Fountain of Christianity — Page 21
21 more, despite being 'the Son of God', Jesus does not know the hour of Resurrection, and his statement to this effect is recorded in the Gospels. How absurd for God not to know the hour of Resurrection! That may be a distant event, but he was not even aware that the fig-tree he was heading for was barren! Returning to the main discussion, let me briefly say that no Divine revelation can be attacked merely on the basis of its similarity, or partial-similarity, to a past book or ac- count, even if that book or account is considered to be fictitious. When the Christians label a book as 'historical' or 'revealed', they do so without any substantial proof, and none of their books are free from the stains of doubt and suspicion. It is quite probable that the books they call forged or fabricated are not fabricated at all, and the ones they consider to be authentic may, in fact, be fabricated. A book of God cannot be subject to such likes and dis- likes. Their labelling of certain books as fictitious is not something that has been proven by judicial inquiry, nor is it on the basis of established evidence that they declare a book to be authentic. It is all based on speculation and conjecture, which cannot be the criterion for judging a book of God. The true criterion is whether the book proves its Divine origin through God’s law of nature 17 17 The Holy Quran is the only book in the world that has shown God and His attributes to be in accord with the same law of nature which is the result of God’s 'action' in this world and is imprinted in human nature and conscience. The God of the Christians is confined to the leaves of the Contd…