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or Shaluah except in the Testament of Jacob (pbuh) .

Now from whatever point of view we try to study and
examine this prophecy of Jacob (pbuh) , we are forced, by
the reason of its actual fulfilment in Muhammad (pbuh) ,
to admit that the Jews are vainly expecting the coming
of another Shiloh, and that the Christians are obstinately
persisting in their error in believing that it was Jesus (pbuh)
who was intended by Shiloh.

Then there are other observations that deserve our
serious consideration. In the first place, it is very plain that
the sceptre and the legislator would remain in the tribe of
Judah so long as the Shiloh does not appear on the scene.
According to the Jewish claim, Shiloh has not come yet.
It would follow, therefore, that both the Royal Sceptre
and the Prophetical Succession were still in existence and
belonged to that tribe. However, both these institutions
have been extinct for over thirteen centuries.

In the second place, it is to be observed that the tribe
of Judah also has disappeared together with its royal
authority and its sister - the prophetical succession. It is
an indispensable condition for the maintenance of a tribal
existence and identity to show that the tribe as a whole
lives either in its own fatherland or elsewhere collectively
and speaks its own language. But with the Jews the case
is just the reverse. To prove yourself to be an Israelite,
you need hardly trouble yourself about it; for anybody
will recognize you, but you can never prove yourself to
belong to one of the twelve tribes. You are dispersed and
have lost your very language.

The Jews are forced to accept one or the other of the
two alternatives, namely, either to admit that Shiloh has
come already, but that their forefathers did not recognize
him, or to accept the fact that there exists no longer a tribe
of Judah from which Shiloh will have to descend.