Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 33
25 October 1905 33 such distress, then what would happen? One attack of God is far greater than a thousand attacks of man, and it is such that it will bring about the triumph of the Faith. The Consequence of Believing Jesus is Alive The Christians have been clamouring that Jesus is God for nineteen hundred years, and their religion has continued grow- ing to this day, and the Muslims are giving them even greater support. The greatest weapon in the hands of Christians is that Christ is alive and our Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is dead. The Lord Bishop [George Alfred Lefroy] presented this very topic before a large gathering in Lahore. No Muslim was able to give him a reply, but Muft i Muhammad Sa diq from my Jam a ‘at, who is present here, stood up and proved from the Holy Quran, Hadith, history, the Gospel, etc. , that Jesus had died, whereas our Noble Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is alive since there were always people read- ily available who, receiving grace from him, demonstrated mir- acles and marvels. Thereupon, he [the Bishop] was unable to say anything in its rebuttal. Now, consider the consequence of believing that Jesus is alive and what the conclusion is of believing that he has met death in the likeness of the other Prophets. Assume that he is dead for just four days and see the result of it. I once told the Christians of Ludhiana through a public announcement that there is no significant difference between us. It is a trivial issue for you to believe that Jesus died and did not ascend to the heavens. What harm is there in this for you? They became highly agitated at this and said that if we believe Jesus had died