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In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent
Muhammad in the Bible
Hazrat Muhammad
(SAW)to come before the
Second Advent of Jesus (AS)
Peter describing the time of "That Prophet" [that propet is referring to "that prophet"
mentioned in Deuteronomy
18:18] 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
Christ. Jesus 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 form you and given to a nation
bringing forth fruits thereof." (Matthew
21:43).Thus Jesus 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 Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), the Holy Founder of
Islam. For in the first place, he came from among the descendents of
Ishmael, the brethren of Israelites; so that the promise of God concerning
Ishmael 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 (AS), with the exception of Moses
(AS), brought a new law or dispensation; not did any of them claim to have
been like unto Moses (AS). On the other hand, it has been expressly
written about Hazrat Muhammad SAW) in the Holy Quran that he was the
prophet like unto Moses (AS). "We have raised a prophet among you like unto the prophet hat 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 Muhammad spoke
naught form 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 form 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 (AS) and rising up
from Seir alludes that of Jesus (AS). The prophet who shone forth from Mount
Paran could be no other than the Holy Prophet (SAW) of Arabia, as Paran is the
ancient name of the part of Arabia where the children of Ishmael (AS), the
ancestors of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW), settled.
The Arabic form of the word
Paran is Faran or Pharan. Jacut''s 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 Ishmael,
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 Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) 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).
Arabia is the land of the
Promised One
A third prophecy is: "The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye
travelling companions of Dedanim. The inhabitants of the Land of Tema
brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him
they fled. For they fled form the swords, from the drawn swords and from
the bent bow, from the grievousness of war. For thus hath the Lord said unto me,
within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the glory of
Kedar shall fail; And the residue of number of archers, the mighty men of
the children of Kedar, shall diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath
spoken it." (Isaiah 21:13-17).The first point to bear in mind in
connection with this prophecy is that Arabia is the scene of the Prophecy.
This is most significant. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) appeared in Arabia. Secondly,
the prophecy speaks of "Him that fled". The flight of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is
momentous event in the history of the world. It is upon the flight of Hazrat
Muhammad (SAW) from Mecca that the Muslim calendar begins.
Thirdly, "fled from drawn
swords" conclusively proves the fulfillment of the prophecy in Hazrat
Muhammad (SAW) who fled from Mecca when his house was surrounded by his
deadly enemies who stood there, drawn swords in had, thirsty for his
blood.
Fourthly, another clear
testimony in favor of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) is found in: "within a year...
all the glory of Kedar will fail... the mighty men of Kedar shall
diminish." This was fulfilled in the battle of Badr which occurred within
a year from the flight of Muhammad, and in which battle, the Quraish of
Mecca (Kedar) sustained a crushing defeat; most of their mighty men fell.
Rev. C. Forster locates the Kedar in Hedjaz and identifies them with
Koraish. See: The Historical Geography of Arabia by Rev. C. Forster, pp.
244-265.
The Name Muhammad
Mentioned in the Bible
There is an important prophecy in the Song of Solomon (5:9-16). In this prophecy, the one who is spoken of here
is the beloved of God. One of the titles of Muhammad is Habibullah -- the
beloved one of God. Secondly: "My beloved is white and ruddy". This was
the color of Muhammad, Thirdly, "Chiefest among then thousands". We have
already shown that Muhammad was at the head of ten thousand followers at
the time of the conquest of Mecca. The fourth and most striking point in
this prophecy is the name of Muhammad in verse 16. It reads: "Yea, he is
altogether lovely" in English Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, the word is
"Muhammad-im". See Hebrew Bible printed for the British and Foreign Bible
Society by Trowitzsch & Sons, Berlin, P.
1159.
The Promised Comforter of
the Gospel
The prophecy runs as follows: "If ye love me, keep my commands. And I will pray to the Father and He shall give you another Comforter. That he may abide with you forever; even
the Spirit of truth." (John 14:15-17).Jesus was the first comforter, and another
comforter would be one like him, as a man not a ghost!
"But the Comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the Father will send in
my name, he shall teach you all things.." (John
14:26).Again:
"Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go
away, for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send him unto you." (John 16:7).
"I have yet many things to say
unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; for he shall not speak
of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will
shew you things to come. He shall glorify me." (John
16:12-14).John 14:26 says that the Holy Ghost is the Comforter. This claim is
contrary to the plain and unambiguous words of John 16:7, wherein Jesus (AS)
says that his going away, i.e., the death of Jesus is inevitably necessary of
the coming of the Comforter. The New Testament says that John was filled with
the Holy Ghost even before he was born (Luke 1:14), and speaks of Jesus (AS)
himself as receiving the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove (Matthew
3:16).
Thus, the Holy Ghost was wont
to visit men before Jesus as well as in his own time. To what, then is the
reference in the words, "If I go not away the Comforter will not come unto
you." Surely not to the Holy Ghost; for it is a matter of common knowledge
that the Holy Ghost was co-existing with Jesus, and it would be
sacrilegious to think for a moment that Jesus was without the Holy Ghost.
So, the Comforter was someone other than the Holy
Ghost. This also supports our
assertion that there have been many interpolations in the existing
Christine Bible. It is quite obvious that the Comforter cannot be the Holy
Ghost, as Jesus use the pronoun "he" instead of "it" in connection with
the Comforter.
Comforter Was To Bring
Complete Teachings
According to the prophecy: The Comforter, the Spirit of truth, "will guide you into all truth". The Holy Prophet Muhammad was (SAW) the
only prophet who claimed to have brought the complete teachings through
the Holy Quran about which Devenport Says: " The Quran is the general code of the Muslim world; a social, civil,
commercial, military, judicial, criminal, penal and yet religious code; by
it everything is regulated; from the ceremonies of religion to those of
daily life; from salvation of the soul to the health of the body; from the
rights of general community to those of society, from morality to crime,
from punishment here to that of the life to
come."According to the prophecy: the Comforter would not speak of himself
but "whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak". The spirit descended upon
the Apostles at Pentecost was not the Comforter who should not speak of
himself, for this spirit broke even the body in which it dwelt. "Me, I, my,
we, ourselves" were words uttered by Peter, John, Phillip, James, and by
twelve when they assembled together. Hence, the words of prophecy cannot be
twisted to the Holy Ghost, which was given to them already as is clear from
John 20:22 -- "And when he (Jesus) had said this, he breathed on then, and
saith unto them. Receive ye the Holy Ghost."
Moreover, the Holy Ghost, being
the third person of the Trinity, is a co-partner in the God-head and has a
fair claim to at least one third of it. Why, then should it be reduced to
the status of a recipient, hearing anything from any other person. It is,
on the hand, the active agent imparting words to others who should
communicate them to mankind. Obviously, the passage refers to a man
inspired by God, who will transmit to others nothing beyond what is
revealed to him. "He doth not speak of himself, but it is the word of God
that is revealed to him" says the Holy Quran (53:4-5). The Comforter is
repeatedly spoken of in the Bible as the "Spirit of Truth" and it may be
observed here in passing that the word Comforter cannot, by stretch of
fancy, be twisted to fit in with the Holy Ghost, for nowhere in the Bible
is the latter called the Spirit of Truth. Furthermore, Jesus (AS) speaks
of Him as another Comforter. Jesus (AS) himself, of course, was one
Comforter. The other Comforter foretold, therefore, must also be mortal
like himself. The Quranic picture is the same in this respect when it
proclaims the advent of the Holy Prophet thus: "Qul Jaa''al Haqqo Wa
Zahaqal Baatilo, Innal Baatila Kaana Zahooqa" -- Say, the Spirit of Truth
iscome and falsehood is vanished. (Al-Quran
17:82). It is futile to object that the
Holy Prophet was a man and not a "Spirit". The Bible itself has used the
word "Spirit" in a large variety of senses, as for example: "The Spirit is
willing but flesh is weak" where it signifies the spiritual part of man.
Again, it is also used to stand for God, both in the Holy Quran and the
Bible, as descending upon the righteous, and yet again it signifies a holy
person: That which is born of the spirit is spirit". The Christian
contention that the word "spirit" cannot apply to corporal being is
therefore without basis.
Hazrat Muhammad (SAW)
Cleared Jesus of All False Charges
Another function of the Comforter is: "He shall glorify me," which implies the presence of a human being to bear
evidence. What the Holy Ghost can, at best, do is no more than to install
into human minds. This, however, is anything but glorifying. Even
granting, for the sake of argument, that the Holy Ghost did actually bear
witness through human beings, the question arises whether he did purify
Jesus of the false charges laid at his door. The Jews heaped curses upon
him and alleged that he had died on the cross, which they regarded
according to the Scriptures as an accursed death. Did the Christians,
inspired by the Holy Ghost, clear him of this? No! On the contrary, they
assisted the Jews in their blasphemous propaganda, by admitting his death
on the cross. Furthermore, they imputed to him the most abominable
offense, namely, that he called himself the son of God in the literal
sense. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of God be upon
him) alone fulfilled these prophetic words of the Gospel. He it was who
emphatically pronounced the divine word: "I shall purify thee (O Jesus) of
all the false charges imputed to thee by the disbelievers." (Al-Quran
3:56). How far the Holy Prophet (SAW)
succeeded in achieving this can be judged from the fact that every Muslim
looks upon Jesus (peace be upon him) as the righteous servant of God, as
His Prophet. Belief in Jesus (AS) forms a part of Muslim''s
faith. Another characteristic of the Promised Comforter, as set forth in
the Gospel, has proved another stumbling block to the Christians. "That he
(the Comforter) may abide with you for ever" gives them the erroneous
impression that the Comforter, in order to be immortal, must need be a
"spirit" and not a human being, which betrays their ignorance of the Bible
itself. The very words of Jesus (AS) in this connection will suffice
to remove this erroneous idea: "He shall give you another Comforter that
he may abide with you for ever", clearly indicate that the Comforter will
abide for ever in a certain sense in which Jesus himself shall not. As a
matter of fact, when Jesus (AS) spoke of the cessation of his own life and
the continuation of that of Comforter, he implicitly referred to the
duration of their existence through their teachings and their spiritual
influence on mankind. When a Prophet is raised up for
the reformation of a people, he is equipped with a two-fold weapon - a
code of laws wherewith to regulate the life of man, and a personal
magnetism exercising an ennobling influence upon whomsoever he may come in
contact with. In both these respects, Jesus has ceased to exist long
since, while the Holy Prophet of Islam lives on to this day and shall live
on for ever. Jesus came with a set of laws and spiritual force, whereby he
effected a considerable reformation among his own people for a time. But,
by and by the laws that were suited to the stage of society ceased to be
of practical utility when found with the subsequent growth and development
of that society, and the spiritual force that had wrought miracles of old,
lost its efficacy and vanished. Thus arose the need for another Comforter
who should bring with him a perfect law, not for a particular clan or
clime but for the whole of the human race. Civilization was, by this time,
sufficiently grown up, to receive teachings which went far beyond the
mental capacity of the Jews of his time. A perfect law to regulate the
whole human society was thus required to replace the inadequate code of
Jesus. Muhammad was raised to meet the need in reference to which the Holy
Quran says: "And We have not sent thee but as an embodiment of mercy for
all the worlds (i.e., for all peoples and all ages)". (Al-Quran
21:108). For Us muslims to check every
phrase and verse in the bible for Muhammed is really unjustified. We dont
need the Bible to prove the bonifidy of our Nabbee, however to Satisfy the
christians we show to them their
scriptures.
