The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 135
The Purpose of the Promised Messiah's Advent 135 head throughout the country and would never have given up this propagation even if I had been perse- cuted or killed or slaughtered or cut to pieces in his cause. But, dear ones, may God have mercy on you and open your eyes, Prophet Jesusas is not God, but only a Prophet and not a speck more than that. I call God to witness that I bear him such love as you do not. You can never recognize him with the light with which I recognize him. There is no doubt that he was a beloved and exalted Prophet of God and was one of those who are particularly blessed by God and are pu- rified by His hand. But he was neither God nor the son of God. I do not say this on my own. Indeed, God, Who is the Creator of heaven and earth, ap- peared to me and has made me the Promised Messiah for this latter age. He has revealed to me that the truth is that Jesus son of Maryas was not God or the son of God. God has informed me that the Prophet who brought the Qur'an and called people to Islam is a true Prophetsa and that he is the one under whose feet lies salvation, and no one can ever achieve any light without following him. When my God disclosed to me the high status and greatness of this Prophetsa, I fell atremble and my body was shaken, for as people have so exaggerated their praise of Jesus the Messia- has that they have deified him, but people have not recognized the true status of that Holy Prophets in the same way and they are yet unaware of his lofty status. He is the one Prophets who planted the seed of Di- vine Unity in such a manner that it still continues to