The Holy War — Page 133
Proceedings—Debate 29 May 1893 133 And the Christians say that, ‘Allah, the Exalted, has taken to Himself a son. ’ Holy is He from having sons. Nay, these are only honoured serv- ants, Part 17 Ruk u‘ 2. And so, after this, when we look to see what proofs do we have in hand regarding this, we find a treasure trove of such proofs. On the one hand, we find sound human intellect rejects this belief, while on the other, inductive reasoning testifies that till today no other example of its like has been found other than the one in contention right now. Meanwhile, the Holy Quran, which establishes its truth with innu- merable proofs, rejects it, as it states: َو َنْوُدُبْعَي ْنِم ِنْوُد ِهّٰللا اَم ْمَل ْلِّزَنُي ٖهِب اًنٰطْلُس َّو اَم َسْيَل ْمُهَل ٖهِب ٌمْلِع َو اَم َنْيِمِلّٰظلِل ْنِم 1 (Pt. 17, R. 16)— ٍرْيِصَّن۰۰ Meaning that they worship beside Allah such things for the divinity of which Allah Almighty has sent down no Sign—that is to say, there are indeed always Signs for a Prophet, but they cannot be of any use to prove Divinity—and then the Holy Quran says that for this belief of theirs, ‘they possess no knowledge’; namely, they do not even have any logical arguments by which their belief could be strengthened. And then the Holy Quran says: ُداَكَت ُتٰوٰمَّسلا َنْرَّطَفَتَي ُهْنِم َو ُّقَشْنَت ُضْرَاْلا َو ُّرِخَت َو اوُلاَق َذَخَّتا ُنٰمْحَّرلا اًدَلَو ۰۰ْدَقَل ْمُتْئِج أًـْيَش اًّدِا ۰۰ 2 (Pt. 16, R. 9)— ُلاَبِجْلا اًّدَه ۰۰ْنَا اْوَعَد ِنٰمْحَّرلِل اًدَلَو۰۰ [Meaning:] And they say the Gracious God has taken the Messiah unto Himself as His son. O Christians, you have put forth a most weighty claim. The heaven and earth might well nigh rent asunder thereat, and the mountains begin to tremble for you make a man into God. 1. S u rah al- H ajj, 22:72 [Publisher] 2. S u rah Maryam, 19:89–92 [Publisher]