Life of Ahmad — Page 233
as CLAIMS TO BE THE MESSIAH as 233 'By the One who owns my soul, it is nigh, of a certainty, that the son of Mary will appear (come and stay with you) among you: He will be a judge, he will be just; so he will break the Cross (refute Christian doctrines with reason and arguments. — Commentary on Bukh a r i by ‘Ain i ) and kill the Swine; 53 and he will stop war: and wealth will increase so that no one will accept it; and a single Sajdah will be better than the whole world and all that there is in it. There are two points which need explanation: (a) to signify the coming of the Messiah as the Holy Prophet sa has used the word. Christians as well as later Muslims say that this word signifies, 'he descended from a high place'. Therefore Jesus as must come down physically from the high heavens, (b) The Holy Prophet sa says that the son of Mary will come, so it must be Jesus as himself who should come personally and not anyone else. The Holy Prophet sa has himself cleared these two points. He says: 53 This does not mean here the pig; the word is used here in a figurative sense and denotes a greedy, dirty and annoying person—an abomination. Killing also is not with any material weapon, but through spiritual means.