The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 134
134 The commentary of al-Qa si dah and does favours upon him and exhibits benevolence in response to his evil actions. In London, from 1945 to the early part of 1946, for about a year, I used to debate in Hyde Park every Friday, with a Christian named Mr. Green. He believed according to his calculation from the Bible that Jesus Christ was going to descend in 1954. He had published many articles on this issue. The terms of the debate were agreed upon that the first Friday he would state his objections against the Holy Prophet sa and the Holy Qur’ a n, and I would respond. On the next Friday, I would state my objections against Christianity and he would respond. The debates lasted for about three hours, and speeches used to be about ten minutes each, and the audience was given permission to ask questions. By the Grace of All a h, these debates were very successful and eventually Mr. Green accepted his defeat and gave up on the debates. One time he was trying to establish that Jesus Christ had better manners and morals than the Holy Prophet sa. He cited the incident that when Jesus was on the cross he prayed for the Jews, his enemies, in the following words: ‘O Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. ’ 26 In other words, they are treating me in this manner because they lack knowledge. Mr. Green stated that this type of morality was not displayed by any other prophet including the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. I responded to him by saying that we believe in Jesus as as being a prophet and as a person who possessed excellent morals. However, it is a mistake to state that no one is equal to him in good morals. Mr. Green’s statement about the Holy Prophet sa shows that he has 26 Luke 23:34