Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE TOMB OF JESUS CHRIST.
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HE discovery of the tomb at Sirinagar is an evidence showing that Jesus did not die on the cross. Several circumstances support this conclusion. (1 Oral testimony, based on tradition, of the people of Cashmere tells us that the tomb belongs to one who bore the name of Yus Asaf who was known as a Nabi (prophet) and as Shahzada (prince) who came to Cashmere from some country in the West some 1900 years ago. The tomb is also known as that of Nabi Sahib. (2) The Tarikh Azami an historical work written some two hundred years ago, says referring to this tomb on page 82: The tomb is generally known as that of a prophet. He was a prince who came from a foreign land. He was perfect in his piety, righteousness and devotion. He was made a prophet by God and was engaged in preaching to the people of Cashmere. His name was Yus Asaf." (3) The Ikmal-ud-Din, an Arabic work, a thousand years old, says: “He (Yus Asaf) wandered about in several lands and towns until he reached a land and lived and stayed therein until death overtook him." (4) Joseph Jacoba also states on the authority of a very old version of the story of Jus Asaf that he (Joasaph) at last reached Cashmere and there died. (Barllam and Josphat p. cv.) There are many circumstances which identify Yus Asaf with Jesus. (a) There is conclusive testimony that he was a foreigner and not a resident of Cashmere or India. (b) He is universally known as a Nabi or a prophet among the Muslims, and therefore he cannot be a Muslim saint; for no Muslim saint has been called Nabi after the Holy Prophet. The word Nabi occurs only in two languages, viz. : Arabic and Hebrew, and no Indian saint could be called a Nabi. But the only Nabi in Arabia was the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be on him and therefore Yus Asaf can only be a Hebrew Prophet. (c) The time which tradition and history ascribe to Yus Asaf is the time of the prophet Jesus. (d) The name Yus is clearly the same as Yasa, the Hebrew original of the word Jesus.