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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 70 )Illustrious and Praised,” just as “Pneuma” and “Rūh” mean nothing more or less than “Spirit” in both languages. We have seen that the translation of the word into “consoler” or “advocate” is untenable and wrong. The compound form of Paraqalon is derived from the verb composed of the prefix-Para-qalo, but the Periqlyte is derived from the Peri-qluo. The difference is as clear as anything could be. Let us examine, then, the marks of the Periqlyte, which can only be found in Ahmad (pbuh) – Muhammad (pbuh).a) Muhammad (pbuh) alone revealed the whole truth about God, His unity,religion, and corrected the impious libels and calumnies written and believed against Himself and many of His holy servants.b) Among the principal marks of Periqlyte, “the Spirit of Truth,” when he comes in the person of the “Son of Man” –Ahmad (pbuh)– is “he will chastise the world for sin” (John xvi. 8, 9). No other servant of Allah, whether a king like David and Solomon (pbuh) or a prophet like Abraham and Moses, did carry on this chastisement for sin to the extreme end, with resolution, fervour, and courage as Muhammad (pbuh) did.c) The other characteristic feature of the exploits of Periqlyte –Ahmad (pbuh)– is that he will reprove the world of righteousness and justice (loc. cit.). The interpretation “of righteousness, because I am going to my Father” (John xvi. 10) put into the mouth of Jesus(pbuh)is obscure and ambiguous. The return of Jesus(pbuh) unto his God is given as one of the reasons for the chastisement of the world by the coming Periqlyte. Why so? And who did chastise the world on that account? The Jews believed that they crucified and killed Jesus (pbuh), and did not believe that he was raised and taken up into heaven. It was Muhammad(pbuh)who chastised and punished them severely fortheir infidelity. “Say,O Muhammad(pbuh) to the unbeliev-