The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 34
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E 34 corruption of the whole world. It is true that he liberated his people from the subjugation of Pharaoh, but he could not liberate them from the subjugation of Satan, nor was he able to lead them into the Promised Land. The Children of Israel were not able to purify themselves at his hands and they repeatedly fell into disobedience, till Moses died while they were still in that condition. So far as the disciples of Jesus are concerned, the Gospel bears witness to their condition—no further explanation is needed. Nor is it a matter unknown as to how little Jesus was able to guide the Jews for whose guidance he had been sent as a Prophet in his lifetime. If the prophethood of Jesus were to be judged by this measure, one would be compelled to affirm with great sadness that it is in no way established by this standard. 1 ٭ For, the first prerequisite of a Prophet is that he should arrive when the reli- gious condition of the people to whom he is sent is really gone to ruin. However, Jesus could not charge the Jews with such blame that might prove that they had changed their beliefs or that they had become thieves, adulterers, and gamblers etc. or that they had abandoned the Torah and adopted some other book to follow. Rather, he himself testified that the scholars and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses, and the Jews, too, for their part, did not admit to being guilty of misconduct and immorality. 1. ٭ The c hristians are very proud of the d octrine of Atonement but those who are versed in c hristian history are not unaware that before the suicide of Jesus there were at least some righteous c hristians, as they themselves claim; but after the suicide, it was as if their sins burst through the barrier. Is the present generation of those who believe in Atonement in e urope, even remotely similar to those who had accom- panied c hrist before the Atonement?—Author