Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 206
? 199 death on the Cross is correct, then these four points are falsified altogether, namely (1) If the Messiah gave up ghost on the Cross and did not enter the grave alive and (2) if the Messiah remained in the tomb dead three days and nights but that he remained in hell he can have no resemblance with the Prophet Jonah, for, the Prophet Jonah remained three days and nights alive in the fish's belly and he was at peace with God the Almighty as he kept praying to Him. On the contrary, firstly the Messiah entered the tomb dead and then he remained in hell. In other words he was alienated from God the Almighty. (3) Again, if the Messiah rose from the grave alive, a second time, he is, even in this respect, far short of being the like of the Prophet Jonah. For, the Prophet Jonah did not rise a second time from the fish's belly; he was alive first, he remaind alive also in the fish's belly and alive did he come out of it. (4) If after his rising from the grave, the mission of Jesus came to an end as Christianity says that he remained in hell for three days to atone for the sins of mankind and after rising from the dead, he ascended to heaven to sit on the throne of his father, he has not the least resemblance with the Prophet Jonah. For, the miracle of Jonah was that Allah the Mighty granted him a successful term of preaching after he came out of the fish's belly. And as a matter of fact the real miracle that God Almighty showed the world was this—“Look, Jonah turned down My word and would not become