An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 208
208 In this book, the Promised Messiah as published one of his prophecies that Christianity will henceforth face a decline. He said that the Christians have made a weak man the son of God. They have not seen the true face of God and His blessings. The signs of faith that the Bible has mentioned are not seen in Christians. Therefore, either the Christians are not the true Christians or the Bible is not a true holy book. The Promised Messiah as said that the Holy Quran is a living Book, and that a man of faith is blessed with revelation and hears the Voice of God. His prayers are accepted and he is given information about events of future and these are the signs of a living religion. The Promised Messiah as exhorted: O Christians, rise if you have any power; come and face me. If I am a liar, you slaughter me, but I know that your God is already under the curse and that you are treading the path of hell. ( Sir a j-ud-D i n ‘ I s a ’ i Kei Ch a r Saw a lo n K a Jaw a b, p. 48 R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 12, p. 374) Specimen of Writing As a tree which is uprooted from the earth and is unable to suck water begins to dry up and loses its greenness, the same is the case with a person from whose heart the love of God is uprooted so that it begins to dry up and falls into sin. In God’s law of nature there are three remedies for this dryness. One is love; the second is istighf a r which means the desire to suppress and cover up, for so long as the root of a tree is firm in the earth there is hope of its greenness; and third is repentance, that is to say, to turn humbly towards God in order to draw the water of love and to get close to Him and to pull oneself out of the darkness of disobedience with the help of good deeds. Repentance is not merely by word of mouth but is completed by good 16 See Sir a j-ud-D i n ‘ I s a ’ i Kei Ch a r Saw a lo n K a Jaw a b , pp. 46-48 R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol 12, pp. 372-374.