the fearsome denials and slander of the Jews, and saved his religion from corruption. Furthermore, in the face of the burdensome Shari‘a of the Children of Israel, who did not recognize Jesus, he came with an elevated Shari‘a which was easy, all-encompassing, and completed the deficiencies of Jesus’ Shari‘a. For these reasons, Jesus often gave the good news: the Ruler of the World will come!1
Now it is clear that in the Torah, the Gospels, the Psalms of David, and in the scriptures of other prophets, there are numerous discussions of a prophet who is to come at a later time, many verses mentioning him. Just as we pointed out examples of these, showing that he is mentioned in these Books under various names. Who, other than Muhammad (Upon whom be blessings and peace), the Prophet of the end of time, could it be that these scriptures of the prophets speak of so repeatedly in their verses, and with such importance?
That is, I would have been like ‘Ali.
Qur’an, 61:1. See also, Halabi, Sira, i, 214; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 743; Nabhani, Hujjat Allah ‘ala’l-‘Alamin, 99, 114; John, 14:16, 17, 26, 30; 15:26; 16:7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14.
Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa’l-Nihaya, ii, 166; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 363; ^Alê al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 740; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, ii, 388; Yusuf Nabhani, Hujjat Allah ‘ala’l-‘Alamin, 138.