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accomplished by the Prophet and Messenger of Allah, Muhammad.
(d) The most important mark of Periqlyte is that he
would chastise the world on account of Judgement "because
the prince of this world is to be judged" (John xvi. 11).
The King or Prince of this world was satan (John xii. 31,
xiv. 30), because the world was subject to him. I must
draw the kind attention of my readers to the seventh chapter
of the Book of Daniel written in Aramaic or Babylonian
dialect. There it illustrates how the "thrones" ("Kursawan")
and the "Judgment" ("dina") were set up, and the "books"
("siphrin") were opened. In Arabic, too, the word "dinu",
like the Aramaic "dina," means judgment, but it is generally
used to signify religion. That the Koran should make use
of the "Dina" of Daniel as an expression of judgment and
(d) The most important mark of Periqlyte is that he
would chastise the world on account of Judgement "because
the prince of this world is to be judged" (John xvi. 11).
The King or Prince of this world was satan (John xii. 31,
xiv. 30), because the world was subject to him. I must
draw the kind attention of my readers to the seventh chapter
of the Book of Daniel written in Aramaic or Babylonian
dialect. There it illustrates how the "thrones" ("Kursawan")
and the "Judgment" ("dina") were set up, and the "books"
("siphrin") were opened. In Arabic, too, the word "dinu",
like the Aramaic "dina," means judgment, but it is generally
used to signify religion. That the Koran should make use
of the "Dina" of Daniel as an expression of judgment and