The Holy War — Page 142
142 ass or an ox; you wish to use them to settle the dispute! Mirza sahib, you cannot do that. My dear, it was as a punishment for their hard-heartedness that God made their hearts dark so that they would not under- stand—Isaiah 6:10. And this curse was on them at the time of the advent of Lord Jesus Christ and still is. You can see by looking at the following verses—Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27, and 2 Corinthians 3:15–16—upon whom you have allotted the task of arbitration. Yes, because of their faithlessness, their city was destroyed, pro- verbially exiled from their homeland, dispersed all over the world, disgraced and are still roaming just as the prophecy of Christ had declared. Second— Then you put forward the Unitarians; my dear Sir, they are not a sect from among the sects of Christianity. Why do you seek answers from me about all the follies and disbelief of the world? And the Roman Catholics—owing to the profanity of their hearts—call Mary the mother of God, while the Unitarians through their foolishness (complete their disbelief ) in another way. What is my concern in all this? I have the Book in my hand. Its writings are there; convince me if I am wrong, otherwise, do not give me examples of these unenlightened people. Our belief is in Jesus and not in the sects. If I were to start giving such accusatory replies, I could show many splits within Islam right now. Please, my dear Sir! Look at your own home before you take the pain to crit- icize and do not depend on whether a certain man accepts or not, but rely on the Book of Allah. Sir, you have asked me to present an argument which no one doubts. I admit freely that I am unable; nay rather, God is also help- less in this respect. Nothing in the world is more apparent than His Holy Being yet will you not find a thousand fools in the world who will say that God is nothing? When you call into question the Holy