The True Story of Jesus — Page 81
Chapter Eleven—Jesus Migrates to Other Countries 81 historical work known as Rauzat-us-Safaa describes an account of the travels of Jesus as to Nisibain. It states, ‘Jesus, on whom be peace, was named the Messiah as he was a great traveller. With a woollen scarf on his head and woollen cloak on his body, and a stick in his hand, he wandered on foot from country to country and from city to city. He ate wild fruit and vegetation and at night stayed where he happened to be. In one of his travels, his companions bought a horse for him. He rode the horse one day but as he could not make any provision for the feeding of the horse, he returned it. When he arrived in Nisibain, which was at a distance of several hundred miles from his home, he sent some of his disciples into the city to preach. There were current wrong and unfounded rumours in the city about Jesus and his mother. The governor therefore arrested the disciples and summoned Jesus. Jesus preached to the people, healed some sick persons by his prayers and also showed some other miracles to them; as a result the king of Nisibain, with all his armies and his people became his follower. ’1 Jesus as in Persia It seems that by going to Nisibain, Jesus as intended to travel towards the east to Afghanistan through Persia. During the course of his journey, Jesus as passed through Herat, a town in 1. Rauzat-us-Safaa was written in 836 ah (1417 ad) by Muhammad bin Khawand and reprinted at Bombay in 1271 ah (1852 ad) on pages 130–135.