Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 208
208 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad context that they are not sufficient to prove the divinity of Christ because all they do is prove that Christ was mortal, and even in that capacity, he cannot be listed among such people who were great. When he was called good, he denied it. If his soul was perfectly holy and pure as the Christians claim, why would he say ‘do not call me good?’ In addition to this, many allegations and accusations have been made on the life of Christ, to which I have yet to see any satisfactory answers. A Jew has written a biography on Christ which is available here. He has written that Christ fell in love with a girl and when he made the mistake of mentioning her beauty and charm to his teacher, the teacher disowned him. What we learn about the state of the Messiah from a study of the Gospel is not hidden from you either as to how he met with young girls who were beyond the permissible bounds, and how he was anointed with perfume by a woman of ill-repute. The state of certain maternal and paternal grandmothers of Christ as established in the Bible is not hidden from anyone either. Three of them who are well known and renowned are Bathsheba, Rahab and Tamar. Then the accusations that are made against the mother of Christ are also recorded in these books. If one looks at all of them collectively, his statement ‘do not call me good’ appears to be true. This statement of his was not at all a display of humility or modesty, as certain Christians suggest. I ask that when this is the state of a man’s personal character and descent, then is this what we call God? These characteristics are diametrically opposed to the holiness of Allah Almighty. God has never been detached from His omnipotence. However, in the case of Christ, it is clearly evident that he was utterly powerless and ignorant. Then, his honesty is questionable as well. First he said that he had come to establish the throne of David, and he even taught his disciples to sell their clothes to buy swords; however, when the prospects of success appeared slim, he evaded the question and said: ‘Mine is but a heavenly kingdom. ’ Was David’s throne a spiritual one? The fact is that initially he did not realise that people would spy on him, but when he was surveilled and summoned by the courts, his eyes were opened and he attempted to save himself by speaking of the heavenly kingdom. Now in view of such weakness, ignorance and character, how astonishing is it to turn the Messiah into God, or to call him the son of God, while still being human, all at the same time? p. 474