Three Questions by a Christian and their Answers — Page 39
39 tion is very harmful for spiritual advancement, and such people are poor at imparting spiritual training, and their heart’s ability to give light to others also becomes feeble. Perhaps it may be for this very reason that Jesus as proved to be so weak in imparting spiritual training. Reverend Taylor, who appears to be a man of stature on account of his office and his personal ability, writes with great regret that the spiritual training imparted by the Messiah as proved to be weak and ineffective. The people who formed his company, and were known as the Apostles, showed no enviable example, either in their spiritual development or in the perfection of their human capacities. (Would that Jesus as had concentrated less on the practice of healing the sick and had given more attention to curing the spiritual weaknesses and ailments of his disciples, and particularly those of Judas Iscariot. ) At this point, the said gentleman also writes that if the Apostles are compared with the Companions of the Prophet of Arabia sa , in their spiritual development and the strength of their faith, we would have to admit, albeit regretfully, that the Apostles were seriously lacking in spiritual development, and that Jesus’ companionship proved of little help in enhancing their faculties of mind and heart which could have earned them any merit vis-à-vis the Companions of the Holy Prophet sa. Rather, they showed cowardice, lack of faith, meanness, worldliness and infidelity at every step. The Companions of the Arabian Prophet sa , on the other hand, showed such sincerity and devotion, the like of which can hardly be found amongst