Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 109
17 January 1905 109 17 January 1905 The Future of Christianity Muft i Muhammad Sa diq presented a letter [handwritten in English] from England : My wife and I have read with no little interest the literature you sent me except the Arabic or Hindustani. (I am not sure what language it was) for which my linguistic capacity is at present undeveloped. We belong to a small but, I am happy to think, increasing number of people who have given up the idea of the divinity of Jesus of Nazareth, and regard him simply as a great teacher, we place in the same category [of ] Zoro[a]ster, Buddha, and your own prophet Muhammad (upon whose head may eternal blessings rest). None of our assistance has been lent to those impertinent schemes for sending “Missionaries” to convert people who have as good, if not a better, religion than their own. In return for the Primer I should be glad to have some further knowledge of your modern “Messiah”. & espe- cially the evidence about the tomb of Jesus in Cashmere. Your very truly Paul Mathews. Upon this, the Promised Messiah as said: The rejection of Christianity has started in the world, and the fire that will destroy this religion has been ignited. The