Truth About The Crucifixion — Page 117
with all their heart and soul are bent upon the world. . On his death, a Muslim writer said, Passing through a raging fire of opposition and adverse criticism, Mirza Sahib cleared a path for himself and attained to the highest peak of success. A. Hindu wrote: To the last moment of his life, Mirza Sahib remained firm in his purpose; in the teeth of opposition from a thousand quarters, he never wavered and never swerved. . Although Ahmad had not been schooled in Arabic, he interpreted the Quran, it is claimed, into its true meaning. He said he had been taught directly through revelation. We find the same example in the Acts of Apostles, when those noble men were filled with the Holy Spirit “and began to speak in other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance. " They were accused of being drunk, though as Peter protested it was yet early morning. . When he was yet unknown and living in the small town of. Qadian, where he was born, God revealed to Ahmad: I love you. . I shall give you a large party of Islam. God will maintain thy name in honour till the world comes to an end and will cause thy message to reach the uttermost corners of the earth. I shall exalt thy name and put thy love into men's hearts. We have sent thee as a blessing and mercy for all people. We have made thee like. Jesus, son of Mary. The reference to Jesus is particularly interesting as it was Ahmad who identified the tomb in Srinagar as that of Jesus. . Ahmad comments on the verses in the Quran denying the death of Jesus on the cross: Almighty God says: The Jews neither slew Jesus nor did they crucify him (made him die on the cross) nay they only suspected that Jesus died on the cross; they had not the proof which would have convinced and satisfied them that Jesus (on whom be peace) had really died on the cross. In these verses Almighty God says that although it is true that Jesus was placed on the cross, and they determined to kill him, it is wrong for the Jews and Christians to suppose that Jesus had really died on the cross; nay, God created circumstances which saved Jesus from the accursed death on the cross. . It was due to the Majesty and Power of God that it became dark, that there was an earthquake, that Pilate's wife saw a vision, that the Sabbath was about to fall when it was unlawful to let the crucified body remain on the cross, and that Pilate, because of the dream of his wife, became inclined to release Jesus. All this was brought about by God to save Jesus. Also Jesus was made to 121