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Biblical Prophecy on Muhammad (pbuh) # 21

Paraklete - the Comforter
by Maulana Muhammad Idris Kandhlavi
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If thou love me, keep my commandments, And I will pray the father and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever...... But the comforter ,which is the holy Ghost, whom the father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you, Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you...... And now I have told you before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe . Here I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. (John 14: 16, 27, 29-30)

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me (John14: 26)

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you: but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness and of judgement : of sin, because they believe not on me, of righteousness because I go to my Father: and ye see me no more; of Judgement, because the prince of this world is judged.  I have yet many things to say unto you but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he , the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you unto all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you (John 16 : 7-14)

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost (Mathew iii : II)

 

This is what Jesus (pbuh), told his disciples before his ascension that they should grieve not on the conspiracy of the Jews to kill him and about his suffering, he would just depart to a place where no rejecting Jew could be able to reach. i.e., will ascend the heaven because God has plenty of spaces to station him and will return  towards the day of Resurrection. After which he spoke or a 'Paralete' declaring that a time will come when another, paraklete (ahmad, a messenger), other than himself, will appear and will glorify him (Jesus);  (salvage his honour) and punish those who did not believe in Jesus- (the Jews), and a prince of the faith and the world; who would be so exalted that I (Jesus) ' hath nothing in me of him' ; and the Qur'an verified in thus:

 

And when Jesus, son of Mary said : O children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of  a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is Ahmad-the praised one (Holy Qur'an lxi :6)

The original word in this prophecy was Ahmed, as it still exist in the gospel of Barnabas. But when the book was translated from the original Hebrew into Greek, the latter, according to their practice or plan of translating the proper nouns from the original word also, translated the word Ahmed, and thus the Hebrew Ahmed became the Greek Paraklete: and when it was further translated back in Arabic the Greek Paraklete was translated into Farqlete, after which it also came to be translated as the "Holy Ghost", etc. Gradually the Greek Paraklete, was translated as the Holy Ghost ; first the Christians bracketed the world "the Holy Ghost" in their commentaries by way of explanation only, till bracketing was omitted ; moreover some substitute "the Holy Ghost" for the Paraklete, the others a "Spirit of Truth " and yet others a "Helper" or a "Comforter", till the word Paraklete was totally deleted  from the Bible' and relegated to oblivion, the more so because it weighed on the side of Islam, and threatened to expose Christianity as obsolete and wrong.

ENQUIRY ABOUT THE WORD " THE PARAKLETE"

While on the subject, it seems imperative to assay the true meaning of the word, Paraklete, which so often occurs in the Biblical text  quoted above. This word "Farqalete' (Paraklete) is taken into Arabic from the original Greek where it holds different meaning all of which invariably apply to the Arabic words 'Ahmad' or 'Muhammad' or the person of the prophet. Christian scholars have given various exposition of this word:

Some said it meant 
1.    a "consoler" , which in Arabic means Muazza; 
2.    the others defined it as 'helper', support and (Maula)
3.    the 'intercessor' (Shafi)
4.    the 'intermediary' (vakeel)
5.    the 'great extoller' which in Arabic means hammad and Ahmed
6.    the 'Praiseworthy' which in Arabic means Muhammad, i.e., who is highly exalted among the men and is praised everywhere
7.    some have translated the paraklete as 'hope'
8.    and in some editions it is mentioned as an 'apostle'
9.    others mean it as 'the Holy Ghost'
10.    and yet others mean it 'authentic', 'reliable'

Thus if we translate the Greek paraklytos, it means Helper, or the One who manages our affairs (Vakeel). If we take it as Periklutos, then it would mean the praise one or One who praises most, which is more nearer to the word Muhammad, Hammad and Ahmad. Formerly, the word farqlete appeared in all the Arabic, Persian and Urdu  versions of the Bible, but in later editions the word Helper or the Spirit of Truth, has been inserted  replacing it. But in spite of all such interpolations, changes, and misinterpretations, whatsoever interpretation has been given to the word Paraklete it applies to and gets satisfied catergorically and gracefully by Muhammad (pbuh)  because all the attributes attached to Paraklete  , are there in Muhammad (pbuh), and whatever meaning be deduced of it, it applies to him, he (the prophet ,is both the "sent one" and the vakeel of the Lord, the "Holy Ghost" the "Spirit of Truth", and "Spirit of Righteousness", i.e., it is not an evil spirit that should lie; but he is an intercessor of his people, a bearer of glad tidings, a warner; and is the exalted  and beloved of the Lord, also, who glorifies God most of all, All these are his names. Some of them are adjectives as the vakeel, the intercessor, and the helper and "the sprit of truth" , and other words are used as proper-noun- Ahmad. Muhamaad , Mahmood, and Hammad-which all mean exaltation-The prophet is also named as "HAMD"; thought this word is originally to express a glorification personified of the Lord, as the Prophet constantly exalted and glorified God.

The most correct translation of the word Praraklete is "Ahmed", of which it was Greek translation from the Hebrew original and that is why this prophecy  in the Qur'an has mentioned the word Ahmed: "and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is Ahmed-the praised one" (Holy Qur'an lxi :6)

This is a Qur'anic verse, and in a country where and at a time when, this was revealed, there lived countless Jewish and Christian doctors, if it had not been so those doctors should have at once jumped on it and declared it fallacious, and refuted it and those of them who had embraced Islam should have apostatized at once, and had stood in opposition. An open proclamation of this prophecy and its calm acceptance by the Jews and Christians, without demur, is proof positive of its truthfulness. Now, if one counter argues that, if it was really so then what prevented all the contemporary Jewish and Christian doctors from becoming Muslim ?

THE ANSWER

The above in short, may be elicited from the Christians themselves, to make it more acceptable thus we employ Bible, Jesus may blame, for those who did not accept Islam. "They believe not in me" (John 16: 10), that is "believing they believe not"

according to Christian divines, there are numerous prophecies about the advent of Christ Jesus in the Torah, but in spite of that and the glaring miracles performed by Jesus, all the Jews did not accept and believe in him:  but turned out as his enemies, and out of their heartlessness, jealousy and for worldly interests , did not follow him and deny his being prophesied although they could be sure that he was the very Jesus, son of Mary who had been foretold in the Old Testament, as Christian hold, likewise most of the Jews and Christians contemporary to the Prophet did not become Muslim simply for the fear of the loss of their status, position, gains and even realms;  except  those who were just, truthful and brave among the Christians like Negus, the king of Ethiopia and others believed in him and became Muslim; and many of the Christian doctors, willfully, like the Jews, tried to browbeat and denied any such mention about Muhammad (pbuh), as some do it even now. This denial by the Christian doctors of the Prophetic claim of Muhammad (pbuh) therefore, is an exact parallel of that of the Jews in the case of Jesus (pbuh). The Christian doctors say that by the prophecy of the advent of Paraklete, the descending of the Holy Ghost on the apostle is meant; who after the Master's disappearance, assembled in a house where the Holy Ghost descended upon them and they began to talk strange1. (But this claim of speaking "strange languages" fails to the ground when we see Peter one of the assembled disciples, seeking an interpreter in Rome........ Translator's note  )

The Christian conviction is fundamentally baseless. This prophecy is in favour of a exalted man, who would receive revelation from God and "Whatsoever he shall hear, that  shall he speak", adding nothing of his own. It has nothing to do with the Holy Ghost, i.e., the Archangel Gabreil, or any other angel, for the matter. The advent of paraklete means the advent of a mighty apostle who would distinguished between right and wrong. Maulana Abdul-Haq Haqqani, author of Tafsir-i-Haqqani, writes in his book, Aqaai-dul-Islam,p 68, about his inquiries into the real meaning of the word (paraklete) that a Christian missionary, published a pamphlet at Culcutta in 1268 A.H (a century and a quarter back) and their in he said that "if we accept the Greek word Pariklutos, then it would mean an "associate" or a "vakil", and if we take it as Pariklutos then in would means Muhammad or Ahmed. Thus whosoever among the Muslim doctors read this prophecy, he naturally concluded that the word is Pariklutos,2 and Jesus had foretold about the Prophet of Islam. But the real word is "Faraklytos".

But we say that the original word is "Pariklutos, since there is great similitude in Greek words, it was wrongly read as Paraklutos.3

Again Maulana Muhammad Rahmatullah of Kerana, in his book Izharul Haq, vol ii , p 155,. says :" The greatest proof of the original Greek word Pariklutos is that when St. Jerome translated the Bible from the Greek into the Latin, he wrote the word Paraklutos instead periklutos.

Even though if we ignore this Christian interpretation of the appellation and the application we still have the testimony that the promised one (paraklete) is none other than Muhammad (pbuh), the Prophet , because the qualifications attributed in the prophecies apply, all the sundry, to him and him alone.

  1. If , I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you
  2. He shall testify of me
  3. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement 
  4. of sin, because they believe not in me
  5. of righteousness
  6. he will shew you the things to come
  7. he shall speak
  8. because the prince of this world is judged
  9. bring all things to your remembrance
  10. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he the spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all truth.

All these apply to the Prophet of Islam. The advent of the Holy  Prophet  depended on the departure of Jesus (pbuh) for the reason that he (Muhammad (pbuh)) is the Last of the Prophets, and if he is not the Last of the Prophets then the going away of the first  prophet cannot be conditional, because when the latter is not the last of the Prophets, he can come in the presence of the first.

The going away of the first prophet can only be conditional that the succeeding one should be the Last and he final. The Messiah made it clear that the promised Paraklete, the Spirit of Truth , would be the last prophet : "Muhammad is not the father of any man among you, but he is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets" (Holy Qur'an 33 :40).

  1. Jesus was not the last of the prophets , otherwise the Jewish and Christian doctors should not have expected "that prophet", and descending of the "Spirit" did not depend on the going way of Jesus, because it descended even in his life time.
  2. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), testified Christ (pbuh):
    " And because of their saying : We slew the Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, Allah's messengers-they slew him not nor they crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and Lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof, they have no knowledge thereof save conjecture; they slew him not for certain, but Allah took him up unto Himself, Allah was ever Mighty, Wise" (Holy Qur'an 4 : 157-158)
  3. and identified him with righteousness and justice.
  4. Punished those who did not believe in Jesus by waging war and sending them into exile, as he did with the Jews of Kheibar, Banu Nuzeir, and Banu Qeinqa: but the "spirit" did neither accuse any nor punish one. which means that the Paraklete on his advent will reprimand and punish the offender with authority. Nowhere it appears that the "Holy Ghost" on appearance will establish a government, nor it  status of the disciples. The disciples did not admonish people with authority, but used to instruct them through preachment devoid of any backing or recognition from the ruler of the age. Thus, the Holy Ghost can nowise be the Paraklete , as some argue.

     In the verse 10, the reason for punishment is given the "They believe not in me"4. And this signifies that Paraklete , the Helper , the intercessor, will not appear  in the time of Jesus (pbuh), on the contrary, the "Spirit" descended on the disciples who were not the disciples  who were not the disbelievers in Jesus (pbuh) nor the disciples punished any one because they themselves were weak and could not punish others.
  5. Muhammad (pbuh) showed such ways of truth and righteousness that the world has not known so far. His Splendid Law and the structure of the society, that he evolved and left behind, are the best testimony of the fact.
  6. He spoke of innumerable things to happen that were so true and correct and occurred  exactly without any variation, and will continue so to the end of the time.
  7. Because he never said anything of his own : "Nor doth he speak of  (his own) desire" (Holy Qur'an liii :3)
  8. In spite of that he became not only a prince but preacher of the world also, the spiritual and secular supremacy signify that his prophethood is meant for the entire world and not confined to any particular race, or period; he is the Last as well as the Prince of all the Prophets. His ministry is eternal, from the first to the last; God has laid a covenant on all the prophets, even when he had created them, spirits or souls of all to support and follow, and glorify and herald, the Beloved  Prophet, embodiment of God's love , Muhammad (pbuh) if they find his company. So, he , the last Prophet, was their Prince also, even the messenger of this ever first, and eternal covenant.
  9. the Christians had forgotten the truthful teaching of their Messiah, which he reminded them, that included monotheism and denial of tritheism and his crucifixion; and affirmation of his ascension to heaven.

    O ye people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! come to an arrangement between us and you: that we shall worship none but Allah, and that we shall  ascribe no partner unto Him, and that none of us shall take others for lords beside Allah (Holy Qur'an 3 : 64)

    The Messiah (himself) said : O children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Lo! whoso ascribeth partners unto Allah, for him Allah hath forbidden paradise. His abode is the fire. For evil doers there will be no helpers. They surely disbelieve  who say : Lo! Allah is the third of the three : when there is no God save One God. if they desist not from saying so, a painful doom will fall on those of them. (Holy Qur'an 5 : 72 -73)

  10. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) taught such matters, after his revelation, as Prophet , which were not borne out to Israelites during the time of Jesus. Theses matters related to the knowledge of the Divine Being  and His Attributes : the knowledge of Islamic Laws, Spiritualism, Resurrection and the Day of Judgement, and knowledge about the hell and the heaven in such a way that the world had not known before. The knowledge he taught could not be found in any other book. He further , brought perfection to the law that was left imperfect :"This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed  My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion the Islam. i.e., "surrender to Allah" (Holy Qur'an 5 : 72)

    He gave the world a Law so perfect, and so complete a constitution (Shariah) , that is sufficient for the prosperity of the world. The world seems wonderstruck at the wisdom, depth of foresight, that it forestalls the events occurring till the end of the time. The Jewish and Christian savants have no such law that the jurists of the nation could decide cases according to it. The modern Christians have no such law according to which they may judge things. They have plenty of mundane literature on industry and commerce, but nothing to rule and administer, with equity and justice according to a divine decree. Whatever law the western people possess is the product of some thinkers, but nothing like the Islamic Sharia

 

REGARDING THE DESCENDING OF HOLY GHOST AFTER JESUS

the Christian doctors ascribe this prophecy to the Holy Ghost that descended on the disciples forty-seven days after the departure of the Master. But for several reasons it is incorrect:

  1. The descending of the Holy Ghost did not depend on the departure of Christ (pbuh), because it was constantly with him during his life time.
  2. The Holy Ghost neither judged the sinners, nor punished the Jews for their unbelief in Jesus (pbuh). But it was Muhammad (pbuh), who fought against the polytheists and the infidels , and decreed adequate punishment to the Jews and accused them also, because to hold people blameworthy  and punish them cannot be done without regal authority, so  it indicated and proved that the promised paraklete, and the second helper would be a king and a ruler of the world, who would punish the accused. In the Qur'an 14 :30 a mention has already been made of the prince of the world who would admonish and punish the guilty.
  3.  Jesus' advice to his disciples to believe in the Holy Ghost, sounds superfluous, because they already believed in it. What necessity warranted the trees : "when he comes believe in him" is unintelligible. His particular stress on believing in him, specifically signifies that the promised one  would be such that the denial of him by them can not be ruled out as impossible which would be sinful, hence the warning.

    Thus , if the paraklete really meant the spirit, it seems strange why such stress  be laid on it, because when it descends on the heart, no one can resist it, nor can deny it. It is useful for being. Just as the prophet believes in his mission by the descending of the Holy Ghost, a man feels so sure of the impending  events, that even in his thought he can not forget them, and when he falls into a trance, or is possessed of a spirit he cannot deny it, not even those who witness it.
  4. The context of this prophecy shows that the expected Paraklete is other than Jesus, as the words "shall give you another comforter" indicate "otherness", that is, he would be altogether a separate person, and a man. Thus, if we have Paraklete as the "Holy Ghost", then he is not separate from Jesus, because according to Christian belief son and the Holy Ghost are united into one,  and the Holy Ghost that would alight at the disciples will not be separate, just as one is possessed by a demon, whatever the person speaks, it is the speech of the demon himself , it does not appear separately.
  5. the prophecy also contains, "and bring all things  to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto You". But it is not proved by any book that the disciples had forgotten Jesus' teaching, and the Holy Ghost reminded them by appearing a separate form. Nor the time gap between Jesus, disappearance and the reported appearance of the Holy Ghost was enough to induce forgetting .
  6. It is further mentioned in the prophecy that "He shall testify of me". This applies to none, but Muhammad (pbuh), who testified the prophetic office of Jesus before the Jews and the polytheists, and before those who were either unaware of  or denied him,  Muhammad (pbuh) alone testified and declared his (Jesus) prophetic office. And upheld his noble birth.

    On the other hand, the Holy Ghost descended on the disciples of Jesus, who already believed in his apostolic mission and nobility birth. Testimony was needed before the deniers and not the believers , Muhammad (pbuh) testified Jesus' apostolic mission before the Jews -his deniers and enemies, he refuted their contention of crucifixion and death, while proving his ascension into heaven
  7. "For the prince of this world cometh, and I have nothing in me" , are the words of Jesus which distinctly prove that the Paraklete is quite a distinct person and has nothing in common with Jesus or Holy Ghost, or Gabriel, in whom Jesus has a share and was one and the same person in Trinity. Hence this "prince" is and could be none other than Muhammad (pbuh) , independently of Jesus and exclusively of the Holy Ghost.
  8. We must consider now what future happenings did this holy Ghost  prophecy, that it became an object of this testimony ?
  9. The entire text and trend of the prophecy prove that the promised Paraklete  will appear in human form,  like Jesus himself, preaching and comforting people. Thus to think of the Paraklete as a Spirit possessing like the demons and merging in men is erroneous, and mere perversion of the text and context.
  10. The Christian world, after his ascension into heaven , had been and is still expecting a Paraklete, as a magnanimous and majestic prophet. On the basis of this Montanus claimed himself ,in the second century, to be the promised Paraklete, foretold by Jesus and many a man believed in him, a detailed account of which is given by William Muir in his history published in 1848. Thus the Jewish and Christian doctors believed that the promised  Paraklete is a person  and not a spirit  like the Holy ghost . Even after the appearance of the Holy Ghost, put up, as refuted above, people awaited the advent of the Promised one.

    A Christian historian, the compiler of "Lub-ut-tawarikh" "says that long before the advent of Muhammad (pbuh) both Jews and the Christians were expecting a prophet, and for this reason Negus, the Emperor of Ethiopia, on hearing about the teaching of the Prophet from Jaafar Tayyar (May Allah bless him), embraced Islam, and testified that it was the very Prophet about whom Jesus (pbuh) had foretold. Negus was a great scholar of the Bible, as well as an Emperor , and had no fear or threat from anyone.

    The Coptic King Maquqas, gave the following reply to the Prophet's letter, inviting him to embrace Islam :

    "Peace be upon you. I have read your epistle and whatever you say and to what you invite me, I appreciate them. I know well that a Prophet is to come, and I conjectured that the promised one will appear in Syria. I honoured your messenger"

    Although Maquqa did not embrace Islam, but still he vouched that a prophet was yet to come.

    Jarod bin 'Ala was a chief of a Christian tribe and a great scholar. he came to the Prophet  and embraced Islam along with his tribesmen, and said:

    " By God, thou hast come with the truth and hath spoken rightly, and I found you testimony in the Bible, and the Messiah , son of the Virgin prophesied about thee. I offer great salutation to thee and thank those who honour thee. No sign is needed after  seeing thee and no doubt remains after believing in thee. Stretch thin hand out and I testify that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger.

    Likewise, the Byzantinian Heraclius and other illustrious scholars of the Torah and the Gospel , believed in him. Thus is is proved that a prophecy and the name of Muhammad (pbuh) is there in the Bible, seeing which people believed in him, whom they had expected ever and eminently even long before his advent. These were the people who were not deterred by worldly gains. "That is the bounty of Allah; which He gives unto whom He will. Allah is of infinite bounty . (Holy Qur'an lxii : 4). And  praise is due to Allah. He has guided us to this. and we would never had recieved the guidance if God had not granted it.
  11. And  the words, "that he may abide with you forever" (John 14 :16) do not necessarily mean that the Paraklete will abide with them in flesh and bones for all eternity; because even the Paraklete-the spirit-in whom the Christians believe, did not abide with them for ever nor did Jesus. However, with the difference that the prophet is resting in Medina, while Jesus is not here. But it means that his religion and the law shall abide for all eternity, and there would be no other religion to supersede it. Nor any new prophet is to come. His prophethood shall prevail and never depart.
  12. "Even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not" (John 14 :17), plainly tells that the world does not know his status and magnanimity that is much above the mark in the world, unattainable by anyone else except by him alone, as it is beyond the very perception of others. even beyond the very perception of others. even beyond the reach of their imagination.

REFUTATION OF SOME CHRISTIAN OBJECTIONS

First objection :
 Q: The spirit of truth and the Holy Ghost mean Trinity 5 and cannot apply to Muhammad (pbuh).?

  Answer : In both the Old Testament and the New Testament the word "Spirit" does not apply to three persons, but to the righteous and the wicked ,the guided and strayed as well; So we find in (I John 4 :5) 

" Beloved believe not every spirit , but the spirits whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out in the world. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ  is come in the flesh is of God,6 and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God" and in verse 6, we read, "Hereby we know that spirit of truth, and the spirit of error".

Here 'spirit' with qualifying words means 'a true preacher' , or the one who is not beguiled into error; nowhere three persons are meant by it.

Second objection :
 Q. In this prophecy it is the disciples who are addressed and so the spirit must have descended in their lifetime, while Muhammad (pbuh) appeared centuries later ?

Answer : The disciples were addressed because it were they who were present at the moment and listening but in fact it were not they who were meant to be addressed they were only immediate listeners. In Mathew 26 :64 "hereafter shall ye see the son of man coming in the cloud of heaven". Now it is about 2,000 years since the disciples died and no one has seen "the son of man coming  in the clouds of heaven". Thus the objects of this address were those who would be present at the time of his descent and likewise the real addresses of this prophecy were those who were present at the time of the advent of the spirit of truth, the Paraklete , or the contemporaries of the Prophet.

Third objection :
 Q. some die hard, bigotted Christian missionaries mock at the word Prince in John 14 :30,and interpret it as the devil.

Answer : in reply to this monstrosity we say that to interpret the word. "prince" as the devil, betrays nothing but their own base and mean intellect, ignorance based on mere jealousy and bigotry. Because to interpret the "prince of world" as the devil, is no where proved either in any lexicon or common parlance, and is against the context. From the beginning to end it bears the mention of the "Spirit of Truth" the Paraklete-and it is reminder of the fact that when that Paraklete appears, it is expedient to believe in him and the reason given for this is that "The prince of the world cometh" , We ask, Did Jesus described and prophesied for Parakalete in this prophecy? For God forbid! if he would be no other than the Devil, and yet advised his followers to believe in him, the Devil surprising enough, he would praise Jesus! What a pro-Christ Devil. No Anti Christ then ? How does this reflect on Jesus himself ? Thus , the prince of the world means the very Paraklete and the Spirit of Truth by whom all crimes and sins should be punished under a legal authority. This can only be true when it is taken to refer to Muhammad (pbuh) - the Last of the Apostolic of Allah

Further the words "the prince of the world is judged", are basically wrong, and are an interpolation contrary to the context 7. It is queer that there should be mention of high and noble characteristics of the Paraklete, and then , in the same breath, he should be styled as "devil", and yet, it should mean, the Holy Ghost, according to some Christian doctors, Isn't it an open sign of extreme depravity and satanic insinuation ?

Secondly, Messiah's saying that the prince of the world is to come is a clear fact, that he has not come, while the devil, according to the Jews and the Christians is with men from the day of creation, where was that devil about whom it it told that he is come? Wasn't the present before and then ? Did he not temp Jesus and others before him, and made his presence felt to need such a futile prophecy of advent?

Thirdly, in Mathew 2 :6, Jesus son of Mary (pbuh) has been called that prince. Invariably , it refers, by the word "that" before "Prince", to some previously mentioned prophecy presumably to the one above, or as in Isaiah, Chapter 9: 6, 7, to "The prince of Peace", ............Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David", which the Christians claim relates to Jesus Christ, and not to the Devil, although the two narrations paraphrase the same text, if a further proof is needed one should read on :

"And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the last  among the princes of Juda : For out of thee shall come a Governor, shall rule my people Israel"


It is Jesus (pbuh) who is meant as a "Governor" in this verse, as it fully appears from vv. 7-12. In certain divinely revealed books the words prince and Governor have been applied to God also. Thus, it is wrong to interpret "prince" as the devil. One may ask why do the missionaries stop insulting it when this word Prince is applied to Jesus by them ? The Prophecy does not say "Prince of Hell", to mean Devil. Still if they say otherwise, they cannot claim it as a prophecy for Jesus. As to who else it applies is self evident in the prophecy. But that is not all.

The British and Foreign Bible Society in its commemorative edition of the Bible, for its Third Jubilee, from London, 1954,p 551, has captioned Isaiah-9th Chapter as "The Prince of Peace". According to the Christians it foretells the advent of Jesus, and that Jesus is mentioned in it as a Prince. "The Prince of Peace", inverse 6-7.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; the government shall be upon his shoulders, and his name shall be called ;Wonderful Councillor, The Mighty God. The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgement and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will  perform it.

In this  Prophecy , one should expect, the Christians would not dare say that the words "The Prince of Peace" refer to the Devil. As on the pattern of Christian fiction of Trinity, it has already been embellished, to justify their claim that it refers to Jesus and none else, by the parenthetical clauses of the "The mighty God", "The everlasting Father", and by the words "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish and with judgement and justice 'henceforth even for ever...,,"

Naturally , 'this government would be a government of this world, and its Prince would not be different from "the Prince of this World' as prophesied.

So, to hold that "The Prince of this world" is Satan, or Devil is a Satanic interpretation by the clergy. In the two texts one of Isaiah 9 and the other of John, referred to in the prophecy 21, there are certain similar appellations for the Prince, like, Comforter, and Councillor too. So, in Deuteronomy , and in Isaiah as above, 'Prince' is an appellation of praise , and is a reference of Muhammad (pbuh) , the Marvel of religious history and the Wonder of the worldly empires.

note

1. Was this talking in strange languages any part of the Prophecy , if not what relevancy is there in this to be advanced as an argument by the Christians ?

2,3 In Qur'an , God says that Jesus prophesied about the Last Prophet by naming him as Ahmed, and here we find a prophecy in the Bible, corresponding to the same words, even in some of the versions translated by Christians themselves. So in the face of so many "ifs" and "buts" , no Christian can dare  refute the Qur'anic statement. 

4. by refusing the Prophet Praklete after his advent, they betray belief in Jesus

5.This interpretation is discarded by the descriptive pronouns used for theses in the prophecy, words like I, he , father, I must go, I will send him, I have nothing of it in me, I will ask the father to send him , he will not come unless I go, do not permit of Trinity.

6. Nearing those who say he was only a human being and a prophet, though born like Adam, the first man without a father. This refutes trinity and declares Trinitism as 'spirit of Error'.

7. Unless "Judged", is taken to mean as being pre-judged by god, to fulfill the mission and deserve to be the Prince, beyond any reflection by the evil ones, being God's own anointed, blessed one, and beloved, the real Christ Muhammad (pbuh).

 

 

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