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237 Malfuzat – Volume IV only a false prophet is hung on the cross and in turn becomes accursed. So, on the one hand, the Jews thought that Elijah as had not come, and then furthermore, the person who claimed to be the Messiah had given a verdict as regards the account of Elijah that was apparently in contradiction to the book of Malachi. As a result, their desire to oppose ‘a liar’ as it were, and the behaviour and conduct of the Messiah himself further inflamed the Jews—when he would call them adulterers, and vipers and the brood of vipers. Therefore, the Jews sought to crucify him; when they had hung him on the cross, their initial views were further strength - ened because they saw that this man had been hung on the cross and he had there - fore become accursed, so he could not have been truthful. The Jews became firm in their belief that when this man himself had become accursed, how could he be an intercessor for others? His crucifixion had set a seal on his being a liar. Two witnesses are enough to have a man hung. They said to the Messiah at that time too that if you are truthful, then come down from the cross, but he could not. This increased their ill-thinking even further. 1 The Meaning of Curse Since the Christians were unaware of the deeper connotations and meaning of curse when they initially claimed that the Messiah had taken God’s curse upon himself, they did not stop to think about the ultimate outcome. Furthermore, since they harboured spite for the Arabic language, they did not develop full mas - tery in Hebrew either. Both of these languages are branches of the same tree. A person who knows Arabic can study Hebrew with greater ease than others. But due to their malice, the Christians were unable to benefit from the Hebrew lexi - con either. The word la’nat or curse, describes a state when a person becomes extremely averse to God Almighty and when God Almighty is averse to them. Lexicons published at presses owned by Christians which come from Beirut also give the same definition of the word la’nat. The word la’in (accursed) refers to Satan. The level of these people’s understanding disappointments me immensely. For their own purpose, they have terribly dishonoured a most magnificent Prophet and have deemed him to be accursed. They did not stop to realise that the term ‘curse’ relates to the heart. Until a person’s heart is turned away from God, they cannot be accursed (mal’un). Now ask any Christian that is this definition of the word 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 6, no. 13, dated 10 April 1902, pp. 3-5 p. 502 p. 503