The Holy War — Page 142
142 THE HOLY WAR ass or an ox; you wish to use them to settle the dispute! Mirza sahib, you cannot do that. My dear, it was as a punishment for their hard-heartedness that God made their hearts dark so that they would not under- stand-Isaiah 6:10. And this curse was on them at the time of the advent of Lord Jesus Christ and still is. You can see by looking at the following verses-Matthew 13:15, Acts 28:27, and 2 Corinthians 3:15-16-upon whom you have allotted the task of arbitration. Yes, because of their faithlessness, their city was destroyed, pro- verbially exiled from their homeland, dispersed all over the world, disgraced and are still roaming just as the prophecy of Christ had declared. SECOND-Then you put forward the Unitarians; my dear Sir, they are not a sect from among the sects of Christianity. Why do you seek answers from me about all the follies and disbelief of the world? And the Roman Catholics-owing to the profanity of their hearts-call Mary the mother of God, while the Unitarians through their foolishness (complete their disbelief) in another way. What is my concern in all this? I have the Book in my hand. Its writings are there; convince me if I am wrong, otherwise, do not give me examples of these unenlightened people. Our belief is in Jesus and not in the sects. If I were to start giving such accusatory replies, I could show many splits within Islam right now. Please, my dear Sir! Look at your own home before you take the pain to crit- icize and do not depend on whether a certain man accepts or not, but rely on the Book of Allah. Sir, you have asked me to present an argument which no one doubts. I admit freely that I am unable; nay rather, God is also help- less in this respect. Nothing in the world is more apparent than His Holy Being yet will you not find a thousand fools in the world who will say that God is nothing? When you call into question the Holy