Lecture Sialkot — Page 27
L ECTURE S IALKOT 27 merely being put on the cross does not render one ac- cursed, rather, the condition precedent is that one has to be put on the cross, his legs have to be broken with the intention of killing him, and he has to be killed. It is only then that such a death will be called the death of an accursed one. But God saved Jesus as from such a death. It is true that he was put on the cross, but he did not die on the cross, and the Jews were merely de- ceived into believing that he had died on it. The Christians too entertained the same illusion, though they thought that he had been resurrected after death. The truth, however, is that he lost consciousness upon the cross due to his suffering, and this is what the words 24 signify. Marham-i-‘ I s a 25 is a wonderful evidence in this context. This prescription is known to have been prepared for Jesus as and has continued to be recorded in the pharmacopoeias of the Hebrews, Ro- mans, Greeks, and Muslims throughout the centuries. It is pitiful indeed to believe that God Almighty should have to raise Jesus as physically to heaven as if He was afraid of the Jews getting hold of him. Such ideas have been spread by those who were ignorant of the actual dispute. What is more, such beliefs are an insult to the Holy Prophet sa. The infidels from among the Quraish 24 …he was made to appear to them like one crucified. —Al-Nis a ’, 4:158 [Publishers] 25 Jesus’ Ointment. [Publishers]