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What the Bible Says About Prophet
Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)
According to the Bible, God said to Moses, on whom be peace:
I will
raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brohters; I will put
my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
(The Holy Bible, New International Version, Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse
18).
The prophet described in the above verse must have the
following three characteristics:
1. He will be like Moses.
2. He
will come from the brothers of the Israelites, i.e. the Ishmaelites.
3.
God will put His words in the mouth of that prophet and he will declare
what God commanded him.
Let us see which prophet God was speaking
of.
1. The prophet like Moses
Some people feel that this prophecy
refers to the prophet Jesus, on who be peace. But, although Jesus (Peace
be upon him) was truly a prophet of God , he is not the prophet spoken of
here. He was born miraculously, and finally, God raised him up
miraculously. On the other hand, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is more like
Moses (Peace be upon him); both were born in a natural way and both died
natural deaths.
2. From among the Ishmaelites
Abraham (Peace be upon him) had
two sons, Ishmail and Isaac (Peace be upon them) (Genesis, chapter 21).
Ishmael (Peace be upon him) became the grandfather of the Arab nation, and
Isaac became the grandfather of the Jewish nation. The prophet spoken of
was to come not from among the Jews themselves, but from among their
brothers, the Ishmaelites. Muhammad (Peace be upon him), a descendant of
Ishmael, is indeed that prophet.
3. God will put His words in his mouth
"Neither the
content of the revelation, nor its form, were of Mohammed's devising. Both
were given by the angel, and Muhammed's task was only to repeat what he
heard."
(World Religions form Ancient History to the Present, by
Geoffrey Parrinder, p. 472)
God sent the angel Gabriel (Peace
be upon him) to teach Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the exact words that he
should repeat to the people. The words are therefore not his own; they did
not come from his own thoughts, but were put into his mouth by the angel.
These are written down in the Qur'an word for word exactly as they came
from God.
Now that we know that prophet we must listen to him, for,
according to the Bible, God says:"I will punish anyone who refuses to
obeh him" (Good News Bible, Deut. 18:19).
