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respect. If this resemblance seems strange to Mr Wherry, he alone must have known Prophets who did not receive cruel treatment from their people. If such is the case, then what would he say about him who said: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the Prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her!" (Matt. 23:37). And, "That the blood of all the Prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation" (Luke 11:50). Would Mr Wherry and those who subscribe to his view tell us that the man, who uttered the above words, was also ascribing his own experiences to former Prophets and that in reality they received no such treatment? Did he (Jesus) tell a lie or is it a fact that the Prophets from the beginning of the world were really rejected and opposed? If Mr Wherry has the hardihood to accuse even Jesus of falsehood, then we have no complaint against him. But if what Jesus said was true, and it was certainly true, then there is no denying the fact that the Prophets of God have always received opposition and maltreatment from their opponents. Enmity and blind prejudice alone have impelled Mr Wherry to make this most unjust charge against the Holy Prophet. Similarly, if the objection of Mr Wherry is true that the claim of the Quran that the former Prophets had warned their opponents of Divine punishment was a reflection of the Holy Prophet's own mind and nothing of the kind ever happened, then what would he say about the Bible, which is full of prophecies containing warnings for the Prophets' opponents. Did not Noah and Moses and Jeremiah and Hezekiah and Daniel warn their opponents of Divine punishment? Did not Jesus himself threaten his opponents with impending doom? If such is the case, then is it not merely blind prejudice to take exception to the Quranic statement that all the Prophets warned their opponents of their ultimate destruction and that destruction actually befell them? Let Mr Wherry and those of his way of thinking remember that all Prophets of God bear a close resemblance to one another just as their opponents resemble each other. This is why perhaps the objections of Mr Wherry bear a striking resemblance to the objections of the Scribes and the Pharisees; and the answers of the Holy Prophet resemble those given by Moses and Jesus to their opponents. 959