Jesus In India — Page 96
86 JESUS IN INDIA the greatest brilliance; who first exposed the impotence of false gods and proved their insignificance on grounds of knowledge and power, and then, when he had proved everything, he left as a symbol of his decisive victory the testament لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ الله ['There is no one worthy of worship except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah']. He did not pronounce لا إله إلا الله as an unproven assertion. No, he first proved it, and exposed the errors of false belief and then drawing the attention of the people said, 'Look, there is no God besides Him who has demolished all your might and shattered all your arrogance . Thus it was that to serve as a reminder for ever, of this established truth, he taught this blessed Kalimah-or credo : لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَّسُوْلُ الله