The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 62
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E 62 they had already been prepared for this and that the Holy Qur’an did them no favour. If the opponents possess any written opposing testimony in favour of their position, that has existed for the past thirteen hundred years alongside the Noble Qur’an, then they should produce it; otherwise, it is just an imposture arising out of Christian nature and nothing more. This is the statement of James that has been published in the book Religions of the World; what is more, certain Christian missionaries have shown even greater ‘understanding of truth’. They say that there is no such thing as reform nor has it ever been carried out. The teaching of the Torah was not meant for reformation, rather it was meant to show that the sinful man cannot follow Divine commandments, the same goes for the teachings of the Gospel, for turning the other cheek after being slapped has never occurred, nor ever will. They ask if Jesus had brought any new teaching, then they themselves answer that the teaching of the Gospel was already present in the Torah as it was constituted by putting together different parts of the Bible. So why did Jesus then come? To this they reply, only to commit suicide, but it is amazing indeed that he even shrank from this sui- cide, crying لی لما سبقتنی ي لی ا ي ا [ Eli Eli lama sabachthani— My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?] It is also strange to think what would person Y gain by the sui- cide of person X? If someone’s near relation is ill in his house and he stabs himself in sorrow for him, will this useless action then cure the relative? Or, for example, if someone’s son has colic pain and his father, out of sorrow for him, smashes his head on a rock, will such a foolish deed cure the son? It is also incomprehensible that X should be strung upon the cross in expiation for the sin that Y has committed. Is it justice