Lecture Sialkot — Page 50
50 L ECTURE S IALKOT the Messiah as God. There is no reason whatsoever to believe that he possessed any special power which other Prophets as did not. In fact, some Prophets as have shown even greater miracles than him. His frailties testify that he was only a human. He never made any claim on the basis of which he can be considered a claimant of divinity. All his sayings, which are sup- posed to prove his divinity, are merely taken out of context; for thousands of such figures of speech have also been used regarding other Prophets as , and no rea- sonable person would argue that they prove the divinity of these Prophets as. The only people who can do such a thing are those who love to deify human be- ings. I swear by God Almighty that the revelations and Divine communications vouchsafed to me con- tain even greater expressions. If such words could prove the divinity of the Messiah as , then (God forbid) I too would have the right to make the same claim. Remember, it is simple and pure aspersion to say that the Messiah as ever claimed to be God. He never ever made such a claim. Whatever he said about himself does not exceed the word 'intercession', and no one denies that Prophets as hold the right of intercession. Was it not the intercession of Moses as that saved the Jews from burning chastisement time and again? I myself have personal experience in this regard. Many of my honourable followers are well aware that some