Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (5/260)

Section: A Sixth Prophecy from Isaiah

They said:
The Prophet Isaiah—explicitly pointing to the Seal of Prophethood—declared:

“A boy will be born to us; he shall be a marvel and a human being, and the birth-mark will be upon his two shoulders. He is the urkūn of peace, a mighty god; his sovereignty is a sovereignty of peace. He is the son of His sage, and he will sit upon the throne of David.”

They said:
Urkūn, in the language of the Gospel, means “the great one,” and the plural arākina refers to the great dignitaries. When the Messiah cured a madman of his insanity, the Jews exclaimed, “This man drives out the devils from human beings only by the urkūn of the devils,” meaning their chief.

The Messiah also said in the Gospel, “Indeed, the urkūn of the world will be judged,” intending either Iblīs

[فَصْلٌ: بِشَارَةٌ سَادِسَةٌ مِنْ أَشْعِيَاءَ] قَالُوا: وَقَالَ أَشْعِيَاءُ النَّبِيُّ - وَنَصَّ عَلَى خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ -: " وُلِدَ لَنَا غُلَامٌ، يَكُونُ عَجَبًا وَبَشَرًا، وَالشَّامَةُ عَلَى كَتِفَيْهِ، أُرْكُونُ السَّلَامِ، إِلَهٌ جَبَّارٌ، وَسُلْطَانُهُ سُلْطَانُ السَّلَامِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ عَالِمِهِ، يَجْلِسُ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ دَاوُدَ. قَالُوا: الْأُرْكُونُ، هُوَ الْعَظِيمُ بِلُغَةِ الْإِنْجِيلِ، وَالْأَرَاكِنَةُ الْمُعَظَّمُونَ. وَلَمَّا أَبْرَأَ الْمَسِيحُ مَجْنُونًا مِنْ جُنُونِهِ، قَالَ الْيَهُودُ: " إِنَّ هَذَا لَا يُخْرِجُ الشَّيَاطِينَ مِنَ الْآدَمِيِّينَ إِلَّا بِأُرْكُونِ الشَّيَاطِينِ " يَعْنُونَ عَظِيمَهُمْ. وَقَالَ الْمَسِيحُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ: " إِنَّ أُرْكُونَ الْعَالَمِ يُدَانُ " يُرِيدُ إِمَّا إِبْلِيسَ