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253The purport of the Sibyllian Revelation is that the Hebrew [1] Son of Man or the Messiah will come to destroy the power of Rome and to establish the religion of the true God for all men.We can produce many sound arguments to prove the identity of “the Son of Man” with Muhammad (pbuh) only, and shall divide these arguments as follows:Arguments from the Gospels, and from the ApocalypsesIn the most coherent and significant passages in thediscourses ofJesus(pbuh) where the appellation “Barnasha”- or “the Son of Man”- appears, only Muhammad (pbuh) is intended, and in himalone the prediction contained therein is literally fulfilled. In some passages wherein Jesus (pbuh) is supposed to have assumed that title for himself, that passage becomes incoherent, senseless, and extremely obscure. Take for instance the following passages: “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, Behold …” [2] John Baptist (pbuh) was a teetotaller, he fed himself only on water, locusts, and wild honey; they said he was a demoniac; but “the Son of Man,” id est Jesus (pbuh) (?), who ate and drank wine, was branded as “the friend of publicans and sinners”! To blame a prophet for his fasting and abstinence is a sin of infidelity or a gross ignorance. However, to reproach a person who claims to be a Messenger of God of frequenting the banquets of publicans and sinners, and for being fond of wine, is quite natural and a very serious charge against the sincerity of that person who pretends to be a spiritual guide of men. Can we Muslims believe in the sincerity of a Khwaja or Mullah when we see him mixing with[1] The name “Hebrew” in its wider sense is applied to all the descendants of Abraham (pbuh) , who afterwards assumed the names of their respective ancestors, such as the Ishmaelites, Edomites Israelites, etc. (the author).[2] Matt. xi. 19.