Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 227
227 Malfuzat – Volume IV Holy Prophet sas appeared, he was met with thousands of ailing people, all of whom had reached the final stage of their disease, and they were close to death. In truth, they had already died, as is evident from the historical account of that time. Now, one ought to reflect with justice. One cannot even reform the faults of a servant. Then what greater argument can there be in favour of the truthfulness of a man who reforms a corrupt nation so that they become as though they had no faults to begin with? One must say with regret that the Muslims have not reflected over this point. Otherwise, these are such shining arguments that such examples are rarely found in the lives of other Prophets. For example, when we look at the Messiah as com - pared to the Holy Prophet sas , one is terribly disappointed that the Messiah could not even properly reform a few disciples and always said that they were weak in faith. He even referred to some as Satan. They were so greedy that Judas Iscariot, the treasurer of the Messiah , would steal on certain occasions from the pouch that mostly remained in his possession. In the end, it was this very greed of his which compelled him to have his teacher and spiritual guide arrested for a mere thirty pieces of silver. However, when we look at the companions of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, we observe that they thought nothing of even laying down their lives, let alone that the impurity of treachery would have any part in them. Even European historians have had to accept the fact that the love, loyalty and obedience that the companions of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, demonstrated towards their Guide, may Allah shower His peace and blessings upon him, is an example that cannot be found among the followers of any other Prophet. The Messiah, peace be upon him, was especially deprived in this regard. Now, his greatness has been exaggerat - ed to such an extent that, despite the weaknesses, and despite the aforementioned examples and accounts recorded in the Gospel, he has been turned into God. The illustration of his spiritual influence, magnetism and attraction that is shown as an example is that he could not even put right a handful of disciples. Then, in this case, what can be expected of him? When the Christians are unable to provide an adequate response on the weakness of the disciples in terms of their faith and practice, they answer by saying that after the Messiah, they developed power and strength, and ultimately became a perfect example. However, this response is so laughable that as the Persian saying goes: ‘the excuse for a sin is worse than the sin itself. ’ They suggest that in the presence of a lamp, there was no light, but p. 493