Kitáb-i-Íqán | 150 |
Likewise, Muhammad, in another verse, uttereth
His protest against the people of that age. He
saith: "Although they had before prayed for victory
over those who believed not, yet when there
came unto them, He of Whom they had knowledge,
they disbelieved in Him. The curse of God
on the infidels!" (1) Reflect how this verse also implieth
that the people living in the days of Muhammad
were the same people who in the days of
the Prophets of old contended and fought in order
to promote the Faith, and teach the Cause, of God.
And yet, how could the generations living at the
time of Jesus and Moses, and those who lived in
the days of Muhammad, be regarded as being
actually one and the same people? Moreover, those
whom they had formerly known were Moses, the
Revealer of the Pentateuch, and Jesus, the Author
of the Gospel. Notwithstanding, why did Muhammad
say: "When He of Whom they had knowledge
came unto them"--that is Jesus or Moses--
"they disbelieved in Him?" Was not Muhammad
to outward seeming called by a different name?
Did He not come forth out of a different city? Did
He not speak a different language, and reveal a
different Law? How then can the truth of this