Star of the Empress — Page 13
13 of light; who is from Heaven; who is the door to knowledge; the pathway of divine understanding and is the inheritor of God; that God forbid, such a one became accursed, or in other words, he was rejected by God; became an enemy of God; his heart became darkened; he turned away from God; became blinded of divine understanding; became an inheritor of Satan and became worthy of the label which is specific to Satan, meaning, ‘the accursed,’ is such a belief that upon hearing it, the heart crumbles and the body trembles. Did the heart of God’s Messiah become as averse to God as the heart of Satan? Was the holy Messiah of God ever confronted with a time when he became displeased with God and actually became an enemy of God? This is a grave mistake and a great disrespect; the heaven might well-nigh burst thereat. In short, the Muslim belief on Jihad is but ill-will towards mankind, while this doctrine of the Christians is ill-will against God Himself. If it is possible that darkness may exist where there is light, then it is also possible that, God forbid, at some point in time, the heart of the Messiah allowed for the lethal state of curse to enter it. If the salvation of humanity depends on such disrespect then it is better that no one attains salvation. For it is better that all sinners die as opposed to declaring a bright and glorious person such as the Messiah as being one who fell into the darkness of ignorance and curse, and into the pit of God’s enmity. Hence, I am undertaking efforts to bring about a reformation in the belief of the Muslims as well as in this doctrine of the Christians. I am grateful that God the Exalted granted me success in both these objectives. Since I was accompanied by heavenly signs and divine miracles, I was not confronted with much difficulty in order to convince the Muslims. Having witnessed wondrous and extraordinary Signs