Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 96
96 TESTIMONY OF THE HOLY QURAN 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 Mūsā, the only semantic difference remaining is that, in the past, Prophets used to appear in support of the Mosaic reli- gion¹, whereas now it is Muhaddathin 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 'Isā 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 Muhaddath must appear in this ummah when this ummah, too, becomes corrupt, just as the Jews had become corrupt in the time of Hadrat 'Īsā, 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 Masīḥ, peace be upon him, was to come in this ummah, because of the perfect resemblance between the Khulafa' of the Mosaic and Muhammadan dispensations, is this very age of ours. This is so because the interval between Hadrat Mūsā and Hadrat 1. The original states dīn-e-‘Īswī [religion of Jesus] instead of din-e-Mūsa- wi [religion of Moses]. This appears to be a scribal error, so it has been rendered as 'the Mosaic religion' in the translation. [Publisher]