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234of Barnabas, Jesus (pbuh) is reported to have often spoken of the glory and the splendour of Muhammad’s spiritwhom 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) . Itwas 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