The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 39
39 ruined, make such interpretations as are clearly contradictory to the purport of the terms themselves. What fear did the Jews have of the Last Day! The promise of an imminent punishment, however, would surely have left their hearts in distress. Sadly, the maulaw i s, who are mere simpletons and remain, for most of the time, confined to their chambers, are very nar - row-minded. They do not know that the promise recorded in the previous scriptures was related to that very سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah ] that struck the Jews during the reign of Titus, and that the Holy Quran has stated explicitly that the Jews were punished due to the curse invoked upon them by ‘ I s a [ Jesus]. Besides, to apply the term سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah ] to an instance of extraor - dinary punishment is not only a Quranic idiom, it is found in the previous revealed Books as well and is found in abundance. I wonder from where and whom these simpleton maulaw i s have come to hear that the term سَاعَۃ [ s a ‘ah ] applies only to the Day of Judgment. Unfortunately, these people have become senseless like animals. In spite of suffering humiliation step after step due to their mistakes, they are still not willing to give up their errors. Is there no limit to their mistakes! They most certainly do not understand the meaning or intent of the Quran. They have raised ‘ I s a bodily to Heaven, but failed to address the accusation levelled [against him] by the Jews. God responds to the Jews, who made the claim, 1 اَّنِا اَنْلَتَق َحْيِسَمْلا ىَسْيِع َنْبا َمَيْرَم 1. We did kill the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary. . . S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:158. [Publisher]