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90chapter of the Book of Daniel, the Ram and the He-goat are explained by a Saint as representing the Persian and the Greek Empires respectively. It is expressly explained that the Greek Empire immediately succeeded the Persian and that it was divided into four kingdoms, asstated in the first vision. Secondly, the Horn with the speech indicates that the person who blasphemed and changed the Law and holy days could not be a pagan, but one who knew God and associated with Him purposely the other two persons whom he had equally known, and perverted the faith. Antiochus did not pervert the faith of the Jews by instituting a trinity or plurality of Gods, nor did he change the Law of Moses (pbuh) and its festival days. Thirdly, it is childish to give such a magnitude and importance to local and insignificant events which took place between a petty king in Syria and a small Jewish chief, so as to compare the latter with the glorious man who received the homage of the millions of angels in the presence of theAlmighty. Moreover, the prophetical vision describes and depicts the Barnasha as the greatest and the noblest of all men, for no other human being is reported in the Old Testament to have been the object of such honour and grandeur as Muhammad (pbuh) .3. It is equally futile to claim for Jesus Christ (pbuh) this celestial honour given to the Son-of-Man. There are two main reasons to exclude Jesus (pbuh) from thishonour;(a) if he is purely a man and prophet, and if we consider his work a success or failure, then he is certainly far behind Muhammad (pbuh) . [1] But if he is believed to be the third of the three in the Trinity, then he is not tobe enlisted among men at all. You fall into a dilemma, and[1] Quran, 2:253. Those Messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To some above of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah does what He wills. (Editors).