The Descent of the Messiah — Page 62
THE DESCENT OF THE MESSIAH far? Has anyone arisen to accept the challenge? Even according to the men of letters, such coincidental similarities are neither to be objected to nor are they a reason for doubt. They are, in fact, commendable because quoting is also considered part of literary prowess and eloquence. Only those who are adept in this field have the ability to do so, and it is not the task of every ignorant person. Besides this, my claim is that with the support of God Al- mighty in the form of a miracle, I have been granted the power of literary expression so that I may also manifest the knowledge of Quranic truths in this manner, and make the false rhetoric that has absurdly become commonplace in Islam, subservient to the Quran. Since this is my claim, it cannot be simply dismissed without first presenting something similar. Otherwise, mischie- vous and wicked people have even accused the Holy Quran of having stolen from the Torah and the Gospels and claimed that its proverbs are, in fact, ancient Arab proverbs that have been plagiarised. In a similar vein, the Jews assert that the Gospels were plagiarised word for word from the Talmud. A Jew recently published a book, which I currently have in my possession, in which he cited numerous passages from the Talmud that are present verbatim in the Gospels. These passages are not just one or two sentences; rather, they make up a significant portion of the Gospels. The exact same sentences and passages are present in the Gospels and they are so frequent that even a cautious person would start doubting and wondering how much of it could be attributed to coincidence. The learned Jew has not stopped at this, for he has also shown with respect to the rest of the Gospels that they, too, have been taken from the books of other Prophets. He has produced the exact passages from the Bible and estab- lished that the entire Gospels are stolen. He asserts that this man [Jesus] is not a prophet and that he has merely copied sentences 62