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Chapter V

Muhammad (pbuh) and Constantine the Great

The most wonderful and, perhaps, the most manifest
prophecy about the divine mission of the greatest man and
the Apostle of God, contained in the seventh chapter of
the Book of the Prophet Daniel, deserves to be seriously
studied and impartially considered. In it great events in the
history of humankind, which succeed each other within a
period of more than a thousand years, are represented by the
figures of four formidable monsters in a prophetical vision
to Daniel. “Four winds of heaven were roaring against the
great sea.” The first beast that comes out from the deep sea
is a winged lion; then comes forth the second beast in the
shape of a bear holding three ribs between its teeth. This is
succeeded by the third terrible beast in the form of a tiger
having four wings and four heads. The fourth beast, which
is more formidable and ferocious than the former ones, is
a monster with ten horns upon its head, and has iron teeth
in its mouth. Then a little horn shoot up amidst the others,
before which three horns break down. Behold, human eyes
and mouth appear upon this horn, and it begins to speak
great things against the Most High. Suddenly, in the midst
of the firmament the vision of the Eternal is seen amidst a
resplendent light, seated upon His tribune (Arabic: Korsí)
of the flames of light whose wheels were of shining light. [1]
A river of light is flowing and going forth before Him; and
millions of celestial beings are serving Him and tens and
tens of thousands of them are standing before Him. The
Judgment Court is holding its extraordinary session - the
books are opened. The body of the beast is burnt with fire,
but the blaspheming Horn is left alive until a “Bar Nasha”
-that is, a “Son of Man”- is taken up on the clouds and

[1] The original word is núr, and, like the Arabic word, it means “light” rather than
“fire,” which is represented in the text by “ish.” (The author).