The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 270
270. Essence of Islam-1 morning when they came, the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] said to them: He whom you call lord and god, is no god. God is the Being Who is not subject to death or destruction. Your god was killed last night. . My True God set up his son Sherweh over him and last night he was killed by the hand of his son. This is my reply. . This was a great miracle witnessing which thousands of people of that country believed in the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] because in fact. Khusro Pervez, the Chosros, had been killed that night. . This is not a statement like the vague statements of the. Gospel, but is supported by historical evidence. Mr. Davenport has also mentioned this event in his book. . As against this, the lack of esteem in which Jesus was held by the rulers of his time is well known. Probably the. Gospels still contain the record of Herodius sending Jesus to Pilate as an accused person. He remained for a time in custody and his godhead did not come into play. No monarch said that it would be a matter of pride for him to serve Jesus and to wash his feet. Pilate handed him over to the Jews. Was this his godhead? What a contrast is there between the two persons who encountered similar circumstances, but with opposite results. In one case, a proud and arrogant monarch was incited by Satan to order the arrest of the claimant to Prophethood, but he was overtaken by the Divine curse and was murdered with great humiliation at the hands of his own son. In the second case, a person whom-regardless of his real claims his extravagant followers raised to the heavens, was in fact arrested and sent into custody of the cruel police as an accused person from one town to another. [Nūr-ul-Qur'ān, No. 2, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 9, pp. 384-386]