Truth About the Split — Page 47
47 Argument from Hadith Muhammad Ali has adduced in support of his case a saying of the Holy Prophet sa to the effect that the Muslims will once follow the ways of the Jews and the Christians. Maulawi Muhammad Ali argues from this that while the general body of Muslims have played the part of the Jews by their denial of the Promised Messiah as , it was necessary for the fulfilment of the prophecy that another section should play the part of Christians by following their ways, and it accordingly happened that after the death of the Promised Messiah as one large party of his followers began unduly to exalt his rank. This argument does contain some truth in so far as by reason of the Promised Messiah as being the countre-type of the first Messiah, it was natural that some of the followers of the former should actually play the role of the followers of the latter. But that is by no means the main sense of the saying referred to. As has been explained by the Promised Messiah as himself, to be turned into Jews refers to the denial of the Promised Messiah as , and to be turned into 'Dal' means to be actually converted to Christianity. The saying of the Holy Prophet sa referred to by Maulawi Muhammad Ali is in fact not a separate prophecy but simply an elucidation of one of the prophecies contained in the