Lecture Sialkot — Page 63
L ECTURE S IALKOT 63 they any fear of God in their hearts, they would have benefited from the proven signs and prophecies. It is not the way of the truthful to overlook manifest mira- cles and object to subtle ones. Such an attitude opens the door to criticism against all Prophets as , with the result that such people end up denying them all. For instance, there is no doubt whatsoever that Jesus as showed miracles, but a malicious critic could allege that some of his prophecies turned out to be false, as indeed the Jews claim to this day that none of Jesus’ prophecies was ever fulfilled. He had prophesied that twelve of his disciples would sit on twelve thrones in heaven, but only eleven were left and one deserted him. Similarly, he prophesied that his contemporaries would not die until they had seen him return. But what happened is that all the people belonging to the past eighteen centuries lie buried in their graves and he hasn’t shown up. Thus this prophecy turned out to be false in his own time! He had also said that he was the King of the Jews, yet he received no kingdom. We can cite many more such instances. Then there are certain evil-minded people nowadays who, by raising objections against some prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa , go on to deny all his prophecies. Some of them quote the episode of H udaibiya. If these people really take such objections seriously, it is no use wor- rying about them. Indeed, my worry is that by