Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 41
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 41 there would remain no distinction for the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This is because there are many Prophets who bore some resemblance with Moses in that they, too, raised the sword by the command of God, waged wars and emerged victorious in miraculous ways. But can any of these Prophets be the object of this prophecy? Not at all! In short, the Holy Prophet, may peace be on him, can be its specific object only if the resemblance is understood to be a perfect resemblance. And one of the greatest elements of this perfect resemblance is that after honouring Moses as as His Messenger, God Almighty, out of His many blessings and favours upon him, placed in his dispensation, a long series of spiritual and worldly successors. This period lasted for nearly 1,400 years and ended with Hadrat ‘ I s a , peace be upon him. During this time, hundreds of kings and recipients of revelation were born in the Mosaic dispensation. And God continued to help the followers of the law of Moses in wonderful ways, the amazing accounts of which were preserved in the pages of history. As Allah, the Lord of Glory, says: 1 ِ وَقَفَّيْنَا مِن ْۢ بَعْدِه ٖ �ب ِلرُّسُل َو ْدَقَل اَنْيَتٰا ىَسْوُم َبٰتِكْلا َّمُث اَنْيَّفَق ىٰۤلَع ْمِهِراَثٰا اَنِلُسُرِب َو اَنْيَّفَق ىَسْيِعِب ِنْبا َمَيْرَم َو ُهٰنْيَتٰا َلْيِجْنِاْلا١ۙ۬ َو اَنْلَعَج ْيِف ِبْوُلُق 2 َنْيِذَّلا ُهْوُعَبَّتا ًةَفْاَر َّو ًةَمْحَر Meaning that, We gave Moses a book and many Prophets came after him. After all of them, We sent Jesus, son of Mary, and We 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:88 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al- H ad i d, 57:28 [Publisher]