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3 the Prophets of God Almighty come to establish God’s Oneness or to have peo- ple believe in their own divinity? Therefore, the present-day Gospels have not only lost the way that leads to the Unity of God, but have also destroyed all traces of the prophethood and messengership of Jesus, peace be upon him. God or son of God aside, the Gospels have reduced Jesus as to a rank that is even below the Prophets, and have, God forbid, turned him into a man of very immoral stand- ing. However, the holy personage of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, appeared and revived his true teaching; in fact, the Holy Prophet sa was a healer even for the Messiah himself, whom he brought back from the dead, and upon whom he bestowed a life with which the chosen servants of God and His Prophets are blessed. The Superiority of Islam Only that teaching may be deemed perfect which fully develops and nurtures human faculties, rather than one which leans to a certain extreme. Observe the instructions given to us by the teaching of the Gospel and compare them to the teaching given to us by our faculties. Human faculties and the nature of man es- sentially constitute God’s ‘book of actions. ’ How then can His book of words, known as the Book of Allah or God’s divine teaching, oppose and contradict His book of actions? In the same manner, if the Messenger of Allah, peace and bless- ings of Allah be upon him, had not come, allegations would have been levelled against the morals, guidance, miracles and spiritual power of the past Prophets. However, the Holy Prophet sa absolved them all by his advent. Therefore, the signs in support of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet sa are more brilliant than the sun; they are countless and beyond measure. Hence, raising objections against the prophethood of the Holy Prophet sa or the signs of his prophethood is no dif- ferent from a foolish, blind man saying that it was night even in broad daylight. I say once more that the other religions would have remained in darkness if until now, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not appeared. Faith would have been destroyed, and the earth would have been ru- ined by divine curse and chastisement. Islam shines like a lamp that has pulled others out of darkness as well. If one reads the Torah, it becomes difficult to even learn about heaven and hell. If one looks at the Gospel, no traces of God’s Unity can be found therein. There is no doubt in the fact that both these books were and are from Allah Almighty, but what light can be attained from them? True