The Essence of Islam – Volume III — Page 226
226. Essence of Islam-III only appeared to be alive for a short time as a result of mesmeric influence. . . . . The Holy Qur'an affirms that Jesus had been given the power to do these things as an exercise of his natural capacity, which is inherent in every human being. Jesus was not unique in this respect. Such capacity is being demonstrated in our own age. The miracles of Jesus were rendered bizarre and doubtful by the pool which had existed even before the birth of Jesus, and which also displayed wonders and a single dip into which bestowed healing upon all those afflicted with diseases such as paralysis, leukoderma, leprosy etc. And there were others who manifested similar extraordinary signs later on, and there was no such pool to cast doubt on their manifestations. . The belief that Jesus fashioned birds of clay and made them come alive as real birds by breathing into them, is entirely false and polytheistic. It was only an exercise of mesmeric capacity that had been developed to some degree by his spiritual propensity. It is also possible that he made use of clay from the pool that had been activated by the Holy Spirit. His miracle was only a kind of sleight of hand and the clay remained only clay like the Samaritan's calf. Ponder over it, because this is a magnificent point; no one comprehends it except those who have been granted great wisdom. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, pp. 251-263, footnote]. . No other Prophet has had so many fictitious miracles attributed to him, as have been attributed to Jesus as; some ignorant ones even imagine that he had revived thousands upon thousands of the dead. The Gospels narrate a highly exaggerated statement of an occasion when all the dead buried in a graveyard, which had existed for