Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 467
14 May 1908 467 Islam is the Middle Way The Promised Messiah as said: God has made Islam a model for other people. Such a mid- dle path has been adopted in it that is completely free from extremes. 1 َو َكِلٰذَك ْمُكٰنْلَعَج ًةَّمُا اًطَسَّو اْوُنْوُكَتِّل َءٓاَدَهُش ىَلَع ِساَّنلا َو َكِلٰذَك ْمُكٰنْلَعَج ًةَّمُا اًطَسَّو اْوُنْوُكَتِّل َءٓاَدَهُش ىَلَع ِساَّنلا Justification for Accusatory Reply The Promised Messiah as said: Replies are of two types. One confirmatory and the other accu- satory. Allah the Exalted has also made use of accusatory replies in certain instances. These inform the critic of the weakness of his own religion. Thus, when the Christians claimed that Jesus as is the Son of God and its proof is that he was born of the Virgin Mary, Allah the Exalted replied by saying: 2 َّنِا َلَثَم ىٰسْيِع َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ِلَثَمَك َمَدٰا َّنِا َلَثَم ىٰسْيِع َدْنِع ِهّٰللا ِلَثَمَك َمَدٰا Meaning that if this indeed was the proof of him being the Son [of God] then Adam as has the first right to be the Son [of God]. 1. And thus have We made you an exalted nation, that you may be guardians over men ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:144). [Publisher] 2. Surely, the case of Jesus with Allah is like the case of Adam ( S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:60). [Publisher]