Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 17
17 treat us as they like, they may hang us or stone us to death, but we can never abandon God for the sake of the Messiah. We would rather die a thousand times than utter the blasphemous words that the Messiah sits alongside God in heaven—the same Messiah whom the Christians call the ‘Son of God’ and thereby denigrate the One and All-Sustaining God. Had we lacked knowledge, we might have said such a thing, but now that our eyes have been opened by one sent by God and he has shown us the true import of God’s Oneness, Majesty, Power and Glory, we can never aban - don God for the sake of a human being, no matter what the con - sequences. Were we to do so, we would fear for our fate, because all honour comes from God. When we have clearly seen that to believe Jesus to be alive is to insult God, we cannot regard this belief as true. Nor do we understand how believing that Jesus is dead would be an insult to him. Greater Prophets than him died and their death did not detract from their status, why then would Jesus be insulted by his death? If it ever came to the point where we had no choice but to choose between denigrating the Messiah or denigrating God, we will never accept any belief that would be derogatory of God. Also, we are certain that Jesus himself, who truly loved God, would never have accepted anything that elevated his own status while at the same time undermining the truth of God’s Oneness. 15 ْنَل َفِكْنَتْسَّي ُحْيِسَمْلا ْنَا َنْوُكَّي اًدْبَع ِهّٰلِّل َو اَل ُةَكِٕىٰٓلَمْلا َنْوُبَّرَقُمْلا١ؕ۠ Surely, the Messiah will never disdain to be a servant of Allah, nor will the angels near unto God. We are bound by the Word of God, wherein Jesus says: