Hence the "Spirit of Truth" would be the Prophet of Truth. A prophet in whom Truth
is personified. He had walked through life so honorably and industriously that he
had won for himself even from his pagan fellow countrymen the noble designation
of as-Saadiq (the Truthful One) and al-Amin, "the Honest," "the Upright." "The
Trustworthy;" the Man of Faith who never broke his word. His life, his personality,
his teachings are the veritable proof of Muhammad (pbuh) being the embodiment of
Truth (al-Amin) — the Spirit of Truth!
COMFORTER TO BE A MAN
If I take the liberty of quoting the prophecy under discussion, with an emphasis on
the pronouns, you will agree without any persuasion that the coming Comforter was
to be a man and not a ghost.
Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come.. He will guide you into all truth: for
He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and
He will show you things to come. (HOLY BIBLE) John 16: 13
Please count the number of He's in the above verse. There are s-e-v-e-n! Seven
masculine pronouns in a single verse! There is not another verse in the 66 books of
the Protestant Bible or in the 73 Books of the Catholic Bible with seven masculine
pronouns, or seven feminine pronouns, or with seven neuter genders. You will agree
that so many masculine pronouns in one verse ill befit a Ghost, holy or not!
But the Comforter, Which is The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,
he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I
have said unto you. (Emphasis added).
(HOLY BIBLE) John 14: 26
You do not have to be a Bible scholar of any caliber to sense that the expression
"which is the Holy Spirit" is actually an interpolation. It ought to be in parenthesis, in
brackets, like my words which have been interpolated in the quotation, i.e.
"(emphasis added)." Although the editors of the RSV have expunged dozens of
interpolations from their boasted Revised Standard Version, they have retained this
jarring phrase, which contradicts other explicit predictions of Jesus (pbuh) on the
subject of the Comforter itself.
"HOLY SPIRIT" IS HOLY PROPHET
(i) It may be noted that no Biblical scholar of any standing has ever equated the
"paracletos" of John in the original Greek with the Holy Ghost. Now we can say with
one breath that if the Comforter is the "Holy Spirit" then that Holy Spirit is the Holy
Prophet!
As Muslims we acknowledge that every true prophet of God is Holy and without sin.
But whenever the expression "The Holy Prophet" is used among Muslims it is
universally accepted as referring to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). So even if