Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 107
107 1 ْ ُ ْ ِمِْنْْمُك ُ ُْمُك ِم َا ِم ِإِ And whoever disbelieves in the testimony of the Quran and Hadith is not a Muslim. Authentic and proven history has informed us that Jesus as did not die on the cross, and this is something the likes of which have been found before and it is not a miracle, and all the Gospels tes- tify that the disciples saw him after he came out of the grave, went home and joined his brethren. They walked with him for seventy leagues, spent the night with him and ate meat and bread with him. What a pity for you if after that you ask for proof. Do you think that the ladder to heaven was only seventy miles from the place of the Cross? So, Jesus as was forced to flee and reach its strange staircase? Rather, he fled, migrating in accordance with the practice of the Prophets, for fear of the enemies. He was afraid that his news would be investigated, and his secret would be exposed, so he chose an unknown and remote route, which was between the Samaritan villages. The Jews used to abandon them and did not walk through them out of pessimism and bad omens. So, look at the map of the paths of the lands that he went through out of fear, and I will draw its map here so that you will increase your insight, and will know that Jesus’ ascension to heaven is an accusation against him and one of the most heinous slanders. 1. Your Imam from among you ( S a hih al-Bukh a r i , Kit a bu A ha d i thil- Anbiy a ’, B a bu Nuz u li ‘ I sabini Maryama, ‘Alayhimas-Sal a m, Hadith no. 3449; see also S a hih Muslim, Kit a bul- Ima n, Hadith no. 244). [Publisher]