Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 96
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 96 Now that it has been proved from the Holy Quran that a lasting Khilafat in this blessed ummah has been established in the same way as, and bearing likeness to, the dispensation of Hadrat M u s a , the only semantic difference remaining is that, in the past, Prophets used to appear in support of the Mosaic reli - gion 1 , whereas now it is Mu h addath i n who come [in support of Islam]. In the light of this proof, it is incumbent to accept the following as a necessary conclusion: Just as in the latter days of the Mosaic dispensation, a Prophet whose name was ‘ I s a appeared at a time when the moral condition of the Jews had deteriorated completely; and they were far removed from true piety, honesty, empathy, unity, and true fear of God; and the whole of their knowledge and thinking was limited to mere ora - tory and rhetoric; moreover, they had become weak and humili - ated in their worldly status, likewise, similar to that Prophet and bearing a likeness to him in this age, a Mu h addath must appear in this ummah when this ummah, too, becomes corrupt, just as the Jews had become corrupt in the time of Hadrat ‘ I s a , peace be upon him. When we observe closely and analyse with a discerning eyes, it becomes clear and manifest that the age when the like of Hadrat Mas ih , peace be upon him, was to come in this ummah, because of the perfect resemblance between the Khulaf a ’ of the Mosaic and Muhammadan dispensations, is this very age of ours. This is so because the interval between Hadrat M u s a and Hadrat 1. The original states d i n-e- ‘ I sw i [religion of Jesus] instead of d i n-e-M u sa - w i [religion of Moses]. This appears to be a scribal error, so it has been rendered as ‘the Mosaic religion’ in the translation. [Publisher]