Khilafat and Mujaddidiyyat — Page 13
13 The scheme is to gather together some priests and other religious leaders and research scholars and present to them the thesis pronounced by the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) long ago. Having been informed by God, the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) pronounced to the world that the claim regarding Jesus Christ that he died on the cross, was resurrected, ascended to heaven alive, and would come back, is false. All these assertions are wrong. Jesus Christ (peace be on him) who was the Messiah for the Ummat of Moses (the Israelites) and was a beloved servant of God, was only a messenger of God. He was an extremely humble servant and he did adopt humble ways in his life. To take him as god or to think him as the son of God is a great injustice to oneself as well as to other people. The Christians have created a tremendous confusion and have boasted a lot. Fifteen to twenty years prior to the claim of the Promised Messiah (peace be on him) were the years of the Christian priests. Do you know what they proclaimed in that age? They proclaimed that the time is fast approaching when (God forbid) the banner of Lord Jesus Christ would be hoisted over Mecca and Medina; and the time is at hand when the continent of Africa would be won for Jesus Christ. They also proclaimed that if any of the inhabitants of India (at that time the partition of India had, of course, not taken place) had the desire in his heart to see the face of a Muslim before breathing his last, he would not find any Muslim in India to fulfil his wish.