Life of Ahmad — Page 301
as JESUS as IS DEAD 301 they did seriously believe in such things. Here are the names of a few publications. By Karam Il a h i , printed at the Islamia Press, Lahore, 1-7- 1891 (2) by Shaikh Husain bin Mu h sin An sa r i , written in Bhopal and printed at the An sa r i Press, Delhi, 1311 A. H. (3) Qazi Muhammad Sulaim a n of Patiala, printed at the Islamia Press, Lahore, 1892. (4) Dirratud Durr a n i by Muhammad Hadirulla Khan, printed at the Ha shm i Press, Meerut, 1318 A. H. The last publication was almost entirely destroyed by an extraordinary flood. It is indeed distressing to think of the long and horrible spectacle presented by Christians in so far as they have marred the sacred pages of human history throughout the ages. Evil indeed was the day when the idea of the Trinity was conceived. Not only were the simple and sublime teachings of Jesus as corrupted, but a systematic and organised effort has since been made on a worldwide scale to uphold the untruth in every possible manner. If God had not happily promised the complete preservation of the text and the meaning of the Holy Quran, they might well have succeeded in interpolating and distorting the Holy Scripture just as they have done with the Bible. In the dark ages, however, it appears that through their persistent and insidious efforts they succeeded in deceiving a number of Muslims by manufacturing false stories about Jesus as (see Fat h ul Bay a n , Vol. 2. p. 49). They exploited the craze of the credulous for curiosity, and thus in course of time put into their mouths what they