—in every possible respect.

So who, then, is this Spirit of Truth who utters nothing except what is revealed to him? Who is the successor to the Messiah, the witness to what he brought, the one whose very coming verified him? Who informed us of the events that will unfold in the future—the emergence of the Dajjāl, the appearance of the Beast, the sun’s rising from the west, the release of Gog and Magog, the descent of Jesus son of Mary, the fire that will drive mankind together, and countless other unseen matters that precede the Day of Resurrection, as well as the unseen realities that will occur thereafter (1): the Bridge, the Balance, the Reckoning, the receiving of the books in the right hand or the left, and the detailed descriptions of Paradise and Hell not recorded in the Torah or the Gospel—if not Muḥammad ﷺ (2)?

Who other than he reproved the world for its sins? Who gave the community a true and comprehensive understanding of what is due to Allah? Who spoke on this subject in terms that most people could not endure—so much so that many who believed in him, finding their minds unequal to the task, resorted to every manner of distortion and reinterpretation, unable to shoulder its burden, just as his brother the Messiah—peace be upon them both—declared?

And who was sent to all created beings with the truth—word, deed, and creed—