Star of the Empress — Page 14
14 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD of God, thousands of Muslims accepted me. They abandoned the dangerous doctrines that were savagely held in their hearts. [Those who have joined] my community have become sincere well-wishers of this government. I am very pleased that their fervent obedience is of the first order in British India. In order to remove this error of the Christians, God has helped me in such a way that I have no words to express my gratitude. In other words, it has been proven by many conclusive arguments and through solid reasoning that the Messiah, on whom be peace, did not die on the Cross. On the contrary, God saved this innocent Prophet from the Cross. By the grace of God the Exalted, he was interred alive whilst in a state of swoon and not of death. He then emerged from the tomb alive according to his statement in the Gospel that his condition would be similar to that of Prophet Y u nus [ Jonah]. His words in the Gospel are that he would show the miracle of Prophet Y u nus. Therefore, he exhibited the miracle of entering the tomb alive and emerging from it alive. These are the facts we discern from the Gospels. In addition to this, we have received the great glad-tiding that it has been established through categorical arguments that the tomb of ‘ I s a [ Jesus], on whom be peace, is situated in Srinagar, Kashmir. It has been proven that he fled the land of the Jews and arrived to Afghanistan through Na si bain. For a period in time, he settled at Koh-e-Nu‘m a n, after which he settled in Kashmir. He lived to the age of 120 years and died in Srinagar. His tomb is still present in the quarter Khany a r, Srinagar. I have written a book entitled ‘ Mas ih Hindust a n Mei n ’ [ Jesus in India] on this subject. This is a great triumph that I have been granted and I know that sooner or later, this will result in two esteemed nations: the Muslims and Christians, who have