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22 JESUS IN INDIA poison of perversion; when there remains not a ray of divine love and knowledge in him; when the bonds of love and loy- alty are broken, and, between him and God, mutual hatred and disdain and spite and hostility take root, so much so that God becomes his enemy and he becomes the enemy of God; and God becomes weary of him and he becomes weary of God; in short, he becomes an heir to every single attribute of Satan. That is the very reason why Satan is called the accursed. ☆1 Now it is clear that the connotation of the word 'accursed' is so foul and unclean that it can in no way truly apply to a righteous person who entertains the love of God in his heart. It is a pity that the Christians did not ponder over the significance of laʻnat curse, at the time of inventing this belief; otherwise, it would not have been possible for them to have used such a bad word for a righteous man like Jesus, the Messiah. Can we possibly say that a time ever came upon Jesus, the Messiah, when his heart actu- ally became estranged from God; denied His existence, became weary of Him and became His enemy? Can we ever imagine that Jesus, the Messiah, ever felt in his heart that he was alienated from God, that he was an enemy of God, and that he was totally lost in the darkness of unbelief and denial? Thus, if the heart of Jesus, the Messiah, was never overcome with such feelings and his heart remained always full of the light of Divine love and knowl- edge, then, O Learned People! This is indeed a time to ponder that how can we ever say that not one, but thousands of curses descended upon Jesus, the Messiah, with all their evil significance! 1. Vide the lexicons: Lisānul-Arab, Şihah Jauhari, Qāmūs, Muhit, Tājul- Arūs, etc. (Author)