Why Islam is my choice — Page 7
7 Isl ā m. I became curious about what my colleague had told me. I immediately enquired about the schedule of their meetings and started preparing for it. It was only a couple of days later when I went to attend this meeting. Every one over there was very kind and courteous to me. One of the brothers insisted that I sat in the front row which I did. I was told that a Muslim speaker by the name of Mr. Y ū sef Kh ā n was going to speak. I started listening to the speaker with great attention. I heard him say that Jesus Christ never died on the cross and that he died a natural death much later. He spoke about the prophecy of the second advent of Jesus Christ. He said that this prophecy was to be fulfilled in the appearance of another person whose mission would be the same as that of Jesus Christ: the revival of religion. What actually struck me was when he said that this prophecy had already been fulfilled in the person of Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad of Qadian, India, and that he had lived, completed his mission, and passed away. Since my personal belief all along had been that Jesus Christ was living among us, this news, on one hand, made me very happy that I had been right, and finally, I had found Jesus Christ, but on the other hand, I became very sad to know that he had passed away, and I had missed Bash ī r Afzal