The Holy War — Page 86
86 dwellers of the Earth. That is to say, I have been sent to the earth from the heavens, and most of our commentators believe this to mean Divinity. Then, has His Excellency Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib not seen in the 10th chapter of John, that Christ claimed at the out- set that I and the Father are one, which caused the Jews to pick up stones presuming that being a creation, a human, he claimed to be Allah? Then, when he had also saved his human self from being accused of blasphemy, he presented the very same claim that I and my Father are one. So why does the gentleman say that he became afraid? Indeed, instead of being afraid he presented his claim of Divinity even more openly. And it is true that at one point Lord Jesus said that I am not aware of the time of the hour and that he also stated at another occa- sion that it is not in his power to assign who to sit on his right and left, but these assertions pertain to his human self; the words hav- ing to do with Divinity are different; for example, he says, I have authority over the heavens and the earth. Then, it is also true that on another occasion the Lord said, Why do you call me good, there is no one good but God, but he said this to a person who did not believe him to be the Saviour and Master of all things. So, when he said in the end that if you wish to be perfect then give all your wealth to the poor and follow me , he became sorrowful and left, but had he accepted him to be God and Master, and that he can forgive him a thousand times over, then he would never have left sorrowful. This shows that he did not believe in his Divinity; that is why Lord Jesus said why do you call me good ; meaning, why do you become deceit- ful because you know that there is no one good apart from the Lord Himself ? 2) Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib stated nothing from the Quran regarding the perfect path to salvation, then what use is any other