أَنَا اسْمِي فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ إِلْيَا وَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ...
أَنَا اسْمِي فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ إِلْيَا وَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ بريا وَ فِي الزَّبُورِ اريا وَ عِنْدَ الْهِنْدِ كابر وَ عِنْدَ الرُّومِ بطريسا وَ عِنْدَ الْفُرْسِ جبير وَ عِنْدَ التُّرْكِ تبير وَ عِنْدَ الزِّنْجِ خبير وَ عِنْدَ الْكَهَنَةِ بوي وَ عِنْدَ الْحَبَشَةِ بتريك وَ عِنْدَ أُمِّي حَيْدَرَةُ وَ عِنْدَ ظِئْرِي مَيْمُونٌ وَ عِنْدَ الْعَرَبِ عَلِيٌّ وَ عِنْدَ الْأَرْمَنِ فَرِيقٌ وَ عِنْدَ أَبِي ظَهِيرٌ I -asws , my -asws name in the Evangel is ‘Eliah’, and in the Torah it is ‘Barya’, and in the Psalms it is ‘Arya’, and with India it is ‘Kabir’, and with the Romans it is ‘Batreysa’, and with the Persians it is , ‘Jabeyr’, and with the Turks it is , ‘Tabeyr’, and with Al-Zanj it is ‘Haytar’, and with Al-Kahna it is ‘Bousy’, and with Eithiopia it is ‘Batreyk’, and with my -asws mother -as it is ‘Haydar’, and with my -asws foster mother it is ‘Maymoun’, and with the Arabs it is ‘Ali’, and with the Armenians it is ‘Fareyq’, and with my -asws father -asws it is ‘Zaheera’.
أَلَا وَ إِنِّي مَخْصُوصٌ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِأَسْمَاءٍ احْذَرُوا أَنْ تَغْلِبُوا عَلَيْهَا فَتَضِلُّوا فِي دِينِكُمْ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ أَنَا ذَلِكَ الصَّادِقُ وَ أَنَا الْمُؤَذِّنُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَأَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ أَنَا ذَلِكَ الْمُؤَذِّنُ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ أَذانٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ فَأَنَا ذَلِكَ الْأَذَانُ Indeed!
And I -asws am particularised in the Quran by (certain) names. Be cautioned from mastering upon these for you would be straying in your Religion! Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: “Allah -azwj is with the truthful!” I -asws am that truthful, and I -asws am the proclaimer (Muezzin) in the world and the Hereafter. Allah -azwj the Exalted Says: Then a proclaimer would proclaim among them: ‘The Curse of Allah is on the unjust, [7:44] . I -asws am that proclaimer.
And Allah -azwj the Exalted Said: And a proclamation from Allah and His Rasool [9:3] . So, I -asws am that proclamation.
وَ أَنَا ذَلِكَ الْمُحْسِنُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَعَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ وَ أَنَا ذُو الْقَلْبِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَذِكْرى لِمَنْ كانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ وَ أَنَا الذِّكْرُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ قِياماً وَ قُعُوداً وَ عَلى جُنُوبِهِمْ And I -asws the good doer Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Speaking of: and surely Allah is with the good doers [29:69] .
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