The Holy War — Page 285
Proceedings—Debate 5 June 1893 285 to its highest level, so much so that the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him—due to the love of these teachings and in utter devotion to their Prophet—left their homelands happily, and abandoned their comforts with the greatest of ease, and sacrificed their lives and shed their blood in its path. Which other teaching is there that had this effect? When the Jews captured that Prophet—that is to say, the Messiah— the disciples could not remain firm even for a minute, each taking his own path; a certain one even sold his chosen Prophet for a paltry sum of thirty pieces of silver, while another denied him three times. Open the Gospel and see that he cursed him and declared on oath that he did not know that man. If this was the situation in the beginning—so much so that the disciples did not even bother to join in the funeral or burial—what would be the state of affairs in this day and age when the Messiah is no longer present among them? There is no need for me to have written much on this as even the most eminent Christian scholars of the age have borne testimony that when they compare the state of the disciples with that of the Companions (of the Holy Prophet) they have to admit with embarrassment that the condition of the disciples in comparison to that of the Companions of the Holy Prophet was a matter worthy of shame. Then, you deny the miracles of the Holy Quran. You do not know that the continuity and certainty with which the truth of those miracles is established is such that—in comparison to them—the mention of miracles of others is no more than mere tales. For example, the proph- ecy about the fulfilment of the mission of the Holy Prophet in his life- time that is included in the Holy Quran. This prophecy was made at a time when there were no signs or prospects of success. In fact, the attes- tations of the disbelievers that are included in the Holy Quran show their adamant claims that now this religion will soon be destroyed and will disappear from the Earth. In those days, they were told :