in the name of Allah... for those denied prophet Muhammad(pbuh) Those who follow the Messenger, the Immaculate One, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel which are with them. Al-Quran 7:158) No doubt there are many prophecies regarding the advent of the Holy Prophet Muhammad in the Bible, but in the above quoted Quranic verse, the Torah and the Gospels are especially mentioned; because Moses and Jesus were prominent figures among all Israelite prophets. Muslims look upon the source of Bible as holy and divine and its medium as truthful men. And here is a verse of Al-Quran which confirms this statement: Say ye: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, and Jacob, and his children, and what was given to Moses and Jesus, and what was given to all other prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between any of them; and to Him we submit ourselves. (Al Quran 2:137) Of course, Muslims regard the Christian Scriptures as interpolated, but interpolation still implies retention of some original truths. The principle that the Holy Prophet Muhammad testifies to the truth of all previous revelations, furnishes a strong foundation for harmony between the various religions of the world, as well as for the unity of the human race. The fact that all of the foregoing prophets testify to the truth of Prophet Muhammad constitutes a yet stronger testimony to the truth of Islam and the Unity of religions. Moses prophesied about Hadhrat Muhammad. In Deuteronomy 18:17-19, Moses prophesied: And the Lord said unto me. They have well spoken that which they have spoken, I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. The foretold prophet in this prophecy was not Jesus Christ, nor any other Israelite prophet, because none of them ever claimed to be the prophet promised here. We read in the Gospel of John (1:19-21) that in the time of Jesus, the Jews were expecting the advent of three prophets. Firstly Elias, secondly Christ, thirdly a prophet of such universal fame that in his case no other specification was thought necessary. The Prophet was enough to convey what was meant. Jesus claimed to be the Christ and he regarded John the Baptist as Elias (Matthew 11:14, 17:10-13). Further, he prophesied about his second advent in the last days when true faith would disappear from the earth (Luke 18:8). Hadhrat Muhammad to come before the Second Advent of Jesus Peter describing the time of That Prophet says: He shall send Jesus Christ which before was preached unto you; whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. For Moses truly said unto the fathers, a Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. (The Acts 3:20-22) These words of Peter evidently imply that the advent of that prophet will take place before the second advent of Jesus Christas. Jesusas pointed out in the parable of the vineyard that after him shall come the Lord of vineyard and added: The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth fruits thereof. Matthew 21:43) Thus Jesusas has made it clear that the Prophet who was to come after him was not to be of the Israelites, but from another nation - their brethren, the Ishmaelites. This prophecy has been fulfilled in the person of Hadhrat Muhammad, the Holy Founder of Islam. For in the first place, he came from among the descendents of Ishmaelas, the brethren of Israelites; so that the promise of God concerning Ishmaelas be fulfilled: I have blessed him... and I will make him a great nation. (Genesis 17:20) Secondly, he was the prophet who came with a new law -- the law of the Quran. None of Israelite prophets including Jesus of Nazareth, with the exception of Moses, brought a new law or dispensation; not did any of them claim to have been like unto Moses. On the other hand, it has been expressly written about Hadhrat Muhammad in the Holy Quran that he was the prophet like unto Moses. We have raised a prophet among you like unto the prophet that We sent to Pharoah (73:16). Again, it invites the attention of the Jews to the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:18 in these words: A witness from among the Israelites has borne witness of one like him. (Al-Quran 46:11) The third proof is that Hadhrat Muhammad spoke naught from himself as it was written in the prophecy (whatsoever he shall hear that he shall speak in my name). In the Holy Quran, all the chapters begin with the words: In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Lord Manifests On Mount Paran: There is an important prophecy in the Bible: And he said, the Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousand saints; from right hand went a fiery law for them. (Deuteronomy 33:2) Coming from Sinai refers to the appearance of Moses and rising up from Seir alludes that of Jesus. The prophet who shone forth from Mount Paran could be no other than the Holy Prophet of Arabia, as Paran is the ancient name of the part of Arabia where the children of Ishmael, the ancestors of Hadhrat Muhammad, settled. The Arabic form of the word Paran is Faran or Pharan. Jacuts Geographishes Worterbuch (F. Westenfielt, Leipzig, 1862, Vol. III, P834) says that Faran is a name of Mecca. The word Faran seems to be the Arabic Farran. It means two refugees. It appears that the place took the name from Hager and Ishmaelas, who came there as refugees. Dr. A. Benisch call it in his translation of Pentateuch the desert of Paran. What unmistakably points to the identity of Hadhrat Muhammad is the phrase: he came with ten thousands of saints and from his right hand went a fiery law for them. At the time of the conquest of Mecca, ten thousand holy men followed at his heels and he was the bearer of the law of the Quran. Hence, the prophecy has been wonderfully fulfilled in the person of Holy Prophet Muhammad, (peace and blessings of God be upon him).
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 17:46:18 +0000
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