Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 377
23 September 1905 377 Christianity. What a bizarre statement this is! There is a differ- ence of heaven and earth between Islam and Christianity, yet he wishes to bring about reconciliation. He has uttered a lot of abuse against me in this book. Presence of the Israelites and the Tomb of Jesus the Messiah, (Peace be on Him), in Kashmir The grave of the Messiah located in Kashmir was mentioned. The sum- mary of what the Promised Messiah as said about it is as follows: It has been established by many proofs and arguments that it is indeed the grave of the Messiah [ Jesus], peace be on him. And not only is his grave here, but I believe that some of his friends’ graves are also located in this place. In the first place the name Y u z A saf itself points to it. Besides, since he was considered a rebel in his homeland, therefore, he could not stay anywhere under the control of that government. So, Allah the Exalted had mercy on him and chose for him a cold country like Syria, to which he migrated. Moreover, since the 10 exiled tribes of the Jews, whose whereabouts were not known, were also settled here, therefore, it was also incumbent for him to come here to fulfil his duty of preaching. And then the names of the villages and other things here are also similar to some of the villages, etc. , of the land of Syria. (On this occasion, Muft i Muhammad Sa diq submitted that the word ‘Kaasheer’ exists. This word [Kashmir] is actually ‘Kaasheer’, we people add ‘ م [m]’ to it. Native Kashmiris call it ‘Kaash ee r’ and they are called ‘Kaasher’. And ‘ Aasheer’ in the Hebrew language is the name of the land of Syria and ‘ ک [k]’ means the ‘like of ’, thus [Kaasheer] meaning ‘the like of Syria’. Then there are many other such names. Editor)