to interpret it as the Messiah himself, for several reasons. Among them is the following:

The Holy Spirit has always descended upon the prophets and the righteous both before the Messiah and after him. This is a matter on which the People of the Book are agreed: the Holy Spirit did indeed descend upon the prophets and the righteous prior to the Messiah and after him, yet it is never described with the qualities assigned to the promised fāraqlīṭ.

Allah, exalted is He, says:
“ You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day loving those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even though they be their fathers, their sons, their brothers, or their clan. Such are the ones in whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He has strengthened with a spirit from Him.” ⦗Al-Mujādilah 58:22⦘

The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said to Ḥassān ibn Thābit when the latter composed satire against the polytheists:
“O Allah, support him with the Holy Spirit,”

and he also said,
“The Holy Spirit will remain with you so long as you continue to defend Allah’s Prophet.”

If that is the case, and no one has ever called this spirit the fāraqlīṭ, it follows that the fāraqlīṭ must be something other than the Holy Spirit. Moreover, such divine support has continually been granted to the prophets