Prophecies of Allah's Messenger, Muhammad
(pbuh), in the Torah
1.
Allah Almighty said to Moses
(pbuh), "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." [Deuteronomy 18: 18]
This is one of
the definitive verses of the Jews that show that this Prophet who will come at
the end of time will not be from the children of Israel, but rather from the
brethren of the children of Israel: the children of Ishmael (Ismail).
The brethren of the children of Israel are
either the Arabs or the Romans.
The Arabs are the children of Ishmael
(peace be upon him), and Ishmael (pbuh) is the brother of Isaac (Is-haq), peace
be upon him, the father of Jacob (Ya`coub), peace be upon him, who is also
known as Israel.
The Romans are the children of al-`Eis,
and only one prophet has ever come from the Romans: Job (Ayyoub), peace be upon
him, who came before Allah's Prophet, Moses (pbuh), so it is not correct to say
that he is the one foretold in the Torah.
Therefore, the prophet foretold in the
Torah must have been from the Arabs, the children of Ishmael, since he is the
only one remaining and they are the brethren of the children of Israel.
If the awaited prophet was to have been
from the children of Israel, it would have been possible for Allah to say to
them, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among you." Rather, He
(Mighty & Majestic) said, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among
their brethren."
Should someone claim that the awaited
prophet was Joshua (Yeshu`a ibn Noon), the reply would be that:
Allah Almighty said to Moses, "I will
raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee…"
It is common knowledge that Joshua was one
of the prophets of the Israelites, but the awaited prophet is from the brethren
of the children of Israel, not from them.
As we have indicated, if the awaited
prophet was from the children of Israel, it would have been possible for Allah
to say to them, "I will raise them up a Prophet from among you." That
is because the twelve tribes of Israel were present at the time of Moses
(pbuh), and therefore, the meaning of "their brethren" is the
children of Ishmael (pbuh), and this is what the straightforward, honest mind
accepts.
It is stated clearly in the Torah that
Isaac (pbuh) and his sons, the children of Israel, are the brethren of Ishmael
(pbuh), as in the Book of Genesis 16: 12, "…and he shall dwell in the
presence of all his brethren."
This confirms the saying of Allah Almighty
to Moses, "like unto thee.."
It is known that there will not be another
prophet like Moses (pbuh) to come from the children of Israel, since this is
stated in the Torah. In other words, another prophet like Moses (pbuh) will
come, but he will not be from the children of Israel, and since Joshua is from
the children of Israel, he is not the awaited prophet.
This is also the case of Jesus (pbuh); he
is not like Moses (pbuh) because Moses (pbuh) came with a new law, but Jesus
(pbuh) did not come with a new law, as it is said in the Gospel of Matthew 5: 17,
"I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill."
It is also because Allah Almighty created
Jesus (pbuh) without a father; so he is not like Moses (pbuh).
Therefore, he is not the prophet foretold
in the Torah.
The resemblance between the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) and Moses (pbuh), on the other hand, is remarkable, since:
1. Both
of them came with a new law.
2. Both
the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Moses (pbuh) left their homelands to get away
from their enemies. Muhammad (pbuh) immigrated to Medina, and Moses (pbuh)
immigrated to Madian.
3. There
is a resemblance between the names of both of the cities that Allah's Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) and Moses (pbuh) fled to: Medina and Madian are remarkable
similar in name.
4. Both
the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Moses (pbuh) fought their enemies and were
granted victory by Allah (Mighty & Majestic).
5. Allah
(Mighty & Majestic) gave the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) the authority to judge
between people by the Book of Allah (Mighty & Majestic)—the Holy Quran—just
as Allah (Mighty & Majestic) gave Moses (pbuh) the authority to judge
between the people by His Wisdom (Noble & Sublime).
That is why
the rabbis (the scholars among the Jews) knew well that this awaited prophet,
who would appear toward the end of time, would be from the descendents of
Ishmael (pbuh)—the Arabs.
Thus we are not surprised by the presence
of Jews in Medina or by the fact that they moved there and were living right
next door to the Arabs, since they knew of this awaited prophet who would be
sent before the end of time, and the place he was expected to emerge, as
referenced in their books: "He shone forth from Mount Paran," as we
will explain by the Will of Allah Almighty.
This is the secret behind the inhabitants
of Medina accepting Islam before the migration of the Prophet (pbuh) there,
from all they had heard from the Jews of Medina about the expected emergence of
this awaited prophet.
Among the Jews were those who knew about
the arrival of the awaited prophet, but they thought he would be sent from
among the children of Israel, so when this awaited prophet was sent from the
Arabs, and the people of Medina, who had been enemies of the Jews, followed
him, the rage and malice of the Jews increased tremendously because this
awaited prophet had emerged from the Arabs and not from them. So the people of
Medina preceded the Jews in believing in him (pbuh) after they had been the
ones taunting them and claiming they would be victorious over the people of
Medina when the prophet came, they followed him, and they fought by his side.
Salman al-Farisi (may Allah be pleased
with him) was one of those who came to the Arab lands to await the coming of
the Prophet (pbuh) since he knew where this awaited prophet would come from. He
left his livelihood in the Persian and Roman empires for that reason—to follow
the truth after searching so long for it.
2.
It is stated in Deuteronomy
33: 2, "And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto
them; he shined forth from mount Paran…"
Seir in the
Torah is the name of a mountain in Palestine.
Mount Paran is in the mountains of the
Holy City of Mecca to which Ishmael (pbuh) migrated with his mother, Hagar.
Confirming that Mount Paran is among the
mountains of Mecca is this passage from the Torah, "And he (Ishmael) dwelt
in the wilderness of Paran…" [Genesis 21: 21]
In translation of the Samarian Torah,
punlished in 1851, it states that Ishmael lived in the wilderness of Paran in
the Hijaz. This confirms that Mount Paran is in the mountains of the Holy City
of Mecca.
This is further established by the full
passage from their books. In Genesis 21: 14-21, it says,
And Abraham rose up early in
the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed,
and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
And the water was spent in the bottle, and
she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
And she went, and sat her down over against
him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the
death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and
wept.
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the
angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth
thee, Hagar? Fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in
thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well
of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad
drink.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and
dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran…
The
"lad" here is Ishmael (pbuh), and the "well" is the well of
Zamzam.
Therefore, the wilderness of Paran is that
which is at the Holy City of Mecca, and this is the undeniable truth.
To return to
our first point about Deuteronomy 33: 2,
The quote from the Book of Deuteronomy
resembles the prophecy of Moses (pbuh) about the coming of the morning,
"The Lord came from Sinai."
It also resembles the prophecy of Jesus
(pbuh) about the breaking of morning, "And dawned on them from Seir."
Likewise, it resembles the prophecy of
Muhammad (pbuh) concerning the rising of the sun and the shining of its light
over the horizon, for he (pbuh) is the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers, and
there will be no prophet or messenger after him (pbuh): "He shone forth
from Mount Paran."
Similar to the passage we have quoted from
Deuteronomy is a Verse from the Holy Quran. In the Words of Allah Almighty,
{By the fig, and the olive, *
By Mount Sinai, * And by this city of security (Mecca)...}
[Al-Tin 95: 1-3]
"The
fig" and "the olive" refer to the place they grow, which is the
land from which Jesus (pbuh) appeared.
"Mount Sinai" refers to the
place Moses (pbuh) was called from.
"This city of security" refers
to the place Muhammad (pbuh) was called from: the Holy City of Mecca, and
before him, Ishmael (pbuh).
3. Among
the descriptions of Allah's Messenger (pbuh) in their books, in the words of
the Torah, from Isaiah 29: 12, "And the book is delivered to him that is
not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not
learned." Who is this unlearned prophet?
Without a
doubt, it is the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), since as we know, he was unlearned;
he could neither read nor write.
Thus the illiteracy of Allah's Messenger
(pbuh) is proof of his prophethood and the truth of his message (pbuh). He is
the unlearned teacher of all of mankind: learned and unlearned.
He (pbuh) is the one who taught all of
humanity the true meaning of monotheism (tawhid) and the exclusive
worship of Allah (Mighty & Majestic). He (pbuh) is the one who brought this
upstanding law and these noble directives.
4. Among
the descriptions of the people to whom the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was sent, as
in the words of the Torah, "They have moved me to jealousy with that which
is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move
them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to
anger with a foolish (ignorant) nation." [Deuteronomy 23: 21]
Without a
doubt, this description is definitely of the people of the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh), for they were not a nation; rather, they were disparate, warring
tribes, without king, ruler, or chief. Additionally, they were ignorant of
reading and writing, except for a few.
With the coming of the Prophet Muhammad
(pbuh), however, they became brothers who loved each other and supported one
another. They came to have a great nation—the Islamic nation—whose leader was
the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The two greatest empires of the day, Persia and
Rome, were subjugated to it, and it became advanced in many different fields of
knowledge for its time, while still adhering to the guidance of their prophet,
Muhammad (pbuh) and what he urged them to do.
Some of the scholars of the Jews
attempted, falsely, maliciously, and spitefully, to attribute this
unlearnedness to the Greek civilization, but they failed in doing so, because
the Greeks, hundreds of years before the appearance of Jesus (pbuh), were
advanced in science and art and they stayed with the rules of the Torah and the
other books of the Old Testament, as they claim.
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