The Tomb of Jesus — Page 37
37 ancient Syria. This constitutes one of the strongest proofs of the fact that the ancestors of the people of Afghanistan, Kashmir and the adjoining provinces came from ancient Syria, representing the lost tribes of Israel. . An interesting account of the life of Jesus is recorded in a well-known historical work, "Rawzatus-Safaa", the sum and substance of an excerpt of which we give below: *. Jesus was called the "Messiah” because he was a great traveller. Wearing a woollen scarf on his head and a woollen cloak round his body and with a staff in his hand, he travelled from country to country and from city to city. He wandered forth in the wilderness and lived upon its fruits * FOOTNOTE: The word “Massih” or “Messiah” has been derived from the root "Siahat” which means travelling. The great Arabic lexicon, “Lisanul-Arab” says: "Jesus has been named “Masih” because he was a traveller. He would not settle at any place. " (Lisanul. Arab, p. 431). Similarly, the eminent authority, the Imam Abu Bakr. Ibnal-Waleed, Al-Fahri, At-Tartushee, Al-Malikee writes about Jesus in Vol. VI, of his famous book, “Seerajul-Muluk" published in Egypt, by the Khairiyya Press in 1306 Hijrah: “Jesus, the spirit of God and. His word, the chief of the ascetics and the leader of the travellers. ". Authorities derive the word "Messiah" from another root also, "Masah" rubbing or anointing, as with oil. According to this derivation, the word “Messiah” comes to mean “one who is rubbed with blessedness and goodness. ” Jesus was called the “Messiah" because he was anointed with blessedness and goodness. It should be borne in mind that the two meanings of the word “Messiah”, the traveller and the anointed one as applied to Jesus are contradictory. Jesus was both a great traveller as well as anointed with blessedness and goodness. not