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289 Thy displeasure, and those who have not gone astray. It is evident that in these words is a supplication to be saved from those who have incurred God’s displeasure (maghdub) and those who have gone astray (dal- leen). It is an accepted fact that ‘those who have incurred divine wrath’ are the Jews and ‘those who have gone astray’ are the Christians. If this trial and disorder was not destined at some time to take root within the Muslim community, then what was the purpose of teaching such a supplication? The greatest trial of all was the Antichrist, but God did not say ِ الدَّجَّال َ وَل (and nor the Antichrist). Was God uninformed of this trial? The fact of the matter is that the aforementioned sup- plication contains a remarkable prophecy that a time will come when the Muslim community will adopt the nature of the Jews. The Jews were a community that rejected the Messiah as. Therefore, in the aforementioned instance, when we are instructed to pray so that we may be saved from the ways of the Jews, what this really tells us is that we should not become like them, and that is to say, do not make the mistake of rejecting the Promised Messiah. Moreover, where we are instructed to supplicate so that we may be saved from those who have gone astray , or in other words, to be saved from following the way of the Christians, this indi- cates that during that time the trial of the cross will have reached dangerous pro- portions, and this would be the root cause and mother of all trials. The trial of the Antichrist would be nothing separate, for if it was something different, it would definitely have been mentioned by name. Now, go to all the churches and see whether this trial that I speak of is truly perilous or not. Similarly, read the Holy Quran carefully and reflect on whether it makes the following promise: 1 َ لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوْن الذِّكْرَ وَ اِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا اِنَّا Verily, We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian. Further, the Holy Quran also promises the coming of a Seal of the Caliphs in the verse that speaks of successorship. Look at all of these things collectively in the following manner: Firstly, in accordance with the prophecy of the Torah, the Holy Quran has declared the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, to be the likeness of Moses as. In view of this likeness, it is necessary that just as an institu- tion of Mosaic successors was established, so too a line of successors would be 1 al-Hijr, 15:10 p. 264