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36great desire, covet, appetite and lust. The ninth command of the Decalogue is: “Lo tahmod ish reïkha” (“Thou shalt not covet the wife of thy neighbour”). In Arabic the verb hemida, from the same consonants hmd, means “to praise,” and so on. What is more praised and illustrious than that which is most craved for, coveted, anddesired? Whichever of the two meanings be adopted, the fact that Ahmed isthe Arabic form of Himda remainsindisputable and decisive. The Holy Quran (61:6.) [1] declares that Jesus(pbuh) announced unto the people of Israel the coming of an “Apostle from God whose name wasto beAhmed.”.The Gospel of St. John, being written in Greek, uses the name Paracletos, a barbarous form unknown to classical Greek literature. Nevertheless,Periclytos, which corresponds exactly with Ahmed in its signification of “illustrious,” “glorious” and “praised,” in its superlative degree, must have been the translation into Greek of Himda or probably Hemida of the Aramaic form, as uttered by Jesus Christ (pbuh). Alas! There is no Gospel extant in the original language spoken by Jesus (pbuh)!(b) Asto the etymology and signification of the words shalom, shlama, and the Arabic salám, Islam, I need not detain the reader by dragging him into linguistic details. Any Semitic scholar knows that Shalom and Islam are derived from one and the same root and that both mean peace, submission, and resignation.This being made clear, I propose to give a short exposition ofthis prophecy of Haggai.In orderto understand it better, let me quote another prophecy from the last book of the Old Testament called Mallachai, or Mallakhi, or in the[1] . Quran, 61:6. “And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said, «O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad.» But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, «This is evident sorcery!»” (Editors).