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ELIA & ISLAM IN ANCIENT SCRIPT � 1

Elia and Islam in

Ancient

Scriptures

2 � ELIA & ISLAM IN ANCIENT SCRIPT

Earlier Printed by:

Peermohamed Ebrahim Trust

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Index

ELIA AND ISLAM IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURES ........................................................... 1

PREFACE .............................................................................................................. 6

ELIA - THE CENTRE OF DELIVERANCE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ............... 9

APPENDIX NO. I ................................................................................................. 41

MENTION OF AHLUL BAIT IN THE BIBLE.................................................................... 41

APPRECIATION OF AHLUL BAIT (A.S.) IN BHAGWAT GEETA............................................ 46

VEDAS AND OTHER HINDU BOOKS AND AHLUL BAIT (A.S.) ........................................... 49

RENUNCIATION OF THRONE DURING MUHARRAM ..................................................... 50

FAITH ON AHLUL BAIT ......................................................................................... 51

THE BESTOWER OF CONDOLENCE ........................................................................... 51

FAITH OF A KASHMIRY PANDIT ............................................................................... 52

MAHARAJA’S LOVE FOR IMAM HUSAIN (A.S.) ........................................................... 52

PERMISSION OF SACRIFICE IN HINDU RELIGION ......................................................... 53

HUSAINI BRAHMIN ............................................................................................. 59

FATOOHA .......................................................................................................... 65

AL-FATEHA (CHAPTER AL-HAMD) .......................................................................... 66

FATOOHA AL-FATEHA (CHAPTER AL-HAMD) ...................................................... 67

HIS WORD IS THE WORD OF THE ALMIGHTY ALLAH .................................................... 67

MONKS BUHAIRA AND MASTOORA RECOGNIZED THE PROPHET (S.A.W.A.) ...................... 68

THE FOREMOST BOOK, THE FOREMOST WORD .......................................................... 69


THE WORD ALLAH FIRST PUT ON HIS TONGUE ......................................................... 70

Revelation of St. John................................................................................ 71

‘FATOOHA’ AN OPEN BOOK ................................................................................. 72

THE CLOUD, THEN, GAVE SEVEN THUNDERS REVELATION OF THE HOLY QURAN .................. 73

PRIORITY OF AL-HAMD ....................................................................................... 73

VERSES OF AL-FATEHA ANALYZED .......................................................................... 75

AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROPHECY OF ST. JOHN .......................................................... 78

PAST PROPHETS APPRISED OF AL-HAMD ................................................................. 84

PROPHET (S.A.W.A.) THROUGH THE VEDAS ............................................................. 86

IMAM MAHDI (A.S.) AND FATOOHA ....................................................................... 86

AL-HAMD REPLETE WITH MYSTERIES ..................................................................... 87

THE LION OF ALLAH – ALI (A.S.)............................................................................ 89

PROPHET (S.A.W.A.) SPEAKS IN VOICE OF ALI (A.S.) .................................................... 91

PROPHECY BY PROPHET YUSUF (A.S.)...................................................................... 92

THE GRANDEUR OF BASHAARAT-E-YUSUFI ............................................................... 93

BASHAARAT-E-YUSUFI ANALYZED .......................................................................... 94

REFERENCE IN TORAH ....................................................................................... 111

PROPHECY OF FATOOHA IN THE EVANGEL ............................................................. 113

PROPHECY ABOUT MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSAIN (A.S.) ......................................... 114

THOSE AFFLICTED WITH ALLAH’S WRATH AND THE MISGUIDED (MAGHZOOBE A’LAYHIM

( �� ع� ) AND ZAALLEEN ( �� )) ................................................................. 119

THE FLAG OF AL-HAMD TO BE BORNE BY ALI (A.S.) ................................................ 124

MERIT OF THE STANDARD AL-HAMD ................................................................... 128

INSCRIPTION IN THE STANDARD AL-HAMD ............................................................. 129

THE FRUITS OF REVELATIONS .......................................................................... 132

THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN ......................................................................... 134

PROPHECY IN HOLY BOOKS OF HINDUS ................................................................. 151


PROPHECY OF MAHADEO ON MOUNT KAILASH........................................................ 159

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................ 161

ISLAM IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURES ....................................................................... 171

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 172

QURAN’S TESTIMONY........................................................................................ 172

PROPHECIES IN THE CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES ............................................................ 175

GREEK WORDS FOR AHMAD AND MUHAMMAD....................................................... 176

ISLAM A CONTINUITY OF EARLIER MESSAGE ........................................................... 179

PROPHECIES OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURES CONFIRM QURAN ............................................ 180

QURAN’S REFERENCE TO SCHOLARS OF CHRISTIANITY ............................................... 183

ISLAM AND THE CHRISTIAN KING OF HABASHA (ABYSSINIA) ....................................... 184

SPEECH OF JA’FAR BIN ABI TALIB IN THE COURT OF THE KING OF ABYSSINIA .................... 185

JA’FAR BIN ABI TALIB RECITES QURAN BEFORE THE KING ........................................... 186

JA’FAR’S RETURN TO MEDINA ............................................................................. 189

THE KING DEPUTES SCHOLARS TO LEARN ISLAM ....................................................... 189

VERSES OF QURAN REFERRING TO JA’FAR’S SUCCESS BEFORE THE KING OF ABYSSINIA ........ 190

DEPUTATION SENT BY UNBELIEVERS (THE QURAISH) TO ABYSSINIA TO BRING BACK JA’FAR AND

PARTY ........................................................................................................... 191

PROPHECIES IN THE BIBLE ................................................................................... 193

PROPHECIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT .................................................................... 194

ANOTHER PROPHECY OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH ......................................................... 195

PROPHECIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ................................................................... 198

PROPHET (S.A.) IN THE HINDU SCRIPTURES ............................................................. 200

PROPHECY ABOUT ALI (A.S.) FATEMAH (A.S.) HASAN (A.S.) AND HUSAIN (A.S.) ............... 202

PROPHECY BY BUDDHA ...................................................................................... 204

PROPHECIES IN THE PARSI SCRIPTURES .................................................................. 205


Preface

Hakeem Syed Mahmood Gailani is well-known for his studies

and researches into the scriptures of past ages with reference

to the prophecies contained in them about Islam, and the Holy

Panjatan (a.s.) i.e. the Infallible Five, namely the Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), Ali (a.s.), Fatemah (a.s.), Hasan (a.s.)

and Husain (a.s.). The keen interest and spirit of research with

which he has conducted an intensive study of the ancient

scriptures not only those of Christianity or Judaism but also of

the Vedas of Hinduism and the literature relating to Buddhism

etc., and has gleaned, there from references and prophecies

about our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his infallible progeny

(a.s.) is really worthy of admiration, and his findings in the

matter do deserve perusal by all of us in order to appreciate

and admire the unique and sublime position of our Prophet

(s.a.) and the Holy Ahlul Bait (a.s.).

Sometime back the Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust had

published Syed Mahmood Gailani’s booklets ‘Elia’ and it was

very well-received by our readers so much so that it is now

intended to reprint it. In the meantime this research scholar

has brought out another booklet under the title ‘Fatooha’

containing the result of his research about the existence of

prophecies and references in the ancient scriptures such as the


Old and New Testaments, the various Evangels, the Psalms of

David, etc. about Surah-e-Fateha, the first Chapter of the Holy

Quran, supplemented with similar prophecies and references

about the Prophet (s.a.) and Ahlul Bait (a.s.), in addition to

those already confined in the aforementioned two booklets.

Besides ‘Elia’, the Trust had also published another booklet

purporting to comprise an unbiased collection of facts

gathered from the Vedas, Gita, Purans, Holy Bible and Holy

Quran to establish and support that Islam is the complete and

universal religion, that Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) is the True and

the last of all the Prophets of Allah and that Allah has deputed

twelve Imams for the continued guidance of the people after

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), the First Imam being Hazrat

Ali (a.s.). This booklet was an English rendering of an Urdu

treatise of Syed Zeerak Husain Naqvi who had, like Hakeem

Syed Mahmood Gailani, devoted considerable time and

eruditional ability on the work involving intensive study of the

ancient scriptures for cleaning from them matter relating to

prophecies about the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.) and the

Imams (a.s.). In the same strain another scholar of our times

has collected some further material about the excellence and

truth of Islam and its leaders in the ancient scriptures of

Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. This treatise also

represents a searching study of the old scriptures for picking

up what is said therein about Islam, and deserves attention in

order to strengthen our conviction that proclamation of

Prophet hood by the Holy Prophet Muhammad Mustafa

(s.a.w.a.) was profusely and clearly prophesied by the ancient


scriptures. In fact, many scholars of those scriptures were

actually awaiting the appearance of the prophet prophesied

therein.

Since all these booklets and treatises are, in a sense,

supplementary to each other, the Peermahomed Ebrahim

Trust has hereby presented them in a combined volume for the

facility of the readers who, it is hoped, would certainly find the

volume quite interesting and thought provoking. In any case it

would convince them of the truth of Islam and its supremacy

over other religions of the world in so far that the scriptures of

those religions themselves recognize Islam as the last religion

foretold to come through the last Prophet of Allah (s.a.)

Trustees,

Peermahomed Ebrahim Trust,

Karachi.

The 15th Jamadiul (I) 1395

The 27th May 1975


Elia - The Centre of Deliverance for the people

of the world

By Hakeem Syed Mahmood Gailani,

Did Lord Krishna cry Ali! Ali! In the battle of Mahabharat?

And was that Ali who taught the Unity of God to Gautama

Buddha? Did Noah fix on his arch a plate with inscriptions of

the name of the ‘Holy Five’ for its safety? And did David and

Solomon pray God in the name of the ‘Holy Five’?


Elia - The Centre of Deliverance for the people

of the world

1. Hakeem Syed Sarfraz Husain, in his article entitled

‘Elia’ appellation of Ali (a.s.) ‘Moarif-e-Islam’, Ali and

Fatemah Number, December 1961, had explained some

of his researches, which are praise worthy. In the

present time, there is acute need of researches of such

type, as they strengthen the modern faith and belief.

2. The above article of the author does not require any

explanation or justification in its support. Many

Christian leaders, bishops, and missionaries have

regarded Elia as Ali or a great personality of the last

time of this world. Therefore, more than half a century

has elapsed since a well known Bishop Rev. J.B.

Gladone of St. Paul Church London, wrote in ‘A Note

Book on Old and New Testaments of Bibles’ as follows:

‘In the language of oldest and present Hebrew, the

word Allia or Aillee is not meanings of God or Alla,

but this word is showing that in a next and last time

of this world, any one will become nominated ‘Allia’


or ‘Aillee’.1

3. What more proof is required from a Christian

Missionary who plainly accepts that Allia or Aillee is

neither God, nor Allah, neither Elias nor John, nor

Jesus, but is that personality who will appear after Jesus,

etc. If Christian do not still accept the existence of Ali

and his great position, it is not the fault of the word

‘Aillee’ but it is due to the pollutions of mind.

4. Apart from above, if thoughtful researches and

investigations are made, it will not be long ago to

conclude that ‘Allia’ or ‘Aillee’ has been the centre of

hopes and deliverance for most of the great leader of the

world and religious intellectuals, on some occasions or

the other. And they all have been seeking help from Ali

(a.s.) in the face of difficulties.

5. For instance in the well known war between Pandava

and Kaurava, when Lord Krishna arrived at the battle

field of Krukshetra, he realized that the followers of

truth are only a handful as against the non believers

(wrong doers) who have filled in the earth like swarms

of locusts. Lord Krishna after delivering sermon to his

gallant followers takes a retreat and prostrates himself

before his real Master and prays as follows:

1 For detail please read ‘A Note Book on Old and New Testaments of

Bibles’, Vol. 1, pp. 427-28. (Published by William A. Hollard Press,

England 1908.)


O God, the Lord of the world! In thy name as Thou

art the creator of the Sky and the Earth. And in thy

name who is beloved of thy lover, suitor of thy suitor

for thy sake who is’ Ahli’ who will show his

adventure in the biggest temple of the world, near

the black stone, Listen to my prayer! Then destroy

the false devils, and grant victory to the followers of

truth, O Lord Aila! Aila! Aila!1

6. Every word of the above prayer of Lord Krishna is

significant and needs close scrutiny. It is so plainly and

widely put without any hesitation before the creator of

the sky and the earth and in the name who is the

beloved of the lover (Prophet Muhammad [s.a.w.a.])

and, suitor of thy suitor (Ali [a.s.]), At the end Lord

Krishna also utter his name (Aila).

7. Ahli is an ancient word of Sanskrit which is equivalent

to Ali or Aali in Arabic. Moreover Lord Krishna himself

has explained this name further that he (Ali) will show

his adventure in the biggest temple of the world (Kaaba)

near the black stone (Hajar-e-Aswad). At the end Lord

Krishna has repeated thrice Aila! Aila! Aila!

8. Now the question is as to who this Aila is. Its meaning

may be learnt not from the author but through the

words of a Vidyarthi Pandit:

1 Supra vide the magazine of the prayers of Lord Krishna, edited by

Pandit Ramdhan, Page 72, Published by Saagan Pustakalaya, Delhi

1931


Among the ancient languages ‘Sanskrit’ is one which

is claimed to be the most ancient language. It has in

some dialect is the name ‘Aila’ which means a person

of high honours and position. And Ahal, Ahli or Aali

are the distorted form of this name. In the ancient

Vedas1, many such words are found, which appear

to be either a distorted form of Arabic or have been

adopted in Arabic from the Sanskrit language.2

9. From the above explanation of the word ‘Aila’ it is

proved that Lord Krishna used the word ‘Ahli’ or Aila in

his prayer for seeking help from Ali (a.s.) and that is

why he repeated and uttered this holy name. If it is not

so, then let the intellectuals who know Sanskrit well,

come forward with an alternate meaning of the word

Ahli or Aila. And let them tell as to where is the black

stone of the biggest temple of the world. And which

1 In the present editions of these Holy books, considerable amount of

modifications have been made by vested interests. Facts have been

distorted and at places even the entire passages have either been

modified or removed completely. Wherever there are mentions of the

Prophet Mohammed, Ali, Fatemah, Hasan and Husain (a.s.) the

complete pages have been cropped off. The above passage in original

Israel (Ibrani) language is still safe and is under the custody of the

Bishop of Damascus. Mufti of Egypt claims that he has seen these

original passages. If it is brought to the notice of the entire world, it

may shake the foundation of the Christian religion (vide Magazine Al-

Haram, Qahera, Zilqad 1276 Hijri). 2 Vide Supra the book ‘Nagar Sagar’ by Pundit Krishna Gopal,

Published by Harain Book Depot, Agra 1917, page 211, 2nd Edition.


‘Ahli’ or ‘Aila’ has shown adventure there.

10. Vide in force a few lines from the book ‘Zabur’ of David,

which is originally in ancient Israel (Ibrani) language.

It is our duty to revert him whose name is Aillee. It is

through his obedience, the path of the world and

heavens are straightened. This honourable

personality is also called as Hadar (Haider) is

helper of the helpless, is like a lion, very potent, and

is to be born in Kaaba. To seek his help and to

remain in his servitude a slave is the duty of every

individual. They who possess ears, may listen, they

who possess ears, may understand, and they who

possess heart may think. That the time near if

passed shall never return. However, it is he on

whom my soul and body depend.

11. In the above lines, David has not used any gestures or

confusing words, but has plainly declared that Ali who

will also be called ‘Haider’ is the key to the worldly

success, and a source of deliverance. To remain in his

servitude is to accomplish every work. He is a tiger

(Asadullah-al-Ghalib), very potent (Alalqai, Yadullah,

Quvatullah). And he is helper of my body and soul that

means be extends a helping hand in the face of all

difficulties. David has gone even to this extent that

whoever passes time without remaining in servitude of

Ali (a.s.) will repent in both the worlds.

Vide infra a few verses from the ‘Song of Solomon’ which is


originally in ancient Israel (Ibrani)1 language.

My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among

ten thousand. His head is as the most five diamond,

his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes

are as the eyes of dones by the rivers of waters,

washed with milk and filly set. His checks are as a

bed of spices, as sweet flowers his lips like laities,

dropping sweet smelling myrrh. His hands are as

gold rings set with the beryl. His belly is as bright

ivory over laid with sapphires. His legs are as

pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold, his

countenance is a Lebaren excellent as the cedar, his

face is bright as the moon of 14th night; his mouth is

most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my

beloved, and this is my friend Muhammad, O

daughters of Jerusalem!

Explanation:

His head is as the most fine gold, there the ‘head’ is symbolic of

Ali (a.s.), for the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) himself has

1 In the Bible of today the above verses have been distorted

considerably. The words ‘My friends name is Muhammad’ have

completely been removed by the enemies of Islam. But in the Bible

prior to 18th Century it is found in the original form. Therefore it

appears that the followers of Roman Catholic and Protestant have

carried out the modification in the Bibles Published after the 18th

Century entitled Old Testament and New Testament according to

their own sweet with and making additions with suited those most.


said that ‘Ali is as the head of my body’. Therefore Solomon

has symbolized Ali as the ‘head’ of his beloved. Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) says ‘Ana noor-0-Ali noor’ which means

‘I am light and so is Ali,’ are of the same light. Therefore Ali

(a.s.) is both ‘head’ and light of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

another point, that ‘his head is as the most fine diamond’

reveals that Ali (a.s.) has been compared with diamond which

possesses five sides in natural condition. And when diamond is

kept under the sun or near a candle, all sides reflect five rays.

Therefore Solomon by comparing Ali (a.s.) with diamond, has

proved that his beloved belongs to ‘Panjatan’ the ‘Holy Five’.

12. ‘His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of

waters, washed with milk, and fitly set,’ here the two

eyes signify Hasan and Husain (a.s.) Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) himself has said ‘Al-Hasan-wal-

Husain Aayaani’ which means ‘Hasan and Husain are

my both eyes.’ Prophet has further said ‘Al-Hasan wal

Husain Qurrata Aayaani’ which means ‘Hasan and

Husain are the coolness of my eyes’.

‘To wash with milk’ is a phrase which signifies ‘absolute

purity.’ An Arabic poet named Asadi in praise of Allah and His

throne writes as follows:

Wal Arsha maghsulata min labnal mutahar,

Wa bilmaassafaa fala bemisle tahkhkur.

Meaning: His Great Throne is washed with pure milk, and

clean water, and no one can be proud of that save Allah.


A Hunaif poet named Asar Tehrani of Iran, in the praise of

Hasan (a.s.) and Husain (a.s.) writes as follows:

Aan do chashmane nabi Shabbir-o-Shabbar ba Sofa,

An do Chashman shusta dar charkhe barin Oz

Sheer-o-Aab, An do Chashmane nabi noore nigahe

Mustafa, Madare Aan Saiyada-o-Walide Aan

Butarab.

Meaning: Holy and clean soul of the body, Hasan (a.s.) and

Husain (a.s.), are the two eyes of the Prophet, which have been

washed in the sky with milk and water. And these two eyes are

the light of the eyes of Prophet Mohammed Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

Whose mother is Pious Saiyada (Fatemah [a.s.]) and father is

Butarab (Ali [a.s.]).

It is therefore, proved beyond doubt that Solomon while

informing about his beloved Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.),

has also given information relating to Hasan (a.s.) and Husain

(a.s.).

15. Apart from above the comparison of the two eyes

(Hasan & Husain) of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

with two doves, from the religious and spiritual angles is

a great comparison and is one of its kinds in the world.

Dove is supposed to be the most pious of the birds. It

has also been used as a source of communication for

delivering messages. It is a symbol of Prophets. In the

present world it signifies peace. In Russia the dove is

slightly modified and is presented as the ‘pigeon of

peace.’ But in Europe and America, wherever a person


goes, he will notice dove as a symbol of peace on the

heads of the ‘Messenger of Peace’. Thus to compare

Hasan and Husain (a.s.) with two doves testifies the

point that these two persons will be the preserver of the

last message of God (Quran), and through them, the

people of the world will be enlightened with the

teachings of Quran. Secondly these two lights of the eyes

of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) will establish peace in the

hostile world. The Islamic history stands in witness that

Imam Hasan (a.s.) when given poison, with tremendous

amount of will power and self restraint, delivered an

eternal message of peace against hostility and miseries.

Husain (a.s.) give a unique demonstration of

forbearance and serenity to the world through the

tragedy of Karbala which is well known in the world.

And that is why Solomon in his songs has praised

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) along with ‘Aale Muhammad’.

16. During the First World War of 1916, which was causing

havoc to the people of the world, a few miles away from

Baitul Muqaddas some units of army were passing

through a small village named ‘Untara’. They saw a

peculiar spark coming from a hillock near the village.

One of the units which was very close to the hillock

stopped to see the spark. A few soldiers went near to

examine the spark. They saw that this wonderful light

was coming through the cracks of an old mound of soil

and stone. They started digging the place. At the depth

of four yards, they found a silver plate which was


throwing the light. No sooner they took out the silver

plate which was ¾th Yard long and ½ yard wide, the

light stopped. They were happy to get the plate but were

scared by the sudden disappearance of the light. At last

they took this plate to their higher Officer who was an

English man named Major A.N. Grandel. He was

wonder stuck when he saw the plate with the help of a

torch. Its border was decorated by costly jewels. And in

the centre were golden words which appeared to be of

some strange ancient language. The major did not

recognize the letters but he certainly understood its

importance that it was not an ordinary thing. He

understood that the plate possessed an honour and

secret of permanent importance. With the help of Major

Grandel, the plate after passing through many hands

reached to the Officer I/C British Army, Lieut. D.O.

Gladstone, who gave it to the British experts on Fossils.

17. After the end of the world War 1918, a Committee

consisting of Experts of Ancient languages from Britain,

America, France and other countries, were appointed to

investigate into the significance of this plate.

18. At last after several months of hard labour, the mystery

was uncovered. And the plate was identified as the

‘Silver plate of Solomon’. And the words which were

engraved on it were that of ancient Israel (Ibrani)

language which were used in the ‘Song of Solomon’.

19. The words along with their meaning are given on the


next page.


Note:

As in other languages, in Ibrani too there have been continual

changes during different periods. The alphabet found on the

silver plate and used during the period of Solomon are as

follows.

Note:

Alphabets in Ibrani language are written from left to right.

20. After interpretation of language of the silver plate and

after reading, Ahmed (s.a.w.a.), Ali (a.s.), Batul (s.a.),


Hasan (a.s.) and Husain (a.s.), the members of the

Committee were wonder-struck. They looked at one

another, and at last decided to preserve this plate in the

Imperial Museum of Britain. No sooner the matter

reached to the ears of Lord Bishop of England, a

confidential order prohibiting the exhibit of the silver

plate to general public, was issued during the year 1923

An essence of the order is given below:

If the plate is kept in a Museum or at any place

where there is flow of general public, it may

disintegrate the foundation of Christianity and the

Christianity may vanish from the earth for ever. It is

therefore advisable to keep the plate in the Secret

Church Room, where except few people; it may not

be seen by others.

And till today the plate is preserved in the secret Room of the

Church of England. For detail one may refer the following: –

(1) By Colonel P.C. Impley London Page 246.

(2) Resala-e-Tahqeeqat-e-Gharbia by Abul Hasan Shirazi,

pp. 21 to 24. (Block of the plate at the next page)


21. Whether ice is pounded or boiled, one can have nothing


but water out of it. Truth can not be hidden behind iron

curtains. Despite tremendous efforts of Expert and

Bishops to conceal the secret of this Silver Plate of

Solomon the news has spread all around the world

because there is no power which can obstruct the kindly

lights of Muhammad and Ali. There is no power which

can put off the lights thrown by the ‘Holy Five’. For

instance, an essence of the talk of the town regarding

the Silver Plate when it was found is recorded as follows:

Thomas: William! Did you hear the news of that Silver plate?

William: Yes, I did hear this wonderful news.

Thomas: Then what have you decided?

William: It is an intricate problem Thomas. Our religious

leaders may think anything but I...

Thomas: Yes, Yes go ahead, why did you stop? Every person

has freedom of his conscience, and then it is not

any hostile political issue that one may fear press

publicity or imprisonment. Carry on without

hesitation.

William: Brother Thomas, my conscience says that Islam is

the true religion and at last will prevail. Thomas

think over all the past Prophets thousands years

back have not only predicted the coining of the last

Prophet Muhammad but have prayed him and

have sought his help. If you do not mind I will tell

you the truth. In our Bible there are countless


predictions which reveal that Muhammad is the

last Prophet and Ali is his Deputy, and the progeny

born of him will occupy & wonderful honoured

position.

Thomas: Very good, really you are right. If we observe the

things with unbiased mind, all these things can be

known from Psalms, Old Testament and Evangel.

And then look at the Islamic History where all the

heroic deeds of Ali and Husain are recorded. By

reading them it appears they had spiritual powers,

which were beyond the power of ordinary man.

William: I am telling you the very same thing. Historical

event cannot be wrong. If the people do not believe,

let them do so. God Himself is praising them. I

have been hearing since a long time that in the

Quran, quite a good deal has been written about

Prophet Muhammad, and the greatness of Ahlul

Bait (members of the house of the Prophet). We

should think now which path to choose, whether

to beat drums of Christianity or to go out in other

field in search of truth.

Thomas: Brother William believe it or not, I have become

Muslim now. From now onward treat me as

invaluable slave of the Holy Five of Islam, whose

names are written on that Silver plate.

William: Then why delay? Let us go to some Islamic country

and recite ‘Kalemah’.


Thomas: Is that so? Really!

William: Yes! Believe me I have become Muslim prior to

you. But there is no need for us to go to any

Islamic country. A Mujtahid of Iran has come to

the New Castle. Let us go and embrace Islam on

his hand.

22. Both these fortunate went to New Castle, and embraced

Islam on the hand of Maulana Hasan Mujtaba Tehrani.

Thomas name was changed to Fazale Husain and

William’s to that of Karam-e-Husain. Two years after

this incidence, both of them during the year 1925 went

to Kaaba and Karbala on pilgrimages.1

23. The Stories of Psalms of David, and Songs of Solomon

have become old. And the story of the Silver plate has

also become as old as forty-five years. Let us leave these

things and come to a latest investigation.

24. During the month of July 1951, a team of Russian

Experts were surveying the Valley of Kaat. Perhaps they

were busy in finding out a new name. They noticed a

few pieces of rotten woods at a place. The group Officer

started digging the place. To his surprise he found heaps

of woods pressed there under the earth. Experts by

observing a few layers speculated that these woods are

extraordinary and possess obscure mystery. They

1 Recorded in Muslim Chronicle, London 3rd December, 1926, Resala-e-

Islam, Delhi, Feb. 1927


excavated the place with deep interest. They found quite

a good amount of wood and many other things. They

also found a long rectangular wooden plate. The experts

were surprised to observe that this particular plate

admeasuring 14”x10” was in far better condition among

other woods which were on the verge of decomposition,

due to aging. After investigation at the end of 1952,

experts came to the conclusion that this particular plate

belonged to the Noah Arch which had rested on the

peak of Mount Caff (Judy.) And the plate, on which a

few words of some ancient language were inscribed, was

fixed on the Arch.

25. Before we proceed to read and understand meaning of

the words written on this plate, let us go back to the

period of Noah.

26. An old gentleman, about eight or nine hundred years of

age, is building an Arch at a common place. He has been

inviting people since centuries to join him. He has been

saying, ‘People! I have come to frighten you and to put

fear in your hearts, of the last Day of Judgment, worship

God, and by fearing Him become abstainer.’ But the

people with hearts of stone did not pay any heed to

messages of God. Instead they made fun of him and

tried to put him in trouble At last the Old gentleman

(Noah) prayed to God for His curse, on the people. He

prayed, ‘O God! Produce such a storm and flood, that

not a single among the non believer is saved.


27. Yes! He is that Noah, who is busy in making his Arch

rapidly. He sometimes puts plates on it or fixes nails. He

often weeps and wipes off his tears and also mutters

something. Let us hear what he is muttering about.

28. O God! Save me by the compassion 0 God! Grant me

deliverance and serenity O God! Open the door of your

knowledge for me, through the last Prophet through the

Five Vicegerent (Imam) whose good name is Ellia,

through the Leader of both the worlds, through both the

Martyrs, through that infallible child whose neck will be

shot with arrow, through that pious woman who will

have no coverage on her head and through all the

infallible and pious personalities.

29. He is praying with utmost sorrows. He reads and weeps

and reads yes, he is building an Arch. People pass by

him. They see making Arch. They taunt and make fun of

him.

30. ‘His Look at this old guy... Perhaps due to old age he has

lost his senses. He is crying like a beggar and is saying,

‘People! Repent and stop worshipping idols or else

storm is to come and you will be drowned in the flood’.

Oh, how false it is twelve years have passed and

there have not been noticed any clouds in the sky.

The earth has not received a single drop of rain and

this man says that flood is to come, storm is to come

and the whole world will be destroyed. It is a white

lie.


31. But Noah is absorbed in his work. He is busy in his

prayers. He never looks at any one.

32. There is a baking furnace in a house. Women are

preparing breads. They are baking and at the same time

are gossiping about Noah.

O sister! What has happened to the brain of this old

man? He is asking people not to worship idols, and

is beating drums of worshipping only one God, or

else they will be drowned. Do you think we should

leave our lords because he says so? Should we break

our Wud and Wayuq1?

33. These daughters of Satan, made fun of Noah and

laughed at him. No sooner the echo of their laugh had

ended, the baking furnace exploded and a big stream of

water started flowing, for the truth was aroused. The

flood was covering the entire world.

The entire creation was drowning – And – Noah

was uttering, ‘Yaa Rabbi wa Rabbus Samaawaate

wal arze. Yaa Muhammad Sayyedul Kawnain wa

Saqalain, Yaa Elli Imamuddadin’ and was entering

in his Arch along with followers.

34. The Arch was floating, and large waves of water were

rising and witnessing the destruction of the world and

its sinners. It reminded that of Able Bait (members of

the house of Prophet Muhammad) God, the doer of

1 Names of ancient idols


absolute justice had promised His Prophet Noah that

He will save his followers. At a place one human head

peeped out of water and cried, O Father! Save me. The

fatherly affection was aroused. Noah extended his hand

to catch the shoulder of his son. But the command from

God stopped his hand, saving:

O Noah! Beware and do not hold him. He is not

among your followers. The fool has been talking

against you throughout his life. He has been

creating enmity with your lovers and now he is

saying, ‘Save me.’ Behold, thy followers are they and

only they who are with you in your Arch. They have

been following you and serving you since the

beginning.

35. Those who are not aware of the glory of ‘Able Bait’

(members of the house of Prophet Muhammad) say that

there are many other personalities who were closely

related to prophet, they should also be included in ‘Ahle

Bait.’ They fail to understand that one of the conditions

of becoming ‘Zilqurbah’ of the prophet was also ‘Yathar

Kum Tatheera’ which has been fulfilled and whosoever,

was to be included in ‘Ahle Bait’ has been included at

that time. As such there is no scope for including other

personalities in ‘Ahle Bait.’ However, Prophet

Muhammad (s.aw.a.) has said,

My Ahle Bait is similar to the Arch of Noah, whoever

entered in it and obeyed the truth, got deliverance.


36. The Noah Arch, after witnessing the destruction of the

world and its sinners, reached to the destination and the

Prophet of God along with his followers got down from

the arch. He prayed and muttered as follows:

O God! I have countless praise for Thee. O Sustainer!

I have countless gratefulness for Thee. Thou hast

saved me from destruction. And I am grateful to Thy

Prophet ‘Ahmad’ and that ‘Ellia’ who extended help,

and that Ellia, who will be born in Thy House and

thanks to the daughter of Thy Prophet, and I am

thankful to her both sons who have helped me.

37. Not only hundred but thousand of years have elapsed

since this event occurred. No ore remembers where the

Noah Arch had rested. No one remembers where Caff

and Judy are. But that Omnipotent has informed the

world that the great names of ‘Muhammad wa Aal-e-

Muhammad’ will always be glorified, and in one way or

other will come on the lips of the people. And that

Creator of all the creation, created such circumstances

that once again the names of the ‘Holy Five’ with their

glories have come up. And they came up in the very

country which did not believe in the existence of God.

38. Yes, we were talking about the recent investigation in

Russia. After it was proved that the woods found in the

excavation are that of the Noah Arch, the curiosity as to

what is written on the wooden plate was aroused. A

board of experts was appointed by the Russian


Government under its Research Department to

investigate the language of the wooden plate. The Board

started its work from the 27th February 1953. Following

were the members of this board:

1. Prof. Solomon, Moscow University.

2. Prof. Ifa Han Kheeno, Lu Lu Han College, China.

3. Mr. Mishaou Lu Farug, Officer I/C fossils.

4. Mr. Taumol Goru, Teacher, Cafezud College.

5. Prof. De Pakan, Lenin Institute.

6. Mr. M. Ahmad Colad, Zitcomen Research Association.

7. Major Cottor, Stalin College.

39. So these seven experts after eight months of researches

came to the conclusion that this plate was of the woods

used in making the Noah Arch and that the Prophet

Noah had put this plate on his Arch for the safety of the

Arch and for receiving favour of God.

40. In the centre of the plate, there is a drawing of palm

shape on which some words of ancient Saamaani

language was written.

The wooden plate is as below:


41. Mr. N.F. Max, Expert, Ancient Languages. Britain

(Manchester), has translated the words written on the

wooden plate, in English as follows:


O My God, my helper

Keep my hand with mercy,

and with your Holy Bodies.

Mohamed

Alia

Shabbar

Shabbir

Fatma

42. They are all biggest and Honorable.

The world Established for them

Help me by their names

You can reform to Right.

43. People were surprised to learn these writing. They were

surprised as to how this particular plate after centuries

of exposition to nature did not decompose and

maintained its form. The plate is still preserved at the


Centre of Fossils Research, Moscow, Russia.1

1 Monthly Star of Britannia, January 1954; London Newspaper

‘Sunlight’ Manchester, January 23, 1953 and ‘Weekly Mirror’’,

London, February 1, 1954


44. The name ‘Mahatma Buddha’ needs no introduction. He

was the son of a King. There are many prevalent stories

found in different books of History regarding his early

life and renunciation. The most prevalent is as follows.

45. Astrologers predicted to Mahatma Buddha’s father, that

the son, who was to be born to him, would prefer to live

in Forest. He would renounce the throne and the

worldly things. It would be better if be confined him to

palace till he grew up. He should also arrange for his

education inside the palace.

46. Therefore when Buddha was born, he was kept confined

to palace under the guidance of a learned teacher.

47. When grew up he was married. But utmost care was

taken to insure that he did not see the outside world. At

last one day with permission of his father, he came out

of the palace along his teacher. The first thing he saw

was an old man walking with the help of a stick. Buddha

enquired from his teacher as to who this man was and

why he was in that condition.

The teacher replied,

Every individual from childhood, has to grow up,

and has to become old. He at last becomes week and

is compelled to walk with the help of a slick,

An ailing man was crying in pain.

Buddha enquired from his teacher and the reply was

that every individual has to fall sick during the course of


his life. When they went further, they noticed a funeral

party crying and weeping. When Buddha enquired of

that, he was told that every individual after completing

his life has to die. This particular man had died and they

were going to burry or burn him.

48. Therefore after seeing these few pathetic scenes,

Buddha renounced the world and went to Forest in

search of truth and meditation.

49. But the above event appears to be fabricated and

illogical if viewed in the light of truth. Buddha was an

obedient son of his father. Even if it is accepted that his

wise father put him under house arrest merely on the

predictions of astrologers, it is illogical that during the

period of twenty years of his education, Buddha did not

hear or read a single time regarding old age, sickness

and death.

50. If efforts are made to understand the truth, the matter is

quite obvious Mr. L.K. Bhatnagar M.A.I.A.S. in his book,

‘Badhya Chamatkar’ published by Onkav Pustakalaya,

Kanpur, 1927, writes as follows:

Non violence, renunciation, Vedanta, enlightment of

conscience, metaphysics, and other emotional

stories of Shri Mahatma Gautama Buddha Maharaj,

which are the foundation of his preaching’s and are

found in his religious books are due to only this.

That one day Mahatmaji while sleeping in his palace

got started in his sleep with tears in his eyes. He


seemed to be in agony and pain. His minister who

was sleeping near him also got up when he heard his

cry. With great affection he patted his back and

asked, ‘Rajkumarji! What has happened to you! Did

you see any dangerous dream? Do you fear

anything?’ Mahatmaji replied in a cool voice,

‘Nothing honourable minister! I have dreamt. But it

is not a dream, it is something else. Yes, it is

something else.’ After repeated requests of the

minister, he told him, ‘Mantriji! You know that I

read religious books with great interest. And

investigate minutely what there is in religion. You

also know that I have great desired for worship of

God. And to see the adventure of God, I wander in

forests. And do not ask anything of today. Some

great soul has blessed me that my meditation has

been accepted. Go and recite my name. You will

achieve what you want. My name is Allia. If you

desire to meet me, then my house is near the cracked

wall of the holy place. You will find me there as a

child. But that time is far off.’

51. The above dream of Gautama Buddha is self

explanatory. How clearly the Divine Master of Gautama

Buddha has specified His name and the place of birth.

Allia or Ali is synonym of Ellia or Aille in Ibrani (Israel)

language. Ali was born in Kaaba (the house of Allah).

52. The above dream of Gautama Buddha is incomplete,


Buddhaji reveals the further part of his dream to his

minister as follows,

‘Minister,’ after saying this, he took out his sword

and spoke in a thundering voice, ‘Behold! I am a

tiger; God has sent me as a tiger. Go and save the

world from sins and infidelity. Cure the disease of

heart. Purify the heart. Your fate will be formed. My

Lord is to come. Obey him and obey Lord of my

Lord.’

‘Behold, I send you for the purification of the world

as my slave and disciple. Do not be deceived. Go and

recite my name when in distress. I shall reach to

you.’

The remaining part of the dream of Gautama Buddha also

needs consideration. Here Allia, Aillee or Ali is showing his

Zulfiqar (Sword). And then he reveals His appellation as tiger

which is equivalent to ‘Asadullah al-Ghalib’ or ‘Sher-e-Khuda’

(Tiger of God). Save Ali no one deserves to be called as the

tiger of God.

My lord is to come, obey him and obey lord of my

lord,

this sentence indicates the coining of the last Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.).

54. One more interesting point is that Mahatma Gautama

Buddha is also known as ‘Saki Muni.’’ ‘Saki’ is

equivalent of ‘Saqi’ and Ali is known as ‘Saaqi-e-Kausar’.


Therefore Saki Muni means the guide appointed by

‘Saqi-e-Kausar’.

55. Buddha had great opposition in his time. He was subject

to grief and sorrows. He had renounced the world.

When in distress Buddha had prayed as follows:

O beloved of your beloveds, O Aillia, O dominant of

all! Come and show your adventure. Extend your

help to me. O tiger of God, the foxes of the world are

devouring me. By that whose thou art hand and

shoulder. By that whose strength is within Thee.

Help me. Thou hast promise that Thou will help in

difficulties. Now is the time to help. Come soon or

else I will be ruined. Your name is the name of Lord.

Come! Because seeing you is equal to thousand

prayers. Thou art face of God. My beloved, thou art

everything and I am nothing without thee. Thou

seeth everything. All events are before thee. Thou

knoweth my trouble. Thou canth remove them, Om

Allia! Om Allia!

56. The above prayer of Buddha does not need explanation.

The above prayer is found in the journal ‘Buddha Giyan’

by Ram Narain Banavasi, 1931, page 57.

57. Apart from the above dream, Gautama Buddha, at the

time of his death has also predicted to his followers

about the coming of Alia or Ali and the Holy Five. He

also indicated the tragedy of Karbala.


Appendix No. I

Mention of Ahlul Bait in the Bible

1. Where ever there is a mention of the advent and virtues

of the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.) in the Holy Books

of other religions of the world there is also a mention of

the good qualities of his progeny. For example, in the

holy Bible the description of Ahlul Bait begins with the

mention of virtues of Hazrat Ali (a.s.). How meaningful

far reaching are the words of Jesus Christ in the Holy

Bible when he says:

I say unto you the truth that None who doeth not

accept the kingdom of God like (the) child shall enter

it.1

2. If one ponders a little it would be clear to him as to who

was the child who despite his tender age accepted the

kingdom of God and agreed to the letter all what he was

told about the Greatness of Allah and His Unity without

any argument and also accepted the prophethood of the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) when none was ready to accept

it but every body denied it. Undoubtedly that child was

1 Mirqas, 10 : 15


Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib (a.s.) who did all this without

the fear of any contradiction from any quarter and

surprised the assembly of the people who had collected

to hear the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

3. That Jesus Christ called Hazrat Ali (a.s.) a child is a

clear indication of the fact that he believed in his

infallibility and proclaimed by the word, ‘child that the

one who would stand as a witness to the prophet hood

of his elder brother (cousin) would be as innocent as an

infant.’

4. The generality of Muslims by referring to the tradition

of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) to the effect that his

companions were all like the stars have put them in a

line without any exception i.e. they have included the

members of his holy household among them and have

thereby tried to prove that their status in religion is at

par with any other companion. Although this tradition

has not been accepted as an authentic one and almost

all the great scholars of religion have doubted its

authenticity, yet if it is at all accepted as authentic for

arguments sake the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)’s saying that

they resembled the stars is also very meaningful; all the

stars are not equal in glare, some of them are shooting,

some others fade away soon, but there are only some

which stick to their original position to the last i.e. the

day break. And it is not only we who analyze the stars as

such but Jesus Christ himself has offered such an


analysis. Says he,

Some of the bodies are heavenly; some of them

belong to the earth. The rank and dignity of the

heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly

bodies. Even the rank and dignity of the heavenly

bodies varies from bodies to bodies. The dignity of

sun is different from that of the moon and so on and

so forth.1

5. By the above words Hazrat Eisa (a.s.) has distinguished

the sun i.e. the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.a.w.a.) from his

vicegerent Hazrat Ali (a.s.) whom he has symbolized as

moon. Similarly he has indirectly praised the Ahlul Bait

by calling them unbreakable stars. In these words of

Hazrat Eisa (a.s.) there is also a pointer that as the stars

are not equal to one another in their glow and structure

they are not also equal in their stature, rank and dignity.

Therefore, to put them in one and the same line with

regard to their qualities would be quite wrong and

misleading. Apart from any thing else, the very words

‘heavenly’ and ‘earthly’ preceding the words bodies in

the above Biblical quotation together with distinction of

their dignity are thought provoking in themselves.

6. In this very strain the following quotation from the Holy

Bible is also noteworthy: –

The first human being i.e. Adam became a living

1 Carantheune, 15 : 40-41


soul but the last one became the life bestowing soul,

but the first one was at first temporal and then

became spiritual; the first is from earth, but the last

is from heaven. As he was earthly; others also

belong to the earth and as he is heavenly some

others are also heavenly. As we have taken shape of

the earthly one, we shall take shape of that heavenly

also.1

7. In the above Biblical quotation the earthly creatures and

those created from Light, i.e. earthly human beings and

those belonging to the heaven as well as the off-springs

of both have been compared and it has been explained

in unequivocal terms that the earthly souls and the

noble and selected ones are not equal to each other in

creation, in status or any thing else.

8. The position of the sacred souls who are mentioned in

the above Biblical quotation is further clarified in the

following quotation also from the Holy Bible:

Blessed are those who are weak by heart, because

the kingdom of the heaven is theirs.

Blessed are those who are sad, because they shall get

consolation.

Blessed are those who are forbearing, because they

shall inherit the earth.

1 The first letter of Polis addressed to Carantheune, 16 : 45-49


Blessed are those who aspire for uprightness,

because they shall be satisfied.

Blessed are those who are kind-hearted, because

they shall get kindness and mercy.

Blessed are those who are pure-hearted because

they shall have a view of God.

Blessed are those who are peace makers, because

they shall be called the sons of God.

Blessed are those who were oppressed because of

their righteousness, for the kingdom of the heavens

is theirs.1

9. The above has detailed the qualities and virtues of Ahlul

Bait one by one without an iota of doubt and it is

nothing but the praise of the progeny of Hazrat Ali (a.s.).

If one goes through the Holy Quran minutely, one will

find the mention of the same qualities of Ahlul Bait (a.s.)

therein. Besides, it has been said in the Holy Quran that

these are the Ahlul Bait (a.s.) who are next to kin of the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and near and dear to him. Their

love is real Islam and to bear enmity for them is

infidelity. If the Muslims who recite the ‘Kalemah’ of the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) want the solidarity of their

religion; integrity of their faith and strength in their

belief, they should entertain in their heart of hearts the

love of the progeny of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), pay

1 Mati, 5 : 3-10


the wages of prophethood and enter the chain of the

believers.

10. It was most probably in view of the above quotation

from Chapter 5 of the Bible compiled by ‘Mati’ that

Father Fastaun, a clergyman from Italy once wrote in

praise of the Holy Ahlul Bait (a.s.).

Appreciation of Ahlul Bait (a.s.) in Bhagwat Geeta

1. When Shri Krishnaji persuaded Raja Arjun to rise

against unrighteousness and gave him counsels in that

regard, he, interalia mentioned in a very highly

appreciative manner the virtues of Ahlul Bait (a.s.) and

also gave explanation thereof in detail. He enumerated

the following virtues of Ahlul Bait (a.s.): –

(i) They do not give any regard to their own valuation

where respect of religion is involved.

(ii) In spite of their greatness in every respect they are

never involved in self appreciation,

(iii) They do not create hardship for any body.

(iv) If anybody hurts them they never get infuriated but

forgive him instead.

(v) They actually are what they appear to be and are very

weak in their heart of hearts as well as forbearing.

(vi) They are pure, remain pure for ever and purify others.

(vii) They live in the world but their hearts are void of


worldly desires.

(viii) They always stick to the right path

(ix) They never allow their carnal desires to go out of

bounds.

(x) They are not proud of any thing.

(xi) The idea of death and the world hereafter is always

before their eyes.

(xii) They are not in love of worldly things.

(xiii) They do not always remain entangled in household

affairs.

(xiv) They are possessor of the love of and are engaged in (the)

service to the Messenger of Allah.

(xv) They do not feel (unduly) happy on securing any thing

pertaining to the world nor are they ever grieved if they

lose any thing pertaining thereto.

(xvi) They are always engaged in divine contemplation and

the knowledge of God.

(xvii) They are fond of solitude and are happy in such an

atmosphere where they could remain in consecutive

contemplatory mood.

(xviii) They raise their spiritual powers and make them strong.

(xix) They do not like to mix with crowds but remain

intoxicated with the cognizance of God

(xx) They always ponder on religion and Truth and dedicate


their lives for seeking truth and keeping guard on it.1

2. Similarly at another place Shri Krishnaji has

enumerated the virtues of Ahlul Bait (a.s.) as follows: –

(i) They are not afraid of any body except Allah.

(ii) They are always engaged in the purification of self.

(iii) They are not interested in worldly affairs.

(iv) They introduce the world to heavenly knowledge and

the cognizance of Allah.

(v) They are generous and bountiful.

(vi) They recite the word of Allah and make it known to

others and bring home the divine knowledge to them.

(vii) Their material self is under their control.

(viii) They always act on righteousness.

(ix) They do not get angry with any body nor do they utter

any bad word. They do not try to take vengeance for any

thing either.

(x) Endurance, composure, perseverance and forbearing

are their invaluable costumes.

(xi) They sacrifice everything to achieve their aims and

objects.

(xii) They do not do backbiting and hate to make complaints

against others.

1 Shrimad Bhagwat Geeta, Chapter 13


(xiii) They take pity on all the creatures of Allah.

(vi) They are beyond the approach of cruelty and oppression,

i.e. they are not possessed of such qualities of character.

(xv) They always come to the help of oppressed and helpless

people.

(xvi) They are never selfish.

(xvii) They take uttering of bitter words as sin and always do

sweet talking.

(xviii) They do not feel shy of doing any thing which is right.

(xix) Their sayings are all well calculated. Their actions are all

to the liking of others. They win the hearts of others by

whatever they do, because satisfaction of hearts is their

main principle.

(xx) They are naturally of towering personalities.

(xxi) They are not afraid of hardships or any ups and downs

in their lives.

(xxii) They are sacred physically and spiritually both.

(xxiii) They do not hate anybody.

(xxiv) Enmity is bad in their eyes. They only teach love.1

Vedas and Other Hindu Books and Ahlul Bait (a.s.)

It is clear from the above that in all the religious books of the

1 Bhagwat Geeta, Chapter 16


world there exist appreciation of the Ahlul Bait (a.s.) which is a

proof of the fact that without such appreciation of these great

personalities all such books and their teachings cannot be

called as complete. Even the Vedas about which the Hindus’

claim is that they existed, before coming of the sky and earth to

being or, for that matter, any thing which now exists therein or

in between contain the virtues of the Holy Prophet of Islam

(s.a.w.a.) and his progeny. None of the four Vedas i.e. Sam

Veda, Athur Veda, Rig Veda and Yajur Veda and the six

Shastras is void of the mention of the qualities of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his offspring, but we do not want to go

in detail thereof here.

Renunciation Of Throne During Muharram

1. According to Hamlat-e-Haidery – an authentic treatise

on history in Persian Language – Fateh Ali Tipu Sultan

observed extreme abstinence and piety during the holy

months of Ramazan and Muharram. He never used to

sit on his throne from the first to thirteenth of

Moharram to commemorate the greatest martyr of

Islam – Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.). And during these

thirteen days of mourning he used to keep aside all his

private and political engagements and devoted himself

to God’s worship. He also opened eating-houses for the

poor and needy up to thirteenth of Muharram.1

1 Zulfiqar, Muharram 1389


Faith on Ahlul Bait

Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu – the famous Muslim ruler of South

India – minted several coins during his reigning period. He

named these coins Haidery, Imami, Jafri, Kazmi and such

other Islamic names. These coins can be seen in several

museums even today. There were thousands of manuscripts in

his library. He expressed his devotions for the holy Panjetan by

getting the names of Allah, Muhammad, Ali, Fatima, Hasan,

Husain (Peace be on them) gold embossed on many of these

volumes. Again the names of four Caliphs of Islam are also

seen in gold-emboss on the covers of several volumes of his

Royal Library.1

The Bestower of Condolence

1. The Christian Bolus Salaam utters in his moments of

woe, ‘I turn up and down in the morning due to the

boredom of post operative convalescence, and in the

evening cancer surges pain into my bones. I would have

died a long ago; but I am alive owing to a particular

satisfaction and peace which I get automatically. I get

solace from Lady Batool Fatima (a.s.) prince Husain

(a.s.). Husain (a.s.) condoles me and gets me proper

medicine.’

2. From those personalities whose character is very high

and they have not drunk a single bowl of water

1 Zulfiqar, Muharram 1389


comfortably because grief had surrounded them I get

solace. I get condolence from Husain’s wounds because

his every wound bestows on me fortitude and

protection.1

Faith of a Kashmiry Pandit

1. There lived in Kashmir State a pandit Brahmin named

Jialal Sopoori. This Kashmiry Pandit showed a Muslim

like interest in the days of Ashura, and took active part

in Muharram congregations. He used to join Tazia

processions also.

2. This Pandit’s mother – a good Kashmiry woman – also

had devotional love for Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.). She

had memorized several elegies of Anees and Dabeer and

recited them in the days of Muharram. She also used to

make a small Tazia at her own expenses.2

Maharaja’s Love For Imam Husain (a.s.)

1. Maharaja Hari Rao Sindhia of Gwalior was a devout

believer of his own religion and therefore he did not

condemn any other religion or considered it bad. It was

a special characteristic of this ruler of Gwalior that he

used to renounce enjoyment of pleasure during the first

ten days of Muharram; and like other Muslims made a

1 Zulfiqar, Muharram 1389 2 Zulfiqar, Muharram 1389


Tazia of his own every year, and spent thousands of

rupees. He always visited State Imambara and wept on

hearing the Marsias. On the tenth of every Muharram;

when the Tazias were being lifted, he attended the

Imambara and personally lifted the Tazias and walked

several steps.1

Permission Of Sacrifice In Hindu Religion2

1. Animal sacrifice is not only permitted but emphasized

in Hindu religion. In ancient days even the clergies of

Hindu religion as well as sages used to eat animal flesh.

Religious scriptures like Vedas, Bhagwat Gita, Manu-

Smriti, etc. contained many evidences about this. When

Vashista – a great Vedic Sage – came to Valmiki’s 3

house, the latter sacrificed an animal in hospitality and

prepared meat for feast. In Bhagwat Gita there are

verses about sacrifice; their meanings are given as

under: –

I am the consumer of sacrifice. I am owner of

everything. It means that Yagna (sacrificial fire)

itself is God. 0 God you are Yagna-sacrifice. You are

fire. You are Mantra (sacred hymn) you are

firewood. You are Darbha (a kind of grass). You are

1 Zulfiqar, Muharram 1389 2 From Isna Ashari Monthly of Bombay, July 1958, presented by Janab

Zam Zam 3 Author of Ramayana


vessel. You are Agni Hotra. You are Swadha, You

are Soma (a holy juice) you are ghee and you are the

animal of sacrifice also.

O God! We can’t know you, but we recognize you by

Yagna (sacrifice) the symbol of religion of the three

Vedas in which you exist. Brahma himself ordered

for Yagna (sacrifice) and it can be dedicated to him

only. The life of every creation depends on sacrifice

and sacrifice depends on every creation.

2. He who does not sacrifice remains debarred from this as

well as another world.

3. A horse-sacrifice dedicated to Narain Vishnu frees from

the sin of world-murder. O holy Vishnu! Brahma

ordered sacrifice in your reverence. Shiva spoiled it. O

Yagna faced Vishnu! Beautify the sacrifice of this lamb

and freshen it.

4. Yudhishthira once asked Bhishma as to whether

Dakshina (reward to Brahmin) should be paid or not?

Bhishma said that Dakshina must be paid at the time of

sacrifice. Dakshina is the approval of the glory of the

Vedas. If Dakshina is not paid sacrifice remains

imperfect.

5. In another hymn benefits of sacrifice are shown. When

Brahma created man, he also created sacrificial animal

and instructed thus, ‘Take this, the sacrificial animal

will fulfil your wishes. Sacrifice it and be prosperous.


Sacrifice and present it to gods and gods will bless you

and bestow you plenty.’

6. Sin never touches the Brahmin who sacrifices according

to Vedic direction. His rank does not decrease but

increases with sacrifice. And he gains paradise the

instant he decapitates animal for sacrifice.

7. According to Yajur Veda, the place where animals are

sacrificed should be called paradise.

8. All the animals, human beings, trees, leaves, etc. wish to

go to heaven but heaven can not be obtained without

sacrifice.

9. Manu is an authentic law book of Hindu Religion.

Pandit Nathu Ram Mahashankar (who later became

known as Paramhans Privrajak Acharya Swami Shri

Dakshina Murti Anand Saraswati after renouncing the

worldly life) and Shashtri Pranjivan Hariram Pandya

wrote translation and interpretation of Manu-Smriti

and Samvat 1962 (1906 AD). Its many Impressions were

published. I have its third impression and it was printed

in Subodhini Printing, 51, Bazargate Street, Bombay in

1924 AD, Several verses about sacrifice in Manu Smriti

are given hereunder from the said book.

10. One should never eat the following things before

dedicating them to Gods. They are hoch poch, milk,

ghee, jiggery, wheat flour, thick milk mixed with tills,


malpoova and the meat on which Prokshana 1 is not

performed and food cooked for Navidhya (dedication to

God) and Havisha (sacrifice)

11. Fish can also be sacrificed. But what type of fish? The

answer can be found on page 266 (chapter 5 verse 16th).

12. Patheen, Rohita, Rajwa, Sinhtunda and fishes with

unbroken skin are worthy for Havya (sacrifice of fire)

and Kavya (dedication to dead ancestors).

13. A sage named Agarti sacrificed beasts and birds. The

description as given on page 267 (chapter 5 verse 22)

appears below:

Brahmins should sacrifice holy beasts and animals

for the sake of Yagna and their own parents because

Agartya did likewise before.

14. In ancient days of the Rishis, Brahmis and Khatriyas

used to sacrifice as it appears on page 267 (chapter 5

verse 23) which is as under:

In Yagna of the ancient Rishis and in Yagna of the

Brahmins and Khatriyas meat of eatable birds and

animals were distributed.

15. Manu-Smrity not only teaches animal sacrifice but also

allows meat eating as on page 267 (chapter 5 verse 26)

which is as under:

One should eat meat purified by recitation of Vedic

1 Sprinkling of holy water for purification


hymns. One should eat meat if many Brahmins

desire meat eating. If someone is invited at a

congregation after gods or parents, he should eat

meat. And one should eat meat at the time he

breathes his last.

16. What kind of punishment is due for him who rejects to

eat the meat of sacrificed animal is given on page 269

(Chapter 5 verse 35) which is as under:

If anybody is invited to Yagna (sacrificial feast) or

Shraddha (feast after someone’s death) according to

Shastras (religious scriptures) a lie refrains from

meat eating he will take animal birth twenty-one

times.

17. Brahma created animals especially for the purpose of

sacrifice as it is written on page 270 (chapter 5 verse 39)

which is as under: –

Brahma himself created animals for Yagna. And

Yagna is for the prosperity of the world. Therefore

killing of animals for sacrifice is not considered as

violence.

18. Sacrificed animals are directed to the right path and

they reach heaven according to a verse on page 270

(chapter 5 verses 40 & 41) which is as under: –

The learned Brahmin who kills animals in Yagna

and Shraddha sublimates his own soul as well as the

animals.


19. Herbs such as Soma, animals such as goats, trees such

as plants, birds such as Tiryanch, Kapinjal, etc;

whatsoever dies for Yagna gets birth of higher rank and

goes to heaven.

20. The very Vedas which prohibits violence, orders animal

sacrifice. Will anybody who understands Vedas hesitate

from sacrificing? Who can be greater enemy of Veda

than he who doubts this command?

21. It can be understood from all this that Vedas have

permitted sacrifice of animals and birds. Everybody

should eat meat of sacrificed animal. Vedas prohibit

violence, yet sacrifice is ordered in the Vedas. It is clear

that the Hindus do not understand the meaning of

violence. Vedas order that sacrifice is not violence still

Hindus considers sacrifice as violence. Not only this,

they behave enmity with meat eating communities. How

unjust is this? It is ordered so far in Vedas that he who

opposes sacrifice is the enemy of the Vedas. He who

does not eat meat will be born as a lowly beast not only

once but twenty one times. Is more comprehension

necessary? We also read above that he who does not

sacrifice and refrains from meat-eating is the thief of

God; he will never get paradise. He who wishes to

obtain liberation in this as well as another world should

sacrifice and eat meat.


Husaini Brahmin1

(This article of late Khwaja Hasan Nizami is full of new

information, and it shall be read with interest. In this article

Khwaja Sahib throws light not only on the tribe of Husaini

Brahmins but also on the predictions in ‘Kalki Purana’ about

the advent of Hazrat Rasool-e-Maqbool (s.a.w.a.) and these are

very interesting).

1. In many provinces of India ‘Husaini Brahmins’ are seen

in sizable numbers. They are staunch Hindus. Their

customs and beliefs are just like Hindus. But they have

special faith on Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.). They say

that their ancestors were with Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.)

at the time of battle and they requested Imam Husain

(a.s.) to come to India with them. Hazrat Imam Husain

(a.s.) also had accepted their request; and it is evident

from the terms of peace he put forward to Abdullah bin

Ziad that he should be allowed to go to India; because

he smells love from the direction of India.

2. Some Husaini Brahmins say that their ancestors

returned to India while several of them say that they

were martyred with Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.).

3. This statement of Husaini Brahmins is thought-

provoking, because Shri Krishna had predicted the

event of Karbala beforehand and this is present in his

1 From Isna Ashari monthly of Bombay of Rabiul Awwal 1378 A.H. by

Late Khwaja Hasan Nizami


book ‘Shriman Bhagwat’. Again they say that according

to Kalki Purana – the last Purana of the eighteen

Puranas in which there is description about Kaliyuga

and the incarnation of Kalyuga. There is a story about

the grandson of the incarnation of Kaliyuga who will be

murdered oppressively and ruthlessly.

4. I saw an Urdu edition of ‘Kalki Purana’ (Printed in

Meerut) and found some support for the statement of

Husaini Brahmins. It is written in Kalki Purana that the

Incarnation of Kaliyuga will be born in ‘Sambhal Island’.

According to Hindus ‘Sambhal Island’ is the ‘Sambhal’

village situated in District Moradabad. But the famous

English professor, Dr. Max Muller, writes in his English

translation of the Vedas that the ‘Sambhal Island’

means Arabia, because Sambhal means soft and oily

land, and the land of Sambhal, District Moradabad is

not such.

5. It is also stated in Kalki Purana that the incarnation of

Kaliyuga will be born in Brahmin Family. Hazrat

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) was born in Quraish

tribe and Quraish tribe enjoys the same honorable

position among other Arab tribes as it is enjoyed by

Brahmins among Hindus. This guess appears and Shri

Krishna might have called Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

as the Incarnation of Kaliyuga.

6. It is also found in Kalki Purana that the name of the

father of the Incarnation of Kaliyuga will be ‘Vishnudas.’


In Sanskrit Language, ‘Vishnu’ means ‘God’ and ‘Das’

means ‘servant’ – Abd. This matter also indicates that

this prediction was for Hazarat Muhammad Mustafa

(s.a.w.a.) because his father’s name was Abdullah. Kalki

Purana also states that his mother’s name will be

‘Omarti’. ‘Omarti’ means the speaker of truth and

keeper of patience in accordance with Allah’s wish. The

name of Hazrat’s mother was ‘Aamena’ which means

trustworthy and true woman.

7. It is also written in Kalki Purana that the Incarnation of

Kaliyuga will practice penance in the cave of a mountain

and there ‘Sharam’ will come and teach him a lesson.

Before he got (announced) prophethood, Hazrat

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) used to visit the cave of Hira.

8. In this very cave Gabriel came with God’s command.

And the wordings of the first verse of Quran were such

as to support this statement about teaching a lesson –

‘Recite with the name of thy God who has created.’

9. Thereafter it is further written in Kalki Purana that ‘The

family members and fellow citizens will cause grief to

the Incarnation of Kaliyuga and he will leave his home

and city and go to the mountains northwards.’ This very

incident happened to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). He

was harassed by his family members and when they

made preparations to kill him he left Mecca and went

northwards to Medina and resided there.


10. After that it is written in Kalki Purana that; ‘The

Incarnation of Kaliyuga will have tremendous love for

his daughter, son in law and grandsons; and one of his

grandson will be decapitated on hot sand near the bank

of a flowing river. From the blood of the martyr a flame

(light) will emerge and illuminate the whole world.’ I

found these particulars in the book in support of the

statement of Husaini Brahmins.

11. About the Veda of the last era (Atharva Veda) Husaini

Brahmins say that there is also description about Kalki

Avatar and his grandson Hazrat Imam Husain (a.s.).

12. Husaini Brahmins say even more than this. It is their

belief that Hazrat Imam Husaini’s father was ‘Om

Murti’ that is to say that he was incarnation of ‘Om Bali’.

13. Millions of Hindu followers of his highness Sir Agakhan

profess the same belief. They say that if ‘Yaa Ali’ is

written in Kufic style and ‘Om’ is written in Sanskrit

script, they will resemble each other. They wear a

particular type of locket on which ‘Ya Ali’ resembling

‘Om’ is carved.

14. Exempting the Hindu followers of Sir Agakhan there is

also a Hindu sect named ‘Sat Panthi’ in Bombay State.

Their population is about twenty lacs. The centre of this

sect is in ‘Pirana’ – place near Ahmadabad. There is also

a shrine of Peer Sayed Imamuddin Sahib – the founder

of that sect. On this shrine a lamp has been burning

since last three hundred years. There is also a shrine of


‘Janoi’ nearly. Those Hindus who become Momins

discard their Janoi (holy thread) here and then go into

peer’s shrine. There are two sub-sections of this sect.

One of them is called ‘Gupti’. Gupti means concealed.

Their name, appearance, actions etc. are just like those

of the Hindus, and they secretly recite ‘Ali’ ‘Ali’. They go

to pilgrimage of Peer Imamuddin’s shrine and the holy

flame. They contribute one tenth of their income to

Peer’s shrine. Their population is fifteen lacs. The

second sub-sect is called ‘Pragati’ which means ‘known.’

They are confirmed Shias and got the title of Momin.

They also contribute one tenth of their income to the

shrine. They perform Namaz, Roza and their names are

Islamic – Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Husain, Ghulam Haider

and women’s names are Kulsumbai, Fatemabai,

Rukiabai, Zainabbai, etc.

15. The centre of one of the community is in Palanpur

District. Peer Mashaekh was its founder. The followers

of this sect are half Shias and half Sunnis. They were

attracted to Islam by the love of Hazrat Imam Husain

(a.s.).

16. In Sind and Bombay Province there is a big sect called

‘Meraj Panthi’. They call themselves ‘Pirana Panthi’ also.

‘Pirana Panthis’ believe in a book called ‘Sat Deeni’; and

‘Meraj Panthis’ also believe in a book named ‘Kulzum

Sharif’. I saw this book in Kathiawar. This book is in

Gujarati Script. It consists of extracts from Masnavi


Sharif, Diwan-e-Hafiz, Quran-e-Majeed and the

traditions of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

17. This sect believes in ascension in person of Hazrat

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and they have great faith in the

future advent of Hazrat Imam Mehdi (a.t.f.s.). It is their

belief that theirs is the only right and true religion.

Their temples are called ‘Dhaam’. One of them is

situated in Nagar Thatta, (Sind). There is also a very big

‘Dhaam’ in Jamnagar – Kathiawar. But I have seen only

the ‘Dhaam’ of Rajkot, Kathiawar and there I had the

honor to see Kulzum Shariff.

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Fatooha

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Fatooha

Al-Fateha (Chapter Al-Hamd)

The views expressed in this book are strictly of the writer’s own

to which Trust full accord is not necessary.

The Literature published by the ‘Peer Mohamed Ebrahim

Trust’ may be reprinted and/or translated in any Language

without any change and if any change is desired, it should be

approved by the Trust.

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Fatooha

Al-Fateha (Chapter Al-Hamd)

A Majestic Hymn Offering

An Effective Invocation

Whereby every man is enabled to find the realm of Guidance

and find the way to paradise.1

In the name of the Magnificent Almighty Allah.

His Word is the Word of the Almighty Allah

‘I reveal my word through his tongue.’

Here is apparently, a sentence consisting of seven words,

studied minutely, this piece contains a summary of the grand

prophecy given in the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Moses

(a.s.) called lstisna.

In these impressive glad tiding given hereunder there are a

number of signs and symbols in respect of the advent of the

illustrious Last Prophet (s.a.w.a.). At the same time the

Almighty Allah has also appraised Janab-e-Kaleemullah

Prophet Moosa. (a.s.) that the Great Prophet (s.a.) is to appear

1 Hakim Sayyed Mahmud Gilani

68 � FATOOHA

in the concluding age (of the world) also, shall hold direct

conversation with Him. Not only that, but there shall be put on

his tongue Divine Word. So that every thing he says shall be as

if said from the Almighty Allah. His word shall be the word of

the Almighty Allah. The Divine Word shall be understood as

His very word:

Nor he speaks of his own inclination. If (i.e.

whatever he speaks) is naught but a revelation

revealed to him.1

Even though it comes out through the voice of His Servant, yet,

what a strange and sorrowful spectacle is it, that the Jews and

the Christians misunderstood the import of this prophecy of

the Torah of Moosa (a.s.). They did so knowingly and

deliberately.

Monks Buhaira and Mastoora Recognized The

Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

The monks Buhaira and Mastoora, even at the very first sight,

had recognized at once, the illustrious personality of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as answering to the Biblical prophecies. They

expressed themselves in quite obvious terms thus: Here is the

very Last Prophet (s.a.w.a.) whose resplendent advent has

been the subject of the glad tidings of the Torah and the

Evangel His grandeur and his status have been spoken of by

Moosa (a.s.), Eesa (a.s.) and all the Prophets of the by-gone

1 Holy Quran, 53:3-4

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ages in their respective scriptures and gospels.

The Almighty Allah speaks in the second part of the prophecy

of Prophet Moosa (a.s.).

He shall speak to them whatever I recite to him. And

it will signify that anyone not giving his ear to what

he says in My Name, shall stand for reckoning to

Me.1

These words of the prophecy clearly imply that the Almighty

Allah was to speak to the great Prophet (s.a.w.a.) whom He was

to raise (among mankind) and to reveal to him some

particularly sublime words. All the human race was to give

sincere attention thereto and to act in accordance therewith.

And anyone not plying heed thereto and failing in compliance

therewith was warned with dire consequences on the

Doomsday.

The foremost book, The foremost Word

The Great Prophet (s.a.) arrives, in his stately form, as was

befitting his appearance. The Last of the Prophets (s.a.) comes

wearing the sublime apparel of ‘My light’ which was the

foremost Creation of the Almighty Allah. ‘He claims that the

Light of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) was created when Adam was yet

in the state of water and earth.’ It was a time when the

Universe of the Earth and the Heavens had no existence of any

sort. Even the soul of Adam was in a nebulous state of vapor

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and matter. He comes to adorn the Last throne in consonance

with the tidings given by all the long line of the Prophets of

yore.

The Word Allah First Put On His Tongue

The question thus arises as to the nature of the word, which

the Almighty Allah put on his tongue in the first instance.

What were the expressions that flowed from him in the name

of the Almighty Allah? They were words, not to hear which

entails everlasting damnation words, not to submit whereto,

merits abiding torment words which, if ignored in action, drag

the man into the abyss of Hell.

Every Muslim rightly-oriented in Faith holds the belief that the

Light of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) came into being before every

thing of the Universe. In the same way a Muslim having true

Faith believes as firmly that the Holy Quran came into being

before all the books and the gospels. It is to be remembered,

however, that just as the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) came last of

all, so, too, the Holy Quran came as the final episode of all the

writings and books that were revealed. And this, too, for the

guidance and benefit of the mankind – bit by bit, as gradual

code of instruction, one lesson following the other. The Muslim

‘Faith is easy to follow’, was the claim to be substantiated. Its

whole sale revelation in one step was avoided to relieve its

burden. As a matter of fact, several centuries back the

proclamation had resounded dearly about the Holy Quran and

the bearer there of in the words,

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‘The untutored (uneducated by any human being but

already taught by Allah) has been given the Book

that he may read it.’1

Once again the question arises as to the word that was put on

the tongue of the Last Prophet (s.a.) by the Almighty Allah. We

need not refer to the Holy Quran for an answer to this question

for the time being. The Bible itself has supplied the requisite

answer in very glowing words thus:

Revelation of St. John

Then I saw another Mighty Angel coming down

from heaven. He was wrapped in cloud, with the

rainbow round his head; his face shone like the sun

and his legs were like pillars of fire. In his hand he

held a little scroll unrolled. And he set his right foot

upon the sea and his left foot on the earth. Then he

gave a great shout, like the roar of a lion; and when

he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. I

was about to write down what the seven thunders

had said; but I heard a voice from Heaven saying,

unto me, ‘Seal up what the seven thunders have said;

do not write it down’. Then the Angel that I saw

standing on the Sea and upon the earth raised his

right hand to heaven and swore by Him who lives

forever and ever. Who created Heaven and Earth

and the Sea and everything in them, ‘There shall be

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no more delay; but when the time comes for the

seventh Angel to sound his trumpet, the hidden

purpose of God will have been fulfilled as He has

declared to His Servants the Prophets.’

‘Fatooha’ An Open Book

Fatooha is a word of the Hebrew language. In the old editions

of the Bible, the word occurs in its original form. Later editions,

however, have replaced the original word by its substitute,

meaning ‘An open Book’. The word Fatooha means very bright

and manifest, needing no explanations being of self-evident

nature. In the Bible editions of the Hebrew, the word ‘Fatooha’

is as yet preserved.

In the Arabic language, the word corresponding to it is

‘Fatehah’, which means exactly what the Hebrew word

‘Fatooha’ signifies.

As such the prophecy given in the words of St. John is

therefore clear that what Jamah John was shown in his trance

was the chapter Fatehah. He was not, however, allowed to put

in black and white. He was directed to get it sealed in his heart

as a guarded treasure.

This brief brochure which has been named ‘Fatooha’ or the

‘Fatehah’, consists of seven verses. The exegetist and the

scholars have pointed out more than twenty five names.

Among these names the more well-known are: Al-Hamd, Al-

Fatehah, Fatehatal Kitab, Sab’a Masaani, Ummul Kitab,

Ummul Quran and Roohul Quran. It is strange coincidence

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that this chapter which comprises seven verses has also seven

names of special note. The Prophecy, too, has as such hinted at

this fact thus:

The cloud, then, gave seven thunders revelation of

the Holy Quran

It is generally thought, in respect of the revelations of the Holy

Quran, that it was the chapter Alaq with which the Revelation

started in the first instance. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was at

the time, praying in the cave of Hira? When Angel Jibrael (a.s.)

visited him and asked him to read in the name of the Almighty

Allah. The Prophet (s.a.) enquired what to read.

Angel Jibrael (a.s.) then read the verses which are from part of

chapter ‘Alaq’ and the Holy Prophet (a.s.) also recite them.

Priority Of Al-Hamd

As for the belief that the verses of Chapter Alaq were the first

to be revealed, the matter needs a deeper probe. An

investigation of the historical and biographical records brings

out the reality, that it was the Chapter Hamd or the Fatehah to

be the commencing Chapter of the revelation. This is the

personal opinion of the author based on his own findings, but

not generally accepted. As a matter of fact this chapter Hamd

enjoys priority over every other constituent of Islamic worship.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) himself has stressed its importance

thus: There can be no performance of prayers without the

Fatehahtul Kitab. It follows as a necessary conclusion from this

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that this chapter was the first to be revealed and to be taught.

‘The History of Islam is quite explicit on the point of the

worship by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) even before his

manifest call to Prophethood. He used to go out into the

wilderness, visited caves and hills as his resorts for worship. It

is certain, that he would have been reciting the Chapter Al-

Hamd as part of his worship. He, himself, says that without

reciting this chapter, no worship can be gone through.

In any case it shall have to be conceded that the institution of

prayer must have been made obligatory simultaneously with

the call to the Prophethood. For the performance of prayers,

the recitation of the Chapter Al-Hamd must have become

obligatory. As such, whatever is the requirement of the case,

the evidence points clearly to the revelation of the chapter Al-

Hamd as taking precedence over every other verse of the Holy

Quran. It was revealed foremost of all, or made the subject of

instruction, in as much as it is a hymn offering, a supplication

to the Almighty Allah. As such, it was but befitting the

grandeur and the dignity of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that the

foremost words to escape his lips should be in the form of

Hamd. They should comprise the sentiments of praise and of

glorification. As such the first words that came from his tongue

are:

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Al-Hamdo

lillaahe Rabbil Aalamin. Ar-Rahmaanir Raheem

Maaleke Yaumid Deen Iyyaaka Na’bodo wa iyyaaka

nastaeen. Ehdenas seraatal mustaqeem Seraatal

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lazeena ana’mta a’layhim. Ghayril Maghzoobe

A’layhim Wa laz-zaalleen.

Translation:

1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

2. (all) praise is only Allah’s the Lord of the worlds

3. The Beneficent, the Merciful.

4. Master of the Day of Judgment.

5. ‘You’ (Alone) worship we and of ‘You’ (only) We seek

help.

This is in personal opinion of the author, not generally

accepted.

6. Guide us (O Lord) on the Right Path.

7. The Path of those upon whom ‘You’ have bestowed

‘Your’ bounties, not (The path) of those inflicted with

‘your’ wrath, nor (of those) gone astray.1

Verses of Al-Fateha Analyzed

These are the seven verses, consisting of twenty five words

made up of one hundred and twenty three letters. These

sublime verses together are named with the well-known

appellation of Fatehah – the very soul and pith of the Holy

1 The path of those on whom you have bestowed your bounties and who

have not been inflicted your wrath nor have they gone astray.

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Quran. With these verses is recited the glory of the Almighty

Allah. They are named Fatehatul Kitaab. It adorns the

beginning of the Book of Allah, the Almighty. It is the

auspicious revelation that has come with the titles of the

Almighty Allah: Allah, Rabbil Aalameen, Ar-Rahman, Ar-

Raheem Malik-e-yawmiddeen. Here are the five Holy Titles

that adorn the commencing verses. To these Holy Titles, has

been given a limit in the auspicious tidings of Janab-e-

Kaleemullah (Musa [a.s.]).

This it shall be, that any one not paying heed to the words

which he shall say in My name, I shall call to the reckoning.

All Glory is to the Almighty Allah, ‘I shall call him to the

reckoning.’

How beautifully have these words of the said prophecy

elucidated the meanings of the word, ‘Maaleke Yawmiddeen’.

They have removed from over a hidden mystery, all sorts of

veils. In one simple sentence is expressed that fact that the

Almighty Allah is, undoubtedly the Lord Almighty Allah. He

shall call every one to the reckoning. All the same the twelve

letters of the word ‘Maaleke Yawmiddeen – Meem, Alif, Laam,

Kaf, Yaa, Waw, Meem, Alif, Lam, Dal, Yaa and Noon show that

he (the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as the Dispenser of the ‘Hell fire

and Paradisiacal Bliss’, shall have his say in apportioning the

reward and punishment to mankind. Who else, if not he, has a

title to such choice?

Add to the above the fact, that while the Almighty Allah is

Rabbul Aalameen (The Sustainer of the Universes), the Holy

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Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is the ‘Mercy for the Universes’ (Rahmatul

lil-Aalameen). The Almighty Allah has the attributes of Ar-

Rahmaan Ar-Raheem (The Most Compassionate, the Most

Beneficent). So too the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has the qualities

of Compassion and Beneficence. It is for this that a

supplication has been made in this invocation to the Rabbal

Aalameen (The Sustainer of the Universes), for guidance to the

Right Path (Seraatal Mustaqeem) of which is the path of

salvation, the path of those Infallible Ones who are favoured

with ‘Your’ Reward.

Besides, this invocation includes a supplication to be saved

from the line of action and the attitude of those who are the

target of Your wrath (Magzoobeen and Zaalleen) and those

who got astray. Most of the exegetics have taken only the Jews

and the Christian to be implied by the terms Magzoobeen and

Zaalleen. This is true no doubt but it is not correct to restrict

these terms to the Jews and the Christians. For, when the

Right Path, prayed for, is the Path of the infallible ones, the

Path of those virtuous souls, who attain to the Path of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and the Imams (a.s.) it follows that along

with the Jew and the Christians should be sought the

deliverance from the path of those who merit the wrath of the

Almighty Allah and who got astray. They are those who are the

enemies the very lives of the infallible ones the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) and his progeny (a.s.) who received grievous hurts at

their hands. They are those who put to the severest tortures the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his Progeny (a.s.). They are those

who staged revolts against them at each and every step. They

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are those who notwithstanding their professions of Islam

looked upon in the situations of Prophethood and Imamat with

doubts. They were the people who tyrannized the noble souls.

It is for such people that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said,

Those who take up arms against ourselves (the Holy

Prophet [s.a.w.a.]) and his Holy Progeny have no

connection with ourselves. Not only are they

meriting the wraths of the Almighty Allah, not only

are they the misguided ones, but they are also the

ones outside the pale of Islam.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has himself indicated a sign of the

one meriting Divine wrath thus Fatemah is a part and parcel of

my being. Anyone who offends her offends me and anyone who

offends me does offend the Almighty Allah.

It is thus shown that it is not the unbelievers and the

polytheists alone who are among those who have merited the

wrath of the Almighty Allah and who are among the misguided

ones. Even those Muslims are bracketed with them who after

accepting Islam did not follow the Right Path of the infallible

ones. They became included among those who merited the

wrath of the Almighty Allah and those who got astray, because

of their wrong ways. It is to this that the words ‘Ghayril

Maghzoobe Alayhim wa lazzaalleen’ point out.

An Analysis Of The Prophecy Of St. John

On looking closer into the contents of the prophecy of St. John,

certain very obvious facts come to light from the underlying

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mysteries. The Prophecy may be analyzed as follows:

(1) He sees a mighty angel coming down from heavens.

This implies the Holy personality of the Prophet (s.a.) of the

Almighty Allah, in as much as he lords over the entire creation.

He is mightier than every thing in the earth and the Heaven. As

such the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has been called the ‘mighty

angel.’ John was very lucky to get a glimpse of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in his ecstasy, though not in his real figure,

but in the figure of the angel.

(2) He was wrapped in cloud.

Among the distinctive high rank of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

is that a white layer of cloud kept its shade over him. Books of

history and biography have, in general, made mention thereof.

Ummul Momineen Khadeejatul Kubra (a.s.) has herself stated

to the following effect, ‘Before his call to prophethood, the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) returned from Basrah with her

merchandise. There were flying on his right and on his left two

holy birds. Over his head there was a white piece of cloud

providing shade for him.’

The foremost of the spouses of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was

witnessing third scene from over the roof of her house.1

(3) With the bow round his head.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), so to say, had a bow on his head

like the fire arms of this age, the bow and the arrow constituted

1 Seerat-e-Khadijah (a.s.), published by Mauly

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a mighty arm of those days. The presence of the bow on his

head represents that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) after his call to

prophethood would undertake Holy Wars against the enemies

of the faith. He would in the end win victories and would come

out successful. He prevailed over the nation of the world.

Moreover, the symbol of the bow also indicates that (some

among the members of the family of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

shall be made the targets of arrows. They would be martyred

with similar weapons. The battle of Karbala is an obvious proof

of the same. Not only was the Holy victimized Imam Husain

(a.s.) pierced with arrows and martyred but even the youthful

prince Ali Akbar was robbed of his life by the arrows of the

accursed foes, the infant Asghar (a.s.) got his soft throat

pierced by three pronged arrow – with a smile on his lips the

little six month old son of Imam Husain (a.s.) gave up his life.

The prophecy of St. John has a reference to this – the presence

of the bow on his head.

(4) His face shines like the sun.

The Almighty Allah has addressed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

by the appellation of the Brilliant sun – the sun that radiates

Light: ‘Siraj’ in the Arabic languages goes not mean only a

lamp. The Arabic lexicon dubs the heavenly Sun as ‘Siraj’, as

well. It is from the word ‘Siraj’ that the Hindi word ‘Suraj’ and

the Sanskrit word ‘Suryah’ have been derived. Besides the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has also been named the ‘forenoon Sun’. The

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) himself is Light personified. He is

shining, giving out radiance all around. His face has, therefore

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been shown to be similar to the sun.

(5) His legs were like pillars of fire.

There are two interpretations of the words ‘legs like the pillars

of fire’.

(i) The Prophet (s.a.) shall reduce to the ashes all forms of

infidelism and polytheism. Not a trace of these shall be found

in his religion ‘Islam’

(2) He shall hold out the threat of the Hell to the enemies of

the Almighty Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.a.) as also to

those who deny the truth. Those who turn their backs to the

commands of the Almighty Allah and his beloved infallible

ones (a.s.) shall be cast into the Hell.

(6) He had in his hand a small brochure with Fatooha as its

title.

It refers to the chapter Fatehah also known by the appellation

‘Al-Hamd.’ This chapter comprising seven verses is spoken of

allegorically as a small brochure.

It is the chapter wherein have been embodied the two

fundamental purposes of the entire Holy Quran and as such of

the whole of the Religion:

(a) Belief

(b) Action.

Belief has two aspects:

(i) The Beginning

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(ii) The Ending.

So has ‘Action’ its two aspects:

(i) Adoption of the praiseworthy, righteous attributes

(ii) Avoiding contemptible, evil habits.

All of these are incorporated in this brief, sublime chapter. It is

the chapter wherein there is the Glorification and Praise for

the Almighty Allah. Herein we have the mention of the

Compassion and Beneficence of the Lord. There is the pointed

reference to the Day of Reckoning. There is the direction for

adopting the Path of Guidance of the Almighty Allah and the

infallible ones (a.s.). We have herein the reference to the

virtues of the infallible ones (a.s.) side by side with the

condemnation of the infidels, the polytheists, the enemies of

the True Faith and the antagonists of the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) and his Holy Progeny (a.s.).

This is the chapter the commencement whereof has been made

with the five holy letters. Alif, Laam, Hai, Meem and Daal.

Herein is an indication that the rightly guided and the

foremost guides in the first instances are five in number.

Herein has been shown that the number of the Holy souls,

meriting heavenly rewards of the Prophethood and the Imamat

also is five (�� Alif, Noon, Ain, Meem, Ta).

Herein is also expressed that the number of those who call to

the Rabbul Aalameen (Sustainer of the Universes) in their

glorification and worship is fourteen (i) Alif (ii) Laam (iii)

Laam, (iv) Ha, (v) Ra, (vi) Ba, (vii) Alif (vii) Laam, (ix) Ain, (x)

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Alif (xi) Laam, (xii) Meem, (xiii) Ya, (xiv) Noon. Herein has

been said that besides the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) there are

twelve more infallible ones characterized by the Divine

attributes of ‘Compassions and Beneficence.’ (� �� Al-Rahman Al-Raheem 6+6).

Therein we find that the success of this life and of the

Hereafter is gained by the love for and the obedience to the

fourteen Holy Souls, who are the custodians of the Paths of

Guidance and the Straight Paths.

(Al Seraat Al-Mustaqeem (� � !"� #��$��) – Alif, Laam, Saud, Ra Ya, Alif, Laam, Meem Seen, Ta, Qaf, Ya, Meem: (14). This is the

Brief Brochure ‘Fatooha’, wherein have been condensed whole

volumes of books.

He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the Earth.

This sentence is quite clear in its meaning. It implies that the

promised Prophet will be the lord of the land and the oceans.

He will be the monarch of the universe – the ruler of all the

Creation. All the land and the sea shall be under his control.

He shall be the over-lord of the waters and the meadows. All

sorts of creatures – marine and of dry earth – shall submit to

his orders.

And for the sake of the Great Prophet (s.a.) in whose favor the

whole universe and the entire creations were brought into

being, after all, why could not the land and the seas has given

into his possession, seeing that the heavens and the

inhabitants were made subservient to him.

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Then he gave a great shout, like the roar of a Lion and when he

shouted, the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write down

what the seven thunders had spoken.

In this part of the prophecy has been expressed the state of the

revelations of the chapter Al-Hamd Comprising seven verses.

That is to say that this sublime chapter has been ushered in

with seven powerful sounds. St. John says in his trance that on

hearing these seven sounds he wanted to put them in black and

white. He then heard a voice calling upon him to get the

utterance received through the seven thunder of the cloud,

sealed. He was forbidden to put them in writing. On the other

hand he was required to get them sealed as a treasure in his

own heart. He was to keep it treasured up in his bosom. It was

for some other Prophet (a.s.) to get them put in black and

white. He was to appear in the later days of the earths.

Past Prophets Apprised Of Al-Hamd

From the prophecy of St John, another mystery gets solved,

namely a facsimile of the chapter must have been made

manifest to the Prophets of Yore. ‘They must have been

apprised duly of its importance, its significance and its

grandeur. All the same, the permission to put it in black and

white and to incorporate the same in any gospel was withheld.

It was preserved expressly for the Book of the Almighty Allah,

the Book of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) designated by the name of

the Holy Quran; This too, affords proof of the ancient age of

the chapter Al-Hamd, as being the foremost word of the

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Almighty Allah. We may surmise that Chapter Al-Hamd came

into being simultaneously with the covert being of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

Then the angel that I saw standing on the sea and the land

raised his hand to heaven and swore by Him Who lives for ever

and ever. Who created heaven and earth and the sea and every

thing in them, ‘There shall be no more delay; but when the

time comes for the seventh angel to sound his trumpet the

hidden purpose of God will have been fulfilled, as he promised

to His servants – the prophets.

This part of the prophecy carries special importance in as

much as, herein the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) has averred to St.

John on oath of the Almighty Allah to the following effect: The

meanings of this small brochure ‘Fatooha’ shall become

manifest in the last millennium when the signs of the

approaching Day of Judgment shall become obvious. It will be

the time when the glad tidings given by the Prophets (s.a.) of

Yore shall be fulfilled.

It transpires from this that all the communications about

human welfare that have been received through the True

Prophets of the by gone ages all along the line from Prophet

Adam Safiullah (a.s.) down to Prophet Isa (a.s.) connected with

the advent of the Last Prophet (s.a.w.a.) shall come into being.

His distinctions shall be that he shall have this small Brochure

of Truth and Reality with him – the Fatooha namely the

chapter Al-Hamd of the Holy Quran.

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Prophet (s.a.w.a.) Through The Vedas

Even the Vedas (the Hindu scriptures) have given the glad

tidings of the advent of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) thus:

Ahmad alone, infact shall espouse wisely and

intelligently the truth vouchsafed to him by his

spiritual Father. He shall proclaim:

O Mankind I have come up in life as the Sun, by

virtue of Truth. I adorn my speech under the ages of

the instruction from my Spiritual Father alone.

From Him, I derive my energy myself.

In this happy exposition of the Vedas, has been given the

simile of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as the Sun – the Siraajam

Muneera the warner and the bearer of good tidings, in very

much the same way as in the trance of St. John: His face shone

like the Sun.

Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and Fatooha

Another meaning of the prophecy of St. John is to the effect

that when Imam Mahdi (a.s.) makes his advent on the

approach of the Day of Judgement, it is then that the complete

significance of the small Brochure ‘Fatooha’ (Fatehah) shall

become manifest. Just consider the following words of the

prophecy.

There shall be no more delay, but when the time comes for the

seventh angel to sound his trumpet, the hidden purpose of God

shall have been fulfilled. Here is a hint to the Voice from

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Heavens which shall proclaim:

And listen for the day whereon the crier shall cry

from near place1 at the time of the advent of Imam

Mahdi (a.s.).

Another sign for the advent of the Imam (a.s.) of the last age

has been furnished thus:

The Day when they hear the cry in truth; that is the

Day of coming forth (from the graves).2

The creatures of the Almighty Allah shall then see for

themselves, whether they adopted the Right Path or the

Crooked one, whether they spent their lives in obedience to

those who were blessed with heavenly bliss or the disobedience

to them; whether one paid his due to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

for his painstaking efforts in the cause of his purpose of

Prophethood, by bowing his head low to the love of his

Progeny (a.s.) or he had spent his days of life in antagonizing

the Almighty Allah by causing hurt, injury and offence to his

favorites.

Al-Hamd Replete With Mysteries

Glory to the Almighty Allah! What a sublime and superb

Chapter is the Al-Hamd! It comprehends in its purview all the

matters, commandments, directives, intelligence, and the

events from the very, day of the creation of the universe right

1 Holy Quran, 50:4 2 Holy Quran, 50:92

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up to the Day of the Final Gathering. The Top Most Creator has

revealed this Chapter, replete with the mysteries of the earth

and the heavens, internal and external.

To this effect has been declared in another prophecy of

Prophet Moosa (a.s.) to the following effect:

You should listen to what he says. And so it shall be

that anyone who does not listen to Prophet (s.a.) he

shall be destroyed, from among the Ummat.1

In one of the prophecies of Prophet Moosa (a.s.) it was

proclaimed to the following effect:

And so it shall be that anyone who does not pay heed

to My words, which he shall say in My name, I shall

call him to the reckoning.

The other prophecy clearly declares:

Anyone who does not listen to the Prophet (s.a.)

shall be destroyed from among the Ummat.

These words are self-explanatory. Those of the mankind who

have waved aside the guidance and the Commands of the

custodians of the treasure of ‘Ana’mta Alayhim’ (�� ع� ��) (the path of those upon whom You have bestowed ‘Your’ bounties

have been included among the Magzoobeen (�%��) and the Zaalleen (��), They have been expelled from among the Ummat of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). They are outside the

pale of Islam. And yet how strange that even among the

1 Act : iv, 23-25

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Muslims there is a section who look upon the Magzoobeen and

the Zaalleen as true and staunch Muslims. They get offended

and their brows get knit up when the Yazeeds are dubbed as

infidels and the slayers of the members of the Holy Family are

called apostates.

The Lion Of Allah – Ali (a.s.)

Two important hints – Two supreme indications: Roar of the

Lion and Thunder of Cloud.

The trance of St John, which has been referred to, contains two

strange hints:

(i) Then he gave a great shout like the roar of a Lion.

(ii) And when he shouted the seven thunders spoke of the

cloud.

Both these hints embody very deep mysteries.

Let us try to prove deeper into these mysterious hints. It is fact

quite well-known that the grand personality of Janab-e-

Ameerul Momineen Ali Murtaza (a.s.) is also spoken of as the

Lion of the Almighty Allah. The same Lion of the Almighty

Allah known as Ali (a.s.) bears a name with the same

appellation of the Almighty Allah. It is also known that the

Almighty Allah spoke to his Beloved Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in the

tone of His name-sake Ali when the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

approached the Heavenly throne on the Night of the Heavenly

Ascent.

Here, too, St. John hears the same accent of Ali (a.s.), the Lion

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of the Almighty Allah, the champion of the Religion of Islam.

He is reciting the verses of the chapter Al-Hamd. He is making

a recital of the chapter Al-Fatehah – it is Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

and Ahmad (s.a.w.a.) who is present there. But the accents are

those of Ali Murtaza (a.s.) the Lion of the Almighty Allah.

The Messenger is a powerful angel in his physical appearance.

His Deputy and Legatee is in the form of a powerful Lion – A

Lion at whose roar the hearts of the earth and the heaven

quake – a Lion whose roar reverberates throughout the

expanses of the universe a powerful Lion – Ali (a.s.), the over

powering Lion of the Almighty Allah.

Ameerul Momineen Ali (a.s.) on a certain occasion himself said.

I am Abul Hasan – the Male Lion.1

On the occasion of the campaign against Khaibar, while

reciting his war poem, he said to Marhab.

I am the one whose revered mother gave me the

name af Haidar. I am the ferocious Lion of the

wilderness of courage; I am the redoubtable Lion of

Sinewy arms of stout neck and am fierce looking in

my body.2

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in one of his addresses spoke in

eulogy of Ameerul Momineem Ali (a.s.) to the following effect.

1 Abu Dawood, Nasai, Tabrani, Mujam-e. Kabeer, Musnid Rahiah bin

Harith and others 2 Seeratun Nabuwwat Ibne Hisham, after the narration of Salmah bin

Akwa

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Here is the Lion of the Almighty Allah on the Land of

the Almighty Allah.1

So we see that no one else has been called by the appellation of

the Lion. No one else received the title of the Lion.

It is as such to be concluded that the Lion that roared in

heaven, whose roar meant the recitations of the seven verses of

the Al-Fatehah, was none else other than Ali (a.s.).

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) Speaks in voice of Ali (a.s.)

The signals were from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

The words came from Ali (a.s.). The role played was that of the

hero of the heaven. The speech was that of Abu Turab Ali (a.s.).

This Lion of the Almighty Allah roared in a cloud. He recited

the seven verses of the Chapter Al-Hamd in awe inspiring

thunder of the terrific cloud

The cloud! Aye! The same cloud about which the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) says:

I am as the rain and Ali (a.s.) is as the cloud.2

What is strange in the Last Messenger (s.a.w.a.) speaking in

the accents of the First Imam Ali (a.s.). There is no wonder in

the use of the intonation of Ali (a.s.) by the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.). Both of them have come of the same Divine Light.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) himself says,

1 Ashraf un-Nabuwwat, Abu Sad through Abdullah bin Akbar 2 Abu Saeed Asharafun Nabuwwat through the narration of lbne Umar

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The Almighty Allah created before everything else,

my Light and the Light of Ali (a.s.).

A point is especially note worthy. The Almighty Allah is

particularly well-disposed to Ali (a.s.). His angels take pride in

him.1 Is there anything then strange, if this Ali (a.s.) recites the

seven verses of the Chapter Al-Hamd in the reverberations of

the Lion’s Roar? Does it sound unthinkable, if he makes his

appearance to the prophets of Yore before his manifest

appearance? He was not named after the Name of the

Almighty Allah in vain.

Prophecy by Prophet Yusuf (a.s.)

There is a Syrian piece of writing eulogizing the merits of

Ameerul Momineem Ali (a.s.) as another piece of testimony. If

a piece of magnificent prophecy called Bashaarat-e-Yusufi it is

related to the following effect: –

1. The Light of the High Heavenly Throne.

2. Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) is more brilliant than the Sun.

3. He shall be given a book – Unique, without a peer.

4. His Conpanion Ali (a.s.) shall recite that Book aloud.

5. The Book that begin with seven lessons.

6. It comprises the Heaven as well as the Hell.

7. They relate to heavenly reward as well as punishment.

1 Books of Abul Qasim, Tabarani, Dailami, Ahmad, Ghazali and other

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8. It is a wonderful thing, a marvelous miracle of the

Companion (a.s.) of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

9. Anyone studying it, listening thereto and acting in

accordance therewith shall be successful.

The Grandeur of Bashaarat-e-Yusufi

The sacrosanct writing which has been presented here to the

readers has its origin in the Qibti language which was spoken

in ancient Egypt and the adjacent lands. It was later translated

into the Syrian language. It is reported that during the period

of the imprisonment in the Egyptian prison of Prophet Yusuf

(a.s.) there was a Qibti in those days in the prison, who was

reading a writing in the Qibti language. It contained a

prophecy of the advent of Masih Ibne Maryam (a.s.), which

was to the following effect. A Prophet shall arrive. His mother

shall be very chaste. He shall be without a father. He shall be

given a Book. It shall contain a number of parables and news.

It shall contain a very grand prophecy about the advent of a

distinguished personage. This Prophet (s.a.) shall receive

severe ill-treatment at the hands of his people. His people, in

their enmity towards him, shall be planning to end his very life.

The Almighty Allah, however, shall protect him and call him to

Himself. On hearing these words of the prophecy, Prophet

Yusuf (a.s.) said:

O Fellow prisoner! What you are reading is quite

right but do you know the distinguished personage

about whose advent the grand prophecy makes

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mention in the book?

The fellow prisoner expressed his ignorance in answer to this.

Then said Prophet Yusuf (a.s.):

O dear friend! Just listen! The distinguished

personage is the one, for whose sake came into being

this whole universe of the earth and the heaven. Yes!

Listen attentively: The Light of the High Heavenly

throne is Muhammad (s.a.w.a.). He is more brilliant

than the Sun. He shall be given a book-unique,

without a peer. His companion Ali (a.s.) shall read

out that Book in loud tones. The Book begins with

seven lessons. They contain the mention of the

Heaven and of the Hell. They shall refer to the

heavenly reward as well as to the torment of the

Hell. It is a marvellous thing. It is a wonderful

miracle of the Prophet (s.a.) and of his companion.

Anyone who reads it listens to it and acts in

accordance there with it shall be successful.

Bashaarat-e-Yusufi Analyzed

Great is the Almighty Allah! How remarkable is the glad

tidings of Prophet Yusuf (a.s.). Every word thereof is replete

with the excellent and high status of the Holy Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and his Holy Progeny (a.s.).

(i) The light of the high heavenly throne.

(ii) He is more brilliant than the sun.

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It comprehends the brilliance of the Sun of Prophethood.

It has the radiance of the moon by way his status as the

Messenger of the Almighty Allah.

It resounds with the superiority of the Book of the Almighty

Allah. It points to the position of Ali (a.s.) as the Eloquent

Quran. It overflows with the high dignity of the Chapter Al-

Hamd. Glory be to the Almighty Allah! Here has been given

pithily by Prophet Yusuf (a.s.), the substance worth thousands

of details. Brevity is presented herein in all its expressions.

Right was Yusuf (a.s.) the possessor of elegance and beauty.

The Light of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) shines right through

the handsomeness and camliness of Prophet Yusuf (a.s.), why

should he, then, have missed the sublime mention of the Sun

of the Prophethood of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in his

explanatory account. Let us analyze the account of the glad

tidings given by Prophet Yusuf (a.s.). A number of soul-stirring

secrets of faith get manifested. Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) says:

The Light of the High Heavenly throne Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.) is more brilliant than the Sun.

All the prophets, all the religious books, revealed or otherwise,

have called the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as light, as Sun. St.

John says in his trance:

His face shone like the Sun.

The Athar vaid gives the glad tidings of the Last Messenger

(s.a.w.a.) of the Almighty Allah in the following eloquent

expressions:

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I have been born as the Sun, by virtue of such truth.

The Yajar Vaid says:

Mahamat, the Prophet who is to arrive, is the Light

of the Almighty Allah. He is bright as the Sun.

The Holy Quran, too, speaks of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as

the Light, the brilliant Sun, the Sun of the Forenoon, in as

much as the darkness of polytheism and misguiding ignorance

of unbelief was dispelled by this same Sun of the Prophethood.

Thereby was spread the Light of the true faith in the Universe

of Creation.

(iii) He shall be given a Book:

About this Gift of the Book too, all the prophets of yore and the

previous books have, borne testimony by hints and signs by

brief and detailed references. In the Book of Moses (Torah) it is

recorded thus:

I shall put my word on his tongue. He shall say to

them everything I say to him.

In the trance of St. John is seen: ‘He had a small book in his

hand.’ The Athar vaida says: ‘I do adorn my speech with the

teaching of my spiritual Father.’

The Act says: ‘Listen to what he says.’

The Evangel has put it thus: ‘The helper, whom the Father

shall send in my name, shall teach you everything.’ Prophet

Eisa (Christ) says:

When that Spirit of truth comes, he shall guide you

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to the Path of the Entire Truth.

This is because he shall not say anything from himself He shall

say what he hears.

So has the Almighty Allah proclaimed to His Grand Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) with the gift of the Holy Quran:

This is the Book, there is no doubt in it (being the

word of Allah) (it is) a guidance for the pious

(ones).1

So did Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) son of Prophet Yaqoob (a.s.) state

in his prophecy:

He shall be given a Book, unique without a peer.

This is spoken of about the Book which was to be

given to the Prophet (s.a.) who was to come. And

about this Book there stands the claim of the One

Who is the Author of the Book. That! If You be in

doubt about what we have sent down to Our Servant

(Muhammad) produce you then a surah (chapter)

like it.2

O the bragging polytheists! Who get conceited in your

eloquence and command of language, bring forth even a single

chapter (for instance like Al-Hamd) paralleled thereto, Says

Quran:

If you be in doubt about what we have sent down to


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our servant, produce you there a Surah like it.1

You make high claims stroking your chests, but can you put

forth any argument like the Book? Have you any smattering of

Truth? Then show us in any of your composition even two

words of the value of Bismillah or Al-Hamdullillah. The Book

must as a matter of course be unique, since its Author is

glorified as:

Nothing whatsoever (is there) like the like of Him.2

(iv) His companion (i.e. Ali [a.s.]) shall recite the Book:

In a few words has Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) supplied the proof of

the status of Ali (a.s.) as the Eloquent Quran, He has clearly

stated that it shall be revealed to the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) as

the silent Quran. It shall be recited, however, by the Eloquent

Quran. Ali (a.s.) as Quran-e-Naatiq, the speaking Quran,

accompanying the speechless Quran. How could the Book of

Allah be understood, until the arrival of the one who spoke in

the spirit of the Book? Who could cognize the worth and

meaning of the word of the Almighty Allah and the word of the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)?

(v) The Book that begins with seven lessons.

In the glad tidings given by Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) as purported

by this statement, we are told that the Book to be given to the

Messenger (s.a.w.a.) of the Almighty Allah, shall commence

with seven lessons or seven verses. This is a reference to the


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chapter Al-Hamd (Fatooha) which comprises seven verses.

He shall be given a Book-unique and without a peer. Ali (a.s.),

his companion, shall recite that Book aloud. It is now being

stated that the Book begins with seven lessons. So they are the

same seven lessons, which John heard in the roar of the Lion

and the thunder of the cloud in a mighty roar as of a Lion. They

did the cloud thunder seven times. 1 Just think over the

sequence of the Revelation of John and the prophecy of Janab

Yusuf (a.s.). There is a great deal of correspondence between

the two, as also a linkage therein. John has made use of a

metaphor in his statement about the same as the ‘roar of a

Lion’, and ‘the seven thunders of the cloud’.

Try to understand this part of the Bashaarat-e-Yusufi. It will

help to absorb the meanings thereof, to keep in the mind a

statement of deep insight, of the renowned companion

Abdullah Bin Masood. He says:

This Holy Quran has been revealed on seven letters.

There is not a single letter which has not an

apparent as well as a hidden meaning. Ali (a.s.) has

certainly (the Key to) the apparent and the hidden

meanings thereof.

From this statement of Hazrat Ibne Masood it transpires:

(a) The Holy Quran has its commencement with seven

letters or the seven verses of the chapter Al-Hamd

1 Revelations of John

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(b) In these verses of the chapter Al-Hamd is contained the

apparent and the hidden meaning of the whole of the

Holy Quran. In other words the chapter Al-Hamd is the

text, while the rest of the Holy Quran is the commentary

thereof.

(c) It is only the revered personality of Ameerul Momineen

Ali (a.s.) who, is competent to understand it and to

make other people understand it next to the Holy

Prophet (s.a.). In other words, the place for the

revelation of the Holy Quran is the bosom of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.). Mastery of the Holy Quran is with

Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), while after him the

understanding of the Holy Quran is with Ali (a.s.). It is

for this reason that Ali (a.s.) enjoys the status of the

Eloquent Quran.

(vi) The verses of chapter Al-Hamd advert to Paradise as

well as to Hell.

(vii) They also advert to heavenly reward as well as to

chastisements, to merit as also to torment.

In this part of his prophecy, Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) has expressed

the meaning of the whole of’ the chapter Al-Hamd. And it is

expressed thus.

To be engaged in the glorification of the Lord of the universes

in a spirit of gratefulness is the moans to the attainment of

Paradise and to heavenly reward. Ingratitude and disrespectful

attitude to the Almighty Allah leads one to the torment of Hell.

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Belief and convictions in the Mercy and Compassion of the

Almighty Allah entitle one to the entry into Paradise and the

enjoyment of the Divine bounties. Not to believe in His

attributes of Benevolence (as Giver even without being asked)

and Beneficence (as Giver when asked) makes one fit for Hell

and its torment.

Belief in the Day of Judgment and in the Almighty Allah as ‘the

Lord of the Day of Judgment, is the sine qua non of the

blessing of Paradise, while the denial thereof is the sure cause

of Hell torment.

Worship of the Almighty Allah and the obedience in practical

living to Him, as also seeking help from Him directly and

indirectly brings in for one the boons of the celestial heavens,

On the other hand failure and negligence of worship for Him

and denying Him the status as the One single supreme

sovereign worthy of our adoration and as our one Sustainer

and Helper, drives one to the abysm of Hell torment. To follow

the Right Path of the Infallible Favorites (a.s.) of the Almighty

Allah and of those who were blessed with His bounties,

prepares one for the attainment of Divine Pleasure and the

gaining of Paradise. To move in the footsteps of the enemies of

the favored ones of the Almighty Allah and of the foes of the

right religion like the accursed devils, thereby stumbling at

every step, throws out into Hell fire. Following the leadership

of those who are the targets of the wrath of the Almighty Allah

and His Messenger (s.a.) and those who get astray, as if they

are rightly guided, befit one for the blazing flames of the Hell.

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On the other hand avoiding their lead at all costs is the sure

cause of gaining the Divine Pleasure and the pleasure of the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and as a result obtaining the bounties

of Paradise. So is it an act of great good merit to recite the

Chapter Al-Hamd and the word of the Almighty Allah trying to

understand its meanings and to translate the commands

thereof into actual practice deserving of heavenly reward.

While disdaining even to touch the Book, and if at all reciting it,

doing so as only a matter of formality without taking any hint

there from for guidance in actual conduct and denying to act in

accordance therewith, is the sure path to Hell torment. It is as

such that it has been laid in the Book of Prophet Musa (a.s.).

So it shall be that anyone, who does not pay heed to

what he says in my name, him shall I call to a

reckoning.

Even more stern than this is the warning served by the Bible in

the following strain:

Give your ear to what he says, and so it shall be that

anyone who does not pay heed to what that Prophet

(s.a.) says, he shall be destroyed from among the

Ummat.

The Bible, according to St. John, is even more explicit about

the meanings of ‘Ehdenas Seraatal Mustaqeem’ (�� !� �"� #� � ��$�� & �'��) (Guide us O Lord on the Right Path.) How beautiful are the

words.

When that spirit of truth comes he shall show you

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the Path of Truth in its entirety.

(viii) It is a wonderful thing, a marvelous miracle of the

Companion (a.s.) of the Prophet (s.a.).

He is Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), who is the very soul of truth. He

acquaints mankind with Hell and Heavens, with heavenly

reward and chastisement, with acts meriting heavenly bliss

and those meriting Hell torment. He speaks in the name of the

Almighty Allah. With him is his companion, his Deputy and his

vizier – the Eloquent Quran – Ali (a.s.).

Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) speaks of them both together in his tidings

of good luck. Both of them Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and

Ali (a.s.) are spoken together. both are meant together even

when only one of them is mentioned. The two of them are the

same as has been said.

Your flesh is my flesh. Your body is my body. Your soul is my

soul. Your blood is my blood. Your Light is my fight and so on.

What a wonderful vista of life!

The Almighty Allah speaks through the tongue of

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.).

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) speaks through the medium

of Allah the Almighty.

The Almighty Allah speaks through the tongue of Ali

(a.s.).

Ali (a.s.) speaks through the medium of Allah, the

Almighty.

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And Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) speaks through the

tongue of Ali (a.s.).

Ali (a.s.) speaks through the tongue of Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.).

Still greater is the wonder in that all the prophets have always

used the accent of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) in their expression of truth

– in prool of the oneness of the Almighty Allah – in the

propagation of the Word of the Almighty Allah. The prophets

of yore from Adam (a.s.) down to Eesaa (a.s.), did not win the

attention of anyone, unless they spoke in the accent of Ali (a.s.).

Their speech did not make any impression on mens minds.

In case anyone does not believe it, it is open to his. But what

when the Holy Quran supplies the proof therefore? One is

expelled from the fold of Islam; if one denies the words of that

book. Is there anything out of place if one gives ear to the

Quranic words? Says the Holy Quran:

And granted we to them of our mercy and assigned

to them a tongue of truthfulness, by way of Ali.1

Glory be to the Almighty Allah! How eloquent are the words!

The Almighty Allah has made the grandeur of His name-sake

manifest. So according to the Torah

The abode of a person, not paying heed to the word

of the Almighty Allah, is Hell.

The one, who heeds not the, word of Ali (a.s.), is denying the

1 Holy Quran, 9:50

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word of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.).

In case a person does not give ear to the word of Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.), he is guilty.

He shall be called to the reckoning on the Day of Judgment.

And he shall be destroyed from among the Ummat in this

world.

He is discarded by religion as also by the world.

The soul of truth has come. Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) has come.

So has Ali (a.s.) come.

He has indicated the Path of Truth. Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and

Ali (a.s.) have provided the guidance to the Right Path,

directing mankind to follow in the foot steps of those who were

favoured the beloved ones of the Almighty Allah the Infallible

one’s, those who disobeyed the Almighty Allah, Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) and Ali (a.s.) are the ones meriting the

wrath of the Almighty Allah. They are those who have gone

astray. They are the devils incarnate, the accursed ones. Avoid

them, dissociate yourself from the company of such people.

But alas – and manifold alas! Those blind of heart do not see.

They are deaf, dumb and blind. 1 May the Almighty Allah

shelter us from such attitude.

Let us see what Prophet Yousf (a.s.) says: It is something

wonderful, marvellous miracle of the Prophet (s.a.) and his

companion. It is reference to the same Book of which the

1 Holy Quran, 32:18

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beginning is made with the seven verses af the chapter Al-

Hamd. This same has been spoken of as wonderful. Even those

who have not believed in it and those who have declined to

admit the same as the word of the Almighty Allah, are wonder

struck on hearing it, as a matter of fact. They, too, get sunk in

wonder. Ali (a.s.) was once reciting this chapter Al-Hamd. He

repeated each and every word thereof several times. He recited

the same melodiously loving tones. A group of unbelievers

passed by him. How could they escape the noble effect which

the recital of the ‘Ummul Kitab’ and that too, in the accent of

Ali (a.s.) should have exercised over them? They got sunk in

their wonder. They looked at one another as spell bound. One

among them was really a very astute fellow. He addressed the

others saying, ‘Move on, Move on, go away. Mind your own

jobs, lest you get overwhelmed by the bewitching recital by Ali

(a.s.). He is the same Ali (a.s.) whose brother Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.) is a Wizard.’ Similarly, once an unbeliever heard

Abuzar-e-Ghaffari reciting the chapter Fatehatul Kitab. He

began to tremble. Salman recited this same chapter by way of

incantation on a person who bad been stung by a scorpion. He

was at once relieved of his pain. On observing this the

unbelievers were nonplussed. Once Imam Hasan Ibne Ali (a.s.),

the second Imam, was reciting this wonderful prayer when

non-believer’s happened to hear the words. His heart began to

palpitate. His eyes got into a fixed stare. On one occasion

Imam Musa Kasim (a.s.) recited only the words Al-Hamdo

Lillahe Rabbil Aalameen (All praise is only for Allah, the Lord

of the worlds). The recital stunned a Jew. Some Christian

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asked Imam Hasan Al-Askari (a.s.) as to whether there was

some summary of the Holy Quran as well. His reply was in the

affirmative. He said:

The quintessence of the Holy Quran is the chapter

Al-Hamd.

The christian asked him to recite it for him. Imam (a.s.) started

its recital. The Christan fell in a swoon. He remained in that

state for three days and nights. Did not the polytheists of

Mecca, on seeing the chapter Al-Kausar, proclaim, ‘it is not the

word of any man.’ It was too an expression of their

wonderment and intellectual incapacity on their part. This is as

far as human beings are concerned. Even the genii on hearing

the verses of the Holy Quran got entranced. Allamah Waqidi

has reported of such a spirit, who was a lover of the chapter –

Al-Hamd and of the chapter Kausar. Ibne Jauzi says that a

party of the genii performed their prayer in the lead of

Ameerul Momineen A lbne Abi Talib (a.s.). Of them two were

so enchanted that they could not stand the recital of the verses

of the Holy Quran. They began to stagger like drunkards.

The angels of Heavens too bowed down to the marvel of the

Holy Quran. Whenever the angels of Heaven, got an

opportunity of listening to the recital of the Holy Quran they

would be struck with wonder. As such the prophecy of Prophet

Yusuf (a.s.) is but an expression of truth, when it says:

It (the Book of Allah) is something full of wonder a

marvellous miracle of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

and his companion.

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The Holy Quran is really something very wonderful. It drives

one into the wonderland of the marvel of every letter thereof. it

is a marvellous piece of a miracle. Even the enemies of Islam

have admitted its pithiness and its marvel. The renegades and

apostates have bowed down to its miraculous position. A few

examples may be cited below:

(1) The Book brought forth by Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) known

as the Quran is a marvel of great wonder. Each and

every verses thereof is full of gnosis. No other book –

Revealed from Heaven or unrevealed can compare with

it.1

(2) The Book that was revealed to the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) of

Arabia contains far superior guidance and light than is

to be found in the Psalms, the Torah and the Evangel. It

is full of all kinds of laws and commandments for the

guidance of matters with religious and mundane.2

(3) It is not possible at all to deny that the Quran revealed

to Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) is not only a miracle of Heaven,

but it is equally a marvellous miracle of the personality

to whom it was revealed.3

(4) Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) is a superb Messenger (s.a.w.a.)

of the Almighty Eeshwar. He should be called the

1 The Jewish Historian Lan Ham, President, Central Jews Associations,

New York, U.S.A. 2 The Christian author and Scholar,T.S. Fostah London, England 3 M. Krishna Raman M.Sc. Secretary Bengal Education Bureau,

Calcutta, India

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supreme Guide of the human race. The Book Quran,

which he presented to the world, is a remarkably

marvellous miracle. It has no parallel among all the

sacred books of the world. Shri Guru Nanak Devji.

(5) The Quran, as a matter of fact, contains everything

which man needs (for his guidance). It is an

unparalleled Book of Guidance.1

(6) One is wonder-struck on pondering over the teachings

of Islam. How was the Book revealed to an untutored

Prophet (s.a.). Even a greater wonder lies in the fact that

the Prophet (s.a.w.a.) himself and his companions who

understood the Quran so well, were not formally

educated. May be they were instructed by the Almighty

Allah Himself at their birth. In any case the Quran is

nothing less than a miracle.2

Let us now consider the last wards of the prophecy of Yusuf

(a.s.):

He who studies this Book and heeds the words so as

to act in consonance with the same, shall be

successful.

In this part, it has been clearly laid down that it does not suffic

recite and listen to the Holy Quran. It is binding that one

should act in accordance therewith, for the purpose of the

1 Sardar Bahadur Hirasingh M.A , Bar at Law, Amritsar, East Punjab 2 Lang Whin – Sometime General Informer, the Department of

Intelligence, Soviet Russia

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attainment of salvation and real success. The chapter Al-Hamd

is the Ummul Kitab and Ummul Quran, the soul of the entire

word of the Almighty Allah. As such one should ponder over

the seven verses of this sublime chapter. It is recited in all the

five prayers of the day. It behoves then, that one should

concentrate on meanings steadily in all the five daily prayers.

Each and every word of the same should soak into the very

being of the one who performs the prayers with the

appropriate action in consonance therewith. Of a certainty one

can achieve then the lasting success and salvation.

The spirit of the chapter is condensed in the verse – ‘Ehdenas

Seraatal lazeena Ana’mta A’layhim’

Guide us, (O Lord) on the Right Path, the Path of

those upon whom. ‘You’ have bestowed ‘Your’

bounties.

A person should obey as is appropriate those who were the

beneficiaries of the blessings of prophethood and the blessings

of Imamat. He should follow in their footsteps. He should

entertain cordial love for them. He should consider action in

consonance with their attitude as the way of the Divine Faith

conducive to salvation and lasting success. He it is, who shall

achieve his objectives in this world. For such persons, it has

been given as glad tidings.

Verily Allah has purchased from the faithful their

selves and their properties for theirs in return be the

Garden of Paradise, they fight in Allah’s way and

they slay and they are slain, this is a promise

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binding on Him in the Torah and the Evangel and

the Quran; And who is more faithful to his covenant

than Allah? Therefore rejoice you in bargain that

you have transacted and that it is the great

achievement.1

They are those who shall enjoy the bounties of Paradise. The

exegetists of the Holy Quran have duly emphasized this point,

in the interpretation of the verse Ehdenas Seraatal Mustaqeem

(�� !� �"� #� � � �$�� & �'��) Muslim bin Hayyan says, ‘I have heard from Abu Hurairah as saying: By Seraatal Mustaqeem is meant the

path of Prophet Muhammadur Rasullallah (s.a.w.a.) and of his

Holy Progeny (a.s.). So does Allamah Saeedi say in his Tafseer:

Seraatal Mustaqeem (�� !� �"� #� � � �$��) means the path of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and of his Holy Progeny implymg Obedience

to and reverence for them.

Reference In Torah

To this points out the reference in the Torah when it says:

So it shall be that I shall call to reckoning any one, who does

not give ear to what he says in My Name.

A warning is served in this behalf namely:

Men should give ear to what he says. And thus it shall be that

anyone who does not give ear to what that Prophet (s.a.w.a.)

says shall be destroyed from among the Ummat.

1 Holy Quran, 9:111

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History bears witness that there were men who were the

objects of Divine Wrath. There were those who got astray. They

disobeyed the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) the custodians of the

Imamat. They followed not their path of Guidance. They

walked in the foot steps of the accursed Satan.

They were those wretched fellows who harassed the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) and his Holy Progeny (a.s.). They subjected

them to torture and tyranny. They used swords and spears

against them. They wounded them. They set fire to their

houses. They laid siege to them. They banned food and water

for them. Shall they too be included among those upon whom

were bestowed Divine bounties? Are they too entitled to

heavenly rewards and eternal success? Never! Never.

History has obliterated all traces of them. True Muslims do not

like even to make mention of their very names. According to

their own way of thinking, they became successful for the time

being but as a matter of fact, they were defeated forever. They

were destroyed from among the Ummat.

The revelation of St. John says:

Their feet were like the pillars of fire.

And the Book of Prophet Moses speaks of him:

‘He has in his right hand the Fiery code for them.’ The

significance thereof is quite obviously expressed. The accursed

ones tried to set fire to the house of the Holy Progeny (a.s.) of

the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). The misguided fellows set fire to

the tents of the Holy Progeny (a.s.). In this way they were

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burnt in the fire of Divine Wrath and the Wrath of the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.). Not a trace of even their ashes was left. They

were the objects of Divine wrath of the Fiery Code and the

pillars of fire here and in the Hereafter of blazing Hell. Another

Revelation of St. John.

Prophecy Of Fatooha In The Evangel

There is found another prophecy – and this too, is connected

with the Revelations of St. John – in the Evangel in respect of

the Fatooha (Fatehah Ummul Quran) of the seven verses.

Says St. John:

I looked and there before my eyes was a door

opened into heaven; and the voice that I had first

heard speaking to me like e trumpet said, ‘come up

here, and I will show you what must happen

hereafter.’ At once I was caught up by the Spirit.

There in heaven stood a throne and on the throne sat

one, as I looked.

I saw in the right hand of the One who sat on the

throne a scroll, with writing inside and out and it

was seated up with seven seals.

So for the Holy Quran and its chapter the Al-Hamd have been

under discussion. In the first part of the Revelation of St. John,

the seven verses of the Al-Fatehah have been represented as

the seven sounds. The Book of Allah, however, is shown to

have been sealed with seven seals. In other words the Book is

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complete. It is adorned with the Al-Fatehah. The point worthy

of note is that in the revelation the Divine verses are spoken of

as the roar of the Lion and as the thunder of the cloud, while

now the verses are spoken of as being heard in the sound of a

trumpet (narsingha). And what is a ‘narsingh?’ Do you know?

Perhaps, one may be tempted to understand it as the musical

instrument that is blown in temples and places of worship of

the polytheists. It is however, nothing of that sort. The

Almighty Allah and His Messenger (s.a.w.a.) never

countenanced things or their sounds. Nor is there any latitude

given for their use or sounding the same.

‘Narsingha’ in Hindi is used for the male lion. It is a lion of

dreadfully loud roar powerful, fearless and bold lion. As such,

it was the same Lion, whose roar was heard proclaiming the

seven verses of the Book with seven seals. It was the

‘Narsingha’ which made its appearance in the figure of the

Lion of Allah, the Almighty. The Almighty Allah, had the Book

with Him. The Book was being recited by His Male Lion – the

bravest of the brave – Ameerul Momineen Ali (a.s.).

Prophecy About Martyrdom Of Imam Husain (a.s.)

Now let us study the next part of the Revelation:

I saw standing in the very middle of the throne. Inside the

circle of living creatures and the circle of elders, there was a

Lamb with the marks of slaughter upon him. The Lamb went

up and took the scroll from the right hand of the One who sat

on the throne. When he took it, the four living creatures and

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the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb... They were

singing a new song.

Thou art worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals, for

thou wast slain and by thy blood didst purchase for God, man

of every tribe and language, people and nation.

This part of the revelation of St. John holds within its purview

a number of very wonderful and deep mysteries. The four

living entities mentioned therein are respectively: (i) The Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.), (ii) Ali (a.s.) (the Lion of the Almighty

Allah), (iii) Sayyedatunnisa Fatimatuz Zahra (a.s.), (iv)

Hasanal Mujtaba (a.s.) and (v) the slaughtered lamb

represented Sayyedush Shohada, the martyr of Karbala,

Husain Ibne Ali (a.s.). By his martyrdom he gave new life to

the Book of Allah, the Prophethood of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

and the eternal Truth of Islam.

In this part of the revelation it has been shown that the

martyred Imam (a.s.) did not leave off the Book of Allah, even

after having been martyred and having been slaughtered.

During the period of this earthly life the Imam used to perform

a thousand rakats of optional prayers (Naafelah) daily at the

minimum count. The chapter Al-Hamd was recited by him in

the performance of these optional prayers, at least two

thousand times. The study of the Holy Quran was in addition

thereto it is a well-know narration that Imam Husain (a.s.)

recited the Holy Quran in its entirety once every day.

Even after having been martyred, lmam (a.s.) maintained his

love for the Holy Quran intact. Recitation of the Holy Quran

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had become a usual food for his soul, in the period of his

earthly life. The foremost boon, he received from the Almighty

Allah was the Holy Quran, which was sealed with seven seals –

the Quran of the seven verses. Imam Husain (a.s.) got from the

Author of the Holy Quran, the Book He started the recitation

there and then.

The Book had been sealed with seven seals. It has its essence

condensed in the seven verses of the Chapter Al-Hamd. It was

an occasion for still greater wonder. His four elders were

wondering at the supreme act of his script. At his recitation of

the Holy Quran they marvelled all the more.

And at last, at his grand performance they gave the tidings.

Thou art worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for

thou wast slain and hast by thy blood purchased for Go men of

every tribe and language, people and nation.

How did it all come about? By his martyrdom – purchased by

the blood of himself and of his dear and near ones. It was for

this that Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), Lady Fatemah (a.s.)

and Imam Hasan (a.s.) proclaimed to Imam Husain (a.s.):1

Thou art worthy to take the scroll and to break its

seals.

These words of the said revelation clearly indicate that after his

martyrdom Imam Husain (a.s.) recommenced the recitation of

1 For all the quotations given here the reader may refer to the New

Testament, Printed in Great Britain – published by the British and

Foreign Bible Society, Anarkali, Lahore 1952

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the Book of Allah. He then went aloft on the point of the spear,

breaking all the seven seals of the Holy Quran, he started the

recitation of the verses of the Chapter Al-Hamd.

Imam Husain (a.s.) by being slain, won to himself the virtuous

men of every tribe, every land and every nation. He purchased

the believers. The actual words of the revelation are:

For thou wast slain and by thy blood didst purchase

for God men of every tribe and language, people and

nation.

They point to the Quranic verse to the effect:

Verily God has purchased from the faithful their

‘selves’ and their properties, for theirs (in return) by

Garden (of Paradise); They fight in God’s way and

they slay and are slain. This is a promise binding on

Him in the Torah, Evangel and the Quran and who

is there have faithful to his covenent then God?

Therefore rejoice you in the bargain.1

We have seen two of the parts of the revelation of St. John. Let

us now look to the other two parts thereof.

Says St. John:

Then as I looked I heard the voices of countless

angels. These were all round the throne and the

living creatures and the elders There were, myriads

up on myriads, thousands upon thousands, and they

1 Holy Quran, 9:111

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cried aloud.

Worthy is the lamb, the lamb that was slain, to

receive all power and wealth, wisdom and might,

honour and glory and praise.

Then I heard every created thing in heaven and on

earth and under the earth and in the sea, all that is

in them, crying.

Praise and honour, glory and might to him who sits

on the throne and to the lamb for ever and ever.

The enemies of the Holy Family did their best not to allow the

blessed names of the Holy personages be uttered by the

tongues of men. But who can change the eternal laws of the

Almighty Allah? The devotees and the martyrs in the path of

the Almighty Allah are endowed with eternal life. They may

apparently be screened off from this world. In reality they are

eternally alive. To this does the said revelation refer, when it

says:

Praise and honour, glory and might to Him who is

the throne and to the lamb for ever and ever.

There is no doubt that the son of Lion of Allah, Ali al-Murtaza

(a.s.) namely Imam Husain (a.s.) was endowed with limitless

Divine powers. He performed such deeds of valour in the

battlefield of Karbala as astounded mankind. He cannot be

paid his due tribute in words. It is this same tribute of praise

and glorification paid to the slaughtered lamb that his name is

being exalted to the highest zenith.

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This beloved grandson of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), while

his holy head stood aloft on the point of the spear was reciting

the Quran thereby supplying the proof of this being the

Eloquent Quran.

Those Afflicted With Allah’s Wrath And The

Misguided (Maghzoobe A’layhim ( �� ع� �� ) And

Zaalleen ( �� ))1

It is only those people who are further removed from the Right

Path, who stand against the loving reverence for the members

of the Holy family. They are those who have fail to move in the

fort-steps of the beloved ones of the Almighty Allah. They are

among the people who are included in those on whom Divine

Wrath has befallen or those who have gone astray. They are the

inmates of the Hell. It is about such people that the Bible

speaks to the following effect:

There shall be in the later times men who shall make

light of religion. They shall tread the path of lust as a

result of their lack ol faith. They are the people who

set up factious. They are people of profligacy, devoid

of the soul.2

The words of the Bible given above have not been spoken for

nothing. It is an admitted fact that the people who have

1 For details of the subject matter discussed in the foregoing pages, the

other books by the author may be studied. In addition to establishing

contact with the Majlisul Mulimeen, Karachi. (Mahmood Geelani) 2 Yahoodah:18

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followed the Right Path – the reverence for the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) and his Holy Prophet (a.s.) and who have paid the

dues to the Holy Messenger (s.a.w.a.) of the Almighty Allah, for

his strivings, have in all periods of human history been

exposed to ridicule. And such attitude towards them shall

continue till the Day of Judgment. Are not even today,

subjected to ridicule all those who commemorate the tragic

events of the lives of the Holy Progeny (a.s.) in their mourning

rites? Are not they scoffed at? Over and above the ridicule and

carping heaped on them; they are subjected to torturing in new

ways. The Bible has gone further in pointing out such of the

people on whom Divine Wrath befalls and those who are led

astray. The picture drawn of those who have gone astray in as

follows:

Just as there were false prophets in the Ummat, so

shall there be among you false teachers. They shall

invent ever new neologles of a secretly destructive

type. They shalt deny the Lords. Who had purchased

them. They shall soon cause themselves to be ruined.

Many a people shall follow their lustfulness.

The Path of Truth shall thereby be disgraced. In

their greed they shall so manipulate matters, that

they shall exploit you to their advantage.1

The words of the Bible to the effect:

They shall deny the Lord, who had purchased them;

1 Peter (2), Chapter 2/1-3

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These words have clarified the position of those who go

contrary to the purport of sublime Quranic verse to the

following effect:

Verily Allah has purchased from the faithful their

selves and their properties, for their in return be the

gardens of Paradise. They fight in Allah’s way and

your slay and are slain. This is a promise binding on

Him in the Torah, Evangel and the Quran. And who

is there more faithful to his convenant then Allah.

Therefore rejoice you in the bargain that you have

transacted and that it is the great achievement.1

They are those who have forsaken loyalty to the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) and his Holy Family They have turned themselves

into antagonists so that they care not a whit for the

commandments and laws of the Almighty Allah, His

Messenger (s.a.w.a.) and his near of Kith and Kin.

They recognise not the spirit of truth. They were shown the

Path of Right, but they go away from that straight Path in

favour of the Path of the accursed Satan – the path of those on

whom befalls the wrath of the Almighty Allah and those who

are led stray. Steeped in misguidance they are a slur for the

Religion of Truths. It is about such people that the prophets of

your have prophesied thus:

And so shall it be that anyone who heeds not what he

1 Holy Quran, 9:111

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says in My name, I shall call him to the reckoning.1

And so it shall be that anyone who pays no heed to that

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) shall be destroyed from among the Ummat.2

Those who the Lord, who had purchas ed them, shall soon

bring themselves to ruin.3

Even more clearly it has been said:

The people of Nainawah, on the Day of Judgment

shall stand with the people of the age and proclaim

them as guilty.4

The people of Nainawah, in other words those holy souls who

won martyrdom in Karbala shall on the Day of Judgment be

witness to their hard heartedness. Everything shall then

become manifest:

The Day of Judgment is near, O My friend How can

the blood of the slain be concealed. In case the

tongue, of the dagger remains silent, the blots of

blood in the sleeve shall proclaim of the due act.

To impress upon the mind the grand importance of the

sublime verses of the chapter Al-Hamd it has been said:

Then he gave a great shout… The seven thunders

spoke. I was about to write down what the seven

1 Istisnaa, chapter XVIII 2 Act of the Apostles, Chapter IV 3 Peter : II, Chapter II 4 Mathew, Chapter XII/42

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thunders had said, but I heard a voice from heaven

saying:

Seal up what the seven thunders have said do not

write it down.

And it has been said:

I saw standing in the very middle of the throne

inside the circle of living creatures and the circle of

elders, a lamb, with the mark of slaughter upon him.

The lamb went up and took the scroll from the right

hand of the One, who sat on the throne. When he

took it, the four living creatures and the twenty four

elders fell down before the Lamb. They were singing

a new song:

Thou art worthy to take the scroll and to break the

seals. So the slaughtered one is he who was reciting

the chapter Al-Hamd after having won martyrdom.

He was then breaking the seals of the Book of Allah,

the Almighty, by virtue of which he knows

everything. He sees everything, as to who are the

people who have followed the Right Path shown by

his grandfather (s.a.w.a.) his father (a.s.) and he

who have gone astray.

So it has been said:

Behold! He is coming with the clouds. Every one

shall see him and among them those who pierced

him, and all the people of the earth shall lament in

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remorse. So it shall be.1

The misguided also recite:

Guide us (O our Lord) to the Right Path; the Path of

those on whom You have bestowed Your bounties.

And yet after reciting and hearing the verses, they do not allow

them to enter the deeper layers of their minds. They hear them

with one ear and cast them out through the other. Would that

they cognised the underlying importance thereof. They would

then avoid associating with and obeying those upon whom the

Divine Wrath falls and those who are led astray.

The Flag Of Al-Hamd To Be Borne By Ali (a.s.)

Ali (a.s.) is part of flesh and blood of the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.). He is part of the very soul of the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.). He is part of the very being of the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.). He shares the blood of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

He shares the mysteries of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

Verily Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) is the master of my

mystery.2

He is the one bred up by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). He is the

foremost Muslim and he is the foremost believer.

The foremost among this Ummat next to me is Ali

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Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.), the foremost of believers.1

He is the brother of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in this life and

in the Hereafter. Said the Prophet (s.a.w.a.):

Thou art my brother in this life and in the

Hereafter.2

Ali (a.s.) is of myself and I am of Ali.

Thou art of myself and I am of thineself.3

He is of the likeness of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).

There has been no prophet, who did not have one in his

Ummat, of his own likeness.4

From his light were created the angels. Said the Prophet

(s.a.w.a.):

Verily the Almighty Allah created the angels from

the light of Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.).5

He is the lord of the sword Zulfiqar. He is the unrivalled youth.

There is no sword to match the Zulfiqar. There is no

youth to match Ali (a.s.).6

He is equal in rank with the revered Ka’ba as the Prophet

1 Al-Mustarshed 2 Daar Qutni 3 Tabrani; Nesaaei; Tirmizi; Ibne Majah; Ahmad; Hakim and others 4 Dailami 5 Al-Moyd Khawarazmi, Fil Manaqib 6 Tazkerah Taheri; Kifayatul Mataalib; Zumratal Riyaz and others

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(s.a.w.a.) said:

The example of Ali (a.s.) amongst this Ummat is like

the Kaaba.1

‘He is like the Chapter Qul Howallaaho Ahad’, said the Prophet

(s.a.).

The position of Ali (a.s.) among the mankind is in

line with that of Qul Howallaaho Ahad in the Holy

Quran.2

He is the standard bearer of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) here

and in the Hereafter.

Said the Prophet (s.a.w.a.):

You are my standard bearer in this world and in the

next world.3

He is the conqueror of Khaibar. He is the standard holder of

Khaibar.

The Prophet (s.a.) gave him the standard and the Almighty

gave the victory at his hands.4

To him, who recites the chapter Al-Hamd with the roar of the

lion and the thunder of the clouds shall be given the Divine

standard on the Day of Judgment. It shall be auspiciously

named the ‘Standard of Al-Hamd.’

1 lbnu Maghazil 2 Dailami 3 Khawarazmi; Dailami; Hazrami 4 Ahmad; Muslim; Tabrani; Nasaee; Abu Haatim; Tirmizi and others

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On a certain occasion the people asked the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) as to who would carry his standard on the Day of

Judgment. His reply was:

He who carries it in this world – namely Ali bne Abi

Talib (a.s.).

He was asked as to how Ali (a.s.) shall carry the standard of Al-

Hamd? The Prophet (s.a.w.a.) replied:

Behold ! The Almighty Allah has endowed Ali (a.s.)

with special gifts. He is gifted with the same calibre

of patience as myself, along with the comeliness of

Yusuf (a.s.) .Why should he not then be able to carry

my standard?1

The Holy Prophet (a.s.) one day said to Ali (a.s.):

Ali you shall proceed before me on the Day of

Judgment. The standard of Al-Hamd shall be

entrusted to me and I shall give it to you.

According to another narration the Holy Prophet, (s.a.) said:

I shall be entrusted with a standard on the Day of

Judgment, which will be named, the standard of Al-

Hamd. Many people shall long to get the standard

from my hand on the Day just as people did long to

get the standard on the day of Khaibar,

notwithstanding the fact that they shall be at a

distance from me. The standard of Al-Hamd shall,

1 Ahmad bin Habib

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however, be entrusted only, to the person who got it

on the occasion of Khaibar.1

Merit Of The Standard Al-Hamd

Let us now speak of the details of the standard of Al-Hamd.

The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said to Hazrat Ali (a.s.):

Do you know that I shall be foremost to be

summoned on the Day of Judgment? I shall stand on

the right hand side of the Exalted Throne I shall be

then invested with the green cloak of the Paradise.

The other prophets shall follow up, one after the

other. They shall live up in two rows on the right

hand side of the Exalted Throne. They, too, shall be

invested with green cloaks of the Paradise.

Let me also tell you, O Ali (a.s.), that the foremost of

the people to be called to reckoning shall be my

Ummat, on the Day of Judgment.

And let me congratulate you that you shall be the

foremost among the people to the summoned on

account of your nearness of Kinship with me. I shall

make over to you my standard of Al-Hamd. You

walk about between the two rows. Prophet Adam

(a.s.) and all the creatures of Allah, the Almighty,

shall be in the shade of my standard. The head

1 Ashraful Nabuwwat

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thereof shall reach to a distance equivalent to a

journey of a thousand years. The point thereof shall

be of red turquoise. Its hilt shall be of white silver.

Its blade shall be made of green gems. It shall have

three of its prongs made of Divine Radiance. One of

them shall be in the east. The second one shall be in

the West. The two shall be in the centre of the

universe.

Inscription In The Standard Al-Hamd

It shall have in the first line inscribed thereon the following

words:

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem (In the name of

Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful)

In the second line shall be inscribed the following words:

Al-Hamdo Lillaahe Rabbil A’alameen (All praise is

only Allah’s, the Lord of the worlds).1

In the third line thereof shall be found the words to the effect:

There is no deity beside the Almighty Allah.

Muhammad is His Messenger. Ali is the friend of the

Almighty Allah. Each line, shall reach to a length

equivalent to a journey of a thousand years. You

shall walk about with the standard.2

1 Holy Quran, 1:2 2 In certain narrations it is made out that there shall be five lines

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Hasan (a.s.) shall be on your right while Husain (a.s.) shall be

on your left. You shall then take up your stand between myself

and Prophet Ibrahim (a.s.), you shall, then be invested with the

apparel of Paradise. A proclaimer shall then proclaim:

O Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)! Here is Ibrahim (a.s.) the

best of your progenitor. And here is Ali (a.s.) the best

of your brethren.

And such is the Fatooha.

Seven blessed verses.

A magnificent Hymn offering.

A prayer offering of sure efficacy.

By virtue thereof every man can come by the Path of Guidance

and way to salvation, and bargain for the possession of the

Paradise.

In respect of the same, the Almighty Allah – the Beneficent,

the Merciful, said to Prophet Musa (a.s.) in His conversation

inscribed on the standard of Al-Hamd. Bissmillaah in the first line.

Al-Hamd verses in the second line, Kaiimah in the third, Darood in

the fourth and Ayatul Kursi in the fifth line.

Ibne Hasan and Qari Muhammad Mohsin Basri say that whole of the

chapter Al-Hamd shall be inscribed on the standard Al-Hamd and

because of this it shall be called the standard of Al-Hamd.

In some version the words Aliyyun waliullaah are not recorded.

Allama Abul Razzak al-Iraqi, in his book Tazkerata-e-Qayamat says

that there shall be a golden margin around the standard with the

name of the fourteen infallible ones inscribed thereon. (Mahmood

Gilani)

FATOOHA � 131

with him:

I shall put my Word on his tongue.

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The Fruits Of

Revelations

THE FRUITS OF REVELATIONS � 133

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Dear Sirs,

I am sending you herewith the book entitled ‘Samare

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Karachi: 26th March, 1969


The Fruits Of Revelations

The Revelation of Saint John

1. Saint John saw a dream which has been described in the

book of the Bible, ‘Revelation of Saint John’, chapter 12.

It is stated that the dream would materialize during the

Seventy thousand year after Adam.

2. In the beginning of the book it is also written that these

events are bound to happen very shortly. Further it is

written that ‘those who read and hear the words of this

prophecy and abide by them are blessed, for the time is

near.’ Thus after Jesus Christ, such events save the last

Prophet Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.), have not

occurred in the life of any one else.

3. The events are reproduced from the ‘Revelation of Saint

John’, Chapter 12 as follows:

i) And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a

woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under

the feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

ii) And she being with child cried, travailing in birth

and pained to be delivered.


iii) And there appeared another wonder in heaven and

behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and

ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

iv) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of

heaven, and did cast them to the earth; and the

dragon stood before the woman which was ready

to be delivered, to devour her child as it was born.

v) And she brought forth a man child, who was to

rule all nations with rod of iron; and her child was

caught up unto God, and to his throne.

vi) And the woman fled into wilderness, where she

had a place prepared of God that they should feed

her there one thousand two hundred & three score

days.

vii) And there was war in heaven; Michael and his

angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon

fought and his angels.

viii) And prevailed not; neither was there place found

any more in heaven.

ix) And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,

called the Devil and Satan, which deceived the

whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and

his angels were cast out with him and I heard a

loud voice saying in heaven: Now is come salvation,

and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the

power of his Christ; for the accuse of Our God day


and night.

x) And they overcame him by blood of the Lamb and

by the word of their testimony; and they lived not

their lives into the death.

xi) Therefore rejoice ye heavens, and ye that dwell in

them. Woe to the inhibitors of the earth and of the

sea for the devil is come down unto thee, having

great wrath, because be knows that he has but a

short time.

xii) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto

the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought

forth the man child.

xiii) And to the woman were given two wings of a great

eagle, that she might fly in the wilderness, into her

place, where she is nourished for a time, and times,

and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

xiv) And the serpent cast out from his mouth water as

a flood after the woman that he might cause her to

be carried away by the flood.

xv) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth

opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood

which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

xvi) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and

went to make war with the remnant of her seed,

which keep the commandments of God, and have

the testimony of Jesus Christ.


4. Some Muslims interpret the woman ‘Clothed with the

sun and the moon under her feet and upon her head a

crown of twelve stars’ as Hazrat Fatemah Zahra (s.a.).

They say that the crown of twelve stars is befitting this

great lady only, because there are twelve Imams

(Guides), Hazrat Ali (a.s.) is her husband and the first

Imam, and the rest eleven Imams are her sons. The

‘man child’ is Hazrat Imam Mehdi Akheruz-Zaman (a.s.)

whom the enemies of Islam tried to destroy, and has

been made invisible by Allah for a certain definite

period. However further passage from the Revelation

are inadequate to prove this interpretation.

5. The other group of Muslims regards this woman as the

‘Last Nabuwwat’ (Prophethood) signifying Hazrat

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). And this appears to be

the correct belief because further passages from the

‘Revelation’ strongly support this explanation. The great

dragon or the old serpent called the Devil and Satan

becomes angry over the woman and devices means and

ways to destroy her. But she is helped by God. The earth

also helped the woman by drinking the water which was

poured out by the serpent. This points out to a very

important personality which has helped the last

prophethood. And that personality is Hazrat Ali (a.s.)

because his appellation is ‘Buturab’ which means ‘earth’.

It is ‘Buturab’ (Ali) who safeguarded the Prophet in the

holy wars when most of his helpers and well wishers

were running away from the battle leaving the prophet


amidst the enemies. And in every hold wars he killed

countless non-believers & enemies of the last prophet.

Had not ‘Buturab’ helped on such delicate occasions, the

prophet would have surely been murdered by the non-

believers, and thus would have been the end of the

prophethood.

6. Coming again to the dream, when the dragon failed to

harm the woman, ‘he went to make war with the

remnant of her seed.’ It is therefore proved that this

woman is prophethood and her first child is prophet.

And that is why Satan is ready to take revenge from her

by trying to destroy her progeny who are the soul of the

prophetbood and who are obedient to God.

7. Further it is written that there was war in heaven

between Michael and Satan, and that Satan was thrown

down & never found place in heaven anymore. In

Islamic world it is universally talked about that before

the birth of the last prophet, Satan used to go to Heaven

regularly to hear the conversation of Angels and on his

return to earth used to preach the same to people.

Through this source people used to foretell events to

others. But on the day of the birth of the prophet

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.), going of Satan to heaven

was stopped and angels were appointed to beat and

throw him down in case he goes again.

8. Thus it is obvious that Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) is

the last Prophet and His Prophethood has been


described as salvation, strength and the kingdom of God.

9. ‘The Satan went to make war with the remnant of her

progeny.’ This shows that even after the prophet the

Satan would continue to oppose the Vicegerent.

10. The claim that Jesus Christ is the last prophet and that

there has been no prophet after him, is absolutely

baseless because the Revelation of St. John does not

pertain to the ‘past’ prophet but relates to the ‘future’ or

‘would be coming’ prophet. Apart from this in the

ancient books it is clearly revealed that after Jesus

Christ there will be another person who will be the last

Prophet.

11. The following verses taken from the Book of Bible, ‘St.

John,’ Chapter 1, Verses 19 to 25 will clarify this point:

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent

priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, who

art thou? And he confessed and denied not but

confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him,

what then? Art thou Elias? And he sayest, I am not.

Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No. Then

said they unto him, who art thou? That we may give

an answer to them that sent us, what sayest thou of

thyself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the

wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as

said the prophet Esaias (Jesus). And they which

were sent were of the pharisees. And they asked him,

and said unto him, why baptizest thou then, if thou


be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

12. From these verses of St. John, it appears that prior to

the period of Jesus Christ, Jews were waiting for three

persons, namely Jesus Christ, Elias, and ‘that’ prophet

whose name is not mentioned but simply has been

addressed as ‘that prophet.’ It shows that the ‘would be

coming’ prophet commands a very high position and as

a mark of respect, his name has not been uttered. And

he is so well known that there is no need of mentioning

his name. Simply addressing him as ‘that’ prophet is

enough for others to understand. That prophet

therefore, is none other than Hazrat Muhammad

Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). Elias is Hazrat Ali who is the

Vicegent and the first Imam (Guide). As such Jesus

Christ is not the last prophet as claimed by Christians.

13. Now let us see the prophets who came after Moses (a.s.).

The history reveals that after Moses (a.s.), Elias and

‘that’ prophet did not come. Instead, came Jesus Christ

(a.s.). After Jesus Christ (a.s.) came Hazrat Muhammad

Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) and Ali (Elias) (a.s.) the Vicegerent

and Imam (Guide of Muslims).

14. In the book of the Bible, ‘St. John’ chapter 16, verses 5

to 14 Jesus Christ Himself had said that after him one

more Prophet is to come. An extract is reproduced as

below:

But now I go any way to Him that sent me; and

none of you asketh me, whither goest thou? But


because I have said these things unto you, sorrow

hat filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth;

It is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not

away, the comforter will not come unto you, but if I

depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is

come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of

righteousness, and of judgement: Of sin because

they believe not on me; Of righteiousness, because I

go to my father, and ye see me no more; Of

Judgement because the prince of this world is judged.

I have yet many things to say unto you but ye

cannot hear them now. How be it when he, the spirit

of truth, is come? He will guide you into all truth;

for he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he

shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you

things to come. He shall glorify me; for he shall

receive of mine and shall shew it unto you.

15. From the above messages which Jesus Christ (a.s.)

delivered to his followers, it is crystal clear that a person

who occupies a better position than Jesus Christ (a.s.) is

to come. Because He will be able to reprove the world of

sin kind righteousness. He will guide the world on the

right path. He will not speak anythiag of his own, but

whatsoever commandments are revealed to him by God,

he will deliver to his followers. This shows that the

religion which Jesus Christ (a.s.) preached to his

followers was to be completed by another prophet who

received commands of God. Since He will liberate the


world from sin, and wilt guide the world on the right

path and will complete the messages left over by Jesus

Christ (a.s.) he will certainly be the ‘last Prophet’ life

will be the last because there is no further need of a

prophet after all the Messages of God are delivered to

thc people.

16. The messages of Christ (a.s.) explained above are

applicable only to Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) for he

came after Jesus Christ (a.s.). And he is the prophet who

glorified the preachings of Christ (a.s.) to the people and

also received ‘Holy Quran’ from God through Angel. It is

therefore obvious that Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) is

the last Prophet of God.

17. In support of the above interpretations some more

passages from the Book of the Bible ‘The Acts’, Chapter

3, Verses 19 to 26, are presented as follows:

Repent ye therefore and he converted that your sins

may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing

shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he

shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached

unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the

times of restitution of all things, which God hath

spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since

the world began. For Moses truly said unto the

fathers. A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up

unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye

hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.


And it shall come to pass, that every soul which will

not hear that Prophet, shall be destroyed from

among the people. Yea and all the prophets from

Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have

spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. Ye are

the children of the prophets and of the covenant

which God made with our fathers, saying unto

Abraham, and in thy seed shall all the kindred of the

earth be based. Unto you, First God, having raised

up his son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning

away every one of you from his inequities.

18. It is evident now that after Jesus Christ (a.s.), another

prophet whose prophethood is ‘more refreshing’ is

destined to come. And during his time Jesus Christ (a.s.)

will come from the heaven again to earth.

19. The prophet who will come after Christ (a.s.) will be like

Moses(a.s.). It may be pointed out here that

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) in the Hadith ‘Manzelat’,

has described himself ‘like Moses’. No other prophet has

mentioned these specific words. It confirms that

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) is the prophet to come

after Jesus Christ (a.s.).

20. Unto Abraham and in thy seed shall all the kindred of

the earth be based. This sentence reveals that prophet

who will come after Christ, will be the last prophet, and

all the people of the world will be benefitted by his

preaching. It may also be said of this sentence that the


prophet will be from the progeny of Abraham. This is

the only reason why the followers of Christianity regard

Jesus Christ as the last prophet, and say that Mary was

from the same race to which Abraham belonged.

21. The claim of Christian that Jesus Christ was from the

descendants of Abraham and that he was a prophet is

logical. But the last line, ‘Unto you first, God having

raised up his son Jesus, set him to bless you’ speaks

against, the claim of Christians. The word ‘first’ signifies

that first Christ was sent by God, and after him another

prophet is to come. If it is not so, then the word ‘first’

will be meaningless and of no use here. Mary belonged

to the race of Isaac, and was not a descendant of Ismail.

The covenant will of God is to send prophet from the

progeny of Ismail and that he will be born in ‘Paran’ and

Paran is Mecca. Beside this prophet, there will be born

twelve princes who will also be the progeny of Ismail.

These princes will guide the people. These attributes are

not found in Jesus Christ. Neither he is a progeny of

Ismail nor there were born twelve princes of the

progeny of Isaac, nor was he born in ‘Paran’. Instead,

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) is of the progeny of

Ismail who was born in Paran (Mecca), and has twelve

deputies (Princes who are also of the progeny of Ismail

(vide ‘Genesis’ Chapter, 17, verses 20 to 22).

22. And as for Ismail, I have heard thee: Behold, I have

blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will


multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall be beget.

and I will make him a great nation. But my covenant

will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto

thee at this set time in the next year.

23. The above forecast proves that the event will occur after

Ismail and the history reveals that these events did not

happen till the time of Jesus Christ. The prophethood of

Jesus Christ was prior to the prophethood of the

progeny of Ismail.

24. Further the book of ‘Genesis’ Chapter 21, Verse 21,

reveals that Ismail lived in Paran. Please read verses 14

to 21, given below.

25. And Abraham rose up early the morning, and took

bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,

putting it on ‘her shoulder and the child, and sent her

away: and she departed, and wandered in the

wilderness of Beer Sheba. And the water was spent in

the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the

shrubs. And she went and sat her down over against

him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said

let me not see the death of the child. And she sat ever

against him and lift up her voice and wept. And God

heard the voice of the lad; and the angel God called to

Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, what ailed,

thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of

the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him

a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw


a well of water; and she went; and filled the bottle with

water and gave the lad drink. And God was with the

lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and

became anchor. And he dwelt in the wilderness of

Paran and his mother took him a wife out of the land of

Egypt.

26. These all events show that Ismail lived in Paran (Mecca)

and married an Egyptian woman. The message which

Moses (a.s.) delivered to the progeny of Israel that God

will send a prophet like him from among them is as

follows:1

27. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet

from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me;

unto him ye shall hearken. According to all that thou

desiredst of the lord thy God in Hoerb in the day of the

assembly, saying let me not hear again the voice of the

Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any

more, that I die not. And the Lord said unto me, they

have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will

raise unto them a prophet from among their brethren,

like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth, and

he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.

And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not

hearken unto my words which he speaks in my name, I

will require it of him.2

1 Vide Deuteronomy, Chapter 18, Verses 15 to 19 2 Further see Deuteronomy, Chapter 33, verses 1 to 3


28. And this is the blessing, where with Moses the man of

God blessed the children of Israel before his death. And

he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from

Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran and

he came with ten thousands of saints from his right

hand went a fiery law for them. Yea, he loved the

people; all his saints are in thy hand and they sat down

at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.

29. These two forecasts of Moses (a.s.) predict that a

prophet is to come. The first forecast reveals that the

prophet will come for the children of Israel and that he

will be one of their brothers. He will be like Moses (a.s.).

As Moses (a.s.) had a deputy named ‘Haroon (a.s.)’

similarly Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) had a deputy

named Ali (a.s.). This resemblance has been mentioned

by Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) in his tradition. As

Moses (a.s.) had to make wars with the enemies.

Similarly, Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) had to make

wars (Jehad) with the enemies of Islam.

30. All these predictions of Moses are applicable to

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.), and therefore it is

proved that he is the last prophet similar to Moses (a.s.),

born in Paran (Mecca) of the progeny of Ismail.

31. Further in the book ‘Isaiah’ mention of some attributes

of a prophet who will be born in Kedar has been made.1

1 Vide chapter 42, Verses 1 to 4


32. Behold my servant, who I uphold; mine elect, in whom

my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him he

shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not

cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the

street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the

smoking flax shall he not quench he shall bring forth

judgment unto earth. He shall not fail nor be

discouraged, till he has set judgement in the earth and

the isles shall wait for his law.1

33. Sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise from the

end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all

that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

Let the wilderness thereof lit up their voice; the villages

that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants bf the rock

sing, let them start from the top of the mountains. Let

them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise

into the islands. The Lord shall go forth as a mighty

man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war he

shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his

enemies. I have long time holden my peace; I have been

still and refrained myself, now will I cry like a

travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

34. These attributes recorded in book of Isaiah have not

been found in any prophet save the last prophet

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). He is from the progeny

of Kedar and Kedar was son of Ismail a resident of

1 Vide chapter 42, verses 10 to 14


Paran (Mecca). He made war with enemies of Islam.

35. If someone puts forward a theory that Moses also had to

fight with his enemies and as such these predictions are

about him. We agree, but then Moses was not born in

Paran, nor was he a descendant of Ismail.

36. It is therefore prone beyond doubt that these

predictions are about Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

37. Further please see ‘Daniel’, Chapter 11, verses 3 to 4:

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule

with great dominion, and do according to his will.

And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be

broken and shall be divided towards the four winds

of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to

his dominion which he ruled for his kingdom shall be

plucked, even for others beside those.

38. This prediction is self explanatory. There can not be any

king mightier than Muhammad Mutafa (s.a.) who ruled

with great dominion according to his will. In the face of

tremendous opposition, he triumphed and prevailed,

and obeyed the commands of God, and delivered them

to the people. So long as he survived no one dared to

malignant him though there were many hypocrites who

resented him secretly. They had kept their services at

the disposal of the Prophet all the time but in their heart

of heart, were waiting for the occasion to harm him. And

because of these hypocrites, his kingdom was divided


and did not go to Ahle Bait (a.s.) (Members of progeny

of the house of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.)), who had the sole

right to inherit it. They modified the covenant and Holy

orders of Prophet with their vested interests to rule the

dominion. And till today the descendants of this Great

King, are denied of their rights. Symbol of their

Kingdom is with others and his enemies are ruling their

dominion.

39. All these predictions have been applicable to

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) and events have

occurred in History. It is established beyond doubt that

after Jesus Christ (a.s.), Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.),

was the last prophet of God.

40. Solomon in his book, ‘Song of Solomon’ has also

described Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.), and has even

mentioned his name. An extract is given below: -

(His height is like ‘Saru’)

(Mar-e-hukallebanoon) (Trce)

(His face is like full Moon)

(Bahurka razeem)

(His voice is very sweet)

(Hekkoomumtaqqeem)

(And He is Muhammad)

(Wa kulloo Muhammadeem)


41. Those have translated the book, ‘Song of Solomon’ in

other languages have also translated the name of the

prophet (Muhammad) together with the verse.

Therefore those who read the translation are not able to

make out the name of the Prophet (Muhammad).

However in the books written in the original Israily

(Ibrani) language, one can make out the name distinctly.

In the above lines, Solomon has written the name of the

prophet Muhammad as ‘Muhammadeem’ because in

Ibrani language with the names of elderly persons ‘Ya’

and ‘Meem’ are usually suffixed as a mark of respect e.g.

Abraham and Baal become Abraheem and Baaleem

respectively.

Prophecy in Holy Books of Hindus

42. Not only Bible but the holy books of Hindus too are full

of praises and predictions about the prophet

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

43. In the book ‘Pothi Ram Sing Ram’,1 Khand 12, Kandi 6,

Maharaj Vyas writes as follows:

i) Chaupai I2 (Bihsundji says to Garudji)

How I will not favour anyone. Whatever is written

in Ved and Puran and is faith and religion of elders

1 This book is a part of 18 Purans and has been translated by Gosain

Tulsidas in Hindi 2 Poems


that I will say.

ii) Chaupai II

‘From now onward up to ten thousand years,

Vicegerency will be among commoners. But after

that no one can get this honour.

Perhaps Vyasji predicted it ten thousand years prior to Prophet

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). History proves that Vyasji

belonged to Jinn1 (Genii) community and existed before Adam.

iii) Chaupai III

In the land of Arab, direction of the Star of Friday is

good and the place of that star is Western country

which is beautiful and glorious, hear O Khag Rai2:

(Leader of crows).

iv) Chaupai IV

There will appear unusual events (miracles) and

Vicegerent of God will he established.

v) Chaupai V

He will be born in the seventh century of ‘Bikarmi

Samvat,3 as if four moons rising in dark night.

vi) Chaupai VI

He will frighten you by Royal command, and will

1 Inhuman spirit made of fire 2 Face of Garudji was like that of a crow 3 Beginning of the era after the King Bikarma Ditya


show you love and behaviour. And will preach his

religion to all.

vii) Chaupai VII

Four wise and true Vicegerent of God will be his

servants, with whom His progeny will spread. The

original is as follows:

Chitra sundaram sat chare,

Tan kar bans huwe bahubhare.

viii) Chaupai VIII

His glory will be like a boundless ocean, and His

religion will spread as the fire spreads in all

directions in the furnaces.

ix) Chaupai IX

So long as His religion continues, anyone desirous of

reaching to God will not reach without the help of

Muhammad. The original is as follows:

Tab lag sundaram chahe koe,

Bina Muhammad par na hoe..

x) Chaupai X

Worshippers and have nots will gain honour by

reciting His name.

xi) Chaupai XI

O Wealthy! Who leaves the false worship and


accepts Him, will have no worries.

xii) Sortha XII

He will shine as a light and will enlighten others. His

spark is not like that of the fire stone which rarely

catches.

xiii) Doha1 XIII

Surrender to God, which includes ‘Will of God’,

‘Knowledge of God’, and His Existence, Destiny of

Soul, creation of mankind and creation of Angels,

these will be the four points in this religion.

xiv) Chaupai X

People will recite His name with boundless pleasure

and absolute faith for fifteen hundred years.

xvi) Chaupai XV

His people will sacrifice themselves for the love of

God, and will receive deliverance, this is what Veda

says.

xvi) Chaupai XVI

Then will appear an influential man whom all will

call ‘Mehdi’.

The original is as below:

Tab hue nahak lank utara,

1 ‘Doha’ is a poem of only two lines.


Mahdi kahain shakal sansara.

xvii) Chaupai XVII

After that there will be no birth, says Tulsidas truly.

All these predictions in clear words from beginning to end are

about Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). They have not been

applicable to any other person, nor there can be any objection

from Hindus regarding its consistency.

44. The question arises why Hindus do not become

Muslims when such prophecies are found in their books.

There are several factors and the main factor is that

most Hindus are unaware of what is written in Vedas

and Purans. The knowledge of these books are mostly

limited to Brahmins (Pandits) who do not reveal it to

people, fearing that it may rob them of their profession.

45. In the holy books of Hindus, mention of coming of ten

prophets has been made. So far nine have come and the

tenth is awaited by Hindus. The name which is ascribed

to this Tenth Prophet is ‘Kalki Avatar’ (Kalki Prophet).

Descriptions and symptoms which are found in the

books exactly coincide with those of Muhammad

Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

46. Kalki Puran is one of the holy books of Hindus. It is

written in this book that the reason why this prophet

will be known as ‘Kalki’ Avatar, is that he will remove

Kalki (Rust and darkness), from the hearts of the people,

and will prevail over all the artifices.


47. It is also written that people of his community will be

worshippers of God.

48. The name of the father of Kalki Prophet is written as

‘Vishnuais’ a combination of two words, Vishnu – God,

and ais – servant, both put together mean ‘Servant of

God.’ This also is the meaning of Abdullah – the name

of the father of Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

49. The name of Kalki prophet’s mother is ‘Somti’ which

means ‘Trustworthy and the name of Prophet

Muhammad’s mother is ‘Aamena’ which also means

‘Trustworthy’.

50. Further it is written that Kalki prophet will have three

brothers, named ‘Kavi’, ‘Samat’ and ‘Parak’.

i) Kavi means ‘wise’ and same is the meaning of

Aqeel.

ii) ‘Samat’ means ‘Knowledge’ and same is the

meaning of ‘Ja’far’.

iii) ‘Parak’ means ‘One who commands High Position’

and same is the meaning of ‘Ali’.

51. Aqeel, Ja’far and Ali, are three (cousin) brothers of

Prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.).

52. The birth-place of Kalki prophet is mentioned as

‘Shambhal Nagari’ – a name given to the city of Arab.

Arab continent is known as ‘Shambhal Deep’.

‘Shambhal’ is a variety of cotton produced in Arabian


countries. Even today Egyptian cotton is well known in

the world for its long lustrous and superior staples.

53. Regarding Kalki prophet, it is also written that he will

worship in cave. It is well know in Islamic world that

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) got his first ‘Revelation’

in the cave of Mount Hira – a desert hill and his chosen

place of retreat near Mecca.

54. Further in ‘Kalki Puran’, it is written that he will receive

education through ‘Prash Ram’ which means ‘Soul of

God.’ It is well known by all Muslims that it was the

Angel Gabriel who brought the first ‘revelation to

prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) in the cave of

Mount Hira.

55. Further it is written that Kalki prophet will marry the

daughter of the King of Shanbhal Deep. Thus prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) married the wealthiest woman of

Arab named Khadijah.

56. It is also written that Kalki prophet will migrate to the

hills of North. Thus on the command of God, prophet

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) had to migrate from

Mecca to Madinah which is in the North.

57. Further it is written that Kalki prophet will praise all

pious people. Thus, Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) has

praised and described qualities of all the prophets

including angels. The Kalki Puran further reveals that

after Kalki prophet, his symptoms will reappear again at


the end.

58. This prediction relates to the Imam (Guide) Mahdi

Akheruz Zaman, who is made invisible by God, and will

reappear one day by banishing infidelity and blasphemy

and will revive and spread Islam throughout the world.

59. The author of the book ‘Basharat Ahmadi’ refers to a

person described in ‘Dabistan-e-Mazahib’, named

Shaikh Bahavan, a convert from Atharva Vedi Hindu,

who went to see Akbar, the Great Mugal King. The man

had in his possession some scripts taken from ‘Atharva

Veda’, by which he had convinced Brahmins that those

who did not read that script would not get deliverance.

60. Hindus call this script as ‘Ann’, and is given as follows

La illaha harni papan, Illal Ia ha param padam

janani baikunth Birap neoti tujni naarn

Muhammadam’.

Meaning: Recitation of ‘La ilaha’ liberates us from

our sins. Recitation of ‘Illallah’ brings mercy. If you

want heaven forever, then recite the name of

Muhammad.

61. Moulvi Abdul Aziz Lucknowi in the book ‘Basharate

Ahmadi’ refers to one Maulvi Saifullah Gorakhpuri. who

met a Brahman, who had embraced Islam. He claimed

that mention of prophet Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.)

has been made in the 4th Veda, in which Ramchandraji

has given complete description of the prophet including


his birth place, appearances and other characteristics.

The name of the prophet written in this Veda is as

Muhammad (Muhammad).

62. In the above book reference has also been made to

Maulana Abdul Rahman Chishti, who has depicted in

his book a conversation between ‘Mahadeo’ and

‘Parvati’ recorded by ‘Bashisht Muni.’

63. Mahadeo while talking to Parvati about Adam and his

progeny, had predicted the coming of prophet


64. Vyasji in his book, ‘Bhuanth Uttar Puran’ has also

described symptoms which have come true on prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.). He has written his name as

‘Mahamat’ and has further clarified that his followers

would call Him ‘Muhammad’.

Prophecy of Mahadeo on Mount Kailash

65. As recorded by Bashisht Muni.

Mahadeoji (To Parvati): O Parvati! By the

command of that Om the angel whose name is

Dakdod will take away to heaven, souls of the son

born of Mahamat’s wife. The hands of Jam (Angel of

Death) will not reach to the holy bodies of those boys.

After that ‘that Omnipotent’ who is uncomparable,

will bless Mahamat with a daughter who will be

better than thousand daughters put together. And


she will be perfect in worship of God. She will never

speak untrue. She will be infallible. She will get close

to God with the help of her father. Both will be

marvellous and beautiful. Both will be loved by God.

Both will possess tremendous power. Both will be

courageous and gallant and will be recognisers of

God. All will be uncomparable in doing good deed.

And That Omnipotent, Who is uncomparable, will

not create after them any man possessing open and

hidden artifices equal to them And those sons of

Mahamat will be His heirs They will have many

children who with their true logic, will attract

people to the religion of Mahamat day by day. And

will glorify the religion of Mahamat. And Mahamat

will love them more than the entire community and

even his daughter. They will be perfect in the

religion of Mahamat. They will not perform any

work to please their own hearts, and all their actions

and promises, will be according to the will of ‘that

Omnipotent.’ They will always seek work of God. O

Parvati! Within a few rears after the death of

Mahamat, some nasty minded people will unjustly

cause sufferings and murder to his both grandsons

for the sake of the world. And on their death, the

entire world will be headless. Their killer will

become without religion and will neither get reward

in this world nor in heaven. Their hearts will become

devoid of love for Mahamat. And at the end, at any


cost, will not get deliverance from the hell.

Outwardly, they will include themselves in the

religion of Mahamat. And slowly other people will

also accept their company. And will adopt many

things against the character of Mahamat and

Mahamat’s children. And those who will follow the

path of Mahamat’s children will be comparatively in

small number. Majority of people will be in the

group of their killer. Outwardly they will call

themselves friends of Mahamat. And at the end of

the period of ‘Kalyug’ such outwardly hypocrites will

be in large number and will create trouble in the

entire world.

66. It may be noted here that Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

had two sons who died in their early ages and the only

daughter named Fatemah Zahra (a.s.) remained alive.

This most pious and virtuous lady is declared to be the

leader of womankind of all times, in the Islamic world

Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) were the two

sons or grandsons of prophet Muhammad (s.a.). They

were murdered by Arab and the tragedy of Karbala is

well known. In brief the prophecy of Mahadeo has come

cent percent true about prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)

and his progeny.

Chapter Two

1. It has already been proved that the women described in


the ‘Revelation of St. John,’ Chapter 12, Verses 1 & 2, is

the last prophet. It has also been proved that her first

man child is Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.). The sun

which serves as a cloth of the women is also symbolic of


2. It is the belief of the followers of Islam, that the sun

which St. John dreamt, is the same sun which has been

named in the book of Malachi as the ‘Sun of

Righteousness.’ In the same book it has also been called

as the Messenger of the covenant.

3. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare

the way before me and the Lord, whom Ye seek, shall

suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the

covenant, whom Ye delight in, behold, he shall come,

sayeth the Lord of hosts.1

4. Again vide infra ‘Malachi’, Chapter 4, verses 1 to 3.

5. For behold the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;

and all the proud, ye, and all that do wickedly, shall be

stubble and the day that cometh shall burn them up,

sayeth the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither

root nor branch. But unto ye that fear my name shall

the sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings;

and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall.

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be

ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall

1 Vide infra ‘Malachi’, Chapter 3, Verse 1


do this, sayeth the Lord of hosts.

6. It is therefore evident that the sun is a symbolic of

Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.) who also is the

messenger of the covenant.

7. Explanation:

Now it is to be understood that the woman symbolises the last

prophethood, the sun represents Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a.)

the moon represents Fatemah Zehra (a.s.) and the Twelve

Stars beneath the sun symbolises Twelve Deputies of the

Prophet (Imams all making a total of the ‘Fourteen Infallibles’

(Ma’soomeen). They are called infallible because in the

‘Revelation’ Chapter 12, Verse 17, it is written, that the

remnant progeny of this woman are the keeper of the

commandments of God. Another characteristics of the

remnant progeny of this woman is that they have the testimony

Jesus Christ. And this testimony is described in the

‘Revelation’, Chapter 19, Verses 10 to 11, which says that the

testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. The spirit of

prophecy means the ‘knowledge’ of God, which God revealed to

the prophet for the guidance of people. It means that although

they (remnant of seed of the woman) are not prophet, they are

deputies of the prophet by the virtues of possessing all the

knowledge revealed to prophet, by God.

8. Prophecy Regarding Sayyadush Shohada (Imam Husain

[a.s.])

Vide infra ‘Isaiah’, chapter 53:


Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the

arm of the Lord revealed? For he shall grow up

before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a

dry ground he hath no form nor comeliness; and

when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we

should desire him. He is despised and rejected of

men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief;

and we hid as if it were our faces from him; he was

despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath

born our grieves, and carried our sorrows. Yet we

did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and

afflicted. But he was wounded for our

transgressions he was bruised for our inequities, the

chastisement of our piece was upon him; and with

his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have

gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own

way; and the Lord hath laid on him the inequity of

us all. He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet he

opened not his mouth, he is brought as a lamb to the

slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is dumb,

so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from

prison and from judgement; and who shall declare

his generation? For he was cut off, out of the land of

living for the transgression of my people was he

stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked,

and with the right in his death, because be had done

no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet

it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he had put him to


grief when thou shalt make his soul an offering for

sin, he shall set his seed, he shall prolong his days,

and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his

hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall

be satisfied by his knowledge, shall my righteous

servant justify many; or he shall bear their

inequities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with

the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the

strong, because he hath paired out his soul unto

death and he was numbered with the transgressors,

and he bore the sin of many and made intercession

for the transgressors.

9. Explanation: The above chapter taken from the book

‘Isaiah’ shows that these symptoms pertain to a very

grief stricken person. Christians believe that this

chapter relates to Jesus and Muslims believe that it

pertains to Imam Husain (a.s.) the grandson of Prophet


10. However when the content of the chapter is considered

in all its aspects, the misunderstanding will be removed.

11. ‘He believed in the messages of the prophet and the arm

of the Lord was revealed to him.’ This shows that ‘he’ is

very close to God. He shall grow up before him as a

tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground – this

signifies that he was born in Yasrab (Medina) a dry land

of Arab of the prophethood of Muhammad Mustafa

(s.a.w.a.). Another explanation of this is that the tender


plant grows up out of root which is dry and is devoid of

milk. It may be said here that the name of the mother of

Imam Husain (a.s.) is ‘Fatemah’ which means a woman

who does not possess milk. It is therefore obvious that

‘he’ is the son of Fatemah.

12. He is despised and rejected of man; a men of sorrows,

and acquainted with grief – this line is self explanatory

and the tragedy of Karbala is well know in the Islamic

world. Thus an Urdu poet writes:

Adam Safiullah se Ta i’siye dauran,

Aisi na luti thi koi sarkar Husaina

(From Adam (a.s.) the Pious, till Jesus Christ (a.s.)

never was anyone so robbed (humiliated) as

Husain).

13. The murder of Imam Husain (a.s.) is predicted in clear

words in the book of Jeremia, Chapter 46, Verse 10 and

is as follows:

For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of

Vengeance, that he may avenge him of his

adversaries and the sword shall devour, and it shall

be satiate and mad drunk with their blood; for the

Lord God of hosts bath a sacrifice in north country

by the river Euphrates.

14. It is Imam Husain (a.s.) who was sacrificed like a lamb

on the bank of the river Euphrates and no other prophet

was sacrificed on the bank of this river.


15. Since this sacrifice is for the God of hosts; it is certainly

a great event.

16. And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, also on the

Tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of

atonement; it shall be on holy convocation unto you;

and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering

made by fire unto the Lord. And ye shall do no work in

that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make

atonement for you before the Lord our God. For

whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that

same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.

And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that

same day the same soul will I destroy from among his

People. Ye shall do no manner of work it shall be a

salute forever through out your generations in all your

dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye

shall afflict your souls; in the month day of the month

at even from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your

sabbath.1

17. These all relate to the observance of the tenth day

(Ashura) of the Arabic month of Muharram and need no

further explanation. However one may ask that

Muharram is the first month and not the seventh month

of the year. It be said here that according to ‘Hijra’

Muharram is the first month but from the time the

above observance, was revealed to Moses, it was the

1 Vide infra ‘Leviticus’, Chapter 23, Verses 26 to 32.


seventh month. There is no difference of opinion over

this issue. Muharram can be proved as the seventh

month by the Islamic method. The Be’sat (the first

revelation) was during the month of Rajab which if

taken as the first month, Muharram will be the seventh

month. Thus by both the calculations it is proved that

Muharram could be the seventh month.

18. ‘He is brought as a lamb to slaughter’ this indicates that

he was slaughtered. It may be pointed out here that it

was Imam Husain (a.s.) who was slaughtered. Christ

was not slaughtered but hanged (according to

Christians).

19. Further, when thou shalt make his sow on offering for

sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days – this

sentence may be split up in three parts to make the

meaning clear: (a) when thou shalt make his soul an

offering for sin(s) he shall see his seed, (3) he shall

prolong his days. The part (2) indicates that he will have

progeny. Jesus Christ was without progeny. It is

therefore crystal clear that all these predictions relate to

Imam Husain (a.s.) and not to Jesus Christ.

20. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify

many, for he shall bear their iniquities? It may be stated

here that according to Christian, Christ is the ‘son’ of

God and not the ‘servant’ of God. As such this prediction

can not he made applicable to Christ for he was not a

servant of God.


21. Reappearance of Imam Mahdi Aakheruz Zaman

According to some followers of Islam, one Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.)

will be born of the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s.) and that he

will have a very long life. They believe that he is stilt alive and

is the Imam of our time. God has made him invisible to us. One

day he will re-appear in Mecca and after banishing infidelity

and blasphemy, will revive and spread Islam throughout the

world.

22. Predictions relating his re-appearance have already

been recorded in words of Mahadeo, elsewhere in this

book.

23. In the book of ‘Isaiah’, Chapter 53, Verse 10, recorded

elsewhere in this book we have seen that when thou

shalt make his (lamb) soul an offering for sin, he shall

see his seed, he shall prolong his (seed) days. It has

been proved that the grief stricken personality described

here is no other than Imam Husain (a.s.). It is therefore

obvious, that from the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s.)

there will be person born with extraordinary long life.

And that person according to some followers of Islam is

the twelfth Imam (Vicegerent) Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.).

24. Kaanni qaddoeeto fa ajabto inni tarekun feekomus

saqalayne in tamassaktum ketaaballaahe wa ahla baytee

itratee enittaba’tum behemaa lan tazilloo ba’dee wa

a’llamanee a’leemun khabeerun annahoma layn


yataffaraqa hatta yareda a’layyal hauza.1

(The prophet (Muhammad) says, ‘I have been called

(my death is near). Thus I have accepted. I leave

unto you two valuables viz. Quran and Ahle Bait. If

you obey these two after me you will never loose the

right path. And God, the Omnisent has informed me

that these two things will never be separated from

each other till the Doomsday.

25. This shows that so long as there is Quran, Ahle Bait is

there. And since this message has been revealed to the

prophet by God, it is the will of God, and everyone has

to believe in it. Therefore, Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) is alive

and is the Imam (Vicegerent) of our time.

1 Vide infra an extract from ‘Hadith-e-Saqalain’

ISLAM IN ANCIENT SCRIPTURES � 171

Islam In Ancient

Scriptures

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Islam In Ancient Scriptures

Introduction

A proverb is set on the basis of some experience on observation.

For example as the lamb goes to sleep immediately after sunset

and a lark rises very early so comes the proverbial advice:

Go with the lamb and rise with the lark.

Similarly as the man is the result of the growth of a child, so

the maxim:

The Child is father of the Man

Let us examine the proverb about prophesies. They say:

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Thomas Campbell in Lochiel’s Warning says:

Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,

And coming events cast their shadows before.1

Quran’s Testimony

The coming of our Prophet has been an event of great

1 The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 53:16


significance. So first we find it out from the Holy Quran itself.

Searching the mention of our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in the

chronological order we first have the prayer of Hazrat

Ibraheem (Abraham).

O Our Lord, raise amongst them a messenger, one of

themselves, to recite to them Thy signs and to teach

them the Book and the Wisdom and to purify them;

verily You are the Mighty, the Wise.1

J. M. Rodwell in his Note No. 3 on page 351 of his translation

of the Holy Quran points out the reference of the Old

Testament on this issue:

15. The Lord thy God will raise up to thee a Prophet from

the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto

him ye shall hearken;

16. According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God

in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: Let me not

hear again the yoke of the Lord my God, neither let me

see this great fire any more, that I die not.

17. And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that

which they have spoken.

18. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their

brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his

mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall

command Him. (Deut. XVIII) Next comes the similarity

1 Holy Quran, 2:29


with Moses. Says Quran:

Verily We have sent a messenger as a witness over

you, as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.1

Finally came the time of Jesus, says Quran:

And when Jesus, son of Mary said: ‘O Children of

Israel, I am Allah’s messenger to you confirming the

Torah which was before me, and announcing the

good tidings of a messenger who will come after me,

bearing the name Ahmed.’ Then when he came to

them with the evidences, they said: ‘This is magic

manifest.’2

Richard Bell annotates on page 577:

The Praise which is also the meaning of Muhammad,

this is probably based on a confusion of periclutos

‘Comforter’ 3 with pericletos ‘celebrated’. That the

confusion originated with Muhammad himself is

unlikely. Probably Jesus, but sometimes taken to

refer to the promised messenger, who is identified

with Muhammad.

Writes George Sale in his note on page 446 of his Translation

of the Holy Quran:

For Muhammad also bore the name of Ahmed; both

1 Holy Quran, 73:15 2 Holy Quran, 61:6 3 John, xiv:16


names being derived from the same root, and nearly

of the same signification. The Persian paraphrase to

support what is here alleged quotes the following

words of Christ, ‘I go to my father and the paraclete

shall come’ the Muhammadan doctors unanimously

teaching that by the paraclete (or as they choose to

read it, the periclete or Illustrious), their Prophet is

intended and no other.1

Prophecies In The Christian Scriptures

Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I

go away, for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto

you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. Comments

Abdullah Yusuf Ali.

The Mission of Jesus was to his own people, the Jews. Note

5436. Cf. Matt. x:5-6. See also Matt, xv:24: ‘I am not sent but

to the lost sheep of Israel’, also Matt. xv:26 : ‘It is not meet to

take the children’s bread and to cast it, to the dogs.’

Certain references of the Bible as pointed out by Allamah Yusuf

Ali are of interest:

(1) These twelve Jesus sent forth and commanded them,

saying, ‘Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any

city of the Samaritans enter ye not

1 See John, xvi:7


But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.1

(2) But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the

lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help

me. But he answered and said it is not meet to take the

children’s bread and to cast it to dogs.2

(3) Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the

prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.3

Greek Words for Ahmad and Muhammad

Further Allama Yusuf Ali says in his Note 5438:

‘Ahmad’, or ‘Muhammad’, the praised one is almost a

translation of the Greek word paracletos. In the present Gospel

of John, xiv:16, xv:26 and xvi:7, the word ‘Comforter in the

English version is for the Greek word ‘paracletos’ which means

‘Advocate’, ‘one called to the help of another’, ‘a kind friend’,

rather than ‘Comforter’. Our doctors contend that paracletos is

a corrupt reading for periclytos, and that in their original

saying of Jesus there was, prophecy of our Holy Prophet

Ahmad by name. Even if we read paraclete, it would apply to

the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), who is a mercy for all creatures4

1 Matt., x:5-6 2 Matt., xv:24-26 3 Matt., v:17 4 Holy Quran, 21:107


and ‘most kind and merciful to the Believers’1 See also no. 416

to iii. 81. While on page 144, note 416 Cf. ii. 63, No. 78 he

writes:

The argument is: You (People of the Book) are bound by your

own oaths, sworn solemnly in the presence of your own

Prophets. In the Old Testament, as it now exists, Muhammad

is foretold in Deut. xviii 18; and the rise of the Arab nation in

Isaiah, xiii II, for Kedar was a son of Ismail and the name is

used for the Arab nation in the New Testament, as it now exists,

Muhammad is foretold in the Gospel of St. John, xiv 16, xv 26

and xvi 7 the future Comforter can not be the Holy Spirit as

understood by Christians, because Holy Spirit already was

present, helping and guiding Jesus. The Greek word translated

‘Comforter’ is ‘Paracletos’, which is an easy corruption from

‘Paraclytos’, which is almost a literal translation of

‘Muhammad’ or ‘Ahmad’; see Quran 61:6. Further there were

other Gospels that have perished, but of which traces still

remain, which were even more specific in the reference to

Muhammad; e.g. the Gospel of St. Barnabas, an Italian

translation of which is extent in the State Library at Vienna. It

was edited in 1907 with an English translation by Mr. Lonsdale

and Laura Ragg.

Speaking collectively of the people of the Book says

Quran: Those to whom We have given the Book

recognise him as they recognise their own sons, but

1 Ibid, 9:128


a party of them conceal the truth knowingly.1 In the

words of J.M. Rodwell, note 4, page 353:

That is, the Jews are really convinced of the truth of

Muhammad’s Mission.

Prof S.V.M. Ali points out the Bible:

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken

diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God to

observe and to do all his commandments which I

command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will

set thee on high above all nations of the earth. And

all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake

thee, if thou shall hearken unto the voice of the Lord

thy God.2

Further, says Quran about this issue:

Those to whom We have given the Book recognise

him as they recognise their own sons, but they who

are the authors of their own perdition are they who

will not, believe.3

Abdullah Yousuf Ali says;

The people of the Book know Muhammad as well as

they know their own sons, they know him to be true

and upright; they know him to be in the line of

1 Holy Quran, 2:146 2 Note 142, p. 166; Deut, 28:1,2 3 Holy Quran, 6:20


Abraham; they know him to correspond to the

description of the Prophet foretold among

themselves; but selfishness induces some of them to

act against their ‘own knowledge and conceal the

truth.1

Islam A Continuity of Earlier Message

The Mission of Muhammad is actually the continuity of the

earlier Message. Says Quran:

Say: O people of the Book, ye have no ground to

stand on, until you observe the Torah and the

Evangel, and that which hath been sent down to you

from your Lord. That which hath been sent down to

thee from thy lord certainly increase the rebellion

and unbeIief of many of them; but, be not thou

troubled for the unbelievers.2

According to Mr. J. M. Rodwell, note 1 page 494:

That is the Quran. The Jew was to retain a faith in

the Torah or Law; the Christian in the Injeel or

Gospel; both Jews and Christians were to receive the

Quran as the complement of both.

According to Quran, the Prophet brought the

religion of Truth; He it is who hath sent His

Messenger with the Guidance and the religion of

1 Note 151, page 59 2 Holy Quran, 5:68


Truth, in order that he may set it above all (other)

religion(s), though averse are the polytheists.1

Islam has shown light of guidance to the world but the physical

domination, rule of Law, prevalence of justice and governance

of Truth the world over is left for a later day. We may discuss

this in another essay while, discussing the reappearance of

Imam Mahdi (a.s.) and the Descent of Jesus from the fourth

Heaven.

Prophecies of Ancient Scriptures Confirm Quran

The Holy Quran not only confirms that ancient Scriptures like

Torah and the Injeel (Evangel) made, a prophecy about

Muhammad but they did mention the qualities of some of his

Disciples or Companions and the Successors, Holy and

Rightful, who had to carry out the Mission till the Day

Judgment. Say Quran:

Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and those

with him are violent against unbelievers

compassionate amongst themselves, one sees them

performing rukoo and sajda in desire of bounty and

acceptance from Allah; they bear their mark on

their faces from the effect of sujood; that what they

are compared to in the Torah; what they are

compared to in the Evangel is a seed which puts

forth its shoot, and strengthens it, so that it grows

1 Holy Quran, 9:33


stout and straight upon its stalk, to the, admiration

of the sowers, that He may enrage the unbelievers

by them. Allah has promised those of them who have

believed and wrought the works of righteousness,

forgiveness and a great reward.1

Prof S. V. Mir Ahmed Ali in his note No. 2342 on page 1535

refers to the Old Testament:

And for Ismail, I have heard thee, Behold I have

blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will

multiply him exceedingly twelve princes shall he

beget, and I will make him a great nation.2

At another place in the context of Moses and seventy of his

select companions, says Quran:

And Moses chose (out of) his people, seventy men, to

meet with Us; then when the earthquake seized them,

he said: O my Lord, had Thou willed Thou would

have destroyed them before, and me as well; wilt

Thou destroy us for what stupid among us did? It is

only Thy trial by which Thou willest? Thou are our

Patron, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, Thou

are the best of those who forgive.

Prescribe for us good in this world and in the

Hereafter as well; lo, We have reverted to Thee. Said

He (Allah): ‘With My punishment I strike whosoever

1 Holy Quran, 48:29 2 Gen., 17:20


I Will and My Mercy is wide enough for everything I

shall prescribe it for those who show piety, who pay

the Zakaat, and those who in Our signs do believe.

Who follow the messenger, the Makkan Prophet,

whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the

Evangel in their possession, urging them to what is

reputable and restraining them from what is

disreputable, making good things allowable for

them and foul things forbidden, relieving them of

their burden and the shackles which have been upon

them; so those who believe in him and support and

help him and follow the light which has been sent

down with him they are ones who prosper.1

Next Allah commands the Prophet to declare:

Say: O people, I am the Messenger of Allah to you all,

to Whom belongs the realm of the heavens and earth,

than Whom there is no other god, Who gives life and

cause to die, so believe in Allah and His messenger

the Makkan prophet, who believes in Allah and His

words ; follow him mayhap ye will be guided.2

According to verse 157 our Prophet is described while in the

verse 158 Allah testifies that the description truly applies to

him. Now the next verse says:

Of the people of Moses was a community guiding by

1 Holy Quran, 7:155-157 2 Holy Quran, 7:158


the truth and thereby acting fairly.1

This confirms that some of the Jews did honestly recognise

him as the Prophet described in Torah and embraced Islam

Quran’s Reference To Scholars Of Christianity

About the learned men of Scriptures of Christianity says Quran:

Assuredly thou wilt find that the most violent of the

people in enmity against those who have believed

the Jews and those who practise idolatry and thou

wilt find those of them who are hearest in love to

those who have believed to be those who say ‘We are

Nasaara’ that is because there are amongst them

learned and virtuous and because count, themselves

not great.

When they hear what has been sent down to the

Messenger, one sees their eyes overflowing with

tears because of the truth which they recognise; they

say, ‘O Our Lord, we believe, so write us down

among those who bear witness.

Why should we not believe in Allah and the truth

which has come to us, and crave that our Lord

should cause us to enter with the upright folk.

So far what they have said, Allah has rewarded

them with gardens through which the rivers flow,

1 Holy Quran, 7:159


therein to abide; that is recompense of those who do

well, but as for those who have disbelieved and

counted Our signs false, they are the inmates of the

Hot place.1

Islam And The Christian King Of Habasha (Abyssinia)

Muhammad’s clarion call was:

Believe in One god and Act piously.

The Prophet was gaining ground and his Mission was

attracting good following but the enemies of Allah and Islam

tortured him and his followers. Says Justice Amir Ali in his

Spirit of Islam on page 29-30:

Profoundly afflicted by the sufferings of his disciples,

whose position, as time went on, became more and

more unbearable, he advised them to seek a refuge

in the neighbouring Christian kingdom of Abyssinia,

where ruled a pious sovereign, till Allah in His

mercy wrought a change in the feelings of the

Quraish. He had heard of the righteousness of this

Christian king, of his tolerance and hospitality, and

was certain of a welcome for his followers.

Some immediately availed themselves of the advice

and sailed to the number of fifteen, to the hospitable

shores of the Negus (Najashi). This is called the first

Exile (muhaajerat) in the history of Islam and

1 Holy Quran, 5:82-86


occurred in the fifth year of Muhammad (s.a.w.a.)’s

Mission (615 A.C.). These emigrants were soon

joined by many more of their fellow-sufferers and

labourers in the cause of truth, until their number

amounted to eighty-three men and eighteen women.

But the untiring hostility of the Quraish pursued

them even here. They were furious at the escape of

their victims and sent deputies to the king to

demand the delivery of these refugees that they

might he put to death. They stated the chief charges

against the poor fugitives to be the abjuration of

their old religion and the adoption of a new one. The

Negus sent for the exiles and enquired of them

whether what their enemies had stated was true.

‘What is this religion, for which you have abandoned

your former faith,’ asked the king, ‘and adopted

neither mine nor that of any other people.’

Speech of Ja’far Bin Abi Talib in the Court of the King

of Abyssinia

Ja’far son of Abu Talib and brother of Ali, acting as spokesman

for the fugitives spoke thus:

O King, we were plunged in the depth of ignorance

and barbarism we adored idols, we lived in

unchastity; we are dead bodies and we spoke

abominations; we disregarded every feeling of

humanity and the duties of hospitality and


neighbourhood; we knew no law but that of the

strong, when Allah raised among us a man of whose

birth, truthfulness, honesty and purity we were

aware and he called us to the unity of Allah and

taught us not to associate anything with Him; he

forbade us the worship of idols; and enjoined us to

speak the truth, to be faithful to our trust to be

merciful and to regard the rights of neighbours; he

forbade us to speak evil of women, or to eat the

substance of orphans; he ordered us fly from vices,

and to abstain from evil; to offer prayers, to render

aims, to observe the fast. We have believed in him,

we have accepted his teachings and his injunctions

to worship Allah, and not to associate anything with

Him. For this reason our people have risen against

us, have persecuted us in order to make us forego

the worship of Allah and return to the worship of

idols of wood and stone other abominations. They

have tortured us and injured us, until finding no

safety among them; we have come to thy country,

and hope thou will protect us from their oppression.

The demands of the Quraish were scouted by the King and the

deputies returned in confusion to Mecca

Ja’far Bin Abi Talib Recites Quran before the King

Professor S. V. Mir Ahmad Ali writes in note No. 716, in

connection with verses 83 and 84 of Surah 5 on pages 503 and


504:

This verse and the following are said to have been

revealed on the effect of Ja’far ibne Abi Talib’s

recital of the Holy Qur’an, created on the Negus, the

Emperor of Abyssinia, and his people who were

Christians. It happened thus that when the

persecution of the heathens of Mecca became

unbearably severe and more and more tortuous, the

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was prepared to bear

anything along with his kith and kin and he did not

mind his own sufferings and that of his family but

became day by day more and more mindful of the

sufferings and his followers, the converts to Islam.

At last in the month of Rajab in the 5th year of his

mission (Be’sat) he ordered the converts numbering

about eighty in all, to migrate and take refuge in

Abyssinia whose ruler he said, though a Christian,

was just and kind and Ja’far Ibne Abi Talib, brother

of Ali was ordered to lead the emigration. When the

party of the converts to Islam, and left Mecca, the

news of their departure perturbed the Meccans and

immediately the Meccans despatched a deputation

under Amr bin Aas, with many valuable present to

King Negus with the request to return the Muslim

refugees to them. The Meccan deputation

approached the King and in order to excite the

religious hatred of the Christian Monarch against

the Muslim refugees, represented to him that the


refugees as Mulims were not only opposed to

idolatry but also denounced the Christian religion

and sp0ke disparagingly of Jesus Christ. The

Emperor summoned the Muslim refugees and asked

them to answer the charges against them. Where

upon Ja’far Ibne Abi Talib, came forward and

requested the Emperor to ask the Meccans if the

refugees were their slaves to which the Meccans

replied saying, ‘No’. Again Ja’far asked if the

refugees were in any kind of debt to them, to which

the Meccans replied saying, ‘No’. Then Ja’far spoke

saying:

‘O King! We were indulged in all sorts of idolatrous

faith and practised all sorts of evils. A Prophet has

risen from among us who has taught us to believe in

One God, to give up all evils and to live a virtuous

life, practice charity and to be good and to do good.

For this we are heartlessly persecuted.’

Negus asked Ja’far: ‘Do thou rememberest anything

of what has been revealed to the Prophet?’ Ja’far

said, ‘Yes’ and recited the chapter ‘Mary’. Tears

began to role from the eyes of the Emperor and all

those in the court were deeply impressed. Negus

gave a slap on the back of Amr and said:

‘I can never grant your request andif you talk ill of

Ja’far or his party, I will punish you.’


Saying this, he refused to accept any of his presents

from the Meccans. Negus and all his courtiers

embraced Islam and ordered that the refugees be

given every convenience they desire for.

Ja’far’s Return to Medina

When the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) had migrated to Medina and

settled there and the Muslims as a people had gained a

triumphant position, the Høly Prophet (s.a.w.a.) wrote to

Negus to return the refugees to Medina. When Ja’far returned

to Medina, the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) had been to the

defensive expeditions at Khaiber and the news of the arrival of

Ja’far at Medina reached the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) in his

camp at Khaiber, along with the news of the Victory of Khaiber

at the hands of Ali. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) was so much

pleased that he (s.a.w.a.) said:

‘Which should I celebrate first? Either the victory of

Ali or the return of Ja’far?’

The King Deputes Scholars to Learn Islam

Negus had sent along with Ja’far, many presents to the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) with a deputation of some elected scholars

from his people to learn the details of the faith Islam, and

return to educate the people of Abyssinia. When this

deputation met the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.), the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) recited the chapter ‘Yaseen’. It is reported that along

with this deputation was a similar group from Syria in which


was the great Christian Monk Bohaira. When the people heard

the Surah, tears flowed from their eyes and they all embraced

Islam.

Verses of Quran referring to Ja’far’s success before

the king of Abyssinia

Late Maulana Hafiz Syed Farman Ali writes in note No. 2 of his

translation of the Holy Quran page 192, in connection with

verse 83 of Surah 5:

This verse is revealed in connection with the

Nasaara (Christians) of Abyssinia. Because when

Hazrat Ja’far-e-Tayyaar and others migrated to

Abyssinia and the King Najjashi (Negus) and his

courtiers heard the recitation of the miracles

brought by Muhammad (s.a.w.a.), they embraced

Islam. And when Hazrat Ja’far was back home,

Najjashi sent a batch of 70 Ulema with him. When

these learned men had the audience with the Prophet

(s.a.w.a.), he (s.a.w.a.) recited Surah Yasin in their

presence. The erudite wept bitterly and courted

Emaan (i.e. embraced Islam) and spontaneously

spoke out:

How much does Quran resemble the Injeel!

The great and learned Hafiz Syed Farman Ali Marhoom (late)

writes in his note number 1 page 193, in connection with the

verse 83 of Surah 5 relating to the event of migration of the

faithful of Abyssinia. Here is some very interesting relevant


portion:

Deputation sent by unbelievers (the Quraish) to

Abyssinia to bring back Ja’far and Party

Hazrat Ja’far led seventy persons and Amr-e-Aas

and Ammaara son of Walid chased them into the

territory of Najjashi. These two enemies of Islam

took valuable gifts for the King. They presented him

the gifts which the King accepted. They then spoke

out that they wanted Muslims to be given in their

custody. The king asked Ja’far: ‘What do these

people say?’ Ja’far asked the king to enquire from

them whether we are their slaves. Amr-e-Aas replied:

‘No, rather they are free and honoured people.’ Then

Ja’far asked: ‘Are we their debtors and so they are

demanding us to clear the debt.’ He (Amr-e-Aas)

said: ‘No.’ Ja’far asked: ‘Have we murdered

someone the compensation of whose blood you are

demanding?’ He said: ‘No.’ Then Ja’far said: ‘After

all what have you to do us now? You tortured us and

we left your city.’ Amr-e-Aas said: ‘O King! they

have innovated a religion. They criticize our gods.

They have spoilt our children and created rift

amongst our community. So O King! You return

them to us so that we may get united.’ Ja’far Tayyar

said: ‘We have opposed them because God sent a

Prophet amongst us. He prohibits us from

attributing partners to Allah, doing injustice,


shedding blood, committing adultery, drinking wine,

practicing usury and eating pork. Instead he orders

us to do justice, treat the relations with kindness,

establish Salaat (Ritual Prayer) and offer Zakaat.’

On hearing all this, said the King: ‘This is what

Jesus commanded.’

Then the King asked Ja’far: ‘Do you remember by

heart some of the Quran?’ Ja’far at once began

reciting Surah Maryam (Chapter of Mary). And

when he came to (recite) the verse:

‘And shake towards thee trunk of the palm tree, and

it will let fall upon thee juicy (fruit) ripe’,1 the King

Najjashi broke down and said:

‘By God here lies the Truth!’

Then Amr-e-Aas again said: ‘O King! Hand them

over to me.’ No sooner the King heard this he

slapped Amr-e-Aas on his face and warned him: ‘If

you will utter anything against them now then I will

kill you.’

So facing insult Amr-e-Aas returned to Mecca,

where he told the people:

‘Ja’far is living in respect and dignity in Abyssinia.’

1 Holy Quran, 19:25


Prophecies in the Bible

Having quoted extensively from the Holy Quran that our

Prophet was categorically mentioned in the earlier Scriptures

like the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Evangel), we now quote

from the very scriptures.

Bible is one of the oldest Scriptures we have in our midst. The

Book, rather a library of sixty six books, is divided into two

main parts. Each part is called a Covenant or Testament. So we

have the Old Testament and the New Testament. First we

quote from the Old Testament:

Writes late Alhaj Qasim Ali Jairazbhoy in his book

‘Muhammad, a Mercy to all the nations’:

According to the injunctions of the Holy Quran, we

Muslims believe that the advent of our Prophet

Muhammad (s.a.w.a.) was expressly foretold in all

the sacred books of the religions.

The Holy Quran represents: ‘And when God made a

covenant through the Prophets: Certainly what I

have given you of book and wisdom – then an

apostle comes to you verifying that which is with

you, you must believe in him and you must aid him.

He said: Do you affirm and accept My compact in

this (matter)? They said: We do affirm.’1

The claim is advanced here that all the Prophets had

1 Holy Quran, 3:80


prophesied the advent of a world Prophet who

should verify the truth of all the Prophets who had

appeared in the World.

Prophecies in the Old Testament

There are many prophecies regarding the Holy Prophet

(s.a.w.a.) both in the Old and the New Testaments. Duet 18:15-

18 speaks very clearly of the rising of a Prophet (who shall be

the like of Moses) from amongst the brethren of Israelites, i.e.,

the Ishmaelite or the Arabs. The passage in question reads:

(15) The Lord the God will raise up unto thee a

Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like

unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. (16) According

to all that thou desirest of the Lord thy God in Horeb

in the day of assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear

again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me

see this great fire any more, that I die not.’ (17) And

the Lord said unto me, ‘They have well said that

which they have spoken.’ (18) I will raise them up a

prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee,

and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall

speak unto them all that I shall command him.’1

In the above quoted passages our Prophet is evidently foretold.

For God declared to all the Israelites that He would raise up a

Prophet from among their brethren. Now we hesitate not to

1 Deut, 18:15-18


affirm that it is impossible that the phrase ‘brethren of Israel’,

could have any other meaning than that of Ishmaelite and

these never had any prophet but Muhammad (s.a.w.a.). It is

admitted both by Jews and Christians that revelations to the

Israelites Prophet were not made in the very word as given in

the Scriptures, but only their purport, which they afterwards

delivered to the people in their own language. But the Holy

Quran, on the contrary revealed to our Prophet word by word,

as it now is a fact which makes the expression, ‘and will put my

words in his mouth’ inapplicable to anyone except Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.).

In promising to raise up a prophet, God tells Moses that ‘I will

raise up a Prophet among their brethren.’ But we find in Deut

34:10 that there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like unto

Moses. There cannot then remain a single doubt but that the

promised Prophet must have been from among the Israelites,

the brethren of the Israelites.

Another Prophecy of the Prophet Isaiah

‘He saw two riders. one of them was a rider upon an

ass and the other a rider upon a camel, he

hearkened diligent with much heed.’1

Isaiah saw in a vision two riders, one of them was rider upon

an ass and the other rider upon a camel. In our opinion, the

above passage is the faithful rendering of the original Hebrew.

1 Isaiah, xxi:7


In the English Bible, however, it is thus translated: ‘He saw a

chariot of asses and a chariot of camels, etc.’

The Vulgate has it as follows: ‘He saw chariot of two horsemen,

a rider upon an ass and a rider upon a camel, etc.’

There can be no doubt that of the two riders represented by the

Prophet Isaiah, as being the restorers of the true worship of the

Godhead, the rider upon the ass is Jesus Christ, because he so

made his entry into Jerusalem, and that by the rider of a camel

is meant the Prophet of Arabia, of which country the camel is

the characteristic means of conveyance.

Let us examine a few more quotations from the Old Testament.

Says Bible:

And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up

from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount

Paran and he came with ten thousands of saints;

from his right and went a fiery law for them.1

Is it not the Mount Faraan with which our Prophet is

connected?

Next we have in the Bible in the Book of Genesis:

(1) And as for Ismail, have heard thee: Behold, I have

blessed him and will make him fruitful, and will

multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget,

and I will make him a great nation.2

1 Deut, 33:2 2 17:20


(2) 12. Now these are the generations of Ismail, Abraham’s

son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid

bare unto Abraham;

13. And these are the names of the sons of Ismael, by

their names according to their generations; the first

born of Ismail, Nebauoth and Kedar, and Adbeel and

Mibsam.

14. And Mishma, and Dummah and Massa.

15. Hadar and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah;

16. These are the sons of Ismail, and these are their

names, by their towns and by their castles twelve

princes according to their nations.1

The Progeny of Abraham, through Ismail, had to have a bright

future. But who are these princes, Twelve in number?

Allama Jamaluddin, the famous Sunni Muhaddis, says that

Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari narrated: ‘When Allah revealed the

verse:

O ye who have believed! Obey Allah and obey the

Messenger and those among you Ulil Amr (invested

with Divine Authority) and in ought ye differ, bring

it before Allah and the Messenger, if ye believe in

Allah and the Last Day. This is best and fairest way

of settlement.2

1 25:12-16 2 Holy Quran, 4:59


I said to the Prophet that I recognised Allah and the Messenger

but who were these Ulil Amr (the people vested with Divine

Authority) obedience to whom, similar to obedience to you, is

made obligatory by Allah? Then the Prophet replied:

These (Ulil Amr) are my Successors. First of them is

Ali, then Hasan, then Husain, then Ali bin Husain,

then Muhammad bin Ali named Baqir in Taurat1 O

Jabir! You will survive to meet him. And when you

meet him, convey my Salaams to him. Then Ja’far-e-

Sadiq bin Muhammad, then Moosa bin Ja’far, then

Ali bin Moosa, then Muhammad bin Ali, then Ali bin

Muhammad, then Hasan bin Ali, then the Hujjat of

Allah on earth and the Baqiyyah (the remaining) of

His servants shall be Muhammad bin Hasan.2

Prophecies in the New Testament

We discussed in details the prophesies about our Prophet as

preserved in the Old Testament even after it had gone through

so many vicissitudes. We now go over to the New Testament to

find out our desired thing.

Late Jairazbhoy writes:

1 The famous names of Imam Hasan and Husain (a.s.) are mentioned

in Torah as Shabbar and Shabbir respectively. Thus we know three of

them mentioned in one of the ancient Scriptures so clearly. The

names of the other nine could also be very conveniently spotted if the

Originals are examined without prejudice. 2 Rauzatul Ahbab, Vol. 3, page 27


John 14:15: If ye love me ye will keep my

commandments, V:16: And I will pray the Father

and he shall give you another Parakletos (Comforter)

that he may be with you forever, V:25: These things

have I spoken unto you while yet abiding with you,

V:26: But the Comforter (Parakletos) which is the

spirit of truth whom the Father will send in my

name he shall teach you all things and bring all

things to your remembrance, whatsoever I said unto

you.

John 16:7: Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is

expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not

away the Comforter (Parakletos) will not come unto

you, but if I go, I will send him unto you. V:8: And

he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect

of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. V:12: I

have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot

bear them now. V:13: How be it when he, the Spirit

of Truth is come, he shall guide you into all the truth

for he shall not speak from himself, but what things

so ever he shall hear, these shall he speak and he

shall declare unto you the things that are to come.

We have not the least doubt that the word ‘Perikalutas’

rendered in English as ‘Comforter’ was not the one uttered by

Jesus Christ, but that it was ‘Parakletos’ meaning ‘illustrious’

or ‘renowned’ answering in every respect to the Arabic word

‘Ahmad.’ Sir William Muir says that the word Ahmad must


have been erroneously employed as a translation of Perikalutas

in some Arabic version of the New Testament and that

Parakletos (illustrious) for ‘Perikalutas’ was forged by some

ignorant or designing monk in Muhammad’s time.1

It is a well-known fact that a person was expected by a great

number of Christians in accordance with the prophecy from a

very early period, which shows that the construction put on the

passage in the Acts by the Roman Church and the Protestants

was not general.

Of this Montanans in the second century earlier than

Tertullian furnishes an example.

He was considered by his followers to be the promised person.

Prophet (s.a.) in the Hindu Scriptures

Next, we go over to the prophecies about our Prophet in the

ancient scriptures of Hindus – the religion of the vast

multitude of the Indo Pak subcontinent. According to

Jairazbhoy:

Likewise in Hindu scriptures too there are a good many

prophecies about the Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.). A

few of these are in the Purana. The one in the Bhavishya

Purana is the clearest of all. The fifth word from left to right is

the name of our Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.). It gives even the name

of the country of the Prophet ‘Marusthal-nivashinan’ denizen

of the desert (Arabia). For this reason the Arya Samaj has tried

1 Muir, Life of Mahomet


to cast doubt on the authenticity of this Purana. Their

argument is that it contains a reference to the Prophet.

According to Sanatanist Pandits and the vast bulk of Hindus,

nevertheless, it is considered very authentic. The prophecy

runs as follows: –

(5) Just then an untutored man with the epithet

Teacher, Muhammad by name, came along with his

companions. (6) Raja (Bhoja in a version) to that

Great Deva, the denizen of Arabia, purifying with

the Ganges water and with the five things of cow

offered sandal wood and pay worship to him. (7) O

denizen of Arabia and Lord of the Holies to thee is

my adoration. O you who has found many ways and

means to destroy all the devils of the world. (8) O

pure one from among the illiterates1, O sinless one,

the spirit of truth and absolute master, to you is my

adoration. Accept me at your feet.2

According to another prophecy:

O people, listen this emphatically, the man of praise

(Muhammad) will be raised among the people. We

take the emigrant in our shelter from sixty thousand

and ninety enemies whose conveyances are twenty

camels and she-camels, whose loftiness of position

touches the heaven and lower it.

1 Makkan or a person having not received any education in this world

(F.R.) 2 Bhavishya Purana Paru 3, Khand 3, Adhya 3, Shalok 5-8


He gave to Mamah Rishi hundred of gold coins ten

circles, three hundred Arab horses and ten thousand

cows.1

Prophecy about Ali (a.s.) Fatemah (a.s.) Hasan (a.s.)

and Husain (a.s.)

While the third is still in more details; not only the Holy

Prophet (s.a.w.a.) is mentioned but his only daughter, cousin

and son in law Ali, son of Abu Talib, the two sons of Ali and

Fatemah and the other Holy and Rightful successors of the

Prophet are also mentioned.

Says the Sanskrit book Puran (As recorded by Bashisht Muni):

Says Mahadeoji to his wife! O Parvati! The

Omnipotent Who is uncomparable, will bless

Mahamat with a daughter who will be better than

thousand sons put together. And she will be perfect

in worship of God. She will never speak untrue. She

will be infallible. She will get close to God with the

help of her father.

And from the loin of his uncle a son will be born

having the name Eelo (or Ali). He is full of valour

and might. He is generous, like him we have seen no

other (noble man). Then Mahamat will give his

daughter in marriage to him. The two will have two

sons (Hasan and Husain).

1 Atharva Veda, Kanda 20, Sukta 127, Mantra 1-3


Both will be marvellous and beautiful. Both will be

loved by God. Both will possess tremendous power.

Both will be courageous and gallant and will be

recogniser of God. All will be uncomparable in doing

good deeds. And that Omnipotent, Who is

uncomparable, will not create after them any man

possessing open and hidden artifices equal to them.

And those sons of Mahamat will be his heirs. They

will have many children who with their true logic

will attract people to the religion of Mahamat day

by day. And will glorify the religion of Mahamat.

And Mahamat will love them more than the entire

community and even his daughter. They will be

perfect in the religion of Mahamat. They will not

perform any work to please their own hearts, and

all their actions and promises, will be according to

the will of that Omnipotent. They will always seek

work of God. O’ Parvati! Within a few years after

the death of Mahamat, some nasty minded people

will unjustly cause sufferings and murder to his both

grandsons for the sake of the world. And on their

death, the entire world will become headless. Their

killer will become without religion and will neither

get reward in this world nor in heaven. Their hearts

will become devoid of love of Mahamat. And at the

end, at any cost, will not get deliverance from the

hell. Outwardly, they will include themselves in the

religion of Mahamat. And slowly other people will


also accept their company. And will adopt many

things against the character of Mahamat and

Mahamat’s children. And those who will follow the

path of Mahamat’s children will be comparatively in

small number. Majority of people will be in the

group of their killer. Outwardly they will call

themselves friends of Mahamat. And at the end of

the period of ‘Kalyug’ such outwardly hypocrites,

will be in large numbers and will create trouble in

the entire world.

Prophecy by Buddha

Finally we go into the contents of the teachings of Buddha. His

followers are not so many in Pakistan and India but they

dominate in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Burma, Thailand, China and

Japan.

According to Muhammad in Ancient Scriptures, by U. Ali, Vol.,

page 49 in the Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XI page 97 is

written:

Then the Blessed one addressed the brethren and

said, ‘Whosoever, brethren, have been Arahat-

Buddhas through the long ages of the past, there

were servitors just as devoted to those Blessed ones

as Ananda has been to me. And whosoever, brethren,

shall be the Arahat-Buddhas of the future there shall

be servitors as devoted to those Blessed ones as

Ananda has been to me.


And Ananda remained always near the Blessed

Master of truth, until the Tathagata made him final

entry into Nirvana.1

Ananda was really devoted to the Buddha Gautama.

His true devotion distinguishes him from other

disciples. Once when a maddened elephant

approached the Buddha Gautama the Bhikshus ill

deserted him, Ananda only remained by his side.2

The Buddha is talking of the devout followers of other Buddhas.

Let us turn to the pages of history. Muhammad arranged the

family feast. Ali alone stood up to support him.

Moreover, there was a time when the Prophet was surrounded

by the enemies in the battle of Ohad. All fled away but Ali

stood by the Prophet.

And when the Prophet breathed his last his head was resting

on the lap of Ali.

This prophecy proved to be true in its entirety.

Prophecies in the Parsi Scriptures

By now we have searched for the prophesies in the Scriptures

that pertain to the region which is now the Western side of

Middle East and we have gone through a few in the Eastern

side of Middle East now called the Indo Pak sub-continent.

1 The Gospel of Buddha by Earns, page 69 2 SBE, Vol. II, page 97


Next we have the Ancient Scriptures of Iran, the heart of

Middle East, writes Jairaz-bhoy :

The Parsi religion is one of the oldest religions in the world,

perhaps as old as, if not older than, the Hindu religion. It has

two collections of scriptures – the Dasatir and the Zand Avasta,

which may be called respectively the Old and the New

Testaments of the Parsi religion. In Dasatir, No. 14, which is

associated with the name of Sasan II, there is not only a

corroboration of the Doctrines and the Teachings of Islam, but

a clear prophecy as to the advent of the Prophet Muhammad.

The Prophecy is made in the clearest terms, and is preceded by

a vision of a state of extreme disorder and demoralization in

Persia. It runs thus: –

When the Persians should sink so low in morality, a

man will be born in Arabia whose followers will

upset their throne, religion and everything. The

mighty stiff-necked ones of Persia will be over-

powered. The house which was built (referring to

Abraham building the Ka’ba) and in which many

idols have been place will be purged of idols, and

people will say their prayers facing towards it. His

followers will capture the towns of the Parsis and

Taus and Balkh and other big places round about.

People will embroil with one another. The wise men

of Persia and others will join his followers.

This prophecy is contained in a book which has ever been in

the hands of the Parsis, and its words do not admit of two


interpretations. The coming man is to be an Arab. The Persians

would join his faith. Fire temples would be destroyed. Idols

would be removed. People would say their prayers facing

towards the Ka’ba. Can this prophecy fit in with any person

other than Muhammad?

Concludes Jairazbhoy:

Thus if, on the one hand, the Holy Prophet Muhammad

(s.a.w.a.) testified to the truth of all the other Prophets,

belonging to all the different nations of the world, and made it

a part of his religion, on the other hand, the Scriptures of these

previous Prophets are found to contain clear prophecies about

the advent of our Holy Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a.). This

mutual corroboration, by furnishing a great evidence of the

spiritual providence of God for humanity, strengthens people’s

faith in religion in general, and in the religion of Islam in

particular.

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