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Prophecies of Muhammad (part 1 of 4): Witnesses of Scholars
Prophecy Servant of God
word Atmak not necessarily means ‘whom I uphold’ but is infact a name
the writing of Atmak is אתמך
the writing of Ahmad is אחמד
Isaiah 42:1
God says
“Behold, 'My Servant' (pronounced as Abd-ee), ‘whom I uphold’ (pronounced as Atmak);
God mentioning about the coming of His servant
Behold My Servant Ahmad (Isaiah 42:1) - so who is this Ahmad as in God'servant?
He is none other than
Abd-Allah Ahmad (Servant of God, Ahmad) - Prophet Muhammad s.a.w
Description: The Biblical evidence that Muhammad is not a false prophet. Part 1: The difficulties faced in discussing biblical prophecies, and accounts of some scholars who attested that Muhammad has been alluded to in the Bible.
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Preliminary Issues
The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism
and Christianity. The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New
Testament, with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old
Testament being slightly larger because of their acceptance of certain books
not accepted as scripture by Protestants. The Jewish Bible includes only the
books known to Christians as the Old Testament. Furthermore, the arrangements
of the Jewish and Christian canons differ considerably. Prophet Muhammad has
been prophesized in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.
Jesus and the Apostles are believed to have
spoken Aramaic. Aramaic continued in wide use until about AD 650, when it was
supplanted by Arabic. The present day Bible is not, however, based on the
Aramaic manuscripts, but on Greek and Latin versions.
Quoting the Bible prophecies does not entail
that Muslims accept the present day Bible in its entirety as God’s revelation.
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It is not a pre-condition of acceptance that
a prophet be foretold by an earlier prophet. Moses was a prophet to Pharaoh
even though he was not prophesized by anyone before him. Abraham was God’s
prophet to Nimrod, yet no one prophesized his coming. Noah, Lot, and others
were true prophets of God, yet they were not foretold. The evidence of a
prophet’s truth is not limited to old prophecies, but it includes the actual
message brought by him, miracles and more.
Discussing prophecies is a delicate matter.
It requires sifting through Bible versions and translations, recently
discovered manuscripts and searching out Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic words and
investigating them. The task becomes especially difficult when: “prior to the
printing press (15th century), all copies of Bibles show textual variations.”
This is not an easy subject for lay people. For this reason, the best testimony
comes from ancient and modern experts in the area who acknowledged the
prophecies.
We have records of early Jews and Christians,
both monks and rabbis, who witnessed that Muhammad was the fulfillment of
specific Bible prophecies. The following are some examples of these people.
The Awaited Prophet
Pre-Islam Jews and Christians of Arabia were
awaiting a prophet. Before the appearance of Muhammad, Arabia was home to Jews,
Christians, and pagan Arabs who, on occasion, went to war with each other. The
Jews and Christians would say: “The time has come for the unlettered prophet to
appear who will revive the religion of Abraham. We will join his ranks and wage
fierce war against you.” When Muhammad actually appeared, some of them believed
in him, and some refused. This is why God revealed:
“And when there came to them a Book [Quran]
from God confirming that which was with them – although before they used to
pray for victory against those who disbelieved – but [then] when there came to
them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of God
will be upon the disbelievers.” (Quran 2:89)
The first witness was Buhaira, the Christian
monk, who recognized Muhammad’s prophethood when he was still young and told
his uncle:
“…a great fortune lies before your nephew, so
take him home quickly.”
The second witness was Waraqah bin Nawfal, a Christian scholar who died soon
after a solitary meeting with Muhammad. Waraqah attested Muhammad was the
Prophet of his time and received revelation exactly like Moses and Jesus.
The Jews of Medina were anxiously awaiting
the arrival of a prophet. The third and fourth witnesses were their two famous
Jewish rabbis, Abdullah bin Salam and Mukhayriq.
The sixth and seventh witnesses were also
Yemeni Jewish rabbis, Wahb ibn Munabbih, and Ka’b al-Ahbar (d. 656 CE). Ka’b
found long passages of praise and the description of the Prophet prophesized by
Moses in the Bible.
The Quran states:
“Is it not a sign to
them that the learned men of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?” (Quran
26:197)
Footnotes:
“Bible.” Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9079096)
“Aramaic language.” Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9009190)
“biblical literature.” Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-73396)
‘Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources’ by Martin Lings, p. 29. ‘Sirat Rasul Allah’ by Ibn Ishaq translated by A. Guillame, p. 79-81. ‘The Quran And The Gospels: A Comparative Study,’ p. 46 by Dr. Muhammad Abu Laylah of Azhar University.
‘Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources’ by Martin Lings, p. 35.
‘The Quran And The Gospels: A Comparative Study,’ p. 47 by Dr. Muhammad Abu Laylah of Azhar University.
‘The Quran And The Gospels: A Comparative Study,’ p. 47-48 by Dr. Muhammad Abu Laylah of Azhar University.
Bible Prophecies of Muhammad (part 2 of 4): Old Testament Prophecies of
Muhammad
Description: The Biblical evidence that Muhammad is not a false prophet. Part
2: A discussion on the prophecy mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:18, and how
Muhammad fits this prophecy more than others.
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Deuteronomy
18:18 “I (God) will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like
unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto
them all that I shall command him.”
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Many
Christians believe this prophecy foretold by Moses to be in regards to Jesus.
Indeed Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament, but as will be clear, this
prophecy does not befit him, but rather is more deserving of Muhammad, may the
mercy and blessings of God be upon him. Moses foretold the following:
1. The
Prophet Will Be Like Moses
Areas of Comparison
|
Moses
|
Jesus
|
Muhammad
|
Birth
|
normal
birth
|
miraculous,
virgin birth
|
normal
birth
|
Mission
|
prophet
only
|
said to
be Son of God
|
prophet
only
|
Parents
|
father
& mother
|
mother
only
|
father
& mother
|
Family
Life
|
married
with children
|
never
married
|
married
with children
|
Acceptance
by own people
|
Jews
accepted him
|
Jews
rejected him
|
Arabs
accepted him
|
Political
Authority
|
Moses
had it (Num 15:36)
|
Jesus
refused it
|
Muhammad
had it
|
Victory
Over Opponents
|
Pharaoh
drowned
|
said to
be crucified
|
Meccans
defeated
|
Death
|
natural
death
|
claimed
to be crucified
|
natural
death
|
Burial
|
buried
in grave
|
empty
tomb
|
buried
in grave
|
Divinity
|
not
divine
|
divine
to Christians
|
not
divine
|
Began
Mission at age
|
40
|
30
|
40
|
Resurrection
on Earth
|
not
resurrected
|
resurrection
claimed
|
not
resurrected
|
PROPHET MUHAMMAD
WAS LIKE MOSES (PBUH) IN
RECEIVING GOD'S LAW
DEUTERONOMY 18:18-19
In this verse, it states that a great prophet will arise from among the brethren of
Israel. What is meant by the phrase, "from among the
brethren of Israel"? In
Isaiah 66:20, the difference between brethren and children is made very clear. If this
new prophet was to come from the descendants of Israel, the word children would
have been used instead of brethren. The brethren of Israel, therefore, means
the descendants of Ishmael (pbuh) who is the brother of Isaac (pbuh).
Isaiah 51:4 states
that a new law will come to all the people from a great Prophet that is
similar to Moses (pbuh). Moses is an old Egyptian name from the word
"mis" which means son, boy, child. The wife of Pharaoh gave Moses his
name. All the Prophets from Israel were sent to and for the children of Israel.
The last prophet from the
children of Israel was Jesus (pbuh), Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sent to all people (nations)
as mentioned in Genesis 15:19-21, and he arose from the children of Kedar, the
second son of Ishmael, Gen: 25:13-17. It was also said that the new prophet
would speak the words of God and would be like Moses (pbuh). If no other
prophet frorn the children of Israel is like Moses, Sura 7: 143-144, then the
prophet similar to Moses must be from outside the children of Israel (Deut 34:10).
Muslims and Christians already believe Jesus
(pbuh) as the last prophet for children of Israel. The Jews on the other hand
are still awaiting the last prophet for them to come from heaven to be their
savior (Elias). Elias already came centuries before Jesus. Both Elias and Jesus
(pbuh) were from the children of Israel and both followed the law of Moses;
they could not be equal to Moses according to Deut 34:10. Moses told the
tribes of Israel that a Prophet will come from among their brethren, who will
be like him. And those brethren were absent at that time, (the children of
Ishmael and Keturah's children) and it is already known that the coming prophet
will not be like Jesus or Elias. Thus, from where will that prophet come
from and who will he be? Certainly from among those who were absent at the time
of Moses (the children of Ishmael). This prophet, who came, as the last
messenger of Allah, is Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Then the Prophet similar to Moses must be from outside the children
of Israel, Deut 34:10. According to all Muslims and many Christians,
Jesus was the last Prophet to come from the children of Israel. Moses spoke
with God and received the laws from Him. All the prophets from Israel followed
the laws given to Moses (pbuh), but none of them spoke with God as Moses did.
Although Muhammad (pbuh) did not speak with God, he is the only prophet from
whose mouth the words of God were spoken (Deuteronomy 18:19)
According to the Islamic religion, the words
and pronunciation of those words which make up the QURAN came directly from
God. These words simply came through Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) mouth as in Isaiah 28: 11-12 and
Deuteronomy 18:18-19.
Words of God were spoken (Deuteronomy 18:19)
The other important similarity between
prophets Muhammad and Moses (pbuh) is that they were both given law by God.
Therefore, this Prophet must be a descendant of Abraham. Muhammad is a
descendant of Abraham through Ishmael.
(Isaiah 66:19-21) clearly states
that the Israelis will come to Palestine with force and power, as in verse 20. The children of Ishmael through
Prophet Muhammad will come to Palestine on horse, chariots etc. with big pump
and shaw, with big force and power, and Israelis will become clean specially
after the some (lsraelis) will purify themselves by embracing Islam. verse 21.
When this happens, God said: pick up Priests and Levites, means big religious
persons and scholars from Muslims as in (verse 21). God would raise from the
companions and followers of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) scholars instead of priests
and Levites. This event mentioned in these verses occurred in 638 A.D. when the
companions of Muhammad (pbuh) were led by the just ruler Calipha Omar in
freeing Palestine.
God revealed his laws in two
different occasions. The first laws revealed to Moses in Sinai were for the Israelis
and for their generation, which was practiced by Jews only, because they wanted
to benefit themselves only. When
this happened, the other nations and the rest of the world also needed a
comprehensive law from God In guide and benefit them. That is when God sent his
mercy onto them by choosing and sending Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), the last
messenger at the suitable time, to complete all the religion of God by
revealing the second and the everlasting law to fit all times and benefit all
nations and generations.
This is the light which is coming
from God to all the nations; as mentioned in (Isaiah 51:4), God
tells the people: He will a judgment to rest for light of the people and He
uses the word 'O my nation.
In case of Prophet Moses (pbuh), Allah gave him
the law for the people of which Moses belonged (Bani Israel) but in this case
He is talking of all the nation i.e. The entire humanity, ie. All matters of
the world. This was the law given to the last prophet of Allah (God) Muhammad
(pbuh), who spread to all nations directly, then after through his followers.
If the Israelis think this verse, for Messiah which they are hopping belong to
them, Verses in the Bible discuss was fit for the Messiah for to all the
nations been waiting is Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
The brethren of Israel therefore
means the descendants of Ishmael who is the brother of Isaac in Isaiah 66:20.
The difference between brethren and children is made very clear.
Isaiah 66:19-21
19 And I will work a sign among them, and I
will send such as escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that
draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard My
fame, neither have seen My glory; and they shall declare My glory among the
nations.
20 And they shall bring all your brethren
out of all the nations for an offering unto the LORD, upon horses, and in
chariots, and in fitters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to My holy
mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring their
offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
21 And of them also will I take for the
priests and for the Levites, saith the LORD.
A new law will come to all the
people by the last prophet that is similar to Prophet Moses (pbuh) as stated in
Isaiah 51: 4-5.
4 Attend unto Me, O My people, and give ear
unto Me, O My nation; for instruction shall go forth from Me, and My right on a
sudden for a light of the peoples .
5 My favour is near, My salvation is gone
forth, and Mine arms shall judge the peoples; the isles shall wait for Me, and
on Mine arm shall they trust.
If no other prophet from the
children of Israel is like Moses, then the prophet similar to Moses must be
from outside the children of Israel. Then will be Muhammad from Ishmael.
Deut. 34: 10
10 And there hath not arisen a prophet since
in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face;
Moses spoke with God. From
Muhammad's mouth the words of God were spoken. Moses and Muhammad (pbut) both
received the law from God. Deut. 18: 18-19
18 I will raise them up a prophet from among
their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put My words in his mouth, and
he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 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.
Moses spoke with God and
received the law from him as stated in the Qur'an.
Sura 7: 143-144.
Sura 7:143 When Moses came to the place
appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said: "0 my Lord! show
(Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said: "By no
means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; ifit abide in its
place, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the
Mount, He made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered
his senses he said: "Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I
am the first to believe." 144. «(Allah)) said: "0 Moses! I have
chosen thee above (other) men, by the mission I (have given thee) and the words
I (have spoken to thee): take then the (revelation) which I give thee, and be
of those who give thanks."
According to all Muslims and
Christians, Jesus was the last Prophet from Israel who followed the laws given
to Moses.
Sura 5: 44 and 46.
Sura 5
44. It was We who revealed the law (to
Moses): therein was guidance and light. By its standard have been judged the
Jews, by the prophets who bowed (as in Islam) to Allah.s will, by the rabbis
and the doctors of law: for to them was entrusted the protection of Allah.s
book, and they were witnesses thereto: therefore fear not men, but fear me, and
sell not my signs for a miserable price. If any do fail to judge by (the light
of) what Allah hath revealed, they are (no better than) Unbelievers. 45. We
ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear
for ear, tooth for tooth, and wounds equal for equal." But if anyone
remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for
himself. And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what Allah hath revealed,
they are (No better than) wrong-doers. 46. And in their footsteps We sent Jesus
the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent him the
Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had
come before him: a guidance and an admonition to those who fear Allah.
2. The
Awaited Prophet will be from the Brethren of the Jews
The verse
in discussion is explicit in saying that the prophet will come amongst the
Brethren of the Jews. Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. The Jews are the
descendants of Isaac’s son, Jacob. The Arabs are the children of Ishmael. Thus,
the Arabs are the brethren of the Jewish nation. The Bible affirms:
‘And he
(Ishmael) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.’ (Genesis 16:12)
‘And he
(Ishmael) died in the presence of all his brethren.’ (Genesis 25:18)
The
children of Isaac are the brethren of the Ishmaelites. Likewise, Muhammad is
from among the brethren of the Israelites, because he was a descendant of
Ishmael the son of Abraham.
3. God
Will Put His Words in the Mouth of the Awaited Prophet
The Quran
says of Muhammad:
“Neither
does he speak out of his own desire: that [which he conveys to you] is but [a
divine] inspiration with which he is being inspired.” (Quran 53:3-4)
This is
quite similar to the verse in Geneses 18:15:
“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” (Geneses 18:18)
The
Prophet Muhammad came with a message to the whole world, and from them, the
Jews. All, including the Jews, must accept his prophethood, and this is
supported by the following words:
“The LORD
thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy
brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.” (Deuteronomy 18:15)
4. A
Warning to Rejecters
The
prophecy continues:
Deuteronomy
18:19 “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.” (in some
translations: “I will be the Revenger”).
Interestingly,
Muslims begin every chapter of the Quran in the name of God by saying:
Bismillah
ir-Rahman ir-Raheem
“‘In the
Name of God, the Most-Merciful, the Dispenser of Grace.”
The
following is the account of some scholars who believed this prophecy to fit
Muhammad.
The First
Witness
Abdul-Ahad
Dawud, the former Rev. David Benjamin Keldani, BD, a Roman Catholic priest of
the Uniate-Chaldean sect (read his biography here). After accepting Islam, he
wrote the book, ‘Muhammad in the Bible.’ He writes about this prophecy:
“If these
words do not apply to Muhammad, they still remain unfulfilled. Jesus himself
never claimed to be the prophet alluded to. Even his disciples were of the same
opinion: they looked to the second coming of Jesus for the fulfillment of the
prophecy (Acts 3: 17-24). So far it is undisputed that the first coming of
Jesus was not the advent of the Prophet like unto thee and his second advent
can hardly fulfill the words. Jesus, as is believed by his Church, will appear
as a Judge and not as a law-giver; but the promised one has to come with a
“fiery law” in his right hand.”
The
Second Witness
Muhammad
Asad was born Leopold Weiss in July 1900 in the city of Lvov (German Lemberg),
now in Poland, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was the descendant of a
long line of rabbis, a line broken by his father, who became a barrister. Asad
himself received a thorough religious education that would qualify him to keep
alive the family’s rabbinical tradition. He had become proficient in Hebrew at
an early age and was also familiar with Aramaic. He had studied the Old
Testament in the original as well as the text and commentaries of the Talmud,
the Mishna and Gemara, and he had delved into the intricacies of Biblical
exegesis, the Targum.
Commenting
on the verse of the Quran:
“and do
not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth”
(Quran 2:42)
Muhammad
Asad writes:
“By
‘overlaying the truth with falsehood’ is meant the corrupting of the biblical
text, of which the Quran frequently accuses the Jews (and which has since been
established by objective textual criticism), while the ‘suppression of the
truth’ refers to their disregard or deliberately false interpretation of the
words of Moses in the biblical passage, ‘The Lord thy God will raise up unto
thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him
ye shall hearken’ (Deuteronomy 18:15), and the words attributed to God himself,
‘I will raise them up a prophet from among thy brethren, like unto thee, and
will put my words in his mouth’ (Deuteronomy 18:18). The ‘brethren’ of the
children of Israel are obviously the Arabs, and particularly the musta’ribah
(‘Arabianized’) group among them, which traces its descent to Ishmael and
Abraham: and since it is this group that the Arabian Prophet’s own tribe, the
Quraish, belonged, the above biblical passages must be taken as referring to
his advent.”
Footnotes:
“He (Jesus) came unto his own, but his own received him not” (John 1:11)
John 18:36.
‘Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources’ by Martin Lings, p. 1-7.
Ibid, p. 156
‘Berlin to Makkah: Muhammad Asad’s Journey into Islam’ by Ismail Ibrahim Nawwab in the January/February 2002 issue of Saudi Aramco Magazine.
Muhammad Asad, ‘The Message of The Quran’ (Gibraltar: Dar al-Andalus, 1984), p. 10-11
Bible Prophecies of Muhammad (part 3 of 4):
New Testament Prophecies of Muhammad
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John
14:16 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever.” (American Standard Version)
In this
verse, Jesus promises that another “Comforter” will appear, and thus, we must
discuss some issues concerning this “Comforter.”
The Greek
word paravklhtoß, ho parakletos, has been translated as ‘Comforter.’ Parakletos
more precisely means ‘one who pleads another’s cause, an intercessor.’ The ho
parakletos is a person in the Greek language, not an incorporeal entity. In the
Greek language, every noun possesses gender; that is, it is masculine, feminine
or neutral. In the Gospel of John, Chapters 14, 15 and 16 the ho parakletos is
actually a person. All pronouns in Greek must agree in gender with the word to
which they refer and the pronoun “he” is used when referring to the parakletos.
The NT uses the word pneuma, which means “breath” or “spirit,” the Greek
equivalent of ruah, the Hebrew word for “spirit” used in the OT. Pneuma is a
grammatically neutral word and is always represented by the pronoun “it.”
All
present day Bibles are compiled from “ancient manuscripts,” the oldest dating
back the fourth century C.E. No two ancient manuscripts are identical. All
Bibles today are produced by combining manuscripts with no single definitive
reference. The Bible translators attempt to “choose” the correct version. In
other words, since they do not know which “ancient manuscript” is the correct
one, they decide for us which “version” for a given verse to accept. Take John
14:26 as an example. John 14:26 is the only verse of the Bible which associates
the Parakletos with the Holy Spirit. But the “ancient manuscripts” are not in
agreement that the “Parakletos” is the ‘Holy Spirit.’ For instance, the famous
Codex Syriacus, written around the fifth century C.E., and discovered in 1812
on Mount Sinai, the text of 14:26 reads; “Paraclete, the Spirit”; and not “Paraclete,
the Holy Spirit.”
Why is it
important? It is significant because in biblical language a “spirit,” simply
means “a prophet.”
“Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because
many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
It is
instructive to know that several biblical scholars consideredparakletos to be
an ‘independent salvific (having the power to save) figure,’ not the Holy
Ghost.
The
question, then, is: was Jesus’ parakletos, Comforter, a ‘Holy Ghost’ or a
person - a prophet - to come after him? To answer the question, we must
understand the description of ho parakletos and see if it fits a ghost or a
human being.
When we
continue reading beyond chapter 14:16 and chapter 16:7, we find that Jesus
predicts the specific details of the arrival and identity of theparakletos.
Therefore, according to the context of John 14 & 16 we discover the
following facts.
1. Jesus
said the parakletos is a human being:
John
16:13 “He will speak.”
John 16:7
“…for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you.”
It is
impossible that the Comforter be the “Holy Ghost” because the Holy Ghost was
present long before Jesus and during his ministry.
John
16:13 Jesus referred to the paraclete as ‘he’ and not ‘it’ seven times, no
other verse in the Bible contains seven masculine pronouns. Therefore,paraclete
is a person, not a ghost.
2. Jesus
is called a parakletos:
“And if any
man sin, we have an advocate (parakletos) with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.” (1 John 2:1)
Here we
see that parakletos is a physical and human intercessor.
3. The
Divinity of Jesus a later innovation
Jesus was
not accepted as divine until the Council of Nicea, 325 CE, but everyone, except
Jews, agree he was a prophet of God, as indicated by the Bible:
Matthew
21:11 “...This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.”
Luke
24:19 “...Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people.”
4. Jesus
prayed to God for another parakletos:
John
14:16 “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another parakletos.”
Footnotes:
Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.
“Besides the larger discrepancies, such as these, there is scarcely a verse in which there is not some variation of phrase in some copies [of the ancient manuscripts from which the Bible has been collected]. No one can say that these additions or omissions or alterations are matters of mere indifference.” ‘Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts,’ by Dr. Frederic Kenyon, Eyre and Spottiswoode, p. 3.
1 John 4: 1-3
‘...Christian tradition has identified this figure (Paraclete) as the Holy Spirit, but scholars like Spitta, Delafosse, Windisch, Sasse, Bultmann, and Betz have doubted whether this identification is true to the original picture and have suggested that the Paraclete was once an independent salvific figure, later confused with the Holy Spirit.” ‘the Anchor Bible, Doubleday & Company, Inc, Garden City, N.Y. 1970, Volume 29A, p. 1135.
Genesis 1: 2, 1 Samuel 10: 10, 1 Samuel 11: 6, Isaiah 63: 11, Luke 1: 15, Luke 1: 35, Luke 1: 41, Luke 1: 67, Luke 2: 25, Luke 2: 26, Luke 3:22, John 20: 21-22.
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Prophecies of Muhammad (part 4 of 4): More New Testament Prophecies of Muhammad
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5. Jesus describes the function of the other Parakletos:
John 16:13 “He will guide you into all the
truth.”
God says in the Quran of Muhammad:
“O mankind! The Messenger has now come unto you with the
truth from your Lord: believe, then, for your own good!...” (Quran 4:170)
John 16:14 “He will glorify Me.”
The Quran brought by Muhammad glorifies
Jesus:
“…who shall become known as the Christ Jesus, son of Mary, of
great honor in this world and in the life to come, and [shall be] of those who
are drawn near unto God.” (Quran 3:45)
Muhammad also glorified Jesus:
“Whoever testifies that none deserves worship
except God, who has no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger,
and that Jesus is the servant of God, His Messenger, and His Word which He
bestowed in Mary, and a spirit created from Him, and that Paradise is true, and
that Hell is true, God will admit him into Paradise, according to his deeds.”
(Saheeh Al-Bukhari, Saheeh Muslim)
John 16:8 “he will convince the world of its
sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.”
The Quran announces:
“Indeed, they have disbelieved who say, ‘God is the Christ,
son of Mary’ - seeing that the Christ [himself] said, ‘O Children of Israel!
Worship God [alone], who is my Lord as well as your Lord.’ ‘Indeed, whoever
ascribes divinity to any being beside God, unto him will God deny paradise, and
his goal shall be the fire: and there are not for the wrongdoers any helpers!’”
(Quran 5:72)
John 16:13 “he shall not speak of himself;
but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak.”
The Quran says of Muhammad:
“Neither does he speak out of his own desire: that [which he
conveys to you] is but [a divine] inspiration with which he is being inspired.”
(Quran 53:3-4)
John 14:26 “and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
The words of the Quran:
“…while the Messiah had said, ‘O Children of Israel, worship
God, my Lord and your Lord.’” (Quran 5:72)
…reminds people of the first and greatest
command of Jesus they have forgotten:
“The first of all the commandments is, ‘Hear,
O Israel; the Lord our God is one Lord.’” (Mark 12:29)
John 16:13 “and He will disclose to you what
is to come.”
The Quran states:
“That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal, [O
Muhammad], to you…” (Quran 12:102)
Hudhaifa, a disciple of Prophet Muhammad,
tells us:
“The Prophet once delivered a speech in front
of us wherein he left nothing but mentioned everything that would happen till
the Hour (of Judgment).” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari)
John 14:16 “that he may abide with you for
ever.”
…meaning his original teachings will remain
forever. Muhammad was God’s last prophet to humanity. His teachings are
perfectly preserved. He lives in the hearts and minds of his adoring followers
who worship God in his exact imitation. No man, including Jesus or Muhammad,
has an eternal life on earth. Parakletos is not an exception either. This
cannot be an allusion to the Holy Ghost, for present day creed of the Holy
Ghost did not exist until the Council of Chalcedon, in 451 CE, four and half
centuries after Jesus.
John 14:17 “he will be the spirit of truth”
…meaning he will a true prophet, see 1 John
4: 1-3.
John 14:17 “the world neither sees him...”
Many people in the world today do not know
Muhammad.
John 14:17 “...nor knows him”
Fewer people recognize the real Muhammad,
God’s Prophet of Mercy.
John 14:26 “the Advocate (parakletos)”
Muhammad will be the advocate of humanity at
large and of sinful believers on Judgment Day:
People will look for those who can intercede
on their behalf to God to reduce the distress and suffering on Day of Judgment.
Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus will excuse themselves.
Then they will come to our Prophet and he
will say, “I am the one who is able.” So he will intercede for the people in the
Great Plain of Gathering, so judgment may be passed. This is the ‘Station of
Praise’ God promises Him in the Quran:
“…It may be that your Lord will raise you to Station of
Praise (the honor of intercession on the Day of Resurrection)” (Quran 17:79)
Prophet Muhammad said:
“My intercession will be for those of my
nation who committed major sins.” (Al-Tirmidhi)
“I shall be the first intercessor in
Paradise.” (Saheeh Muslim)
Some Muslim scholars suggest what Jesus
actually said in Aramaic represents more closely the Greek word periklytos
which means the ‘admired one.’ In Arabic the word ‘Muhammad’ means the
‘praiseworthy, admired one.’ In other words, periklytos is “Muhammad” in Greek.
We have two strong reasons in its support. First, due to several documented
cases of similar word substitution in the Bible, it is quite possible that both
words were contained in the original text but were dropped by a copyist because
of the ancient custom of writing words closely packed, with no spaces in
between. In such a case the original reading would have been, “and He will give
you another comforter (parakletos), the admirable one (periklytos).” Second, we
have the reliable testimony of at least four Muslim authorities from different
eras who ascribed ‘admired, praised one’ as a possible meaning of the Greek or
Syriac word to Christians scholars.
The following are some who attest that the
Paraclete is indeed an allusion to Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God
be upon him:
The First Witness
Anselm Turmeda (1352/55-1425 CE), a priest
and Christian scholar, was a witness to the prophecy. After accepting Islam he
wrote a book, “Tuhfat al-arib fi al-radd ‘ala Ahl al-Salib.”
The Second Witness
Abdul-Ahad Dawud, the former Rev. David Abdu
Benjamin Keldani, BD, a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect.
After accepting Islam, he wrote the book, ‘Muhammad in the Bible.’ He writes in
this book:
“There is not the slightest doubt that by
“Periqlyte,” Prophet Muhammad, i.e. Ahmad, is intended.”
The Third Witness
A synopsis of the life of Muhammad Asad has
already been given above. Commenting on the verse:
“…an apostle who shall come after me, whose name shall be
Ahmad” (Quran 61:6)
…where Jesus predicts the coming of Muhammad,
Asad explains that the word Parakletos:
“…is almost certainly a corruption of
Periklytos (‘the Much-Praised’), an exact Greek translation of the Aramaic term
or name Mawhamana. (It is to be borne in mind that Aramaic was the language
used in Palestine at the time of, and for some centuries after, Jesus and was
thus undoubtedly the language in which the original - now lost - texts of the
Gospels were composed.) In view of the phonetic closeness of Periklytos and
Parakletos it is easy to understand how the translator - or, more probably, a
later scribe - confused these two expressions. It is significant that both the
Aramaic Mawhamana and the Greek Periklytos have the same meaning as the two
names of the Last Prophet, Muhammad and Ahmad, both of which are derived from
the Hebrew verb hamida (‘he praised’) and the Hebrew noun hamd (‘praise’).”
Footnotes:
Quran 33:40.
See also Saheeh Al-Bukhari
‘Sirat Rasul Allah,’ by Ibn Ishaq (85-151 CE)p, 103. ‘Bayn al-Islam wal-Masihiyya: Kitab ‘Abi Ubaida al-Khazraji ,’ p. 220-221 by Abu Ubaida al-Khazraji (1146-1187 CE) p. 220-221. ‘Hidaya tul-Hayara,’ by Ibn ul-Qayyim, p. 119. ‘al-Riyadh al-Aniqa,’ by al-Suyuti, p. 129.
Read his biography here: (http://www.muhammad.net/biblelp/bio_keldani.html.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-GNqx-BC4&feature=relmfu
The Promised Prophet of the Bible
http://thedeenshow.com/uploads/content/6a8baaa0a555564e220d2b8c1220e1a9.pdf
Prophet Muhammad The last Messenger in the bible - by Kais Al Kalby
http://d1.islamhouse.com/data/en/ih_books/single/en_prophet_mohammad_in_the_bible.pdf
Islam in the bible (including Clear Prophesies of Prophet Muhammad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKTnakYWEfM&feature=related
Further reading:
http://thedeenshow.com/uploads/content/6a8baaa0a555564e220d2b8c1220e1a9.pdf
http://www.islamic-message.net/admin/Books/The_Prophet_Muhammad_pbuh_from_A_to_Z_and_more.pdf
http://islamicbulletin.com/free_downloads/prophet/mohammed_kaisy.pdf
http://www.bibladhekurani.com/libraria_b_k/anglisht/muhammad_in_the_bible.pdf
Abdul Raheem Green
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPbS0RCvBE&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL3E84BF242CD4ACE2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZjDErZIBo&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL3E84BF242CD4ACE2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_Hx6iYtzM&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw-GNqx-BC4&feature=relmfu
http://neurotherapy-of-christian-brain.blogspot.com/2012/05/john-1426-analysis-passion-of-christ.html
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