AAMI
28th January '96
Jesus in Ahmadiyyat
Part IV (c)
Jesus' Miracles Denied
Performing miracles was a very big obstacle in the way of Mirza to substantiate his claim of being the Promised Messiah.
Miracles were of course not in his power, so he tried to cover his inability by ridiculing and denying the
miracles performed by Jesus.
"The Christians have written about many miracles of (Jesus)
but the fact is that he did not perform any miracle."
(Zamima Anjam-e-Atham, Roohani Khazain vol 11 p.290)
"It is no wonder that God AlMighty might have given Jesus some technical knowhow
so that by pressing a trigger or by somehow blowing on it, the clay toy took flight like a bird,
or if it didn't fly it might have walked. Because the Messiah, son of Mary had also been
working as a carpenter with his father, Joseph, for twenty two years, and it is obvious that
carpentry is a skill in which the faculty for inventing different sorts of machines and instruments
is sharpened."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.254 )
"Besides this, it is also conceivable that such miracles might have taken place by the way
of mesmerism, for play and entertainment, rather than as a reality because in
mesmerism there are such marvels which come about by the expert practitioner,
casting the heat of his own spirit on (lifeless things) to make them appear as living beings.....
However, Jesus was inferior to (the Prophet ) Elisha (in acts of mesmerism) because even
the cropse of Elisha performed the miracle of reviving the dead person whose bones
it touched. But Jesus' dead body could not at all revive the thieves who were crucified
along with Jesus despite their bodies being in contact with Jesus' body."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain, vol 3 p.255)
It is clear that Mirza Ghulam regarded the great miracles of Jesus as being merely the acts of
mesmerism. It should be pointed out that mesmerism is practiced by jugglers and magicains.
Mirza Ghulam not only wanted to belittle the miracles but degrade the
personality of Jesus by trying to prove that
the achievements of Jesus were not extraordinary.
Above quotation renders Jesus inferior to the Prophet Elisha, whereas in the following remarks
Mirza did not loose the opportunity to profess his own superiority over Jesus.
"Let it be known that this practice (of mesmerism) is not as respectable as it is
deemed by the public. If this humble one (Mirza) had not regarded this practice as
hateful and detestable, I had strong hope from the Grace of God AlMigthy that this
humble one (Mirza) would not have been inferior to the Messiah, son of Mary, in
showing wonderful acts (of mesmerism)."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.257)
"The number of objections and doubts about the miracles and prophecies of the Messiah
are so great that no other Prophet's miracles or prophecies have been doubted so much.
Doesn't the story of the Pond belittle the Messiah's miracles?"
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.106)
Mirza has taken the reference about the pool from what is regared as a debatable
verse of the Bible (John 5:3,4). These verses are not to be found in the ancient manuscripts
such as Codex Vaticanux, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Bezac, Codex Syriac and the Latin Vulgate.
Therefore the modern versions such as the Revised Standard, New American Standard etc.
have deleted these verses and put them in the foonotes.
However Mirza's remark is not tenable even in the light of the Biblical
verses in question because
the sickman described in the Bible had the infirmity for thirty eight years without getting cured.
Jesus cured this lame person by his word of mouth and the man walked immediately.
This is not isolated example of Jesus healing others without any physical means.
For example, Lazarus was revived by Jesus without even touching his body or his grave.
Mirza had the least concern about the actual details concerning the great miracles of Jesus.
He was merely fishing for excuses and whenever he found any remote or vague episode
he exploited it as a justification for making all sort of horredous conclusions.
The following will prove how Mirza draws evil conclusions to accuse Jesus of cunningness
and deceit:
"Perhaps he (Jesus, the Messiah) may have healed some blind and cured some
other ailments by ordinary means. Due to (Jesus') bad luck, during his time there was a
pond which was a source of great miracles. It can be assumed that he also used
(the miraculous) clay of the same pond. The complete reality of his miracles is exposed by this
pond. And a categorical inference drawn from the existence of this pond is that if at all he
performed any miracles, they were not his own but rather attributable to this pond and
he had nothing to his credit except cunning and deceit."
(Zamima Anjam-e-Atham, Roohani Khazain vol 11 p.291)
"The Messiah's miracles were worthless and insignificant due to the pond which was a source
of wonders even before the Messiah's birth. All kinds of sick, the lepers and the crippled etc.
used to be cured by one dip in this pond."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.263)
"It is also possible that the Messiah used to bring the clay of the pond which had the spiritual
effect of the Holy Spirit. Anyhow this miracle (of creating birds and making them fly)
was merely a kind of play."
(Izala-e-Auham, Roohani Khazain vol 3 p.263)
Finally Mirza declared:
"The fact is that (Jesus) did not perform any miracle."
(Zamima Anjam-e-Atham, Roohani Khazain vol 11 p.290)
From the above quotations it is clear that Mirza Qadiani had no regard for Jesus.
While it was perfectly normal and acceptable to Mirza that the clay of the pool had miraculous powers,
he raised a great hue and cry about the possibility of Jesus being gifted with the ability to perform
miracles. Mirza then went on to deny and belittle Jesus' prophecies.
Go to Part IV(d) - Jesus Accused of False Prophecies
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