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Al Qaul Al Mahmood
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Christ AS went astray since they could not associate Ahmed with Muhammad 32 . They thought that the
birth of Muhammad did not fulfill the prophecy.
Again in Torah, it was mentioned that Allah would come on Mount Sinai (Taurus Mountains) along
with angels close to Him and Shine on Seir 33 .
If one goes by the literal meaning of the prophecy it is evident that God did not manifest Himself on
the peaks of Faran (Paran) Mountains. How can the Jews accept a person who emerged on the
Mountain of Faran (near Makkah) along with a few voiceless poor He who emerged on the mountains
near Makkah in Arabia was Muhammad SAS .
The prophecies cannot be and should not be explained literally. Their real purpose has to be taken
into consideration. The trouble arises when the real meaning is adhered to. Even learned people cannot
understand and explain them. How can the people with average or below average intellect understand
the purpose of the divine prophecies
Similar is the case with the prophecies about Imam Mahdi AS . They cannot be correctly understood
and explained by resorting to the literal meaning of the terms used in the traditions of Prophet
Muhammad SAS . Therefore, it becomes necessary to explain prophetic signs in terms of the events
accompanying the appearance of Imam Mahdi AS .
Obviously, the identification of a person is not difficult if his birth literally and strictly follows the
signs described in the prophecy. We can go to the extent of saying that this is not possible, because it is
not necessary that every human being should be blessed with Faith (iman) in the Unknown. Had it been
the divine will to make everyone a faithful, Allah’s prophets would not have been repudiated by their
own people despite obvious signs in the scriptures. The Jews repudiated the prophethood of Jesus
Christ AS and his being the Messiah, despite prophecies in the scriptures. Similarly, both the Jews and
Christians repudiated Prophet Muhammad SAS . Had the prophets not been repudiated, the entire human
kind would have been the follower of one religion. Religious differences would have been wiped out.
Allah has said in Quran: “If it had been thy Lord’s will, they all would have believed, all who are on Earth
(S.X.:99). It follows from this that the variety of religious followings shows that the prophets were not
born strictly in accordance with the letter of the prophecies. It can now be said that the signs in the
prophecies about Imam Mahdi AS too fall in the same category. It follows that the signs common to all
the prophecies about Imam Mahdi AS will be authentic and categorical proof.
But the attributes of the Imam AS described in them contradicting each other cannot be treated as
authentic. The principles of Fiqh prove that contradictory attributes cancel each other. These traditions,
of course, prove that Imam Mahdi AS will definitely come, but the attributes described in them are not fit
to be discussed.
DOUBTS CLARIFIED
Some of the questions raised earlier in this tract will now be answered.
32 Muhammad is translated as “Glorified” and Ahmed as “Most Glorified.” Muhammad by
Martin Lings, New Delhi, 1983, p.47.
33 “And he said, the Lord came from Sinai and rose up from Seir unto them, he shined from
Mount paran (Faran Near Makkah), and he came with ten thousand saints; from his right hand
went a fiery law for them. (Deuteronomy 33: 2).
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