Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 211
? 204 how the Almighty God gets His purpose served through such people as regard themselves to be inadequate, he did not show, while the part that the Prophet Jonah did not show to the people, the Messiah did. Jonah entered the belly of the fish without the Ninevites having seen this sign. Jonah remained alive in the fish's belly but the people of Nineveh did not witness this sign either. Jonah came out of the fish's belly alive; again the inhabitants of Nineveh did not see this miracle. After this when Allah brought Jonah back to Nineveh, he demonstrated to the people his work, to wit, that nobody can run away from the Almighty God—he had run away but had been forced by God back to them. This was the sign the people saw and whoever reflects even in a superficial manner, would be compelled to glorify God and treat it as a wondrous miracle. Jonah did not consider himself to be worthy of the office of God's prophet and in panic he made off to another country. But God taking hold of him brought him back to the Ninevites and when he delivered the message, the very Ninevites about whom he had entertained misapprehension believed in him and bowed down to him. As one ponders this miracle, one is forced to believe in the powers of Allah and to marvel how great is Allah the Lord of Might, He grants honour to whomso He pleases and gives to whomso He pleases. But if Jonah had told the people that he had remained alive in the fish's belly or had come out of it alive, they