The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 61
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI containing pure words of God. The evolution of religions reached its perfection in Islam and its Divine book, the Holy Quran says: "This day I have perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion" (Quran 5:4). Miracle par excellence of Islam is the Holy Quran. It is beyond the power and knowledge of man to compose. The Holy. Quran is the only revealed book which has been preserved word for word since Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful revealed it to the Holy. Prophet Muhammad, the last law giving prophet. Many prophets in the past before Islam, had prophesied about the coming of that great universal prophet Muhammad. Here we will mention briefly about prophecies in the New Testament and Old Testament. Hadhrat. Ahmad, the Promised Messiah has drawn attention to the prophecy of. Jesus about Holy Prophet Muhammad in Gospel of John. "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that. I go away, for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you. . . . . . I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. " (John 16:7-19). This prophecy clearly lays down that: 1. The Comforter will come after the departure of Jesus 2. When the Comforter comes, he will reprove the world of sin, truth and justice 3. He will guide the world into all truth. 4. The book revealed to him will contain no human word 5. He will foretell things to come. 6. He will glorify Jesus and clear him of all charges. . In this prophecy, if we consider all the points, by the. Comforter or Spirit of truth is meant unmistakably the Holy Prophet. Muhammad and none else. He came after Jesus. The Comforter was supposed to reprove the followers of Jesus and others. The Holy 61