Did Jesus Redeem Mankind?

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad

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? 224 were hanging on the Cross, and cutting such jokes, for, they were hard-hearted and cared little what they were suffering. Such is generally the temperament of those who have in them the capacity to bear hardship. In Kashmir we have an Ahmadi family who were the rulers of Muzaffarabad in the past. The Maharaja of Kashmir defeated them and taking the Raja a prisoner brought him to Srinagar and sanctioned an allowance for the family's maintenance. This happened during the time of Maharaja Ranbir Singh during whose period Hazrat Khalifatul Masih I (Allah be pleased with him) was in the service of the Jammu and Kashmir State. This Muslim Raja was a very handsome and well-built youth and the Maharaja greatly admired his personal appearance. One day he fell down while playing polo and broke his arm. He was treated and the bone was reset hut was set with a slight crookedness. One day in the court, the Maharaja enquired of him if the bone had been set. He told him that it had been set. The Maharaja asked to show it to him. He did and the Maharaja remarked that it was crooked and that his beauty had suffered thereby. "You were such a handsome man. If you had told me, I would have appointed my own doctor and got the bone set properly. " The Raja was sitting in a chair at the time. With great equanimity of mind, putting pressure on his he gave a sudden jerk so that the arm was fractured and then observed: “Highness, now have it reset. ” Seeing arm,