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( 32 ) him and the Promised Messiah, there has been no other Prophet; and this is also in agreement with other Reports, wherein the Holy Prophet has called the Promised Messiah a Nabi of Allah, while no one else has been called by this name. In the Hadith under reference, the Holy Prophet has said that their Din (religion) was one and the same, namely The Din of ‘The Unity of God’; he has placed The Din as the spiritual father of them all; and having seen their periods, different in the case of each placed these periods as their different mothers. Thus termed all the prophets alati brothers; and the Holy Prophet Mohammad (May God bless him) considered the Promised Messiah as his son in the spiritual sense; and declared that there would be no prophet between both of them. In this way he called him a prophet. Seeing this spiritual son of the Holy Prophet included in the list of the prophets, if a man gave to this Promised Isa also the position of an alati brother of the Holy Prophet as well, in addition to his position of a spiritual son, there is no harm done. The Holy Prophet has called some of the righteous persons of his Ummat , coming after him his brothers, too. Syed Abdul Karim Jilani, in his book, title ‘Al-Insanul Kamil’, has quoted a Report that Holy Prophet said he had a great desire to meet his brothers who would come after him. Further expounding the meaning and spirit of the Hadith in question, Syed Jilani said these brothers of the Holy Prophet signify the Prophets from among the saints. What the Holy Prophet desired to convey here was that they would partake of Nabuwwat , and this would denote their near and close relationship with the Lord God where tidings in regard to things beyond human ken would be revealed to them; and make them perceive the divine wisdom hidden in various things. (Insanul Kamil, Vol. V, page 109) These Prophets from among the saints are, thus, his progeny for they are members of his Umma ; therefore, his sons as well. These are his brothers, too. Their religion, and the religion of the Holy Prophet, in principle and detail, would be one and the same, though their mothers would be different, i. e. , they would be raised in different periods. Second Hadith Quoted in Regard to the Nabuwwat of the Promised Messiah Mr. Faruqi writes: “There is another saying of the Holy Prophet related by Nawas bin Sam’an, in which Jesus, son of Mary, the Prophet of God, has been mentioned as descending on an eastern tower of a mosque in Damascus (Syria). ” (‘On an eastern tower, as has been put down here by Mr. Faruqi, is a wrong translation of the text, the correct expression being ‘descending in the east of Damascus close to the white minaret’. – Mohammad Nazir).