Jesus In India — Page 50
40 JESUS IN INDIA as there was a conspiracy to kill Jesus, the Messiah, for which pur- pose the chief priests and the scribes assembled at the house of the high priest called Caiphas and devised a plan to somehow kill Jesus, the Messiah, so was there a conspiracy to murder Moses, and, likewise, our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for which there was a secret consultation in Mecca at a place called Darul-Nadwa. But God Almighty saved both the great prophets from the evil consequences of these designs. The conspiracy against Jesus, the Messiah, lies, in point of time, between the two conspiracies; why then was he not saved, even though he had prayed far more than these two holy prophets. Why was the prayer of Jesus, the Messiah, not heard, when God hears the prayers of His beloved servants and frustrates the designs of the wicked? All righteous people know by experience that the prayer of the distressed and the afflicted is accepted. Indeed the hour of distress is the time for the righteous to show signs. I have had personal experience of this. Two years ago, a false charge of attempted murder was brought against me by Dr. Martyn Clark, a Christian, who was a resident of Amritsar, Punjab. The case was filed in the district court, Gurdaspur, and it was alleged that I had sent a person named Abdul Hameed to murder the said doctor. It so happened that I was opposed in this case by several scheming persons belonging to the three communities, Christian, Hindu, and Muslim, who joined hands and tried their level best to prove the charge of attempted murder. The Christians were against me because I was trying, and am still trying, to rescue human- ity from the false notions which Christians entertain regarding Jesus; and this was the first taste of their ire that I experienced. The Hindus were displeased with me because I had made a