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It contains fifteen sections which are said to have been revealed to fifteen successive prophets, and at the end of each section, with the exception of the last one, there is a prophecy about the next prophet.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dasatir-i-Asmani&oldid=404240404 Dasatir-i-Asmani] - Wikipedia, accessed September 3, 2011</ref> | It contains fifteen sections which are said to have been revealed to fifteen successive prophets, and at the end of each section, with the exception of the last one, there is a prophecy about the next prophet.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dasatir-i-Asmani&oldid=404240404 Dasatir-i-Asmani] - Wikipedia, accessed September 3, 2011</ref> | ||
Popular Islamic scholars like Dr. [[Zakir Naik]] have stated that Prophet [[Muhammad]] is among those individuals who have been prophesied about, saying "The sum and substance of the prophecy mentioned in Dasatir is, that when the Zoroastrian people will forsake their religion and will become dissolute, a man will rise in Arabia, whose followers will conquer Persian and subjugate the arrogant Persians ... This Prophecy relates to no other person but to Muhammad (pbuh)."<ref>Dr. Zakir Naik - [http://www.irf.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211&Itemid=185 Muhammad (pbuh) in the Parsi Scriptures] - Islamic Research Foundation, accessed September 3, 2011</ref> | |||
The Dasātīr is written in a fabricated language with some words taken from Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskrit, and [[Arabic]] and used in corrupt and distorted forms, sometimes with Persian prefixes or suffixes.<ref name="Fatḥ-Allāh">Fatḥ-Allāh Mojtabaʾī - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dasatir|2=2011-09-12}} Dasātīr] - Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition, December 15, 1994</ref> | The Dasātīr is written in a fabricated language with some words taken from Persian, Hindi, Avestan, Sanskrit, and [[Arabic]] and used in corrupt and distorted forms, sometimes with Persian prefixes or suffixes.<ref name="Fatḥ-Allāh">Fatḥ-Allāh Mojtabaʾī - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/dasatir|2=2011-09-12}} Dasātīr] - Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition, December 15, 1994</ref> | ||
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The accompanying Persian “translation” of the Dasātīr with commentary, is ascribed to the sixteenth prophet, Sāsān V who lived at the time of Khosrau II (590-628 AD). | The accompanying Persian “translation” of the Dasātīr with commentary, is ascribed to the sixteenth prophet, Sāsān V who lived at the time of Khosrau II (590-628 AD). | ||
Most scholars consider both (published in two volumes in Bombay in 1818-19 under the title ''The Desātir, or the Sacred Writings of the Ancient Persian Prophets, Together with the Commentary of the Fifth Sāsān'') to be almost certainly the work of its founder, Āzar Kayvān,<ref name="Fatḥ-Allāh"></ref><ref>Dr. M. N. Dhalla - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.avesta.org/dhalla/history6.htm#chap50|2=2011-09-12}} History of Zoroastrianism] - p. 463, 1938</ref> and a "proven fabrication".<ref>Joseph H. Peterson - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.avesta.org/dabestan/dabestan.htm|2=2011-09-12}} The Dabestan-e Madaheb, or 'School of religious doctrines'] - Avesta, accessed September 3, 2011</ref> | Most scholars consider both (published in two volumes in Bombay in 1818-19 under the title ''The Desātir, or the Sacred Writings of the Ancient Persian Prophets, Together with the Commentary of the Fifth Sāsān'') to be almost certainly the work of its founder, Āzar Kayvān,<ref name="Fatḥ-Allāh"></ref><ref>Dr. M. N. Dhalla - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.avesta.org/dhalla/history6.htm#chap50|2=2011-09-12}} History of Zoroastrianism] - p. 463, 1938</ref> and a "proven fabrication" from the 16<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> centuries.<ref>Joseph H. Peterson - [{{Reference archive|1=http://www.avesta.org/dabestan/dabestan.htm|2=2011-09-12}} The Dabestan-e Madaheb, or 'School of religious doctrines'] - Avesta, accessed September 3, 2011</ref> | ||
The linguistic characteristics of the Persian used also indicates that it was written in the 16<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> centuries, about a thousand years | The linguistic characteristics of the Persian used also indicates that it was written in the 16<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> centuries, about a thousand years after Muhammad.<ref name="Fatḥ-Allāh"></ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||