Real Revolution — Page 50
50 the Torah could not be effaced. It would be effaced only when it had served its purpose and no longer met the needs of the time. This view also agrees with events as they actually turned out, for the Holy Quran later replaced the Torah. In the. Torah itself was said that after Moses another Law. I was to come. In Deuteronomy 18: 18, 19 we read: "I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in My name; I shall require it of him". . The following inferences flow from this passage: (i) Another Prophet was to be raised for the Jews, since it is said "I will raise them up a Prophet". (ii) Like Moses he would be the bearer of a law, since it is said "a Prophet. . . . . . like unto thee". (iii). He would be from among the Ismaelites, since it is said "A Prophet from among their brethren". (iv). Obedience to him would be binding upon the Jews. since the Prophet was to be raised for them. (v). It the Jews would not obey him, they would be destroyed, since it is written "Whosoever will not listen unto My words which he shall speak in My name, I will require it of him". . In the tace of this prophecy it is not open to us