Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 10
10 and after he has done his work. If he comes in time of need and leaves them when that need is satisfied, this is an irrefutable ^argument of his truth. A prophet is needed to deliver those who are involved in sin in the. same manner as a physician is needed to cure the sick. If any one were to apply this sound test to the claims of. ' * our Holy Prophet and compare the pre-Islamic Arabs with the companions of the Holy Prophet, he would be convinced that the Holy Prophet far excelled all other prophets in his sanctifying power, in the wholesorneness of his influence, and in the abun- dance of his blessings and that the need of the Quran and tbe Holy Prophet was far more clear and easy of demonstration than the need of any other prophet or book. What great need did Jesus for instance satisfy and what is the proof that he actually did satisfy any need ? Did he work any great transformation in the faith, morals and customs of the Jews ? Or was he success- ful in purifying the lives of his chosen apostles ? Both questions, we are sorry to note, must be answered in the negative. All that can be proved is that Jesus had gathered about him a num- ber of avaricious men who were guilty of treachery and faith- lessness to their master. Was this the. effect. of teachings which are boasted as unequalled in their sublimity ?. It should also be borne in mind that the Gospel teachings have no superiority over the teachings of the earlier prophets. The teachings contained in the Gospels have on the other hand been all taken from earlier sources including the Talmud. The Jews have always forcibly asserted that there is no origina- lity in the Gospel-teachings but that they are only plagiarisms from Jewish sacred books. One Jewish author has traced whole passages. of the teachings o^f Jesus in the words of earlier sages. Bufc the Christians while admitted this charge of