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that links together the events depicted in this figurative274language 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 twodivisionsofthe sheepindicate thepeopleof 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 alsoequal 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 leaderforthe 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.