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all its laws and corrupted scriptures would be abolished
and substituted by new ones having a universal character,
force, and durability. Jesus (pbuh) was a Jew; he could
not have accomplished such a gigantic and stupendous
undertaking because it was materially impossible for him
to do it. “I came not to change the law or the prophets,” [1]
said he. On the other hand, the rank idolatry, with all its
abominable pagan practices, superstition, and sorcery, to
which the Arab nationalities were addicted, had entirely
to be wiped out, and the unity of the Deity and of religion
to be restored under the flag of the Apostle of Allah
bearing the Holy Inscription: “I bear witness that there is
no object of Worship beside God; and I bear witness that
Muhammad (pbuh) is the Apostle of God.”

(2) The unification of the nations descended from
Abraham (pbuh) , and their dependencies were to be
restored and accomplished. Of the many corrupted,
selfish, and unjustifiable silly notions the Hebrew
Scriptures contain there is the indiscriminate bias they
entertain against the non-Israelite nations. They never
honour the other descendants of their great progenitor
Abraham (pbuh) ; and this antipathy is shown against
the Ishmaelites, Edomites, and other Abrahamite
tribes even when Israel had become the worst idolater
and heathen. The fact that besides Abraham (pbuh) and
Ishmael (pbuh) about three hundred and eleven male
slaves and warriors in his service were circumcised
[2] is an incalculably forcible argument against the
Jewish attitude towards their cousin nationalities. The
kingdom of David (pbuh) hardly extended its frontiers
beyond the territory, which in the Ottoman Empire
formed only two adjacent “Vilayets,” or Provinces.
In addition, the “Son of David (pbuh) ,” whom the Jews

[1] Matt. v. 17-19.

[2] Gen.