Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 740
JESUS VERSUS FINALITY fundamentalist the moment he touches down in their respective countries. Whichever of the two will he claim as his own? Either way it will be tantamount to bargaining for a death warrant issued by the clergy of the other. . The reason for this condemnation would not just be his belonging to a different sect; the reason for his condemnation to death would be his imposture as a true prophet of God. No true prophet of God can hold wrong religious views they will argue. Each sect would judge. Jesus as by the testimony of their own beliefs; none will judge their beliefs by the testimony of Jesus as. . There will also arise the question as to which school of jurisprudence he belongs. Will he belong to the school of. Hazrat Imam Malik or that of Imam Abū Ḥanifā or Imam. Shafe'ī or Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal? Having had no experience of such juristic wrangles, he will find himself helplessly trapped in the middle of this rigmarole. How he would wish that he had never ever returned to earth! Even if he is accepted by the sect whose garb he finally decides to wear, he will be strongly rejected by the remaining seventy-one sects. Over and above this will he not continue to confront the danger of rejection by all on the basis of the. Quranic verse mentioned above, which declares him to be merely a prophet to the House of Israel?. The shout of 'Go back to where you really belong' may be heard from the mouth of any fanatic in the assembled crowd. 'Take off and re-route your flight to the. State of Israel,' may well be curtly demanded of him. 'If you are man enough to face a retrial at their hands, go to the. Jewish people and prove your true identity. ". What shall God do at this new turn of events one wonders. Will He command the angels to hasten to Jesus' as rescue once again, lifting him to the same remote celestial abode? Or will he be abandoned by God to shift for himself 698