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244 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad that the story of the pool is an interpolation. However, these foolish friends of the Gospel do not realise that merely labelling this chapter as an addition will not restore the lost splendour of the Messianic miracles. This only makes the Gospel all the more dubious. The reason being that what is the answer then to the ques - tion that in a Gospel that contains one added chapter, why are other chapters not an interpolation also, especially when there are some who say that the genea - logical tree is also an interpolation. Moreover, there are springs similar to this pool in other countries as well. Such springs can be found abundantly in Europe, where people suffering from many diseases go to be cured. The springs found in Kashmir are also the same, they contain water that is mixed with sulphur, salt and other such elements. So this miraculous pool diminishes the value of all of the Messiah’s miracles. Especially when it is said that the Messiah would frequent this pool, apply the soil from this pool to the eyes, and keep a certain quantity of this soil in his possession. Imad-ud-Din believes that this account is an interpola - tion. It is strange, however, that despite believing that a section of this book is an interpolation, he does not feel any shame in referring to it as a divine scripture. The Gospel is not written by the Messiah. Hebrew was not the language of the disciples. The third calamity is that it is interpolated as well. Finally, the teaching itself is incomplete, deficient and illogical, and yet, it is presented as the only real means of salvation. The Divinity of Christ So, this is the state of the Messiah’s miracles. As far as his prophecies are con - cerned, let alone a sage, even an ordinary person can make such prophecies that there will be wars, there will be famine, the rooster will crow. Looking at these prophecies, one cannot help but laugh. How could the Jews have considered this proof of divinity? Divinity demands the omnipotence and majesty that behoves God. As for Christ, he is an example of humility and helplessness, to the extent that he even places himself at a lower level than birds and foxes. Now someone ought to tell me, on what basis should one accept his divinity? There are count - less examples to present. Even the cross alone is enough to wash away all of this divinity and prophethood. For when Christ was crucified and became accurs - ed, what doubt remains in his being a liar? The Jews were compelled. This was the sign of a liar as recorded in their scriptures. How could they accept him to be true? How can one who himself has become distanced from God, bear the p. 510