Refutation of the Divinity of Christ — Page 51
An Essential and Wonderful Reminder 51 and your men; then let us pray humbly and invoke the curse of Allah on those who lie. ’ This certainly is a clear, excellent and true account. There is none worthy of obedience save Allah; and surely, it is Allah Who is the Mighty, the Wise. But if they turn away, then remember that Allah knows the mischief-makers well. Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word equal between us and you—that we obey none but Allah the Exalted, and that we associate no partner with Him, and that some of us take not others for Lords beside Allah. ’ But if they do not even agree to what is acceptable by both sides, then say, ‘Bear witness that we have submitted to Allah and we are Muslims. ’ An Essential and Wonderful Reminder A general and universally accepted rule is that the degree to which something that is able to accept the influence of another, estab- lishes a bond and unity with some powerful entity that can cast an influence, is the very degree to which the thing that is being influ- enced and can take the impress, begins to acquire and become dyed in the colours and attributes of the entity casting its influ- ence. Who does not know that when iron is placed in an intensely hot fire, it begins to be affected by the impact of the fire and its properties? I am certain that if the iron was given the ability to speak at that moment, it would say ُ اَنَاالنَّار (‘I am fire’). Alternatively, consider the case of the employment of an