The Holy War — Page 85
Proceedings—Debate 26 May 1893 85 Statement of DEPUTY Abdullah Atham Our statement is that Christ is a perfect human and a perfect man- ifestation of Allah according to the Divine Word, and denial of these two facts is impossible. However, the Jews most certainly did not know him to be the manifestation of Allah, and so whenever some word would escape from his mouth expressing that he was the manifestation of Allah, the Jews would accuse him of blasphemy and become prepared to stone him. Thus, the contentious moment under discussion is also of this same nature and upon this occasion, Christ said that even if, in my human capacity, I call myself the son of Allah, it is not at all more than how your Prophets were called gods. So, my saying this as a human is not greater than this. So, how can it be said here that he denied being the manifestation of Allah? The verses regarding him being the manifestation of Allah are indeed there in the list that we presented yesterday. On what presumption does Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib reject this? What fact did he find in them indicating its falsehood ? Which truth seems to be the cause of his rejection? Can some particular thing having to do with the human- ity of Christ be opposed to his Divinity or being the manifestation of Allah? Certainly not, by any law! The truth is that even in his humanity too, he was a person sanctified and sent. The word which is translated as ‘sanctified’ is ڈزو � ی ےہیگ ا� [ἁγιάζω or agiazo ] in Greek, and it means holy, and one sent. The word points to what he used to say that I am from the heavens and you are