The Chapters where the name MUHAMMAD found
I took it from :http://sahabah.com/barnabas/index.html
Chapter 39
Then said John: "Well have you spoken, O master, but we lack to know how man sinned through pride." Jesus
answered: "When God has expelled Satan, and the angel Gabriel had purified that mass of earth whereon
Satan spat, God created everything that lives, both of the animals that fly and of them that walk and swim, and
he adorned the world with all that it has. One day Satan approached to the gates of paradise, and, seeing the
horses eating grass, he announced to them that if that mass of earth should receive a soul there would be for
them grievous labour; and that therefore it would be to their advantage to trample that piece of earth in such
wise that it should be no more good for anything.
The horses aroused themselves and impetuously set themselves to run over that piece of earth which lay
among lilies and roses;. Whereupon God gave spirit to that unclean portion of earth upon which lay the spittle of
Satan, which Gabriel had taken up from the mass; and raised up the dog, who, barking, filled the horses with
fear, and they fled. Then God gave his soul to man, while all the holy angels sang: "Blessed be your holy name,
O God our Lord." "Adam, having sprung upon his feet, saw in the air a writing that shone like the sun;, which
said: "There is only one God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
Whereupon Adam opened his mouth and said: "I thank you, O Lord my God, that you have deigned to create
me; but tell me. I pray you, what means the message of these words: "Muhammad is Messenger of God. Have
there been other men before me?" 'Then said God: "Be you welcome, O my servant Adam. . I tell you that you
are the first man whom I have created. And he whom you have seen [mentioned] is your son, who shall come
into the world many years hence, and shall be my Messenger, for whom I have created all things; who shall
give light to the world when he shall come; whose soul was set in a celestial splendour sixty thousand
years before I made anything."
Adam besought God, saying: "Lord, grant me this writing upon the nails of the fingers of my hands."
Then God gave to the first man upon his thumbs that writing; upon the thumb-nail of the right hand it
said: "There is only one God;," and upon the thumb-nail of the left it said: "Muhammad is Messenger of
God." Then with fatherly affection the first man kissed those words, and rubbed his eyes, and said:
"Blessed be that day when you shall come to the world."
Seeing the man alone, God said: "It is not well that he should remain alone." Wherefore he made him to sleep,
and took a rib from near his heart, filling the place with flesh. * Of that rib made he Eve, and gave her to Adam
for his wife. He set the twain of them as lords of Paradise, to whom he said: "Behold I give to you every fruit to
eat, except the apples and the corn" whereof he said: "Beware that in no wise you eat of these fruits, for you
shall become unclean, insomuch that I shall not suffer. you to remain here, but shall drive you forth, and you
shall suffer great miseries."
Chapter 41
Then both of them knew that they were naked, and, being ashamed, they took fig leaves and made a clothing
for their secret parts. When midday was passed, God appeared to them, and called Adam, saying: 'Adam,
where are you?' He answered: 'Lord, I hid myself from your presence because my wife and I are naked, and so
we are ashamed to present ourselves before you.' Then God said: 'And who has robbed you of your innocence,
unless you have eaten the fruit [that makes you] unclean, and will not be able to abide [any] longer in paradise?'
Adam answered: 'O Lord, the wife whom you have given me [urged] me to eat [it] and so I have eaten it.' Then
God said to the woman: 'Why did you give [this] food to your husband?' Eve answered: 'Satan deceived me,
and so I ate [the fruit].' 'And how did that reprobate enter into [the garden]?' said God. Eve answered: 'A
serpent that stands at the northern gate brought him near to me.'
Then God said to Adam: 'Because you have [listened to] your wife and have eaten the fruit, cursed be the earth
in your works; it shall bring forth brambles and thorns for you, and you shall eat bread by the sweat of your
face. Remember that you are earth, and to earth you return.' And he spoke to Eve, saying: 'And you who did
[listen] to Satan, and gave the food to your husband, shall abide under the dominion of man, who shall keep
you as a slave, and you shall bear children with travail.'
And having called the serpent, God called the angel Michael, who holds the sword of God, [and] said: 'First
drive this wicked serpent forth from paradise, and when outside cut off his legs: for if he wants to walk, he must
trail his body upon the earth.' Afterwards God called Satan, who came laughing, and he said to him: 'Because
you, reprobate, have deceived [Adam and Eve] and have made them unclean, I will that every uncleanness
[from] them and [from] all their children - [of which] they shall be truly penitent and shall serve me - in going forth
from their body shall enter through your mouth, and so shall you be satiated with uncleanness.'
Satan then gave a horrible roar, and said: 'Since you will to make me [continually] worse, I will make me that
which I shall be able!' Then said God: 'Depart, cursed one, from my presence!' Then Satan departed, and God
said to Adam [and] Eve, who were both weeping: 'Go forth from paradise, and do penance, and do not let your
hope fail, for I will send your son so that your seed shall lift the dominion of Satan from off the human race: for I
will give all things to he who shall come, my Messenger.'
God hid himself [from Adam and Eve], and the angel Michael drove them forth from paradise. Then, Adam,
turning around, saw written above the gate, There is only one God, and Muhammad is Messenger of God.
Weeping, he said: 'May it be pleasing to God, O my son, that you come quickly and draw us out of misery.' And
thus," said Jesus, "Satan and Adam sinned through pride, the one by despising man, the other by wishing to
make himself equal with God."
Chapter 44
The disciples said: "O master, it is written in the Book of Moses, that the promise was made in Isaac." Jesus
answered with a groan: "It is so written, but Moses did not write it, nor Joshua, but rather our rabbins, who do
not fear God! Truly I say to you, that if you consider the words of the angel Gabriel, you shall discover the
malice of our scribes and doctors. For the angel said: "Abraham, all the world shall know how God loves you;
but how shall the world know the love that you bear to God? Assuredly it is necessary that you do something for
love of God." Abraham answered: 'Behold the servant of God, ready to do all that which God shall will.'
Then spoke God, saying to Abraham: "Take your son, your firstborn Ishmael;, and come up the mountain to
sacrifice him." How is Isaac firstborn, if when Isaac was born Ishmael was seven years old? Then said the
disciples: "Clear is the deception of our doctors: therefore tell us you the truth, because we know that you are
sent from God." Then answered Jesus: "Truly I say to you, that Satan ever seeks to annul the laws of God; and
therefore he with his followers, hypocrites and evil-doers, the former with false doctrine, the latter with lewd
living, to day have contaminated almost all things, so that scarcely is the truth found. Woe to the hypocrites! for
the praises of this world shall turn for them into insults and torments in hell.
"I therefore say to you that the Messenger of God is a splendour that shall give gladness to nearly all that God
has made, for he is adorned with the spirit of understanding and of counsel, the spirit of wisdom and might, the
spirit of fear and love, the spirit of prudence and temperance, he is adorned with the spirit of charity and mercy,
the spirit of justice and Piety, the spirit of gentleness and patience, which he has received from God three times
more than he has given to all his creatures.
O blessed time, when he shall come to the world! Believe me that I have seen him and have done. him
reverence, even as every prophet has seen him: seeing that of his spirit God gives to them prophecy.
And when I saw him my soul was filled with consolation, saying: "O Muhammad;, God be with you, and
may he make me worthy to untie, your shoelatchet;, for obtaining this I shall be a great prophet and holy
one of God." And having said this, Jesus rendered his thanks to God.
Chapter 54
When these signs be passed, there shall be darkness over the world forty years, God alone being alive, to
whom be honour and glory forever. When the forty years have passed, God shall give life to his Messenger,
who shall rise again like the sun, but resplendent as a thousand suns. He shall sit, and shall not speak, for he
shall be as it were beside himself. God shall raise again the four angels favoured of God, who shall seek the
Messenger of God, and, having found him, shall station themselves on the four sides of the place to keep watch
upon him. Next shall God give life to all the angels, who shall come like bees circling round the Messenger of
God. Next shall God give life to all his prophets, who, following Adam, shall go every one to kiss the hand of the
Messenger of God, committing themselves to his protection. Next shall God give life to all the elect, who
shall cry out: "O Muhammad be mindful of us!" At whose cries pity shall awake in the Messenger of God,
and he shall consider what he ought to do, fearing for their salvation.
Next shall God give life to every created thing and they shall return to their former existence, but every one shall
besides possess the power of speech. Next shall God give life to all the reprobates, at whose resurrection, by
reason of their hideousness, all the creatures of God shall be afraid, and shall cry: "Let not your mercy forsake
us, O Lord our God." After this shall God cause Satan ;to be raised up, at whose aspect every creature shall be
as dead, for fear of the horrid form of his appearance. May it please God," said Jesus, "that I behold not that
monster on that day. The Messenger of God alone shall not be affrighted by such shapes, because he shall
fear God only.
"Then the angel, at the sound of whose trumpet all shall be raised, shall sound his trumpet again, saying:
"Come to the judgment, O creatures, for your Creator wills to judge you." Then shall appear in the midst of
heaven over the valley of Jehoshaphat; a glittering throne over which shall come a white cloud, whereupon the
angels shall cry out: "Blessed be you our God, who has created us and saved us from the fall of Satan." Then
the Messenger ;of God shall fear, for that he shall perceive that none has loved God as he should. For he who
would get in change a piece of gold must have sixty mites; wherefore, if he have but one mite he cannot change
it. But if the Messenger of God shall fear, what shall the ungodly do who are full of wickedness?"
Chapter 55
The Messenger of God shall go to collect all the prophets, to whom he shall speak praying them to go
with him to pray God for the faithful. And every one shall excuse himself for fear; nor, as God lives,
would I go there, knowing what I know. Then God, seeing this, shall remind his Messenger how he
created all things for love of him, and so his fear shall leave him, and he shall go near to the throne with
love and reverence, while the angels sing: "Blessed be your holy name O God, our God."
And when he has drawn near to the throne, God shall open [his mind] to his Messenger, even as a friend to a
friend when for a long while they have not met. The first to speak shall be the Messenger of God, who shall say:
"I adore and love you, O my God, and with all my heart and soul I give you thanks for that you did vouchsafe to
create me to be your servant, and made all for love of me, so that I might love you for all things and in all things
and above all things; therefore let all your creatures praise you, O my God." Then God shall say: "We give you
thanks, O Lord, and bless your holy name." Truly I say to you, the demons and reprobates with Satan shall then
weep so that more water shall flow from the eyes of one of them than is in the river of Jordan. Yet shall they not
see God "And God shall speak to his Messenger, saying: "You are welcome, O my faithful servant;
therefore ask what you will, for you shall obtain all." The Messenger of God shall answer. "O Lord, I
remember that when you did create me, you said that you had willed to make for love of me the world
and paradise, and angels and men, that they might glorify you by me your servant. Therefore, Lord God,
merciful and just. I pray you that you recollect your promise made to your servant."
And God shall make answer even as a friend who jests with a friend, and shall say: 'Have you witnesses
of this, my friend Muhammad?' And with reverence he shall say: "Yes, Lord." Then God shall answer: "Go,
call them, O Gabriel;." The angel Gabriel shall come to the Messenger of God, and shall say: "Lord who are
your 'witnesses?" The Messenger of God shall answer: "They are Adam;, Abraham, Ishmael;, Moses;, David;,
and Jesus son of Mary.?" "Then shall the angel departs and he shall call the aforesaid witnesses, who with fear
shall go thither. And when they are present God shall say to them: Remember you that which my Messenger
affirms?" They shall reply: "What thing, O Lord?" God shall say: "That I have made all things for love of him, so
that all things might praise me by him."
Then every one of them shall answer: "There are with us three witnesses better than we are, O Lord." And God
shall reply: "Who are these three witnesses?" Then Moses shall say: "The book that you gave to me is the first";
and David shall say: "The book that you gave to me is the second"; and he who speaks to you shall say: "Lord
the whole world, deceived by Satan, that I was your son and your fellow, but the book that you gave me said
truly that I am your servant; and that book confesses that which your Messenger affirms." Then shall the
Messenger of God speak, and shall say: "Thus says the book that you gave me O Lord." And when the
Messenger of God has said this, God shall speak, saying: ,All that I have now done, I have done in order that
every one should know how much I love you." And when he has thus spoken, God shall give to his Messenger a
book, in which are written all the names of the elect of God. Wherefore every creature shall do reverence to
God, saying: "To you alone O God, be glory and honour, because you have given us to your Messenger.
Chapter 97
Jesus answered: "As God lives, in whose presence my soul stands, I am not the Messiah whom all the tribes of
the earth expect, even as God promised to our father Abraham, saying: "In your seed will I bless all the tribes of
the earth." But when God shall take me away from the world, Satan will raise again this accursed
sedition, by making the impious believe that I am God and son of God, whence my words and my doctrine
shall be contaminated, insomuch that scarcely shall there remain thirty faithful ones: whereupon God
will have mercy upon the world, and will send his Messenger for whom he has made all things who shall
come from the south with power, and shall destroy the idols with the idolaters who shall take away the
dominion from Satan which he has over men. He shall bring with him the mercy of God for salvation of
them that shall believe in him, and blessed is he who shall believe his words.
"Unworthy though I am to untie his hosen, I have received grace and mercy from God to see him." Then
answered the priest, with the governor and the king, saying: "Distress not yourself, O Jesus, holy one of God,
because in our time shall not this sedition be any more, seeing that we will write to the sacred Roman senate in
such wise that by imperial decree none shall any more call you God or son of God." Then Jesus said: "With your
words I am not consoled, because where you hope for light darkness shall come; but my consolation is in the
coming of the Messenger, who shall destroy every false opinion of me, and his faith shall spread and
shall take hold of the whole world, for so has God promised to Abraham our father. And that which gives
me consolation is that his faith shall have no end, but shall be kept inviolate by God."
The priest answered: "After the coming of the Messenger of God shall other prophets come?" Jesus answered:
"There shall not come after him true prophets sent by God, but there shall come a great number of false
prophets, whereat I sorrow. For Satan shall raise them up by the just judgment of God, and they shall hide
themselves under the pretext of my gospel." Herod answered: "How is it a just judgment of God that such
impious men should come?"
Jesus answered: "It is just that he who will not believe in the truth to his salvation should believe in a lie to his
damnation. Wherefore I say to you, that the world has ever despised the true prophets and loved the false, as
can be seen in the time of Micaiah and Jeremiah. For every like loves his like."
Then said the priest: "How shall the Messiah be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?" Jesus answered:
"The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his
soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Muhammad; for your sake I will to create
paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereof I make you a present, insomuch that
whoever shall bless you shall be blessed, and whoever shall curse you shall be accursed. When I shall
send you into the world I shall send you as my Messenger of salvation, and your word shall be true,
insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but your faith shall never fail." Muhammad is his blessed
name." Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: "O God send us your Messenger: O Muhammad,
come quickly for the salvation of the world!"
Chapter 112
Having said this, Jesus said: "You needs must seek of the fruits of the field the wherewithal to sustain our life,
for it is now eight days that we have eaten no bread. Wherefore I will pray to our God, and will await you with
Barnabas."
So all the disciples and apostles departed by fours and by sixes and went their way according to the word of
Jesus. There remained with Jesus he who writes; whereupon Jesus, weeping, said: "O Barnabas, it is necessary
that I should reveal to you great secrets, which, after that I shall be departed from the world, you shall reveal to
it." Then answered he that writes, weeping, and said: "Suffer me to weep, O master, and other men also, for that
we are sinners. And you, that are an holy one and prophet of God, it is not fitting for you to weep so much."
Jesus answered: "Believe me, Barnabas that I cannot weep as much as I ought. For if men had not called me
God, I should have seen God here as he will be seen in paradise, and should have been safe not to fear the
day of judgment. But God knows that I am innocent, because never have I harboured thought to be held more
than a poor slave. No, I tell you that if I had not been called God I should have been carried into paradise when I
shall depart from the world, whereas now I shall not go thither until the judgment. Now you see if I have cause to
weep.
Know, O Barnabas, that for this I must have great persecution, and shall be sold by one of my disciples
for thirty pieces of money. Whereupon I am sure that he who shall sell me shall be slain in my name, for
that God shall take me up from the earth, and shall change the appearance of the traitor so that every
one shall believe him to be me; nevertheless, when he dies an evil death, I shall abide in that dishonour
for a long time in the world. But when Muhammad shall come, the sacred Messenger of God, that infamy
shall be taken away. And this shall God do because I have confessed the truth of the Messiah who shall
give me this reward, that I shall be known to be alive and to be a stranger to that death of infamy."
Then answered he that writes: "O master, tell me who is that wretch, for I fain would choke him to death." "Hold
your peace," answered Jesus, "for so God wills, and he cannot do otherwise but see you that when my mother is
afflicted at such an event you tell her the truth, in order that she may be comforted." Then answered he who
writes: "All this will I do, O master, if God please."
Chapter 136
In this accursed spot shall abide the infidels for evermore: insomuch that if the world were filled with grains of
millet, and a single bird once in a hundred years should take away a single grain to empty the world if when it
should be empty the infidels were to go into paradise, they would rest delighted. But there is not this hope,
because their torment cannot have an end, seeing that they were not willing for the love of God to put an end to
their sin. But the faithful shall have comfort, because their torment shall have an end.' The disciples were
affrighted, hearing this, and said: 'So then the faithful must go into hell?'
Jesus answered: 'Every one, be he who he may, must go into hell. It is true, however, that the holy ones and
prophets of God shall go there to behold, not suffering any punishment and the righteous, only suffering fear.
And what shall I say? I tell you that thither shall come [even] the Messenger of God, to behold the justice
of God. Thereupon hell shall tremble at his presence. And because he has human flesh, all those that
have human flesh and shall be under punishment, so long as the Messenger of God shall abide to behold
hell, so long shall they abide without punishment. But he shall abide there [only] so long as it takes to
shut and open the eyes. And this shall God do in order that every creature may know that he has
received benefit from the Messenger of God.
When he shall go there all the devils shall shriek, and seek to hide themselves beneath the burning
embers, saying one to another: "Fly, fly, for here comes Muhammad ;our enemy!" Hearing which, Satan
shall smite himself upon the face with both his hands, and screaming shall say: "You are more noble than I, in
my despite, and this is unjustly done!" As for the faithful, who are in seventy-two grades, those of the two last
grades, who shall have had the faith without good works, the one being sad at good works, and the other
delighting in evil, they shall abide in hell seventy thousand years.
After those years shall the angel Gabriel ;come into hell, and shall hear them say: "O Muhammad, where
are your promises made to us, saying that those who have your faith shall not abide in hell for
evermore?" Then the angel of God shall return to paradise, and having approached with reverence the
Messenger of God shall narrate to him what he has heard. Then shall his Messenger speak to God and
say: "Lord, my God, remember the promise made to me your servant, concerning them that have
received my faith, that they shall not abide for evermore in hell." God shall answer: "Ask what you will,
O my friend, for I will give you all that you ask."
Chapter 163
Jesus went into the wilderness beyond Jordan with his disciples, and when the midday prayer was done he sat
down near to a palm-tree, and under the shadow of the palm-tree his disciples sat down. Then Jesus said: 'So
secret is predestination, O brethren, that I say to you, truly, only to one man shall it be clearly known. He it is
whom the nations look for, to whom the secrets of God are so clear that, when he comes into the world, blessed
shall they be that shall listen to his words, because God shall overshadow them with his mercy even as this
palm-tree overshadows us. Yes, even as this tree protects us from the burning heat of the sun, even so the
mercy of God will protect from Satan them that believe in that man.'
The disciples answered, "O Master, who shall that man be of whom you speak, who shall come into the
world?" Jesus answered with joy of heart: 'He is Muhammad;, Messenger of God, and when he comes into
the world, even as the rain makes the earth to bear fruit when for a long time it has not rained, even so shall he
be occasion of good works among men, through the abundant mercy which he shall bring. For he is a white
cloud full of the mercy of God, which mercy God shall sprinkle upon the faithful like rain.'
Chapter 220
Jesus replied, embracing his mother: 'Believe me, mother, for truly I say to you that I have not been dead at all;
for God has reserved me till near the end of the world.' And having said this he prayed the four angels that they
would manifest themselves, and give testimony how the matter had passed.
Thereupon the angels manifested themselves like four shining suns, insomuch that through fear every one
again fell down as dead. Then Jesus gave four linen cloths to the angels that they might cover themselves, in
order that they might be seen and heard to speak by his mother and her companions. And having lifted up each
one, he comforted them, saying: 'These are the ministers of God: Gabriel, who announces God's secrets;
Michael, who fights against God's enemies; Rafael, who receives the souls of them that die; and Uriel, who will
call every one to the judgment of God at the last day. Then the four angels narrated to the Virgin how God had
sent for Jesus, and had transformed Judas, that he might suffer the punishment to which he had sold another.
Then said he who writes: 'O Master, is it lawful for me to question you now, as it was lawful for me when you
dwelt with us?' Jesus answered: 'Ask what you please, Barnabas, and I will answer you.' Then said he who
writes: 'O Master, seeing that God is merciful, wherefore has he so tormented us, making us to believe that you
were dead? and your mother has so wept for you that she has been near to death; and you, who are an holy
one of God, on you has God suffered to fall the calumny that you were slain amongst robbers ;on the Mount
Calvary?'
Jesus answered: 'Believe me, Barnabas, that every sin, however small it be, God punishes with great
punishment, seeing that God is offended at sin. Wherefore, since my mother and my faithful disciples that were
with me loved me a little with earthly love, the righteous God has willed to punish this love with the present grief,
in order that it may not be punished in the flames of hell.
And though I have been innocent in the world, since men have called me "God," and "Son of God," God,
in order that I be not mocked of the demons on the day of judgment, has willed that I be mocked of men
in this world by the death of Judas;, making all men to believe that I died upon the cross. And this
mocking shall continue until the advent of Muhammad the Messengerof God, who, when he shall come,
shall reveal this deception to those who believe in God's Law. Having thus spoken, Jesus said: 'You are
just, O Lord our God, because to you only belongs honour and glory without end.'
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Chapter 39
Then said John: "Well have you spoken, O master, but we lack to know how man sinned through pride." Jesus
answered: "When God has expelled Satan, and the angel Gabriel had purified that mass of earth whereon
Satan spat, God created everything that lives, both of the animals that fly and of them that walk and swim, and
he adorned the world with all that it has. One day Satan approached to the gates of paradise, and, seeing the
horses eating grass, he announced to them that if that mass of earth should receive a soul there would be for
them grievous labour; and that therefore it would be to their advantage to trample that piece of earth in such
wise that it should be no more good for anything.
The horses aroused themselves and impetuously set themselves to run over that piece of earth which lay
among lilies and roses;. Whereupon God gave spirit to that unclean portion of earth upon which lay the spittle of
Satan, which Gabriel had taken up from the mass; and raised up the dog, who, barking, filled the horses with
fear, and they fled. Then God gave his soul to man, while all the holy angels sang: "Blessed be your holy name,
O God our Lord." "Adam, having sprung upon his feet, saw in the air a writing that shone like the sun;, which
said: "There is only one God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
Whereupon Adam opened his mouth and said: "I thank you, O Lord my God, that you have deigned to create
me; but tell me. I pray you, what means the message of these words: "Muhammad is Messenger of God. Have
there been other men before me?" 'Then said God: "Be you welcome, O my servant Adam. . I tell you that you
are the first man whom I have created. And he whom you have seen [mentioned] is your son, who shall come
into the world many years hence, and shall be my Messenger, for whom I have created all things; who shall
give light to the world when he shall come; whose soul was set in a celestial splendour sixty thousand
years before I made anything."
Adam besought God, saying: "Lord, grant me this writing upon the nails of the fingers of my hands."
Then God gave to the first man upon his thumbs that writing; upon the thumb-nail of the right hand it
said: "There is only one God;," and upon the thumb-nail of the left it said: "Muhammad is Messenger of
God." Then with fatherly affection the first man kissed those words, and rubbed his eyes, and said:
"Blessed be that day when you shall come to the world."
Seeing the man alone, God said: "It is not well that he should remain alone." Wherefore he made him to sleep,
and took a rib from near his heart, filling the place with flesh. * Of that rib made he Eve, and gave her to Adam
for his wife. He set the twain of them as lords of Paradise, to whom he said: "Behold I give to you every fruit to
eat, except the apples and the corn" whereof he said: "Beware that in no wise you eat of these fruits, for you
shall become unclean, insomuch that I shall not suffer. you to remain here, but shall drive you forth, and you
shall suffer great miseries."
Chapter 41
Then both of them knew that they were naked, and, being ashamed, they took fig leaves and made a clothing
for their secret parts. When midday was passed, God appeared to them, and called Adam, saying: 'Adam,
where are you?' He answered: 'Lord, I hid myself from your presence because my wife and I are naked, and so
we are ashamed to present ourselves before you.' Then God said: 'And who has robbed you of your innocence,
unless you have eaten the fruit [that makes you] unclean, and will not be able to abide [any] longer in paradise?'
Adam answered: 'O Lord, the wife whom you have given me [urged] me to eat [it] and so I have eaten it.' Then
God said to the woman: 'Why did you give [this] food to your husband?' Eve answered: 'Satan deceived me,
and so I ate [the fruit].' 'And how did that reprobate enter into [the garden]?' said God. Eve answered: 'A
serpent that stands at the northern gate brought him near to me.'
Then God said to Adam: 'Because you have [listened to] your wife and have eaten the fruit, cursed be the earth
in your works; it shall bring forth brambles and thorns for you, and you shall eat bread by the sweat of your
face. Remember that you are earth, and to earth you return.' And he spoke to Eve, saying: 'And you who did
[listen] to Satan, and gave the food to your husband, shall abide under the dominion of man, who shall keep
you as a slave, and you shall bear children with travail.'
And having called the serpent, God called the angel Michael, who holds the sword of God, [and] said: 'First
drive this wicked serpent forth from paradise, and when outside cut off his legs: for if he wants to walk, he must
trail his body upon the earth.' Afterwards God called Satan, who came laughing, and he said to him: 'Because
you, reprobate, have deceived [Adam and Eve] and have made them unclean, I will that every uncleanness
[from] them and [from] all their children - [of which] they shall be truly penitent and shall serve me - in going forth
from their body shall enter through your mouth, and so shall you be satiated with uncleanness.'
Satan then gave a horrible roar, and said: 'Since you will to make me [continually] worse, I will make me that
which I shall be able!' Then said God: 'Depart, cursed one, from my presence!' Then Satan departed, and God
said to Adam [and] Eve, who were both weeping: 'Go forth from paradise, and do penance, and do not let your
hope fail, for I will send your son so that your seed shall lift the dominion of Satan from off the human race: for I
will give all things to he who shall come, my Messenger.'
God hid himself [from Adam and Eve], and the angel Michael drove them forth from paradise. Then, Adam,
turning around, saw written above the gate, There is only one God, and Muhammad is Messenger of God.
Weeping, he said: 'May it be pleasing to God, O my son, that you come quickly and draw us out of misery.' And
thus," said Jesus, "Satan and Adam sinned through pride, the one by despising man, the other by wishing to
make himself equal with God."
Chapter 44
The disciples said: "O master, it is written in the Book of Moses, that the promise was made in Isaac." Jesus
answered with a groan: "It is so written, but Moses did not write it, nor Joshua, but rather our rabbins, who do
not fear God! Truly I say to you, that if you consider the words of the angel Gabriel, you shall discover the
malice of our scribes and doctors. For the angel said: "Abraham, all the world shall know how God loves you;
but how shall the world know the love that you bear to God? Assuredly it is necessary that you do something for
love of God." Abraham answered: 'Behold the servant of God, ready to do all that which God shall will.'
Then spoke God, saying to Abraham: "Take your son, your firstborn Ishmael;, and come up the mountain to
sacrifice him." How is Isaac firstborn, if when Isaac was born Ishmael was seven years old? Then said the
disciples: "Clear is the deception of our doctors: therefore tell us you the truth, because we know that you are
sent from God." Then answered Jesus: "Truly I say to you, that Satan ever seeks to annul the laws of God; and
therefore he with his followers, hypocrites and evil-doers, the former with false doctrine, the latter with lewd
living, to day have contaminated almost all things, so that scarcely is the truth found. Woe to the hypocrites! for
the praises of this world shall turn for them into insults and torments in hell.
"I therefore say to you that the Messenger of God is a splendour that shall give gladness to nearly all that God
has made, for he is adorned with the spirit of understanding and of counsel, the spirit of wisdom and might, the
spirit of fear and love, the spirit of prudence and temperance, he is adorned with the spirit of charity and mercy,
the spirit of justice and Piety, the spirit of gentleness and patience, which he has received from God three times
more than he has given to all his creatures.
O blessed time, when he shall come to the world! Believe me that I have seen him and have done. him
reverence, even as every prophet has seen him: seeing that of his spirit God gives to them prophecy.
And when I saw him my soul was filled with consolation, saying: "O Muhammad;, God be with you, and
may he make me worthy to untie, your shoelatchet;, for obtaining this I shall be a great prophet and holy
one of God." And having said this, Jesus rendered his thanks to God.
Chapter 54
When these signs be passed, there shall be darkness over the world forty years, God alone being alive, to
whom be honour and glory forever. When the forty years have passed, God shall give life to his Messenger,
who shall rise again like the sun, but resplendent as a thousand suns. He shall sit, and shall not speak, for he
shall be as it were beside himself. God shall raise again the four angels favoured of God, who shall seek the
Messenger of God, and, having found him, shall station themselves on the four sides of the place to keep watch
upon him. Next shall God give life to all the angels, who shall come like bees circling round the Messenger of
God. Next shall God give life to all his prophets, who, following Adam, shall go every one to kiss the hand of the
Messenger of God, committing themselves to his protection. Next shall God give life to all the elect, who
shall cry out: "O Muhammad be mindful of us!" At whose cries pity shall awake in the Messenger of God,
and he shall consider what he ought to do, fearing for their salvation.
Next shall God give life to every created thing and they shall return to their former existence, but every one shall
besides possess the power of speech. Next shall God give life to all the reprobates, at whose resurrection, by
reason of their hideousness, all the creatures of God shall be afraid, and shall cry: "Let not your mercy forsake
us, O Lord our God." After this shall God cause Satan ;to be raised up, at whose aspect every creature shall be
as dead, for fear of the horrid form of his appearance. May it please God," said Jesus, "that I behold not that
monster on that day. The Messenger of God alone shall not be affrighted by such shapes, because he shall
fear God only.
"Then the angel, at the sound of whose trumpet all shall be raised, shall sound his trumpet again, saying:
"Come to the judgment, O creatures, for your Creator wills to judge you." Then shall appear in the midst of
heaven over the valley of Jehoshaphat; a glittering throne over which shall come a white cloud, whereupon the
angels shall cry out: "Blessed be you our God, who has created us and saved us from the fall of Satan." Then
the Messenger ;of God shall fear, for that he shall perceive that none has loved God as he should. For he who
would get in change a piece of gold must have sixty mites; wherefore, if he have but one mite he cannot change
it. But if the Messenger of God shall fear, what shall the ungodly do who are full of wickedness?"
Chapter 55
The Messenger of God shall go to collect all the prophets, to whom he shall speak praying them to go
with him to pray God for the faithful. And every one shall excuse himself for fear; nor, as God lives,
would I go there, knowing what I know. Then God, seeing this, shall remind his Messenger how he
created all things for love of him, and so his fear shall leave him, and he shall go near to the throne with
love and reverence, while the angels sing: "Blessed be your holy name O God, our God."
And when he has drawn near to the throne, God shall open [his mind] to his Messenger, even as a friend to a
friend when for a long while they have not met. The first to speak shall be the Messenger of God, who shall say:
"I adore and love you, O my God, and with all my heart and soul I give you thanks for that you did vouchsafe to
create me to be your servant, and made all for love of me, so that I might love you for all things and in all things
and above all things; therefore let all your creatures praise you, O my God." Then God shall say: "We give you
thanks, O Lord, and bless your holy name." Truly I say to you, the demons and reprobates with Satan shall then
weep so that more water shall flow from the eyes of one of them than is in the river of Jordan. Yet shall they not
see God "And God shall speak to his Messenger, saying: "You are welcome, O my faithful servant;
therefore ask what you will, for you shall obtain all." The Messenger of God shall answer. "O Lord, I
remember that when you did create me, you said that you had willed to make for love of me the world
and paradise, and angels and men, that they might glorify you by me your servant. Therefore, Lord God,
merciful and just. I pray you that you recollect your promise made to your servant."
And God shall make answer even as a friend who jests with a friend, and shall say: 'Have you witnesses
of this, my friend Muhammad?' And with reverence he shall say: "Yes, Lord." Then God shall answer: "Go,
call them, O Gabriel;." The angel Gabriel shall come to the Messenger of God, and shall say: "Lord who are
your 'witnesses?" The Messenger of God shall answer: "They are Adam;, Abraham, Ishmael;, Moses;, David;,
and Jesus son of Mary.?" "Then shall the angel departs and he shall call the aforesaid witnesses, who with fear
shall go thither. And when they are present God shall say to them: Remember you that which my Messenger
affirms?" They shall reply: "What thing, O Lord?" God shall say: "That I have made all things for love of him, so
that all things might praise me by him."
Then every one of them shall answer: "There are with us three witnesses better than we are, O Lord." And God
shall reply: "Who are these three witnesses?" Then Moses shall say: "The book that you gave to me is the first";
and David shall say: "The book that you gave to me is the second"; and he who speaks to you shall say: "Lord
the whole world, deceived by Satan, that I was your son and your fellow, but the book that you gave me said
truly that I am your servant; and that book confesses that which your Messenger affirms." Then shall the
Messenger of God speak, and shall say: "Thus says the book that you gave me O Lord." And when the
Messenger of God has said this, God shall speak, saying: ,All that I have now done, I have done in order that
every one should know how much I love you." And when he has thus spoken, God shall give to his Messenger a
book, in which are written all the names of the elect of God. Wherefore every creature shall do reverence to
God, saying: "To you alone O God, be glory and honour, because you have given us to your Messenger.
Chapter 97
Jesus answered: "As God lives, in whose presence my soul stands, I am not the Messiah whom all the tribes of
the earth expect, even as God promised to our father Abraham, saying: "In your seed will I bless all the tribes of
the earth." But when God shall take me away from the world, Satan will raise again this accursed
sedition, by making the impious believe that I am God and son of God, whence my words and my doctrine
shall be contaminated, insomuch that scarcely shall there remain thirty faithful ones: whereupon God
will have mercy upon the world, and will send his Messenger for whom he has made all things who shall
come from the south with power, and shall destroy the idols with the idolaters who shall take away the
dominion from Satan which he has over men. He shall bring with him the mercy of God for salvation of
them that shall believe in him, and blessed is he who shall believe his words.
"Unworthy though I am to untie his hosen, I have received grace and mercy from God to see him." Then
answered the priest, with the governor and the king, saying: "Distress not yourself, O Jesus, holy one of God,
because in our time shall not this sedition be any more, seeing that we will write to the sacred Roman senate in
such wise that by imperial decree none shall any more call you God or son of God." Then Jesus said: "With your
words I am not consoled, because where you hope for light darkness shall come; but my consolation is in the
coming of the Messenger, who shall destroy every false opinion of me, and his faith shall spread and
shall take hold of the whole world, for so has God promised to Abraham our father. And that which gives
me consolation is that his faith shall have no end, but shall be kept inviolate by God."
The priest answered: "After the coming of the Messenger of God shall other prophets come?" Jesus answered:
"There shall not come after him true prophets sent by God, but there shall come a great number of false
prophets, whereat I sorrow. For Satan shall raise them up by the just judgment of God, and they shall hide
themselves under the pretext of my gospel." Herod answered: "How is it a just judgment of God that such
impious men should come?"
Jesus answered: "It is just that he who will not believe in the truth to his salvation should believe in a lie to his
damnation. Wherefore I say to you, that the world has ever despised the true prophets and loved the false, as
can be seen in the time of Micaiah and Jeremiah. For every like loves his like."
Then said the priest: "How shall the Messiah be called, and what sign shall reveal his coming?" Jesus answered:
"The name of the Messiah is admirable, for God himself gave him the name when he had created his
soul, and placed it in a celestial splendour. God said: "Wait Muhammad; for your sake I will to create
paradise, the world, and a great multitude of creatures, whereof I make you a present, insomuch that
whoever shall bless you shall be blessed, and whoever shall curse you shall be accursed. When I shall
send you into the world I shall send you as my Messenger of salvation, and your word shall be true,
insomuch that heaven and earth shall fail, but your faith shall never fail." Muhammad is his blessed
name." Then the crowd lifted up their voices, saying: "O God send us your Messenger: O Muhammad,
come quickly for the salvation of the world!"
Chapter 112
Having said this, Jesus said: "You needs must seek of the fruits of the field the wherewithal to sustain our life,
for it is now eight days that we have eaten no bread. Wherefore I will pray to our God, and will await you with
Barnabas."
So all the disciples and apostles departed by fours and by sixes and went their way according to the word of
Jesus. There remained with Jesus he who writes; whereupon Jesus, weeping, said: "O Barnabas, it is necessary
that I should reveal to you great secrets, which, after that I shall be departed from the world, you shall reveal to
it." Then answered he that writes, weeping, and said: "Suffer me to weep, O master, and other men also, for that
we are sinners. And you, that are an holy one and prophet of God, it is not fitting for you to weep so much."
Jesus answered: "Believe me, Barnabas that I cannot weep as much as I ought. For if men had not called me
God, I should have seen God here as he will be seen in paradise, and should have been safe not to fear the
day of judgment. But God knows that I am innocent, because never have I harboured thought to be held more
than a poor slave. No, I tell you that if I had not been called God I should have been carried into paradise when I
shall depart from the world, whereas now I shall not go thither until the judgment. Now you see if I have cause to
weep.
Know, O Barnabas, that for this I must have great persecution, and shall be sold by one of my disciples
for thirty pieces of money. Whereupon I am sure that he who shall sell me shall be slain in my name, for
that God shall take me up from the earth, and shall change the appearance of the traitor so that every
one shall believe him to be me; nevertheless, when he dies an evil death, I shall abide in that dishonour
for a long time in the world. But when Muhammad shall come, the sacred Messenger of God, that infamy
shall be taken away. And this shall God do because I have confessed the truth of the Messiah who shall
give me this reward, that I shall be known to be alive and to be a stranger to that death of infamy."
Then answered he that writes: "O master, tell me who is that wretch, for I fain would choke him to death." "Hold
your peace," answered Jesus, "for so God wills, and he cannot do otherwise but see you that when my mother is
afflicted at such an event you tell her the truth, in order that she may be comforted." Then answered he who
writes: "All this will I do, O master, if God please."
Chapter 136
In this accursed spot shall abide the infidels for evermore: insomuch that if the world were filled with grains of
millet, and a single bird once in a hundred years should take away a single grain to empty the world if when it
should be empty the infidels were to go into paradise, they would rest delighted. But there is not this hope,
because their torment cannot have an end, seeing that they were not willing for the love of God to put an end to
their sin. But the faithful shall have comfort, because their torment shall have an end.' The disciples were
affrighted, hearing this, and said: 'So then the faithful must go into hell?'
Jesus answered: 'Every one, be he who he may, must go into hell. It is true, however, that the holy ones and
prophets of God shall go there to behold, not suffering any punishment and the righteous, only suffering fear.
And what shall I say? I tell you that thither shall come [even] the Messenger of God, to behold the justice
of God. Thereupon hell shall tremble at his presence. And because he has human flesh, all those that
have human flesh and shall be under punishment, so long as the Messenger of God shall abide to behold
hell, so long shall they abide without punishment. But he shall abide there [only] so long as it takes to
shut and open the eyes. And this shall God do in order that every creature may know that he has
received benefit from the Messenger of God.
When he shall go there all the devils shall shriek, and seek to hide themselves beneath the burning
embers, saying one to another: "Fly, fly, for here comes Muhammad ;our enemy!" Hearing which, Satan
shall smite himself upon the face with both his hands, and screaming shall say: "You are more noble than I, in
my despite, and this is unjustly done!" As for the faithful, who are in seventy-two grades, those of the two last
grades, who shall have had the faith without good works, the one being sad at good works, and the other
delighting in evil, they shall abide in hell seventy thousand years.
After those years shall the angel Gabriel ;come into hell, and shall hear them say: "O Muhammad, where
are your promises made to us, saying that those who have your faith shall not abide in hell for
evermore?" Then the angel of God shall return to paradise, and having approached with reverence the
Messenger of God shall narrate to him what he has heard. Then shall his Messenger speak to God and
say: "Lord, my God, remember the promise made to me your servant, concerning them that have
received my faith, that they shall not abide for evermore in hell." God shall answer: "Ask what you will,
O my friend, for I will give you all that you ask."
Chapter 163
Jesus went into the wilderness beyond Jordan with his disciples, and when the midday prayer was done he sat
down near to a palm-tree, and under the shadow of the palm-tree his disciples sat down. Then Jesus said: 'So
secret is predestination, O brethren, that I say to you, truly, only to one man shall it be clearly known. He it is
whom the nations look for, to whom the secrets of God are so clear that, when he comes into the world, blessed
shall they be that shall listen to his words, because God shall overshadow them with his mercy even as this
palm-tree overshadows us. Yes, even as this tree protects us from the burning heat of the sun, even so the
mercy of God will protect from Satan them that believe in that man.'
The disciples answered, "O Master, who shall that man be of whom you speak, who shall come into the
world?" Jesus answered with joy of heart: 'He is Muhammad;, Messenger of God, and when he comes into
the world, even as the rain makes the earth to bear fruit when for a long time it has not rained, even so shall he
be occasion of good works among men, through the abundant mercy which he shall bring. For he is a white
cloud full of the mercy of God, which mercy God shall sprinkle upon the faithful like rain.'
Chapter 220
Jesus replied, embracing his mother: 'Believe me, mother, for truly I say to you that I have not been dead at all;
for God has reserved me till near the end of the world.' And having said this he prayed the four angels that they
would manifest themselves, and give testimony how the matter had passed.
Thereupon the angels manifested themselves like four shining suns, insomuch that through fear every one
again fell down as dead. Then Jesus gave four linen cloths to the angels that they might cover themselves, in
order that they might be seen and heard to speak by his mother and her companions. And having lifted up each
one, he comforted them, saying: 'These are the ministers of God: Gabriel, who announces God's secrets;
Michael, who fights against God's enemies; Rafael, who receives the souls of them that die; and Uriel, who will
call every one to the judgment of God at the last day. Then the four angels narrated to the Virgin how God had
sent for Jesus, and had transformed Judas, that he might suffer the punishment to which he had sold another.
Then said he who writes: 'O Master, is it lawful for me to question you now, as it was lawful for me when you
dwelt with us?' Jesus answered: 'Ask what you please, Barnabas, and I will answer you.' Then said he who
writes: 'O Master, seeing that God is merciful, wherefore has he so tormented us, making us to believe that you
were dead? and your mother has so wept for you that she has been near to death; and you, who are an holy
one of God, on you has God suffered to fall the calumny that you were slain amongst robbers ;on the Mount
Calvary?'
Jesus answered: 'Believe me, Barnabas, that every sin, however small it be, God punishes with great
punishment, seeing that God is offended at sin. Wherefore, since my mother and my faithful disciples that were
with me loved me a little with earthly love, the righteous God has willed to punish this love with the present grief,
in order that it may not be punished in the flames of hell.
And though I have been innocent in the world, since men have called me "God," and "Son of God," God,
in order that I be not mocked of the demons on the day of judgment, has willed that I be mocked of men
in this world by the death of Judas;, making all men to believe that I died upon the cross. And this
mocking shall continue until the advent of Muhammad the Messengerof God, who, when he shall come,
shall reveal this deception to those who believe in God's Law. Having thus spoken, Jesus said: 'You are
just, O Lord our God, because to you only belongs honour and glory without end.'
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