The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 114
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 114 was telling the truth. Indeed, he even cursed Jesus! If you say that the teachings of the Gospel did not accept him and that he is still accursed and excommunicated from the faith, then you should publicly announce this doctrine. Tell me now, have you not been punished to some extent for criticizing the Holy Qur’an? You have written in your letter that it is one thing to give a response, but quite another to give a logical response. So tell me whether or not these replies are logical, and whether or not the time has come for me to say َ ْن ی ِ الْكٰذِب ی َ لَعْنَۃ ُ الل ِّٰ عَل [‘The curse of Allah be upon the liars’]? You have also written in your letter that Muhammadans do give a reply but they do not meet the standards of logic. Now that all of my answers are before you, please show them to a few arbi- ters and ask them whether or not they meet the standards of logic. Do you hope to be able to give some reply to the objections that I have raised against the Gospel? It’s absolutely impossible! The day will never dawn upon you when you can discharge your duty of refuting these objections. Then, one false notion of yours is that a comprehensive description of sin is found only in the Gospel. However, should you ponder, you will realize that the Gospel could not describe the paths of righteousness comprehensively, nor did the Gospel make any such claim. The Holy Qur’an, on the other hand, has claimed it to be the very purpose of its revelation—to teach the paths of righteousness, as Allah the Exalted says: 1 َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر١ۛۖۚ ِهْيِف١ۛۚ ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ ۰۰ 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:3 [Publisher]