Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 155
Lecture Ludhiana 155 Just ponder that despite such excuses, millions of Jews were consigned to Hell and labelled apes and swine. Would this argument be valid against me that it was Jesus, the son of Mary himself, who was supposed to come? The Jews might have been excused for want of a precedent to go by, but there is no room for any excuse now. The Holy Quran proves the death of Jesus, and the vision of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, supports it. Moreover, the Holy Quran and the Hadith specifically use the expression ْ ُم ك ْ مِن ْ ُم ك ْ مِن [ minkum —(the Promised One would be) from among you]. Furthermore, God Almighty did not send me empty-handed. Hundreds of thousands of Signs have appeared in my support. Even now, if somebody were to stay with me for forty days, he would surely witness a Sign for himself. The Sign concern- ing Lekh Ram is glorious indeed. Some fools allege that I had him murdered. If this allegation were true, the reliability of all such Signs would become suspect. Tomorrow, somebody might stand up and say that—God forbid—the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had arranged for Khosrow Parviz to be murdered. To raise such objections is not the way of the truthful and the seekers after truth! In the end, I would like to reiterate that Signs which sup- port me are not few in number. More than a hundred thousand people are still alive and have witnessed these Signs. Do not be hasty in rejecting me; otherwise, what answer will you give after death? Remember, God is Ever Watchful—He establishes the truth of the truthful and the falsehood of the false. 1 1. Al-Hakam, vol. 10, no. 41, p. 4–6, dated 30 November 1906; see also, Badr, vol. 2, no. 51, p. 4–18, dated 20 December 1906.