Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 182
182 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and if this was the idea that he thought of to save people from sins, then God forbid, such a man cannot even be accepted as a Prophet, because this method cannot prevent sin. You are probably well aware of the circumstances in Europe and the state of affairs in London and Paris. Tell me, what sin is not committed in these places? More than anything else, the most evil sin mentioned in the Torah is adultery, but just observe how this sin rages on like a storm among these nations who believe that the Messiah died for them. What would have been better than this suicide was for the Messiah to pray that he be given a long life so that he could benefit the people with his counsel and preaching. But what he came up with instead was a strange idea indeed. In addition to this, there was another point that I have presented as well and, until now, no Christian has given an answer. It is said that the Messiah became accursed for our sake. Now, refer to the Hebrew and Arabic lexicons for the meanings of the word ‘curse’ to see what it means to be accursed ( mal’un). It is clearly written in the lexicons that la’in (the accursed) is the name of Satan and an accursed man (mal’un) is one who has no relation with God and is distanced from Him. Now, the Christians have unanimously adopted the doctrine that the Messiah became accursed for our sake. As such, they say that he even stayed in hell for three days. Now what does this ‘cursed sacrifice,’ which took place accord - ing to their doctrine, have to do with salvation? Therefore, the more one reflects on this, the more its hollow reality becomes apparent. I would say to you that in actuality, both the Christians and the Jews have taken opposing extremes. As for the Christians, they have followed a course of extreme exaggeration by raising a helpless human being to the position of God—a human who was born from the womb of a weak woman like ordinary people. Then, they have equally degraded him as well by declaring him to be accursed; they even suggest that he went to hell. The Jews on the other hand have followed a course of extreme denigration by saying that, God forbid, Jesus as was of illegitimate birth. Some from among the British have accepted this as well and they have laid all the blame on Mary as. It was the Holy Quran who came to cor - rect the errors of both these nations. The Holy Quran explained to the Christians that Jesus as was a Messenger of God, not God himself, and that he was not cursed, rather he was exalted in rank. Then, it also taught the Jews that he was not an illegitimate child, rather Mary as was a chaste woman. The Holy Quran states: p. 448 َ ِه َ ْج ْ َر ََف ْ ِت َ ْن َْصَ ُح َ