Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 153
153 has again become dominant over other religions. The weapon of proof and reason is slow in its effect but produces enduring results. True, Christianity still dominates the world and other reli - gions continue to exist, but there is no doubt that their death-knell has been sounded and their backbone is broken. Due to social and traditional constraints, people are not yet entering Islam in num - bers significant enough to inform the superficial viewer of the nearing demise of these religions, but the signs are quite evident. The wise, however, can draw inferences from something even as small as a seed. Hadrat Mirza Sahib as has countered non-Mus - lim faiths so effectively that they cannot now escape their fate. Sooner or later they will collapse in a heap at the feet of Islam. Here are some of the ways in which Hadrat Mirza Sahib as sounded the death-knell on other religions: The Offensive against Christianity All the success that Christianity had achieved was based on the belief that Jesus Christ had died on the cross to atone for the sins of mankind and that he was then resurrected and raised to Heaven to sit at the right hand of God. While the story of his death, as it was related, caused people’s hearts to be drawn to him in love, the story of his resurrection and ascension to Heaven inspired people to revere him as a deity. Hadrat Mirza Sahib as disproved both these beliefs with the help of the New Testament itself. He showed on the basis of historical accounts that while people were normally left nailed to the cross for up to three days, Jesus was only placed on the cross for four hours. What is more, the New