Glad Tiding 8 of 41
ManuscriptEzekiel 21:25-27
In the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 21, Verses 25-27:
“Now you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end,’ thus says the Lord God, ‘Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high. A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.’”
Ezekiel 21:25-27 — as quoted in the book
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His saying at the beginning of the text: (Now you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end) – The “wicked one” refers to the leader of Israel who incited them to do evil deeds, such as killing reformers and prophets, and distorting the Torah. The speech contains a threat to this leader, indicating that the end of his evil has come.
Then came the glad tiding in which the Prophet Ḥizqiyāl (Ezekiel) speaks about the coming prophet to the world, to whom Allāh gives dominion and prophethood in the end times. The Lord said to him: “Remove the turban”, and it means removing the crown of prophethood from himself, i.e., from the Children of Israel, and the transfer of prophethood to the descendants of Ishmael. Then He said: “take off the crown”, which means the same thing: removing the crown of prophethood from himself and his descendants.
His saying: “this will no longer be the same” means that this is what will be, and nothing else.
His saying: “Exalt th at which is low and abase that which is high” – is directed from Allāh to the leader of Israel, criticizing his placement of people in inappropriate positions: exalting the humble and humbling the exalted. It is known that the leader of Israel and the Children of Israel used to belittle the reformers and prophets, attack them, a nd conversely exalt those who fought them.
His saying: “A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it” is another threat from Allāh to him, that Allāh will overturn his position, and he will fall because of his evil deeds.
Then He said: “This also will be no more until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him”; meaning that this erroneous behavior is unacceptable and cannot continue until the Day of Resurrection. Prophethood is transferred to the new prophet, so he will receive it and set matters right.
It is worth mentioning that the Messiah threatened the Children of Israel with the transfer of prophethood, as is said in the Gospel of Matthew (21:43): “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.” 54
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