn towards the sect believing in the Oneness of God due to their argument and not of his own consideration. Before leaving the gathering, he adopted the belief of Oneness of God and became one of those mentioned also in the Holy Quran, and stopped using the phrase ‘son’ with reference to God.