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237to 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” (“dīna”) were set up, and the “books” (“siphrin”) were opened. In Arabic, too, the word “dīnu,” like the Aramaic “dīna,” 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 !