Jesus In India — Page 16
6 JESUS IN INDIA peace be on him, will come down from the heavens to give him a helping hand in this task; and although Jesus, may peace be on him, is in his own right a Mahdi, indeed he is the greater Mahdi, but since it is essential that the Khalifah of the Time should be from among the Quraish, Jesus, may peace be on him, will not be the Khalifah. Instead, Muhammad, the Mahdi, would be the Khalifah of the Time. And they say that the two of them, together, will fill the earth with the blood of human beings, and will carry out so much bloodshed that it will be unprecedented in the history of the world from the beginning till the end. The moment they appear, they will start this bloody carnage, but they will neither preach nor plead, nor show any sign. They also say that although Jesus, may peace be on him, will be like an advisor or a helper to Imam Muhammad, the Mahdi, and although the reins of power will be in the hands of the Mahdi alone, Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, will continue to instigate and incite Hazrat Imam Muhammad, the Mahdi, to violence, as if he were trying to make up for the humane teaching he preached to the world before, i. e. , not to resist evil, and on being struck on one cheek, to turn the other cheek also. These are the Muslim and Christian beliefs regarding Jesus, may peace be on him. And although Christians are guilty of a grave error in calling a humble man God, yet some Muslims too, among whom are included the Ahle-Hadith, generally known as the Wahaabis, the beliefs that they entertain in their hearts regard- ing a bloodthirsty Mahdi and an equally bloodthirsty Promised Messiah are casting a most evil influence upon their moral con- dition. So much so that because of this evil influence neither can they live with other people in a climate of peace, trust, and good