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A. The foretold Prophet was not Jesus Christ (pbuh)
and
B. The foretold Prophet was Muhammad (pbuh) .

Everybody knows that the Christian Churches have
always regarded John the Baptist (pbuh) as a subordinate of
Jesus (pbuh) , and his herald. All the Christian commentators
show Jesus (pbuh) as the object of John’s witness and prophecy.

Although the language of the Evangelists has been
distorted by interpolators to that direction, yet the fraud
or error cannot forever escape the searching eye of a critic
and an impartial examiner. Jesus (pbuh) could not be the
object of John’s witness because:

(1) The very preposition “after” clearly excludes
Jesus (pbuh) from being the foretold Prophet. They were
both contemporaries and were born in the same year. “He
that is coming after me” Says John, “is stronger than I.”
this “after,” indicates the future to be at some indefinite
distance; and in the prophetical language, it expresses one
or more cycles of time. It is well known to the Sufees and
those who lead a spiritual life and one of contemplation
that at every cycle, which is considered to be equivalent of
five or six centuries, there appears one great Luminary Soul
surrounded by several satellites who appear in different
parts of the world, and introduce great religious and
social movements which last for several generations until
another shining Prophet, accompanied by many disciples
and companions, appears with prodigious reforms and
enlightenment. The history of the true religion, from
Abraham to Muhammad (pbtuhem) , is thus decorated with
such epochmaking events under Abraham, Moses, David,
Zorobabel, Jesus, and Muhammad (pbtuhem) . Each of these
epochs is marked with special characteristic features. Each
one makes a progress and then begins to fade away and
decay until another luminary appears on the scene, and
so on down to the advent of John, Jesus (pbtuhem) , and the
satellite Apostles.