An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 49
49 Specimen of Writing Our chief , the head and the Holy Prophet sa , in order to draw a distinction between the first Messiah and the second Messiah, had not only he stated that the second Messiah would be a male and a Muslim and would act in accordance to the dictates of the Holy Quran and like Muslims would strictly adhere to ordinances of the Quran, of prayers and fasting and would be born among Muslims and would be an Imam of them and would not bring any separate religion or bring any different message, and it was also indicated that there will be a distinction between the physical appearances of the first Messiah and the second Messiah. The appearance of the first Messiah as seen by the Holy Prophet on the night of his spiritual ascension was that he would be of middle height, red colour, and curly hairs and wide chest (See Bukh a r i , page 489) and in this book the praised one also stated the appearance of the second Messiah he would be wheatish in colour, his hairs would not curly but would hang to his ears. ( Tau dih -e-Mar a m , p. 16, R uha n i Khaz a’ in, vol. 3, p. 59) Impact The impact of this book on Maulav i s , like Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i , was not unexpected. The Maulav i s now felt that the elimination of Jesus Christ from the scene would end the dominance of the Muslim clergy, and it was for this purpose that Jesus was very securely settled in heaven. For they thought the longer Jesus is securely fastened to the heaven, the longer the Muslim clergy monopoly over Muslim minds would continue. So, the first to face the Promised Messiah as in the field was Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i who started attacking the views presented by the Promised Messiah as. He issued a warning to the Promised Messiah as that “unless he dropped the views presented by him about the death of Jesus Christ, he would start a campaign against him and would try to save the Muslims from what he called the hellish beliefs propounded by the Promised