This repose I feel in everything that is written in
the Koran, in the Bible, and, with the few known exceptions, in the
New Testament.[67] We do not believe that Christ was the son of God,
though we believe him to have been a great prophet sent down to
enlighten mankind; nor do we believe that he was crucified. We
believe that the wicked Jews got hold of a thief, and crucified him
in the belief that he was the Christ; but the real Christ was, we
think, taken up into heaven, and not suffered to be crucified.'
'But, Nawab Sahib, the Sikhs have their book, in which they have the
same faith.'
'True, sir, but the Sikhs are unlettered, ignorant brutes; and you do
not, I hope, call their "Granth" a book--a thing written only the
other day, and full of nonsense. No "book" has appeared since the
Koran came down from heaven; nor will any other come till the day of
judgement. And how', said the Nawab, 'have people in modern days made
all the discoveries you speak of in astronomy?'
'Chiefly, Nawab Sahib, by means of the telescope, which is an
instrument of modern invention.'
'And do you suppose, sir, that I would put the evidence of your
"durbins" (telescopes) in opposition to that of the holy prophet? No,
sir, depend upon it that there is much fallacy in a telescope--it is
not to be relied upon.
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