Lecture Sialkot — Page 18
18 L ECTURE S IALKOT nor did he resort to Jihad. This umma has likewise been blessed with a Promised Messiah bearing a similar disposition. Look at the verse: 14 The words, 'As He made successors from among those who were before them' , are particularly worthy of note, for they lead us to understand that the dispen- sation of Muhammad sa resembles the dispensation of Moses as. Since the Mosaic dispensation ended with a Prophet—namely Jesus as —who appeared at the turn of the fourteenth century after Moses as , and did not wage any war or Jihad, it was therefore essential that the last Khalifah of the dispensation of Muhammad sa should appear in the same spirit. It is related in some authentic Hadith that, in the latter days, most of the Muslims would come to resemble 14 Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after their fear: They will worship Me, and they will not associate anything with Me. Then whoso is ungrateful after that, they will be the rebellious. —Al-N u r, 24:56 [Publishers]