Jesus In India — Page 100
100 J e s u s i n I n d i a of falsehood and its worship. The Holy Prophet sa in a Hadith about the cross has compared these evils to the swine. They have now been killed just as swine are killed. It is wrong to interpret this Hadith to mean that the Promised Messiah would kill the infidels and break crosses. In reality, the breaking of the cross means that at the time, God of Heaven and Earth would reveal the hidden Truth and, all of a sudden, the entire structure of the cross would collapse. The killing of swine does not mean the killing of men or of swine, but the killing of swinish qualities like persistent falsehood and flaunting it with impunity, which is like eating excrement. Just as dead swine cannot eat dirt, so, there would come a time—in fact, it has already come— when evil would be prevented from gorging on this kind of dirt. Muslim clerics, the Ulama , have been grossly mistaken in the interpretation of this prophecy of the Holy Prophet sa. The true meaning of the breaking of the cross and of the killing of the swine are the ones we have already mentioned. If the Mahdi and the Messiah were supposed to go on a killing spree, what will become of the other prophecy which says that at the time of the Promised Messiah, religious wars will be brought to an end and Heaven will radiate such resplendent truths as will clearly differentiate between right and wrong. Do not think, therefore, that I have come to wield the sword. No, I have come to put all swords back into their sheaths. The world has been groping in the dark for far too long. Many have conspired against their well-wishers, wounded the hearts of true friends, and hurt their dear ones. But now darkness shall be no more. Night is gone and the day has dawned. Blessed is he who remains not deprived any more!