With Love to the Muslims of the World — Page 27
27 This donkey would travel so fast that it would cover journeys of months’ duration by traditional animal mounts, in days or even hours. It would stop at different stages for picking new passengers, and will always an- nounce its departure before it resumes its journey. This unique donkey would not only travel fast on the surface of the earth but would also be able to fly above the cloud line. The distance it would cover will be so vast that his one foot will be in the east and the other in the west. That is to say, his hops would be that wide. The tale does not end there. It further speaks of the same donkey as being able to swim across oceans, but would not sink except for its knees. On some of his future sea journeys, he is described as carrying mountains of wheat and corn to poorer nations whom Dajj a l (the Antichrist) would like to decide to feed by way of aid. This is the Antichrist and his donkey as described in so many Traditions of the Holy Prophet of Islam sa. It is this Antichrist whom ultimately Jesus as would destroy in his second advent. A H MADIYYA C ONCEPT OF THE A NTICHRIST & H IS D ONKEY Of course, according to Ahmadiyya understanding, this prophecy points to future modes of travel invented by such Christian powers as have distorted the faith of Christ as —who never claimed to be the son of God and believed himself to be a humble human being and a