The Heavenly Decree — Page 13
13 that he will never come out for the debate. And if he does at all come, he will be so humiliated that he will have nowhere to show his face. I feel so terribly sorry for him that, due to his love for the fame and popularity of this transient world, he has covered up the truth, abandoned righteousness and embraced falsehood. He knew well that the death of the Messiah as is clearly proven by the Holy Quran and S a hih Marf u ‘ A ha d i th * , and yet he dishonestly and deceptively held back his testimony in this regard. Acting as a sworn enemy of the truth, and through mere prevarication, he propagated among the people that it is written in the Holy Quran that Messiah, son of Mary, was lifted to the heaven alive in his physical body, and that there is no mention of his death whatsoever. But as he knew in his heart that he was wrong, and what he was saying was against the Book of Allah, he did not agree to an honest debate and warded off this short and clear method for discussing the death [of the Messiah as ] by laying down inane conditions. It is simply outrageous that while the Gracious and Mighty Allah says that the Messiah, son of Mary, is dead, Mi yan Nadh i r H usain says, 'No, not at all. He was taken to heaven alive in his physical body. ' Bravo, O Nadh i r H usain! Well and truly have you followed the Quran! More astonishingly still, * See footnote on page 10. [Publisher]