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143Muhammad (pbuh) in the New Testament Chapter IIslam and Ahmadiyat Announced by AngelsTwo very extraordinary events have been recorded by two Evangelists in connection with the birth of Sayyidinā Jesus Christ (upon whom be peace and the blessings of Allah). The Evangelist Mattai (Matthew) has left to us an accountofthewonderfulpilgrimageoftheMagi,whowere guided by a star from Persia to the manger atBethlehem, where the new-born Jesus (pbuh) ,whom they “worshipped” and presented with rich gifts of gold, myrrh, and incense, was lying. The condensed material in this historical event or fictitious story of the “Wise Men” from the East is in itself a plausible legend consisting of more than half a dozen miracles, which the Christian Church alone has been able to create and to believe in. The Church has preserved the very names of the Magi, who, headed by the King Caspar, were “inspired by God,” and knew that the little Babe of Bethlehem was God, Lamb, and King, and therefore they offered him incense as to a deity, myrrh for his burial as a sacrifice, andgold for hisroyaltreasury!That the Zoroastrian magicians, or the astrologian Chaldees, through the astral divination and guidance, traversed all that distance to Jerusalem, and there lost the sight of the star; that the Jewish reigning sovereign Herod and the inhabitants of Jerusalem shook and trembled at the news of the birth of a new king; that only an incoherent passage in the writings of the Prophet Micah (v. 2) could solve the problem of the locality where the nativity had taken place; and finally that the astrologers were informed by God in a dream not to return to Herod, are indeed some wonderful miracles which only the Christiansuperstition can swallow. The royal retinue of the pilgrims proceedsto