Page 53 - Demo

49Whenwe behold the number ofthe family ofJacob (pbuh) when he went to Egypt, which hardly exceeded seventy heads, and when he was met by Esau with an escort of four hundred armed horsemen, and the mightyArab tribes submitted to the twelve Emirs belonging to the family of Ishmael (pbuh) , and then when the Last Messenger of Allah proclaims the religion of Islam, all the Arab tribes unitedly acclaim him and accept his religion, and subdue all the lands promised to the children of Abraham (pbuh) , we must indeed be blind not to see that the Covenant was made with Ishmael (pbuh) and the promise accomplished in the person of Muhammad (pbuh) .Before concluding this article I wish to draw the attention of the students of the Bible, especially that of the Higher Biblical Criticism, to the fact that the socalled Messianic Prophecies and Passages belong to a propaganda in favour of the Davidic Dynasty after the death of King Solomon (pbuh) when his kingdom was split into two. The two great Prophets Elias (pbuh) and Elisha, who flourished in the Kingdom of Samariah or Israel, do not even mention the name of David or Solomon (pbuh) .Jerusalem was no longer the centre of religion for the Ten Tribes, and the Davidic claims to a perpetual reign was rejected.But Prophetslike Ishaia and others who were attached to the Temple of Jerusalem and the House of David (pbuh) have foretold the coming of a great Prophet andSovereign.As it was said in the first article, there are certain manifest marks with which the coming Last Prophet will be known. And it is these marks that we shall attempt to study in the future articles.