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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
And when Jesus son of Maryam said, "Tribe of Israel, I am the
Messenger of Allah to you, con firm ing the Torah which came be -
fore me and giv ing you the good news of a mes sen ger aft er me
whose name is Ahmad." When he brought them the clear signs,
they said, "This is down right mag ic." (Surat as-Saff, 6)
The Prophet Jesus (pbuh) imparts the tidings that this messenger
who will come after him will be called "Ahmad." Examination of the
Qur'an as a whole shows that those verses referring to the Prophet
Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) either use the
name "Muhammad" or else just the term "Prophet." Nowhere in the
Qur'an is the name "Ahmad" used for our Prophet (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace). The name appears only once in the Qur'an, in a
verse revealing the glad tidings of a messenger. This supports the idea
that the name "Ahmad" may well refer to Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) who will
come in the End Times, as well as our Prophet (may Allah bless him and
grant him peace). And Allah knows the truth. In addition, as in the previ-
ous verse, the fact that it is the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) who imparts the
name of the messenger is another piece of evidence reinforcing this inter-
pretation.
In his hadiths our Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him
peace) also provides the following information about the name of Hazrat
Mahdi (pbuh):
... He has made Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), whose name is AHMAD, and whose
fa ther's name is Abdullah, a rul er over you. Follow him. (al-Qawl al-mukh -
tasar fi al a mat al-mah di al-mun ta zar, p. 31.)
... Follow him, he is Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). And his name is AHMAD bin
Abdullah... (Alamat al-Qiyama, Madina Allama Muhammad bin Rasul al-
Hussain al-Barzanji, Pamuk Publishing, 8th ed., p. 165.)
Ibn Masood (ra) re port ed that the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him
and grant him peace) said, "His name will be sim i lar to my name and his
fa ther's name to my fa ther's name." (Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi)
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