The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 249
PT. 28 AS-SAFF proofs, they said, 'This is manifest sorcery. " • 4226 "27:14; 43:31. CH. 61 هذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ 4226. Important Words: (Aḥmad) is derived from and me (John 14:16-17. 15:26; 16:7, 12- 14). From these verses of the Gospel of John the following inferences are clearly deducible: means, he praised, eulogised or commended him; spoke well of him; he requited him; he gave him his due. (Aḥmada) means, he did or said (1) That Paraclete or the Comforter that for which he should be praised or or the Spirit of Truth could not come which was praiseworthy. unless Jesus should have departed means, the thing was or became from the world. praiseworthy. means, one who praises much or who is praised much in the world for ever. or most (Lane & Tāj). Commentary: The prophecy of Jesus about the coming of Paraclete or the Comforter or the Spirit of Truth as given in the Gospels is as follows: I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. Even the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it sees him not, neither knoweth him. . . but when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. . . for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you, but if I depart, I will send him unto you. . . I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when the Spirit of Truth is come, he will guide you unto all truth, for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come. . . He shall glorify 3145 (2) That the Comforter was to abide (3) That he was to say many things which Jesus himself could not tell because the world could not then bear them. (4) That he would guide men unto all truth. (5) That he would not speak of himself, but whatever he would hear that would he speak. (6) That the Comforter would glorify Jesus and testify of him. This description of Paraclete or the Comforter or the Spirit of Truth is in complete harmony with the status and mission of the Holy Prophet as given in the Quran: (1) The Holy Prophet appeared after Jesus had departed from this world. (2) He is the last Law-giving Prophet and the Quran the last revealed Divine Law for the whole of mankind till the end of time (5:4). (3) Jesus could not guide mankind to all truth because his Message was meant only for a particular people and for a particular period. And the