Claims of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 16
[ 16 ] heavens and the earth was created. The same person who is the chief of all of humanity, higher in status than all Prophets, was abused. This is that person whom God has stated that he could have illuminated the whole world even if he had not receive any revelation. About this person, William Muir makes accusations of mental confusion and fear of darkness. May the curse of Allah be upon the willful liars. I cannot read the whole passage. I refer people who have the capac- ity to read such allegations to Reverend C. G. Pfander’s book M i z a n Ul H aq , p. 459–463, wherein he makes very distasteful remarks about the supposed illnesses of the Holy Prophet sa. He bases these allegations on a h adith and asserts that this is what is written by Muslim holy men and jurists. He repeats reference after reference of baseless stories, or draws misleading conclusions from events which he fails to understand. Of course, there is no reality to these claims. I cannot stand to read such writing. Perhaps our opponents may wish to read this, since they seem to have learned their style of allegations by reading such writings. Illnesses of Some Prophets An interesting point to note is that these people discount the claim of Prophethood made by the Promised Messiah as by stating that he was a frail person and had several ill- nesses. On the other hand, they make slanderous remarks