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that links together the events depicted in this figurative
language begins with Adam (pbuh) and ends in the person
of the Prophet of Makkah! There are several cogent
arguments to prove this assertion.

(a) The two divisions of the sheep indicate the people of
the Scriptures, whether Jews or Christians, among whom
were those who were believers in the unity of God, and
those who made Jesus (pbuh) and the Holy Spirit also equal
and consubstantial with God. The Seer distinguishes the
believers from the apostates. The Gospels report that on
the day of the Last Judgment “the sheep will be separated
from the goats,” [1] which indicates the same view. As to
the symbolical Ram, we may understand thereby Arius or
some spiritual Unitarian leader for the true Nassara and the
chief Rabbi for the faithful Jews -because they both had
the same common enemy. If we identify Constantine with
the evil Horn, we may justly identify Arius with the Ram.
In fact, Arius is entitled to this dignity because he headed
the larger group in the Council of Nicea and vigorously
defended the true religion against the monstrous doctrines
of Trinitarian and Sacramentarian Churches. From a
strictly Muslim point of view the Jews, from the moment
they rejected and condemned Jesus Christ (pbuh) to death,
ceased to be the “chosen people,” and that honourable title
was given only to those who believed in his apostleship.

(b) The Son of Man who saved the flock of sheep from
its various enemies whom he sent down into the bosom of
the earth by striking vehemently his pastoral staff on it, and
gave a strong sword to the sheep to slaughter the impure
brutes and birds of prey, was decidedly Muhammad (pbuh) .
The sceptre (in Hebrew “shebet”- rod, staff) is the emblem
of sovereignty, jurisdiction, and administration. The little
sceptre accorded by God to the tribe of Judah [2] was taken

[1] Matt. xxv. 32-46, etc.

[2] Gen, xlix. 10.