Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 480
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 480 man] such a huge burden of the Shariah? On the one hand, they acknowledge that Islam is a living religion, while on the other, they do not present any distinguishing quality in it. All the blessings and excellences it does have are described by them to be evident in those who have passed away as if there is noth- ing in it for the living. To gain recognition of the Creator from its creation cannot be the sublime proof for the existence of God Almighty. The only way of knowing God is if He Himself says that ُ أَنَا الْمَوْجُوْد [‘I am present’]. Stories of the past are narrated by other reli- gions too. If you, too, narrate a few accounts of the past events in competition with them, then how is it any better? And what is the proof that while your stories are true, what the other one says that their leader showed such and such a miracle is false? Look, it is written in the New Testament that when Jesus as was put on the cross, all the dead had risen from their graves. I fail to understand, how all the dead could fit in one town. And then, despite having witnessed their emergence, why did the Jews still not accept Jesus as ? Thus, if in answer to such stories we too present only stories, then what impact can this have on an opponent? Miracle of Shaqqul-Qamar At this point, one of them asked the view of the Promised Messiah as about the incident of Shaqqul-Qamar [Splitting of the Moon]. The Promised Messiah as said: I believe it to have been a type of eclipse. I have written about it in my book, Chashma-e-Ma‘rifat.