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to him. I must draw the kind attention of my readers
to the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel written
in Aramaic or Babylonian dialect. There it illustrates
how the “thrones” (“Kursawan”) and the “Judgment”
(“dina”) were set up, and the “books” (“siphrin”) were
opened. In Arabic, too, the word “dinu,” like the Aramaic
“dina,” means judgment, but it is generally used to
signify religion. That the Quran should make use of
the “Dina” of Daniel as an expression of judgment and
religion is more than significant. In my humble opinion,
this is a direct sign and evidence of the truth revealed
by the same Holy Spirit or Gabriel to Daniel, Jesus,
and Muhammad . Muhammad (pbuh) could not forge or
fabricate this even if he were as learned a philosopher
as Aristotle. The judgment described with all its majesty
and glory was set up to judge the Satan in the form of the
fearful fourth Beast by the Supreme Judge, the Eternal.
It was then that someone appeared “like a son of man”
(“kbar inish”) or “barnasha,” who was presented to the
Almighty, invested with power, honour, and kingdom for
ever, and appointed to kill the Beast and to establish the
kingdom of the People of the Saints of the Most High.
Jesus (pbuh) Christ was not appointed to destroy the Beast;
he abstained from political affairs, paid tribute to Caesar,
and fled away when they wanted to crown him King. He
clearly declares that the Chief of this world is coming, for
the Periqlyte will root out the abominable cult of idolatry.
All this was accomplished by Muhammad (pbuh) in a few
years. Islam is Kingdom and Judgment, or religion; it
has the Book of Law, the Holy Al-Quran; it has God as
its Supreme Judge and King, and Muhammad (pbuh) as its
victorious hero of everlasting bliss and glory !