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211 Malfuzat – Volume IV revival of these teachings, and who continuously heard the words of God for 1400 years. The Messiah appeared 1400 years after Moses, peace be upon him, that is in the fourteenth century. The Messiah appeared in his era so that he could clear the allegation related to the Mosaic wars with his teaching and so that the end would not be one of war and battle. In the same way, the Promised Messiah was raised in the Muslim community at the head of the fourteenth century from among the Caliphs of that man who was the likeness of Moses, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, so that with his pure teaching he could reform the false concept surrounding jihad and categorically prove that Islam was not spread by the sword, but that Islam spread due to its divine verities and insights. Therefore, in the debate on prophecies, the Jews will win and the truth stands with them. As an observer, it is apparent that the Jews follow a way of rationality, as they have said about Elijah as. They have in their hands a golden chain of testi - monies and if anyone is interested, I can call for their books and show you. This is what I said to Siraj-ud-Din too. You see, even when a person picks up an ordinary vessel, they inspect it before purchasing it. Then why is there so much lack of concern in the matter of faith? So these prophecies have been refuted. What remains now are the statements of the Gospel, and first and foremost, I say that when the Christians do not even have the original Gospel in their hands, why is it inconceivable that it has been interpolated? For the Messiah and his mother spoke Hebrew. Hebrew was the language of the country in which they lived. In his final hours on the cross, the words uttered by the Messiah were Hebrew: ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ mean - ing, O God! O God! Why hast though forsaken me? Now tell me, when the whereabouts of the original Gospel are unknown, does one not have the right to demand that the original Gospel be shown to them when they are presented with a translation? On this front, the Christians have fallen even below the Jews, because at least the latter did not allow for their original scripture to be lost. Then, it is recorded in the Gospel that the Messiah says: ‘My Gospel. ’ When a person contemplates this phrase it becomes clearly evident that there must be an original manuscript of the Gospel that the Messiah wrote himself as well. For it is the duty of a Prophet to preserve the revelation of God, without putting the responsibility of preserving it on others so that they can write whatever they wish. In regards to Paul, I have already mentioned that his writings and discourses are the basis on which the divinity of Christ hinges. But how odd that despite being