The Holy War — Page 52
52 them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself, God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law that 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, every just and devout person can understand that, upon hear- ing the word father , and that I and my Father are one , the Jews thought that this person is proclaiming himself to be the real and actual Son of God, and accordingly raised this objection. So in reply to this, the Messiah as said in absolutely clear words that there is nothing extraor- dinary about him, and asked them to see that even the title of god had been applied in their favour. Now, it is obvious that had the Messiah as understood himself as having been born of Allah in reality and actually considered himself to be the Son of God Almighty, then at this moment of debate and mis- understanding when the Jews had accused him, he should have come forth bravely and declared clearly, manifestly, and openly that I am in reality born of Allah and in actuality the Son of God. What strange reply was this, that if I declare myself to be the Son, then you have also been called God ? On the contrary, he had been given an opportunity upon this occasion to emphatically present the proofs in support of his claim, and he should have presented to them all those prophecies that were written down by Deputy Atham in his reply of yesterday as well as the entire list he submitted. And on this occasion, he should have said, You are incensed at my trivial statement that I am the Son of God. In actuality, I am also God according to these statements of your Books, and according to such and such prophecies, I am also the All-Powerful God and the Equal of God too. What attribute of God is there that is not found in me? In short, this is the passage of the Holy Gospel that resolves all its