Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 203
203 Malfuzat – Volume IV These are double standards; when this word is used for the Messiah, he is declared to be God, but when it is applied to others, they remain human as ever. If one holds the belief that it is God Himself who comes to the world to grant salvation, or His sons, this would necessitate a continuous phenomenon and one would have to accept that in every era a new god or his sons must come, which is clearly an illogical notion. Aside from all of these things, there is another point that calls for reflection, which is that what are those specific signs that truly estab - lish the divinity of the Messiah? Are they miracles? Firstly, from the outset there is no evidence of these miracles occurring in the first place, because there is no evidence that establishes the apostleship of these Gospel writers. Even if we leave out this question from our discussions and ignore the fact that they did not write these accounts in the capacity of investigators who were eyewitnesses to these events, there is still no glory and power in any of these miracles. In fact, the tale of the pool alone is enough to diminish the apparent glory of all the miracles of the Messiah. In contrast, when we observe the miracles of the past Prophets, they are in no way lesser than the miracles of the Messiah, in fact, they are greater. Those who study the Bible know well that according to the Bible, the Prophets before Jesus as even revived the dead; in fact even after their bodies were reduced to bone, it is narrated that the dead were revived by the mere touch of those bones. However, there are no such examples in the imaginary miracles of the Messiah. The dead body of the Messiah did not bring anyone back from the dead, so tell me, what quality makes him God? Is it prophecies? I have already shown you their reality, for the prophecies of the Messiah do not even fit the definition of a prophecy. The statements that are recorded in the form of prophecies are of such a nature that even an ordinary man could say better things; thinkers and the prophecies of an intelligent physiognomist are much greater. I openly proclaim that if the Messiah had been alive today, he would feel ashamed upon witnessing the magnificent signs of divine succour that God has now shown at my hand in the form of prophecies; and in his embarrassment, he would not mention his own prophecies of there being earthquakes, pestilence, famine or that the rooster would crow. Now you tell me, how can we accept that the Messiah was God? He does not claim himself that he was God. He also did not claim that the prophecies of the past scriptures were fulfilled in his person, nor did he provide any evidence in this connection. Then, we observe that he rejects the idea that he possessed any divine