The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 55
Fo o T N o T e F r o M PAG e 31 Fo o T N o T e F r o M PAG e 31 55 Jee and Krishan Gopal Rudder? He was a mere mortal who made a false claim to prophethood. What earthly comparison is there between Shri Maharaj Krishan Jee and Jesus, Son of Mary?’ And surprisingly, if these two great avatars are mentioned before the Christians, they too, not only deny their Divinity, but also show disrespect even though these two sages were the very first to lay the foundation of deification in this world and they were progen- itors of the lesser gods. The Son of Mary and others came after them and are their offshoots. The Christians, in deifying Jesus, have followed in the footsteps of these very people who had dei- fied the above Mahatmas, as has been pointed out by the Noble Qur’an. See the verse: ِتَلاَق ُدْوُهَيْلا ُرْيَزُع ُنْب۟ا ِهّٰللا َو ِتَلاَق ىَرٰصَّنلا ُحْيِسَمْلا ُنْبا ِهّٰللا١ؕ َكِلٰذ ْمُهُلْوَق ْمِهِهاَوْفَاِب١ۚ َنْؤُـِهاَضُي 1 Juzw No. 10 — َلْوَق َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك ْنِم ُلْبَق١ؕ ُمُهَلَتٰق ُهّٰللا١ٞۚ ىّٰنَا َنْوُكَفْؤُي۰۰ Meaning that, the Jews say that Ezra is the son of Allah, and the Christians say the Messiah is the son of Allah; they are but words of their mouth. They imitate those people who disbelieved before them by deifying men. Oh how the people cursed by Allah are turned away! So, this verse pointedly refers to the Hindus and the Greeks, saying that these were the people who had deified men before. Then, as the ill luck of Christians would have it, these doctrines reached them and they thought, why should they stay behind these nations? It was their wretched luck that the Torah already contained an expression in which men had been referred to as ‘sons of God’ at certain places, and even ‘daughters of God’, 1. S u rah at-Taubah, 9:30 [Publisher]