Old Testament Prophecy
By: Shahid Bin Waheed
Prophecy # 2 Daniel 7:1-14!
007:001 In the first year of
Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his
bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. 007:002 Daniel
spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the
heaven strove upon the great sea. 007:003 And four great beasts came up from
the sea, diverse one from another. 007:004 The first was like a lion, and had
eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted
up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was
given to it. 007:005 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it
raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between
the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. 007:006
After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of
it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given
to it. 007:007 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth
beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron
teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet
of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had
ten horns. 007:008 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among
them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns
plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of
man, and a mouth speaking great things. 007:009 I beheld till the thrones were
cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery
flame, and his wheels as burning fire. 007:010 A fiery stream issued and came
forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were
opened. 007:011 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the
horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and
given to the burning flame. 007:012 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they
had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and
time. 007:013 I saw in the night visions, and,
behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the
Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 007:014 And there was
given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and
languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which
shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Therefore, all
these four beasts are a representation of the “Power of Darkness”, i.e. the
Kingdom of Satan. Thus, these beasts were the archenemies of the true and
righteous followers of Old children of Israel and true followers of the Jesus,
since they have the knowledge of Scriptures and revelations of God. But the
nature and character of the “Little Horn” that sprang up on the head of the
fourth beast was so different than other beasts, that God Himself has, as it
were, to come down and establish his throne to judge and condemn the fourth
beats; to summon to His “Son of Man” making him the Sultan of men (the words sholtana,
yaqar, malkhuta signify respectively “Empire, honor, kingdom of all
mankind) [see verses 14 & 27]
It must be noticed that as the Son of Man is noble and superior to the beasts, therefore the religion, which is professed by Son of Man, is infinitely superior and holier than of the Little Horn.
The Little Horn comes to being after the Ten Persecutions under the reigns of Roman Emperors. The Roman Empire was writhing among four rivals, and Constantine was one of them. The other three vanished and Constantine was the survivor as the supreme sovereign of vast Roman Empire and is the Little Horn of this prophecy, since all the four beasts are represented in the vision as irrational brutes while the Little Horn possessed a human mouth and eyes that describes a monster endowed with reason and speech. Constantine proclaimed Christianity as the true religion, left Rome to the Pope and made Byzantium i.e. Constantinople (now called Istanbul, a city of Turkey). Constantine pretended to profess Christianity, but was never baptized until before his death, which is a disputed matter. The legend of Constantine’s conversion was due to the vision of the “Cross” in the sky has long since- like the about Jesus inserted in the Antiquities of Josephus- been exploded as another piece of forgery.
Nevertheless,
since this Little Horn spewing blasphemies against God being a king as Angel
reveals to Prophet Daniel, and since the king was the eleventh of the Caesars
who reigned in Rome and persecuted the people of God, thus, he is no other than
Constantine. Because it was his edict that proclaimed the belief in the
“Trinity” a new creed that Old Testament condemn as blasphemy abhorred by Jews
and Muslims alike.
Study of the rest of the chapter seven reveals that the Little Horn also wages war against the Saints of the Most High (verse 25), it is obvious that Constantine persecuted the Jews and true followers of Jesus who believed in the unity of God, and boldly declared “Trinity” to be false and erroneous.
Muhammad is the
Son of Man:
·
“all
the people and nations of the earth will serve him” or “the people of the Saints of the
Most High.” This has to be understood in the light of Genesis 15:18-21, and
not in the manner of English, French or the Chinese.
·
The phrase “the
people of the Saints of Most High” refers to true followers of Moses and
Jesus, who fought and suffered the atrocities of Little Horn.
·
After the
destruction of the Little Horn, the people and the nations that will have to
serve the Saints of Most High are the Chaldean, Medo-Persians, Greeks, and the
Romans. These are the four nations represented by the four beasts in the prophecy
that have invaded and trod upon the Holy Land. From the Wall of China to Adriatic Sea
all nations have received homage as Muslims and/or as unbelievers served the
Muslims who are the only true believers of One God.
·
It must be
noted that after Visualization of the Bible (creation of the myth that Jews are
chosen people, whereas the fact is that Jews were only the privileged people)
until the advent of Jesus, however, Muslims view is that Jews and Christians have
no right to claim the title of “the people of the Saints of Most High.” Because
Jews outright reject Jesus, while Christians defy and insult him. But the most
important fact is that both (Jews and Christians) refuse to recognize
the Last Prophet (Muhammad {SAW}).
I will now proceed to prove that “Son of Man” is no other than Muhammad (SAW), whose very name literally means “The Praised One.”
As I have stated earlier that neither Judaism nor Christianity have any particular name of its faith and its system, a complete absence of divine inspiration. Both do not have articles of faith as well. The names Judaism and Christianity are not Scriptural neither authorized by God.
The Scriptural
term used in the prophecy of Prophet Daniel is the same, which has been
repeatedly used in the Glorious Qur’aan, namely “Din or Deen” which means “Judgment.” Preserved Tablet, in which
the decrees of God are inscribed from which the Glorious Qur’aan was
transcribed and directly revealed to Muhammad (SAW) through Archangel Gabriel,
as we read in Glorious Qur’aan 15:9 & 85:20-21!
Verily, We, it is
We Who have sent down the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur’ân) and
surely, We will guard it (from corruption) {1} .
{1} (V.15: 9) This Verse is a challenge
to mankind and everyone is obliged to believe in the miracles of this Qur’ân. It
is a clear fact that more than 1400 years have elapsed and not a single word of
this Qur’ân has been changed, although the disbelievers tried their utmost to
change it in every way, but they failed miserably in their efforts. As it is
mentioned in this holy Verse: "We will guard it." By Allâh! He has
guarded it. On the contrary, all the other holy Books (the Taurât (Torah), the
Injeel (Gospel).) have been corrupted in the form of additions or subtractions
or alterations in the original text.
فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ
(22) (21) بَلْ هُوَ
قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ
Nay! This is a Glorious Qur’ân, (22) (Inscribed) in Al-Lauh Al-Mahfűz (The Preserved Tablet)!
The religion of Islaam is called “Deen-ul-Islaam” that according to the Divine decree defeated the Little Horn
(Roman Empire). History
is testament that Muslims defeated the Roman Empire and liberated the Jews and
Christians from the bondage of Romans. It is inconceivable to think that any man other than Muhammad
(SAW) could possibly be meant by the appearance of a “Son of Man” in the presence of Most High. Islaam is
indeed, a judgment of peace, as it possesses a true Divine revelation, a
complete Book of perfect Law administering justice and punishing the iniquity.
Islaam discerns the truth and condemns the falsehood, above all the unity of
One God, the eternal reward for good deeds with eternal damnation for wicked
actions are clearly preached and practiced. Islaam is about rewarding and
protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty as Judge of Peace contrary to Christianity that absolutely
forbids a Christians to plea to a judge despite of the fact how innocent and/or
oppressed a Christian may be (see Matthew
5:25-26 & 38, 48).
The Son of
Man is certainly Muhammad
(SAW) since he came after Constantine, and not before as Jesus or any other
Prophet did. Further the “Trinitarian” regime in the East was represented by
the Little Horn, whom I have rightly identified as Constantine the Great, who
fought against the Unitarians and vanquished them for a period described in the
prophetical language as “times”, times and half a time.” This signify as
three hundred and fifty years, at the end of which all power of idolatry on one
hand and the Trinitarian dominion and tyranny on the other were eradicated and
swept away entirely. There can be nothing more absurd than the assertion that
Judah (the Maccabeaus) on the clouds, and the Horn Antiochus. In the eight
chapter of Book of Daniel, a Ram and the He-goat are explained by a Saint as representing
the Persian and the Greek Empires respectively. Greeks succeeded Persians and
it was divided into four kingdoms, as stated in the first vision. Secondly, the
Horn with 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 two
other persons with Him whom he equally knew, thus, perverted the faith.
Antiochus did not pervert the faith of Israelites by injecting the “trinity”
neither did he change the Law of Moses. Since vision of Daniel describes and
depicts the Bamasha as the greatest and the noblest of all
men, for no other human being is reported in the Old Testament who have been
honored and grandeur as Muhammad (SAW).
It will be fruitless to claim
that this prophecy is about Jesus (PBUH) for two obvious reasons: (a) If Jesus
is purely a man and a prophet and whether we consider his word a success or
failure. New Testament reveals that Jesus mission is incomplete, as we read in
Gospel according to John (another prophecy about the arrival of Muhammad) 016:012 I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 016:013 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come. 016:014 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine,
and shall shew it unto you.
Since Christians claims that Jesus is
one of the three or third of the trinity, then Jesus is not listed among men at
all. (b) If Jesus was commissioned to destroy the fourth beast, then
instead of paying poll-tax to Caesar and be subject of submitting himself to be
bastinadoed or whipped by the Roman governor Pilate, he would have chased out
the Roman legion from Palestine saving his country and people, but that didn’t
happen. It was other way around as Jesus was prosecuted for high crime and
treason by the Jews and Romans and subsequently Jesus was sentenced to death.
In conclusion Muhammad
(SAW) is the Son of Man,
the Sultan of Prophets, whom
King David calls “My Lord” (see Psalms 110:001 The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.”)[See Old
Testament Prophecies 1]
It must be remembered that there has never lived on this earth a Sultan of Prophets like Muhammad (SAW), he was absolutely independent and never bent his neck under any foreign yoke. And certainly earth has not seen another man like Muhammad (SAW).
The most amazing feature of
this vision is that sight of Son of Man upon the clouds and his
presentation to the Almighty God corresponds with and is simultaneous with the
Isra and Miraj (night journey of Prophet Muhammad (SAW). The testimony of
Prophet Daniel confirms that the night journey of Muhammad (SAW) was corporally
performed, an act of no impossibility to the Omnipotent God.
At many places Glorious
Qur’aan describes the Merits of Muhammad (SAW) the Son of Man of
prophecies, some references from the Glorious Qur’aan are 2:151; 2:239;
7:157; 8:17; 9:128; 21:107; 33:40; 34:28; 48:1; 48:10; 48:29; 93:3; 93:5;
94:1-2; 96:1-5; 108:1, and many more to read in the Glorious Qur’aan.
Friday, October 22, 2004