The Commentary of Al-Qasidah

by Jalal-ud-Din Shams

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The Commentary of Al-Qasidah — Page 152

152 The commentary of al-Qa si dah COUPLET 54 Jesus silently bowed his head, and died. As for our Prophet, He is alive, and by my Lord, he has met me. In the previous couplets the past prophets were likened to the light rain that preceded and foretold of a heavier rain ( S u rah al-Baqarah    . 32 represents Islam and the advent of the Holy Prophet sa as a heavy rain. ), and that the composite of all the attributes of the earlier prophets was found in the personality of the Holy Prophet sa. Now a question arises that the Christians believe the same thing about Jesus. They consider him to be superior to all the prophets, and the Seal of the Prophets. The writer priest named B u t a mal of the booklet Kh a tamun-Nabiyy i n , published by Punjab Religious Book Society, 2nd edition in 1953 says: It is only the Israelites that were selected to receive and deliver the word of God, therefore the advent of the Seal of the Prophets was to take place from the Children of Israel, and that last prophet is Jesus Christ. It is this very last prophet who put a seal on 32 al-Baqarah , 2:20