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as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 20 ] bears resemblance to the Messiah as , they laugh at this inter- pretation and say that it has exceeded the due limits. When the Promised Messiah as says that the word minaret means brilliant arguments, they laugh at it saying, ‘Has there ever been a Prophet with shining arguments?’ When it is said to them that ‘east of Damascus’ means similar to Damascus, they scornfully state that they find it very amusing. They adamantly declare that they will accept nothing but literal translation. The idea of a prophet of God to be born on earth—and not descend hanging from the sky—who will stand upright on a minaret made up of arguments using forceful reason- ing and spreading a message of peace, and to be raised by Allah the Almighty, not in the old Damascus but in its sis- ter city—these are all laughable matters for them. Mullah’s Concept of the Coming of the Messiah Now consider their concept—which they think is not laughable—about the advent of the Messiah. They say that a two-thousand year old man, wearing two yellow sheets (like s a dh u s ) will descend in Damascus from the sky swinging in the air, his hands resting on the shoulders of two angels. Every one will be watching him, clapping with excitement that the Messiah has finally arrived! What will he do after he descends from heavens? It is mentioned in the a ha d i th that he will get married and will