Lecture Ludhiana — Page 22
22 Love for the Holy Prophet sa simply demands that one should lose oneself in total submission to him, exercise complete control over one’s emotions and have full awareness of one’s station as a part of the Muslim nation. This being so, how can one claim to love and be a fol- lower of the Holy Prophet sa if he accepts a superior status for Jesus as by pronouncing him alive and the Holy Prophet sa dead? Believe me, had the Holy Prophet sa continued to live, not a single person would have remained an unbeliever. On the other hand, what is the use of Jesus as supposedly being alive except for the four hundred million Christians? Just pause and ponder! Haven’t you tested the belief in Jesus being alive? Hasn’t the outcome been grave? Name any Muslim community of which no member has been con- verted to Christianity. For my part, I can say with certainty that Muslims belonging to all classes have converted to Christianity and the number of such converts may be more than one hundred thousand. The lone weapon with which Christians convert Muslims to Chris- tianity is none other than the belief that Jesus as is still alive. “Show us such an exclusive quality in anyone else other than Jesus,” they say. “If Jesus is not God, why was he singled out for this distinction?” To them, he is Ever- Living, and Self-Existing—God forbid. This concept of a living Jesus as has emboldened them to mount attack on Muslims, the effect of which I have already pointed out. Imagine the dismay of the priests if, on the contrary, you