Note 35 — Front matter
Reading edition
Compare the Bhagvat Gita, iv. 7-8:—
"Whenever there is decay of righteousness, O Bharata, and there is exaltation of unrighteousness, then I myself come forth;
For the protection of the good, for the destruction of evil-doers, for the sake of firmly establishing righteousness, I am born from age to age."
The words italicised suggest the Hindu doctrine of Incarnation and Metempsychosis. Orthodox Muslims do not believe in any such doctrine (حلول و اتحاد) but would substitute for the italics the words: I send a messenger or reformer. See, e.g., Quran, xvi. 36.