Refutation of the Allegation of Insult to Jesus Christ — Page 34
34 prophet of God and who is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an is certainly never intended in my harsh comments. I adopted this path after constantly listening to the abuses of padres for the last forty years. Some ignorant mullahs—who should better be called blind and sightless— excuse the padres and say that they, the poor, helpless fellows, do not utter a word (against the Holy Prophet sa ), nor are they in the least disrespectful to him. But it must be borne in mind that in reality it is the padres who are in the forefront in displaying contempt, hurling insults and shouting abuses. I have a stockpile of books by those padres who have filled their writings with hundreds of abuses. Any mullah who wishes should come and see for himself. And let it be remembered that if in future any padre, shunning the ways of abuse, speaks politely, I, too, shall be polite with him. At present they themselves are responsible for the attacks on their Jesus for under no circumstances they refrain from abuse and vituperation. We are sick of listening to them. ” 81 The same foolish mullahs, on account of their grudge against Hadrat Mirz a Sahib, present some extracts from his writings to impress upon the common man as if he (the Promised Messiah as ) has insulted 81 N u r-ul-Qur’an, Part 2, R uha ni Khaz a ’in, Vol. 9, page 375