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above prophecy. They both understand a messianic predic-
tion in the word Himda. Indeed, here is a wonderful pro-
phecy confirmed by the usual biblical formula of the divine
oath, "says the Lord Sabaoth," four times repeated. If this
prophecy be taken in the abstract sense of the words himda
and shalom as "desire" and "peace," then the prophecy
becomes nothing more than an unintelligible aspiration. But
if we understand by the term himda a concrete idea, a person
and reality, and in the word shalom, not a condition, but a
living and active force and a definitely established religion,
then this prophecy must be admittedly true and fulfilled in
the person of Ahmed and the establishment of Islam. For
himda and shalom - or shlama have precisely the same
significance respectively as Ahmed and Islam.
Before endeavoring to prove the fulfillment of this pro-
tion in the word Himda. Indeed, here is a wonderful pro-
phecy confirmed by the usual biblical formula of the divine
oath, "says the Lord Sabaoth," four times repeated. If this
prophecy be taken in the abstract sense of the words himda
and shalom as "desire" and "peace," then the prophecy
becomes nothing more than an unintelligible aspiration. But
if we understand by the term himda a concrete idea, a person
and reality, and in the word shalom, not a condition, but a
living and active force and a definitely established religion,
then this prophecy must be admittedly true and fulfilled in
the person of Ahmed and the establishment of Islam. For
himda and shalom - or shlama have precisely the same
significance respectively as Ahmed and Islam.
Before endeavoring to prove the fulfillment of this pro-