The Holy War — Page 74
74 to deny any part that has not been mentioned. In other words, there is no denial of Divinity in what was said. Jesus Christ intended to extinguish their anger because they wanted to stone him, as he had said that he was the Son of God. They took it to mean—and they were right—that by calling himself the Son of God, he had declared himself equal to God. Thus, he had blasphemed, and that is why they were stoning him. He asked how could he be accused of blas- phemy by the use of the word ‘Allah’; was it not written in Books of their Prophets that the judges and other venerable people were called gods ? If they were called gods and not deemed guilty of blas- phemy, then why accuse me of blasphemy whom God has sanctified? All this makes it very clear that the fire of their insanity was extinguished and (by use of these words) he neither admitted nor rejected his Divinity. That is all. (The rest, later. ) Signature — English Signature—English Henry Martyn Clark Ghulam Q a dir Fasih (President) (President) Representing Christians Representing Muslims