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and insignificant events which took place between a petty
king in Syria and a small Jewish chief, so as to compare the
latter with the glorious man who received the homage of the
millions of angels in the presence of the Almighty. More-
over, the prophetical vision describes and depicts the Bar nasha
as the greatest and the noblest of all men, for no other human
being is reported in the Old Testament to have been the
object of such honor and grandeur as Prophet Muhammad.
3. It is equally futile to claim for Jesus Christ this
celestial honor given to the Son-of-Man. There are two
main reasons to exclude Jesus from this honor; (a) If he
is purely a man and prophet, and if we consider his work
a success or failure, then he is certainly far behind Muham-
mad. But if he is believed to be the third of the three in the
king in Syria and a small Jewish chief, so as to compare the
latter with the glorious man who received the homage of the
millions of angels in the presence of the Almighty. More-
over, the prophetical vision describes and depicts the Bar nasha
as the greatest and the noblest of all men, for no other human
being is reported in the Old Testament to have been the
object of such honor and grandeur as Prophet Muhammad.
3. It is equally futile to claim for Jesus Christ this
celestial honor given to the Son-of-Man. There are two
main reasons to exclude Jesus from this honor; (a) If he
is purely a man and prophet, and if we consider his work
a success or failure, then he is certainly far behind Muham-
mad. But if he is believed to be the third of the three in the