said, “I have done it.”

Moreover, the Messiah informed them that the Paraclete would bear witness to him, would teach them every matter, and would remind them of all that the Messiah had spoken. It is self-evident that this promise can only be fulfilled if the testimony is one that people actually hear; it cannot remain a feeling confined to the hearts of a small group. No one has borne such an audible, public testimony to the Messiah—heard by the generality of humankind—except Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He openly proclaimed the truth about Jesus, attesting to him so clearly that virtually all the people of the earth have heard his testimony. They learned that he affirmed the Messiah, cleared him of the calumnies the Jews had fabricated, and absolved him of the exaggerations into which the Christians had fallen. He, therefore, is the one who bore true witness to him.

For this reason, when the Negus heard from the Companions the testimony that Muhammad had given concerning the Messiah, he said to them, “Jesus has not exceeded what you have just described by even the breadth of this twig.”

And Allah has made the community of Muhammad witnesses over humanity: they testify against the people on the basis of the truth they have come to know, for they are a balanced middle nation