The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 51
Fo o T N o T e F r o M PAG e 25 Fo o T N o T e F r o M PAG e 25 51 and—even then—not on his own initiative, but only when they pursued him and committed aggression. He never killed children nor the elderly, rather he punished only those who had already committed crimes. This punishment appears so very offensive to the Christians; every now and then they raise a hue and cry against it. Does this not prove that their hearts are darkened by malice? What a shame! They do not shudder when they call a humble mortal God. And they do not fear the Day of Reckoning at all. If Jesus were to return from the dead for a day and it is said that, ‘Look! Here is your God, now, shake his hands. ’ They would simply die of shame. Look at what these wretched creature wor- shippers have made humble humans into after their death! They have no shame! Nor do they have fear of God Almighty! They do not even pause to think what exactly Jesus showed that was greater than the previous Prophets. Which works of Divinity did he perform? Was it an act of Divinity that he bawled his eyes out for the whole night, yet his prayer went unanswered? He gave up the ghost crying Eli, Eli [my God, my God (Matthew 27:46)] but the Father took no pity on him! Most of his prophecies remained unfulfilled and his miracles were cast into suspicion by the [account of ] the pool [of Bethesda]. The Pharisees grilled him with questions and he failed to answer them! He could not offer a reasonable interpretation regarding the second coming of Elijah and was unable to raise Elijah from the dead in order to ful- fil the literal sense of the prophecy. He departed from this world in utter hopelessness, crying لما سبقتانی [ lama sabachthani— why have You forsaken me?] Even the Hindu god Ramchandra fared better than this ‘God’; he was able to take revenge against Ravan while still alive and did not stop until he had killed him and burnt