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in hand, not for his own personal interest, but for the
glory of Allah and for the cause of His religion - Al-
Islam. He was shown by God the keys of the treasures
of the earth, but he did not accept them, and when he
died he was practically a poor man. No other servant of
God, whether a king or a prophet, has rendered such an
admirably great and precious service to God and to man
as Muhammad (pbuh) has done: to God in eradicating the
idolatry from a large part of the globe, and to man by
having given the most perfect religion and the best laws
for his guidance and security. He seized the sceptre and
the law from the Jews; fortified the former and perfected
the latter. If Muhammad (pbuh) were permitted to reappear
to-day in Makkah or Madinah, he would be met by the
Muslims with the same affection and “obedience” as he
saw there during his earthly life. And he would see with
a deep sense of pleasure that the holy Book he had left is
the same without the least alteration in it, [1] and that it is
chanted and recited exactly as he and his companions did.
He would be glad to congratulate them on their fidelity to
the religion and to the unity of Allah; and to the fact that
they have not made of him a god or son of a god.

As to the third interpretation of the name “Shiloh”
I remarked that it might possibly be a corruption of
“shaluah,” and in that case it would indisputably correspond
to the Arabic title of the Prophet so often repeated in the
Quran namely, “Rasul” which means exactly the same as
Shaluah does, i.e. “an Apostle” or “Messenger.” “Shaluah
Elohim” of the Hebrews is precisely the “Rasul Allah”
which phrase is chanted five times a day by the Crier to
the Prayers from the minaret of all mosques in the world.

In the Quran several prophets, particularly those to whom
a sacred scripture has been delivered, are mentioned as Rasul;
but nowhere in the Old Testament do we come across Shiloh

[1] . Quran, 15:9. We have surely sent down the Message; and We will assuredly
guard it (from corruption) (Editors)