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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 36 )is not all; every action, enterprise and business, however important or trifling it may be, is begun with the words bismi ’ILLāh, which means “in the name of Allah,” and ends with an Al-Hamdu lilLāh, meaning “praise be to Allah!” the bond of faith which binds a Muslim to his Heavenly King is so strong, and the union between the Sovereign and His subject so close, that nothing, however powerful or seductive, can separate him from Allah (God).It is evident, therefore, that the nature of Islam consistsin its being the only real and truly Theocratic Kingdom on earth. Allah need no longer send Messengers or Prophets to convey His oracles and messages to the Muslims as He used to do to Israel and other Hebrew peoples; for His will is fully revealed in the Holy Quran and imprinted on the minds of His faithful subjects.As to the formation and the constitution of the Kingdom of God, inter alia, the following points should be noted:a) All Muslims form one nation, one family, and one brotherhood. I need not detain my readers to study the various quotations from the Quran and the Hadith (Tradition of the Prophet) on these points. We must judge the Muslim society, not as it presents itself now, but asit wasin the time of Muhammad (pbuh)and hisimmediate successors. Every member of this community is an honest worker, a brave soldier, and a fervent believer and devotee.b) According to the description of the Prophet Daniel, the citizens of the Kingdom of God are “the People of the Saints.” In the original Chaldish or Aramaic text, they are described as “A’mma d’ qaddīshid’ I’lionin,” an epithet worthy only of the Prince of the Prophets and of his noble army of the Muhājirīn (Emigrants) and the Ansār (Helpers), who uprooted idolatry from a great part of Asia and Africa and destroyed the Roman Beast.