Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 155
155 misapprehension believed in him and bowed down to him. . As one ponders this miracle, one is forced to believe in the powers of Allah and to marvel how great is Allah the Lord of Might, He grants honour to whomso He pleases and gives to whomso He pleases. But if Jonah had told the people that he had remained alive in the fish's belly or had come out of it alive, they would have refused to believe, treating the claim as a lie and a falsehood. The Messiah's likeness, therefore, to Prophet Jonah could have been complete only when he would enter the tomb alive, stay in the tomb alive and come out of it alive, like Prophet Jonah and after the incident of the Cross successfully preach to a part of the Israelites. But the New Testament informs us that the Messiah showed to the people the sign that Jonah did not, and did not show them the sign that Jonah did. The New Testament says that the. Messiah showed to the people the sign of entering the tomb, of staying therein and of coming out of it. The Bible says that the sign that Jonah showed the Ninevites was that after coming out of the fish's belly, he preached and the inhabitants of Nineveh had to believe in him. The New Testament, however, says that the Messiah simply vanished away after he rose from the tomb and did no preaching. Evidently, therefore, the sign that Jonah showed and which was a substantial sign, the Messiah did not show, but the one he did not show, the Messiah did. . CROSS CANCELS JONAS'S SIGN. Again the Old Testament says that Jonah entered the fish's belly alive, stayed there alive and came out of it alive but the Christians aver that the Messiah entered the grave while dead, remained therein three days dead and rose again from it alive. If this version of the Christians is true, then the Messiah