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235 Malfuzat – Volume IV should have been responded to in a very generous manner and they should have been given detailed explanations; instead the Messiah just continued to let out a stream of expletives. Is this what we call good morals? I reiterate that if it were not for the Holy Quran, if our Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not appeared, put aside the divinity and prophethood of the Messiah, a wise person would perhaps be reluctant in even considering him to be a high- minded person who possessed good morals. This is an all-encompassing favour of the Holy Quran and our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, upon all the Prophets—and especially the Messiah—that they have provided proof of the truthfulness of previous Prophets. Furthermore, there is another aspect from which we should analyse the divini - ty of Messiah. As far as his moral standing was concerned, we know that he swore at the venerable sages among the Jews, and ultimately when he was apprehended, he prayed to such an extent as is beyond measure, but regrettably, we see that his night-long supplication was rejected completely, according to the Christian belief, and this prayer bore no fruits whatsoever. In reality, it was contrary to the greatness of a god to pray in the first place. What he should have done was manifest some miracle that demonstrated his divine power so that the poor Jews would have had no other option but to accept and submit. Yet in this instance, we observe the very opposite. As the Persian saying goes: ‘how can he who is lost, guide others?’ Here, the state is that the Messiah prays, he wails, he laments, but unfortu - nately, his prayer goes unanswered, and the cup of death that is filled with the poison of the curse of the cross is not taken away. Now, what can we gain from a god who himself implores another and then remains deprived. On the one hand, he teaches that if you implore, you shall receive, but on the other hand, he dem - onstrates an example of his own failure and frustration. Now, someone ought to tell me with a sense of justice if any Christian priest can find comfort and solace in such a failure of a god? The Holy Prophet sas is the Perfect Example Therefore, no matter the perspective from which we compare the Messiah to the Holy Prophet sas —including this claim of divinity—it becomes evidently clear that the Messiah simply cannot be compared to the Holy Prophet sas at all. The life of the Holy Prophet sas is a magnificent life of success. p. 500