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Prophet
Muhammad! The new Jerusalem is none other than Mecca,
for it is in a southern country, its two hills, the "Marwa"
and "Sapha," bear the same names as those of Moriah and
Zion, of the same root and signification but originally earlier.
"Irushalem" or "Urshalem" of old becomes a city of "Light
and Peace." It is for this reason, too, that Mecca as the
seat of the sacred Ka'aba became the "Qibla" - the direction
towards which the Muslims turn their faces at prayer. Here
every year tens of thousands of pilgrims from all Muslim
countries assemble, visit the Holy Ka'aba, offer sacrifices,
and renew their fidelity to Allah and promise to lead a new
life worthy of a Muslim. Not only Mecca, but also
Medina and the territory surrounding them, has become
sacred and inviolable, and forbidden to any non-Muslim man
or woman! It was in the fulfillment of his vision of Prophet
Idris or Enoch, too, that the second Caliph, Omar, rebuilt the
Sacred Mosque at Jerusalem on the hill of Moriah, on the
spot of the Temple of Solomon! All these marvelously
prove that the vision was seen by a Seer inspired by God,
who saw the Muslim events in a far-distant future. Could
Rome or Byzantium claim to be the New Jerusalem? Can
the Pope or any schismatic Patriarch claim to be the
Apocalyptic White Bull with two large horns? Can
Christianity claim to be the Kingdom of Peace (Islam =
"Shalom") while it makes Prophet Jesus and the Holy Ghost
coeval and consubstantial with the Absolute One God? Most
decidedly not.
(e) In those chapters dealing with the Kingdom of
Peace, the Messiah is called Son of Man, but in the
description of the Last Judgement which follows at the end
of this Reign of Islam or Peace he is called "Son of
Woman" and "Son of God," and made to share with God
in the Judgement of the World. It is admitted by all
scholars that these extravagant and foolish statements are
not of Jewish origin but belong to the Christian imagina-
tions, inserted and interpolated by them.
The other Apocalypses, those which bear the names of
Moses, Baruch, Ezra, the Jubilees, and the Oracula
Sibylliana, should be studied impartially, for it is then that
they, like those of Daniel and Enoch, will not only be under-
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stood but also prove to be fulfilled in Prophet Muhammad.
THE PROPHET OF ARABIA AS SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE
"THE BURDEN UPON ARABIA" - ISAIAH xxi. 13.
The present barren period of classical scholarship,
together with the increasing paucity of our knowledge of
ancient languages, has crippled modern taste in its efforts
to appreciate any such attempts as I intend to make in that
direction. The following pages have produced a series of
most able articles from the Rev. Professor 'Abdu 'l-Ahad Dawud,
but I
Muhammad! The new Jerusalem is none other than Mecca,
for it is in a southern country, its two hills, the "Marwa"
and "Sapha," bear the same names as those of Moriah and
Zion, of the same root and signification but originally earlier.
"Irushalem" or "Urshalem" of old becomes a city of "Light
and Peace." It is for this reason, too, that Mecca as the
seat of the sacred Ka'aba became the "Qibla" - the direction
towards which the Muslims turn their faces at prayer. Here
every year tens of thousands of pilgrims from all Muslim
countries assemble, visit the Holy Ka'aba, offer sacrifices,
and renew their fidelity to Allah and promise to lead a new
life worthy of a Muslim. Not only Mecca, but also
Medina and the territory surrounding them, has become
sacred and inviolable, and forbidden to any non-Muslim man
or woman! It was in the fulfillment of his vision of Prophet
Idris or Enoch, too, that the second Caliph, Omar, rebuilt the
Sacred Mosque at Jerusalem on the hill of Moriah, on the
spot of the Temple of Solomon! All these marvelously
prove that the vision was seen by a Seer inspired by God,
who saw the Muslim events in a far-distant future. Could
Rome or Byzantium claim to be the New Jerusalem? Can
the Pope or any schismatic Patriarch claim to be the
Apocalyptic White Bull with two large horns? Can
Christianity claim to be the Kingdom of Peace (Islam =
"Shalom") while it makes Prophet Jesus and the Holy Ghost
coeval and consubstantial with the Absolute One God? Most
decidedly not.
(e) In those chapters dealing with the Kingdom of
Peace, the Messiah is called Son of Man, but in the
description of the Last Judgement which follows at the end
of this Reign of Islam or Peace he is called "Son of
Woman" and "Son of God," and made to share with God
in the Judgement of the World. It is admitted by all
scholars that these extravagant and foolish statements are
not of Jewish origin but belong to the Christian imagina-
tions, inserted and interpolated by them.
The other Apocalypses, those which bear the names of
Moses, Baruch, Ezra, the Jubilees, and the Oracula
Sibylliana, should be studied impartially, for it is then that
they, like those of Daniel and Enoch, will not only be under-
139
stood but also prove to be fulfilled in Prophet Muhammad.
THE PROPHET OF ARABIA AS SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE
"THE BURDEN UPON ARABIA" - ISAIAH xxi. 13.
The present barren period of classical scholarship,
together with the increasing paucity of our knowledge of
ancient languages, has crippled modern taste in its efforts
to appreciate any such attempts as I intend to make in that
direction. The following pages have produced a series of
most able articles from the Rev. Professor 'Abdu 'l-Ahad Dawud,
but I