The Holy War — Page 78
78 written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?’ Now the fair-minded people should ponder if—in order to have the allegation of blasphemy removed, and to establish the truth of his being the actual Son of God—this was indeed the answer, to say that If I call myself the son, what harm is there in that, since your holy people have also been called gods? Deputy Abdullah Atham seems to suggest here as if the Messiah as became afraid, terrified by the riot, and concealed the true answer, adopting taqiyyah [concealing one’s faith out of fear], but I proclaim: Can this be the act of Prophets who remain ever committed to sacrifice their lives in the way of Allah, the Lord of Glory ? In the Noble Quran Allah, the Lord of Glory , states: 1 َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُغِّلَبُي ِتٰلٰسِر ِهّٰللا َو ٗهَنْوَشْخَي َو اَل َنْوَشْخَي اًدَحَا اَّلِا َهّٰللا Meaning that the True Messengers of Allah Almighty, who deliver His messages, fear no one in the task of delivering the Message, so how could it be that the Messiah—claiming to be the All-Powerful— became intimidated by the weak Jews? Now, it is manifestly clear from this that the Messiah, peace be upon him, never claimed to be the actual Son of God or God. Instead, he declared that he was like all the others (who have been called sons of God) and that his claim is just like their claim. So, this being the case, how can the prophecies that Deputy Abdullah Atham has presented be accepted to be correct in accordance with the stipulated conditions? It should not be the case that: دمیع تسس اور وگاہ تسچ [While a witness shows great enthusiasm, the plaintiff remains silent]. To save himself from the accusations of blasphemy, the Messiah 1. S u rah al-A h z a b, 33:40 [Publisher]