Jesus In India — Page 77
77 Chapter Four Evidence found in Historical Records Since this chapter contains different kinds of evidence, I have, for the sake of clarity, divided it into various sections, as follows: Section One Evidence from Islamic Literature concerning Jesus’ Journeys On page 130-135 of Rauzat-us-Safaa, a well-known book of history in the Persian language, we find an account which, briefly translated, reads as follows: Jesus was named the Messiah because he was a great traveller. He wore a woolen scarf over his head, and a woolen cloak on his person. Carrying a staff in his hand, he used to wander from country to country and city to city. He slept wherever the night found him. He ate vegetables of the jungle, drank fresh water, and travelled on foot. His companions, in one of his travels, once bought a horse for him; he rode the horse one day, but as he could not make any provision for feeding it, he returned it. Journeying from his country, he arrived at Nasibain, which lay at a distance of several hundred koses from his home. He was accompanied by a few of his disciples whom he sent into the city to preach. In the city, however, false and unfounded rumours were current about Jesus and his mother. The governor of the city, therefore, arrested the disciples and summoned Jesus. Jesus miraculously healed some patients and showed some other miracles. As a result, the king of the territory of Nasibain, with all his armies and his people, became his follower. The incident about the ‘coming down of food’ mentioned in the Holy Quran took place during his travels.