The Holy War — Page 190
190 Then, your saying that Prophet Jesus was not the manifestation of Allah before the Holy Spirit descended on him; this is, in fact, an acknowledgment of defeat from you. You have accepted that Prophet Jesus was just a mere man for thirty years, and there was no sign of him being the manifestation of God. Then, after thirty years, when the Holy Spirit descended on him in the shape of a dove, he became the manifestation of Allah. Now, at this moment, I am so very grateful that today we have won a great victory because you have yourself conceded and acknowledged this fact that for thirty years Prophet Jesus was totally deprived of being a manifestation of Allah and was a mere man. Now, after this, the claim that he became the manifestation of Allah after the dove descended, requires the attention of the audience, because, if the descending of the Holy Spirit makes a man God and the manifestation of Allah, then Prophet Yahya, Zachariah, Joseph, Joshua the son of N u n, and all the disciples would be declared Gods. Then, you ask, Can it mean that being endowed with a body means having weight? This is a strange question. Can you bring forth such a body which is regarded as a body but is entirely free from all physical characteristics? Nonetheless, thank you, for you have at least conceded that all three of your Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have bodies. Then, you state that there is no contradiction between multiplicity in Unity and Unity—that both can exist in the same place; that is to say, in relation to different directions in space. Your answer is bizarre. The question asked was which of the two do you believe to be real. And you did not give any answer to this. Then, you state by way of a claim that under the heavens there is no other name by which salvation can be attained. You also claim that Jesus was free from sin while the other Prophets are not, but it is pecu- liar that Jesus did not say this himself, that in the estimation of God Almighty, I am free of every blame and every fault. And this statement of Jesus that who from among you can place any blame on me, this is a dif- ferent matter altogether which means that as against you and by virtue