Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 67
S IGN S OF T HE T RU E FAIT H 67 station of Ma h b u biyyat [being the beloved of God], so that none could get in his way, and even if he had revived every corpse that had ever passed away, he would be entitled to do so. Now, whereas such well-publicised marvels have not been accepted while there was not much harm in accepting them, then why are such accounts—which are not only against the purport of the Holy Quran but also aid the idolatry of worshipping Jesus—attributed to a per- son whose worship has deprived 400 million people from the Tau hi d [Oneness] of God Almighty? I cannot understand what superiority or uniqueness Hadrat ‘ I s a ibn Maryam [ Jesus son of Mary] holds over other Prophets. Consequently, how egregiously wrong it is to assign him a ‘uniqueness’ which is the basis for idolatry from which a vast nation of people has been ruined! Alas! How sad that they have ruined themselves by relying upon a purely fabricated atonement, never giving any thought to the fact that only he will cross the ego’s river of fire who builds his ark with his own hands, and only he will get wages who does his work himself, and only he will save himself from loss who carries his own burden. How ignorant it is for a man to abandon all of his own efforts—depending upon another for his success—and to consider the physical strength of another to be of any benefit to his spiritual life! It is the law of God that He has not made any human being unique in any aspect, and no one can say that he has such and such character- istic that no one else has. Had such been the case, this would form the basis for holding such a person as being worthy of worship. During the time of our Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, some Christians presented the uniqueness of Hadrat ‘ I s a , may peace be upon him, as being born without a father, upon which Allah Almighty immediately replied through this verse of the Holy Quran: 1 َّنِا َلَثَم ىٰسْيِع َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ِلَثَمَك َمَدٰا ٗهَقَلَخ ْنِم ٍباَرُت َّمُث َلاَق ٗهَل ْنُك ُنْوُكَيَف 1. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:60 [Publisher]