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for Everybody), Islam and Christianity, especially in its
chapters under the headings Qur’ân al-kerîm and the
Gospels and The Islamic Religion and Other Religions, and
in the book Could not Answer.]
54 – ÎSÂ (ALAIHISSALÂM) WAS A HUMAN
BEING; HE CANNOT BE WORSHIPPED
A commission of Christians from Najrân visited our master
Rasûlullah. Najrân was a city between Hijâz and Yemen. They
consisted of sixty cavalrymen, twenty-four of whom were their
superiors. However, only three of them held the most superior
ranks. Their chief was Abdulmasîh. Of them, Abulhâris bin
Alqama was the most learned. He had read about the
symptoms of the Last Prophet in the Injîl. But, because he was
fond of his worldly rank and fame, he had not converted to
Islâm. Being well-known for his knowledge, he used to be
favoured by the kaisers and used to control many churches. At
any rate, these Christians came to Madina and, after the
afternoon prayer, entered Masjîd-i sharîf. They wore the
ornamented dresses of priests. It being the time for them to
pray, they stood up to pray in Masjîd-i sharîf and Rasûlullah
said, “Let them pray.” They performed it turning towards the
east. Their three superiors began to talk. In the course of their
conversation, once they said, “Allah,” at another time they said,
“the Son of Allah,” and at another time they said, “one of the
three gods,” referring to Hadrat Îsâ. They said that they called
him Allah because he used to enliven the dead, cure the sick,
communicate the unknown, and because he used to make
birds out of mud, which flew when he blew into them. They said
that they called him the Son of Allah because he did not have a
certain father. And they said that he was one of the three,
because Allah said, “We made, we created.” If He was one, He
would have said, “I made, I created.” Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu
alaihi wa sallam’ invited them to the religion. He read some
âyats. They did not believe him. They said, “We believed before
you did.” Rasûlullah said, “You are lying! He who says that
Allah has a son does not have îmân.” They asked, “If he is
not the son of Allah, who is his father then?”
Rasûlullah: Don’t you know that Allahu ta’âlâ never dies, and
He is the only one who keeps everything in existence? As for
Hadrat Îsâ he was non-existent, and he will cease to exist.
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