The Holy War — Page 126
126 human nature because the testimony of Allah Almighty and His pronouncements are above all other testimonies. Sir! We presented three lists to you containing prophecies of the Old Testament, with references and the places in the New Testament where it was written that these have been fulfilled. What the Prophets of Allah had said six, seven, or eight hundred years earlier came to fulfilment word for word. My dear Mirza sahib, if you still consider this to be a mere claim, it will only be obstinacy and prejudice. You have also asked whether Christ had himself, with his own blessed tongue, ever accepted the fulfilment of those prophecies in his favour? Sir, he did, not once or twice but many times, and not one or two but all of the prophecies. Please look at Matthew 22:41–46, John 5:39, Matthew 11:10, as compared with Malachi 3:1, Luke 24:27, Matthew 6:17. Fourth— Sir, you have enquired about John 10:35. We have repeatedly explained it, but we are surprised that you do not under- stand the point. I make this last appeal. Perhaps, you keep on referring to this verse because you believe that there is a denial of Divinity in this verse. On the contrary, Christ makes a very strong claim of his Divinity upon this occasion. It is as if he is saying to the Jews, that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and when the Word was made flesh, those people to whom the Word of Allah reached became worthy of being called Divine by virtue of this blessing. In other words, for following the Word, they received this blessing. If he called them gods to whom the word of God came, do you say to him who is the Word personified that you utter blasphemy? Sad indeed is the state of your intelligence. The two words worthy of paying attention to are وصخمص [ makh sus —sanctified] and ا ج ی ج � [ bheij a —sent]. You had indicated some verses stating that these words are found in them also, but upon searching, we encountered no reference to