of those absurdities (1).

Their repudiation of Muhammad’s prophethood on the basis of the scriptures in their own hands is identical to their repudiation of the Messiah’s prophethood, even though those same scriptures mention him by name. For the Torah states: “The scepter shall not depart from the house of Judah (2), nor the legislator from between his feet, until the Messiah comes” (3). They possessed political power until the Messiah appeared; then they denied him, hurled monstrous accusations at him (4), slandered him and his mother, so Allah annihilated them and removed their dominion.

It likewise says: “The Lord came from Mount Sinai, shone forth from Seir, and manifested Himself (5) from the mountains of Paran” (6).

What prophecy ever shone from Seir except the prophecy of the Messiah? They do not contest this, yet they claim that a man from the descendants of the prophet David will rise among them: once he merely moves his lips in supplication, all the nations will die and only the Jews will remain. This awaited one (7)—so they allege—is the Messiah who was promised to them.

They also say that among the signs of his coming are that the wolf and the goat will lie down together, the cow and the wolf will graze side by side (8), and the lion will eat straw like cattle. When Allah sent