Refutation of the Allegation of Insult to Jesus Christ — Page 6
6 Muhammad sa , that would tantamount to committing a sin and going against the grain of their beliefs. Under the circumstances, the Muslim scholars devised a strategy in response to the vile attacks that Christians were making to malign the Holy Prophet of Islam sa. They noticed that there was a difference between the Quranic Messiah—the great prophet of God, ‘ I s a as bin Maryam as —and the Biblical Messiah presented in the Gospels. The Jesus depicted by the New Testament was not the real Jesus who was sent by God as a messenger to the Israelites. Therefore, the Muslim scholars made the mythical person called ‘Jesus’ in the Gospels a target of their attack. With Biblical references, they represented this fictitious Jesus and disparaged him. It was done only to make Christians realize their folly and to stop them from abusing the Holy Prophet of Islam, Muhammad sa , the immaculate, the most truthful, the best of all the prophets. Thus, it was done under a compelling need. There was no other way left. No one who loves Islam and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa should find fault with this approach. It would be a great injustice if one blames those who were defending Islam one hundred years ago under most unfavourable circumstances and alleges that Hadrat ‘ I sa as , a prophet of God, was insulted. This allegation is made out of sheer mischief