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Section: The testimony of the Book of Isaiah — “The rider on the donkey and the rider on the camel”
They relate that, in the prophecy of Isaiah, he said:
“It was said to me, ‘Stand on the watch-tower; look out and tell what you see.’
I answered, ‘I see two riders approaching: one mounted on a donkey, the other on a camel.
One of them says to his companion, “Babylon has fallen, and her people are destined for slaughter.”’
They went on to explain: the rider on the donkey is the Messiah, while the rider on the camel is Muhammad—peace and blessings be upon him—and he is more renowned for riding the camel than the Messiah is for riding the donkey. Indeed, through Muhammad—peace and blessings be upon him—the idols of Babylon were cast down.
[فَصْلٌ:
شَهَادَةُ سِفْرِ أَشْعِيَا
" رَاكِبُ الْحِمَارِ وَرَاكِبُ الْجَمَلِ "
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وَقَالُوا - فِي نُبُوَّةِ أَشْعِيَاءَ -: قَالَ أَشْعِيَاءُ:
" قِيلَ لِي: قُمْ نِظَارًا، فَانْظُرْ مَاذَا تَرَى،
فَقُلْتُ:
أَرَى رَاكِبَيْنِ مُقْبِلَيْنِ: أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى حِمَارٍ وَالْآخَرُ عَلَى جَمَلٍ،
يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ:
سَقَطَتْ بَابِلُ وَأَصْحَابُهَا لِلْمَنْحَرِ "
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قَالُوا:
فَرَاكِبُ الْحِمَارِ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ، وَرَاكِبُ الْجَمَلِ هُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ أَشْهَرُ بِرُكُوبِ الْجَمَلِ مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ بِرُكُوبِ الْحِمَارِ.
وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَقَطَتْ أَصْنَامُ بَابِلَ.