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about the Prophet whom he foretold: "He who comes after
me has become before me, for he was before me" (John i.
15).
It is useless to interpret these wonderful words of the
Baptist about Prophet Muhammad as referring to Prophet Jesus
as the author of the Fourth Gospel attempts to do.
There is a remarkable chapter about John the Baptist in
the well-known book of Ernest Renan on La vie de Jesu.
Long ago I carefully read this work. If the learned French
writer had the least consideration for Prophet Muhammad's claim in
the world of Prophets, I am sure his profound investigations
and comments would have led him entirely to a different
conclusion. He, like all other dissident and Biblical critics,
me has become before me, for he was before me" (John i.
15).
It is useless to interpret these wonderful words of the
Baptist about Prophet Muhammad as referring to Prophet Jesus
as the author of the Fourth Gospel attempts to do.
There is a remarkable chapter about John the Baptist in
the well-known book of Ernest Renan on La vie de Jesu.
Long ago I carefully read this work. If the learned French
writer had the least consideration for Prophet Muhammad's claim in
the world of Prophets, I am sure his profound investigations
and comments would have led him entirely to a different
conclusion. He, like all other dissident and Biblical critics,