The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 124
124. Essence of Islam-IV. Creator, is the doctrine of modern day Christians which has reached the height of exaggeration. There is no doubt that Jesus as was a great Prophet, and he certainly was the beloved and chosen one of God and was the light of the world and the sun of guidance and was close to God and has a station near to His. Throne. Millions of people who love him sincerely and follow his guidance will be delivered from hell; yet, it is a great mistake and is sheer infidelity to deify him. . . The truth is that when spiritual and heavenly matters fall into the hands of the multitude they are unable to penetrate to their reality and thereby fall into grave error, partly through perversion and partly through literal interpretation of the metaphorical. . Christian scholars of this age have fallen into this error and are trying by all possible means to deify. Prophet Jesuss. This amounts to usurping the rights of the Creator and. . . it was to establish this right and to establish the Unity of God in the hearts of people, that a great Prophet arose in Arabia, whose name was. Muḥammad and Aḥmad, countless greetings of peace be bestowed upon him by Allāh. The Islamic law was divided into two parts, the greater part was: لا إله إلا الله" which signifies the Unity of God. The second part was sympathy for mankind so that one should desire for others what he desires for himself. Out of these two, the Messiahas emphasised sympathy for man75 There is none worthy of worship except Allāh. [Translator]