The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 54
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 54 they admit and accept that Islam dealt with their sects very effi- ciently and meted out strict punishments to thousands of thieves, liberating vast swathes of land from their evil and mischief, yet in their opinion, they were unjustly persecuted. For, they used to steal and rob by putting their lives on the line. Therefore, the looted goods that they seized after so much effort were lawful for them and they were unjustly persecuted and an age-old custom, which had become a religious ritual, was abolished. The reply to all these groups is that no one from among these sects will admit any wrongdoing on their part, but some of them stand witness against others. For example, a person who worships Ramchandra and Krishna Jee and deifies them, will never repent of it and declare them mere mortals, but will continue to stress the point that both these sages possessed the light to the Universal Soul and were Divine despite being mortals. They embodied within them one aspect of creation and one aspect of Divinity. Their [aspect of ] creation was temporal and the shortcomings of creation—like death, grief, and eating or drinking—were all tem- poral, but their Divinity is eternal and the attributes of Divinity are also eternal. However, if it is said to them: ‘Gentlemen! If this is the case then please also accept the Divinity of Ibn Maryam [the Son of Mary], and take pity on the poor Christians who pro- mote this propaganda day and night as the proverb goes, وچن ٓاب از زہ ہچ ابتشل � �ی� � رس ذگتش ہچ � [When water passes over the head, then what difference does it make if it is a cubit over the head or a yard?]’ In response, these people reject the Messiah with such disrespect that let alone Divinity, they even deny his prophethood. More than that, they often go so far as to abuse him, and say: ‘What compari- son does he bear with Shri Maharaj Barham Moorat Ramchandra