The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 7
7 Treaty of H udaibiyyah. The same is the case of the Jews regarding Hadrat ‘ I s a [ Jesus] also. A Jewish man has recently published a book, which is with me at this time. It reads as if it has been written by Muhammad Husain or Sanaullah. He writes in his book that this man, i. e. Jesus, did not show even a single miracle and that none of his prophecies were fulfilled. ‘He used to say that he would be given the throne of D a w u d [David], when did he get that. ’ ‘He used to say that the twelve disciples would attain to twelve thrones in Heaven, when did the twelve get those thrones. Judas Iscariot betrayed him for thirty pieces of silver and was thus cut off from the disciples. And Peter cursed him three times, so was he then worthy of the throne. ’ ‘He used to say further that he would return to the world while the people of his time would still be alive, but did he so come back. ’ This Jewish person then writes that for this person [ Jesus] to be proven false it is sufficient to see the prophecy recorded in the book of Malachi wherein we were informed that the true Messiah who was to come among the Jews would never come until the prophet Ily a s [Elijah] comes again into the world. So where did Ily a s descend from the heaven. ’ And then he [the Jewish Author] raises a great clamour at this point and appeals to the people, that look, this was the prophecy in the book of Malachi, that Ily a s would himself come back into the world again, but this man [ Jesus ] says that Yu h ann a (who is known as Ya h y a [ John] among the Muslims) is Elijah—that is to say declares him to be his likeness. But God did not give us the tidings of the coming of a math i l [likeness]. He had said clearly that Elijah himself would come again. And even if we are asked on the Day of Judgment we would put before God this very same book and question Him