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destroyed the enemies with his Scepter or
Rod! For all these particular acts and representations are
seen and described in this dramatic vision. The chain that
links together the events depicted in this figurative language
begins with Prophet Adam and ends in the person of the Prophet
of Mecca! There are several cogent arguments to prove
this assertion.
(a) The two divisions of the sheep indicate the people
of the Scriptures, whether Jews or Christians, among whom
were those who were believers in the Oneness of God, and
those who made Prophet Jesus and the Holy Spirit also equal and
consubstantial with God. The Seer distinguishes the be-
lievers from the apostates. The Gospels report that on the
day of the Last Judgement "the sheep will be separated from
the goats," (1) which indicates the same view. As to the
symbolical Ram, we may understand thereby Arius or some
spiritual Unitarian leader for the true Nassara and the chief
Rabbi for the faithful Jews - because they both had the same
common enemy. If we identify Constantine with the evil
Horn, we may justly identify Arius with the Ram. In fact,
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Arius is entitled to this dignity because he headed the larger
group in the Council of Nicea and vigorously defended the
true religion against the monstrous doctrines of Trinitarian
and Sacramentarian Churches. From a strictly Muslim
point of view the Jews, from the moment they rejected and
condemned Jesus Christ to death, ceased to be the "chosen
people," and that honorable title was given only to those
who believed in his apostleship.
Footnote:
1. Matt. xxv. 32 - 46, etc.
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(b) The Son of Man who saved the flock of sheep from
its various enemies whom he sent down into the bosom of
the earth by striking vehemently his pastoral station it
and gave a strong sword to the sheep to slaughter the impure
brutes and birds of prey, was decidedly Prophet Muhammad. The
scepter (in Hebrew "shebet" - rod, staff is the emblem of
sovereignty, jurisdiction, and administration. The little
scepter accorded by God to the tribe of Judah (1) was taken
away, and a stronger and larger one was given to the Prophet
of Allah (the "Shiloah") in its place. It is indeed marvel-
ous how this prophetical vision of the Seer was literally
fulfilled when Prophet Muhammad's scepter became the emblem of
the Muslim sovereignty over all the countries - in Egypt,
Assyria, Chaldea, Syria, and Arabia - where the people of
God were persecuted by the pagan powers of those countries
and by the foreign heathen powers of the Medo-Persians,
Greeks, and Romans! What a glorious fulfillment of the
vision it is when the flock of sheep, for many centuries
having been exposed to the merciless beaks and claws of the
birds of prey and to the sharp and terrible teeth and
Rod! For all these particular acts and representations are
seen and described in this dramatic vision. The chain that
links together the events depicted in this figurative language
begins with Prophet Adam and ends in the person of the Prophet
of Mecca! There are several cogent arguments to prove
this assertion.
(a) The two divisions of the sheep indicate the people
of the Scriptures, whether Jews or Christians, among whom
were those who were believers in the Oneness of God, and
those who made Prophet Jesus and the Holy Spirit also equal and
consubstantial with God. The Seer distinguishes the be-
lievers from the apostates. The Gospels report that on the
day of the Last Judgement "the sheep will be separated from
the goats," (1) which indicates the same view. As to the
symbolical Ram, we may understand thereby Arius or some
spiritual Unitarian leader for the true Nassara and the chief
Rabbi for the faithful Jews - because they both had the same
common enemy. If we identify Constantine with the evil
Horn, we may justly identify Arius with the Ram. In fact,
137
Arius is entitled to this dignity because he headed the larger
group in the Council of Nicea and vigorously defended the
true religion against the monstrous doctrines of Trinitarian
and Sacramentarian Churches. From a strictly Muslim
point of view the Jews, from the moment they rejected and
condemned Jesus Christ to death, ceased to be the "chosen
people," and that honorable title was given only to those
who believed in his apostleship.
Footnote:
1. Matt. xxv. 32 - 46, etc.
------------- end of footnote
(b) The Son of Man who saved the flock of sheep from
its various enemies whom he sent down into the bosom of
the earth by striking vehemently his pastoral station it
and gave a strong sword to the sheep to slaughter the impure
brutes and birds of prey, was decidedly Prophet Muhammad. The
scepter (in Hebrew "shebet" - rod, staff is the emblem of
sovereignty, jurisdiction, and administration. The little
scepter accorded by God to the tribe of Judah (1) was taken
away, and a stronger and larger one was given to the Prophet
of Allah (the "Shiloah") in its place. It is indeed marvel-
ous how this prophetical vision of the Seer was literally
fulfilled when Prophet Muhammad's scepter became the emblem of
the Muslim sovereignty over all the countries - in Egypt,
Assyria, Chaldea, Syria, and Arabia - where the people of
God were persecuted by the pagan powers of those countries
and by the foreign heathen powers of the Medo-Persians,
Greeks, and Romans! What a glorious fulfillment of the
vision it is when the flock of sheep, for many centuries
having been exposed to the merciless beaks and claws of the
birds of prey and to the sharp and terrible teeth and