Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 18
18 salvation is beyond the range of possibility, then Moses was an impostor who cheated people by telling them that if they obeyed him they would be saved. But if he was a Prophet as the Bible claims, in that case God Himself cannot escape the implication that He was equally a liar, Who sent him with that message. By the same token, all the Prophets who came after Moses turn out to be liars, for, each of them claimed that observance of his teachings ensured salvation. . It is said that David (peace be on him proclaimed "And the law is the truth" (Psalms, 119:142). . IS LAW A CURSE?. If, however, Shariat (law) is impracticable, since the. Christians rate it as a curse, then one must agree that truth is impracticable and that, on the contrary, only falsehood is practicable. It must be further admitted that truth cannot lead to salvation but falsehood does. To revert to the point, if we agree that man cannot conform to the law and cannot follow the Prophets, then the conclusion that the entire chain of Prophets is a big lie, becomes inescapable. But if He is the Truthful God, then there is no denying the fact that salvation is a possibility, for, all the Prophets of God announced that salvation could be the lot of men, if they cared to obey them. . Besides, the Arabic word (truth) also carries a sense of perpetuity in addition to veracity. In fact, it also applies to that what is everlasting. "The truthfulness of Allah, the. Almighty" which implies that His person and His law are everlasting. In other words, the word as well as the act of. God are everlasting and they can be so only if man also was