Life of Ahmad — Page 344
VICTORIA INVITED TO ISLAM as 344 me. God will bless thee in whatever is thine and in all that is thine, and thou wilt join those who are shown Mercy. But if in the test I am found to be false, by God, I would be willing in that case to be killed or crucified or that my hands and feet be cut off. And the slaughterers would be in the right. And if I am found to be true, I shall ask of thee no reward except that thou mayest turn to the One Who created thee. O queen of the earth! accept Islam and thou wilt be safe. Be a Muslim, God will provide for thee till the last day and He will save thee and protect thee from thine enemies. " How bold, grand and authoritative are these words! Moses as was a great Prophet of God and he is called mighty in words (Acts 7:22); yet we know his feeling when he was commissioned to approach Pharaoh. Instead of eagerly and thankfully embracing the commission, his reply was, 'Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?' Again, in spite of all promises of Divine assistance, he still proposed diffculties and obstacles: 'O, my Lord, I am not eloquent; but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue. ' The Quran says that he and Aaron as were actually afraid of Pharaoh ( TA H A 20:46). Jesus as never addressed the Roman emperor of his time. On the contrary, when he was brought before Herod, under