The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 57
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 57 they do not realize that this secret was exposed the minute these false gods were unable to demonstrate any sign of their Divinity which men had not demonstrated before. It is true that the Granths are full of stories about these Avatars performing extraor- dinary wonders; they resurrected the dead and lifted mountains on their head, but if we accept these stories as true, even then on their own admission, it is established that there were such men who had worked miracles and yet who did not claim Divinity. For example, just think whether the works of Jesus were greater than those of Moses. On the contrary, his miracles were tarnished by the account of the pool [of Bethesda]. Are you gentlemen not aware of the miraculous pool that existed at that time? And have there not appeared such Prophets amidst the Israelites, whose mere touch resurrected the dead? Then what reasons are left to brag about Jesus’ ‘Divinity’? What a Shame!!! The Hindus have attributed many extraordinary feats to their Avatars and have tried to establish their Divinity without any rhyme or reason. Since their tales are no less absurd than those of the Christians and even if we assume that there is some truth in them, still a humble man, who is by nature fragile and weak, cannot become Parmeshwar, and literal resurrection of the dead is itself false and runs counter to the Divine Books. However, mirac- ulous resurrection, which does not concern one’s actual returning to the world and staying therein, is possible, but not an evidence of Divinity, for its claimants are common. There have been many in the past who could communicate with the dead but this phe- nomenon belongs to the vision of the dead. But the Hindus do hold a kind of superiority over the Christians and we recognize it. This superiority consists in their being the forerunners of