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or being besides God is idolatry, the evil and the total
negligence of the Good - in short, sin in general. All
the men of God chastised their neighbours and people
for sin, but not “the world,” as Muhammad (pbuh) did.
He not only rooted out idolatry in the peninsula of
Arabia in his lifetime, but also he sent envoys to the
Chosroes Parviz and to Heraclius, the sovereigns of
the two greatest empires, Persia and Rome, and to the
King of Ethiopia, the Governor of Egypt, and Several
other Kings and emirs, inviting them all to embrace
the religion of Islam and to abandon idolatry and false
faiths. The chastisement by Muhammad (pbuh) began
with the delivery of the word of God as he received it,
namely, the recital of the verse of the Quran; then with
preaching, teaching, and practising the true religion;
but when the Power of Darkness, idolatry, opposed
him with arms he drew the sword and punished the
unbelieving enemy. This was in fulfilment of the decree
of God (Dan. vii.). God endowed Muhammad (pbuh) with
power and dominion to establish the Kingdom of God,
and to become the first Prince and Commander-in-
Chief under the “King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.”

(c) The other characteristic feature of the exploits of
Periqlyte -Ahmad- is that he will reprove the world of
righteousness and justice (loc. cit.). The interpretation
“of righteousness, because I am going to my Father”
(john xvi. 10) put into the mouth of Jesus (pbuh) is obscure
and ambiguous. The return of Jesus (pbuh) unto his God is
given as one of the reasons for the chastisement of the
world by the coming Periqlyte. Why so? Moreover,who
did chastise the world on that account? The Jews believed
that they crucified and killed Jesus (pbuh) , and did not
believe that he was raised and taken up into heaven. It
was Muhammad (pbuh) who chastised and punished them
severely for their infidelity. “Say, O Muhammad (pbuh) ,