The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 102
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R T WO 102 truthfulness; and being witnesses for the sake of Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred who suffer loss on account of these testimonies. ’ Now—O ye who fail to fear God! —just open the Gospel and tell me where it lays such stress on truthfulness. Had there been any such admonition, why would Peter, the foremost among the Apostles, have lied, and why would he, by swearing a false oath and cursing Jesus the Messiah , disavow him saying he did not know him? The Companions, Allah be pleased with them, of the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were constantly martyred merely for speaking the truth, and they never concealed Divine testimony even though the earth turned red with their blood. On the other hand, it is proven from the Gospel that your Yas u ‘ [ Jesus] himself kept concealed the testimony 1 that he was obligated to reveal. He could not even display the level of faith that was shown by the Companions of the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during the time of the hardships in Makkah. I hope you will not deny this, but if you do dishonestly deny this, then I shall present to you all the instances. For the present I have written this only as specimen of the evidence. You then go on to write that the Holy Prophet, may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has sanctioned lying in three circumstances. However, you have erred due to your own igno- rance. The fact is that, no hadith sanctions telling a lie at all. On 1. See Matthew 16:20. [Publisher]