Jesus In India — Page 93
CHAPTER THREE 83 I too possess an antique hand-written manuscript of Qānūn by Bu-Ali Sina belonging to that age. Therefore, it would be highly unfair, indeed it would amount to an outright slaughter of the truth to throw away so brilliant a proof. Think over this again and again, and ponder deeply, why are these books still present in the age old libraries of the Jews, the Magians, the Christians, Arabs, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Germans and the French and other European and Asian countries. And is it proper to just turn away from a proof, whose lustre dazzles denial? If these books had been compiled only by Muslims, and if they had been in the hands of the followers of Islam alone, there might have been those who could have jumped to the conclusion that Muslims had forged these facts and recorded them in their books with a view to attacking the Christian creed. But, in addition to the reasons which I shall give shortly, this impression is baseless, because the Muslims could never be guilty of a forgery of this kind; for, like Christians, Muslims also believe that after the crucifixion, Jesus, the Messiah, ascended to heaven right away. Indeed, Muslims do not even believe that Jesus, may peace be on him, was ever put on the cross or that he received any injuries as a result of crucifixion. How then could they knowingly forge a statement contradicting their own belief? Apart from this, Islam was not even in existence at the time when these books on medicine, in Latin and Greek, were compiled and made current among tens of millions of peo- ple. These books contained the prescription of the 'Ointment of Jesus' as well as the explanation that this ointment was prepared for Jesus, the Messiah, may peace be on him, by his disciples. In the context of religion, those people—Jews, Christians, Muslims and Magians were all enemies, to one another. Therefore, the fact