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and neither independent nor self-sustained. It is a great pity, howev~r, that owing to lack of insight. people are inclined to ignore these truths, paying scant attention to the subtle realities embedded therein. Now I come to a tradition which explicitly terms the coming Messiah a prophet. Our :&laster the Holy Prophet ,has bestowed on him this tit. le. Says the Hadith: ~ _. i. ,J,. -ci», J~. , J\,; cJli •J. :'. ,. . u. , ~. . ,. . ,~ "·~. . . . . (;_,,. . . . ,:. . f. . ,~,!. (,'il; ~\ e:,:,. ,. . ,-. . •l?,i8" i~ ,_}. :,)I' U. ,. • ~ ~· ~ u- \. . Jl\ c):; li. J. . . . . . • u-~b ~ I ,, \. . . ·'\ ":',. . . . , '""'""" _. , ,'!. !. ,, I. . -. :. 'J, t eA1 ~~ _,. . :,-i~ I ~. ,;::~ ~. . . . . ,Jir;ll&,}--. ,\{11,ll'"t. :(,Jl,J. I). ~_ ►. . )\ 11 From Abu Huraira. He said the Prophet of Allah ( peace of Allah be on him and His blessings) said "there is no prophet between me and him i. e. Isa, and he will verily descend and therefore as you see him accept him. . . . . . he i& a middle•statured man of reddish, fair complexion. He will then fight the people for Islam and then break the cross and kill the swine and remit Jizia. ,. 1 The above tradition is too clearly•worded to need any elaboration and expostulation; for, our l, Yltle Abu Doood Boole AhrHllalta111 Ch: KJ111rr1j11ddajjal, 81