The Holy War — Page 120
120 [Meaning that:]Or have they taken for partners with Allah such as are creators like God Almighty is a Creator, so that by this argument they have accepted them to be God? Say to them that the only proven fact is that Allah Almighty is the Creator of all things and He alone is Supreme over all things, Triumphant. In keeping with this argument of the Holy Quran, I had asked Deputy sahib that, if in the view of you gentlemen, the Messiah as is truly God, you should produce some evidence of his Divine attributes of Creator, etc. ; for, it cannot be the case that God should come to the world denuded and bare, having left His attributes in heaven. His attributes are associated with His being and are inseparable from Him and can never be suspended. It is not at all possible that being God, He should be powerless to manifest the perfect Divine attributes. Deputy sahib answers this by saying to me that whatever is in the heaven and the earth by way of the sun and the moon etc. and whatever things, creatures that are found, they have been created by the Messiah. The listeners can judge for themselves what the excellence and worth of this answer is. Is this an argument that has been presented by way of proof or is it another claim that has been made? Do the Hindu gentlemen not say, in exactly the same way, that Raja Ramchandra has indeed brought into being all the creatures found in the heavens and the earth? So who should settle this issue? Then, after this, Deputy sahib declares that Signs giving evidence of faith are limited to a certain period, whereas the Messiah as states in clear terms that anyone with a mustard seed grain of faith shall be able to show such and such marvels. Then, he declares in John 14:12, ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do. ’ Now, I ask you, what is left of your belaboured interpretations? In this verse, the Messiah has, in fact, given his manifestly clear judgement and stated that one who believes in me, will acquire my colours, and shall be able to do works similar to mine; indeed, even greater. This statement of the Messiah is absolutely correct and true, because Prophets come for this very purpose; so that people, by following