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of Barnabas, Jesus (pbuh) is reported to have often spoken
of the glory and the splendour of Muhammad’s spirit
whom he had seen. There is no doubt that the Spirit of
the Last Apostle was created long before Adam (pbuh) .
Therefore, Jesus (pbuh) , in speaking about him, naturally
would declare and describe him as “the Spirit of Truth.”
This Spirit of Truth reprimanded the Christians for
dividing the unity of God into a trinity of persons, for
their having raised Jesus (pbuh) to the dignity of God and
Son of God, and for their having invented all sorts of
superstitions and innovations. It was this Spirit of Truth
that exposed the frauds of both the Jews and Christians
for having corrupted their Scriptures; that condemned the
former for their libels against the chastity of the Blessed
Virgin and against the birth of her son Jesus (pbuh) . It was
this Spirit of Truth that demonstrated the birthright of
Ishmael (pbuh) , the innocence of Lot, Solomon (pbuh) , and
many other prophets of old and cleared their name of the
slur and infamy cast upon them by the Jewish forgers.
It was this Spirit of Truth, too, that gave witness about
the true Jesus (pbuh) , man, prophet, and servant of God;
and has made it absolutely impossible for Muslims to
become idolaters, magicians, and believers in more than
the one only Allah.

(b) Among the principal marks of Periqlyte, “the
Spirit of Truth,” when he comes in the person of the
“Son of Man” -Ahmad- is “he will chastise the world
for sin”(john xvi. 8, 9).No other servant of Allah,
whether a king like David (pbuh) andSolomon (pbuh) or
a prophet like Abraham and Moses, did carry on this
chastisement for sin to the extreme end, with resolution,
fervour, and courage as Muhammad (pbuh) did. Every
breach of the law is a sin, but idolatry is its mother and
source. We sin against God when we love an object
more than Him, but the worship of any other object