Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Bible
"Those to whom We gave the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognise him (Muhammad SAW or the Ka'bah at Makkah) as they recongise their sons. But verily, a party of them conceal the truth while they know it - [i.e. the qualities of Muhammad SAW which are written in the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)]. " (Quran 2:146)
Who is Spirit of Truth?
God starts the chapter by drawing our attention to a very special person that He will send. He describes this person as:
"Behold, My Servant whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations." (Isaiah 42: 1)
"Here is My servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations (Gentiles)" (Matthew 12: 18)
"Here is My servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations (Gentiles)" (Matthew 12: 18)
Isaiah is originally written in Hebrew. Hebrew and Arabic shared lots of common words because they are both semitic languages. Prophet Muhammad is also known as Abdullah, Mustafa and Habibullah.
Another names of Prophet Muhammad:
God's servant = 'Ebed' (Hebrew) = 'Abd' (Arabic) => Abd-Allah (The servant of Allah)
God's chosen one = Mustafa (Arabic)
God's delight = Habibullah (Arabic) => Beloved of Allah
"His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem." (Song of Solomon 5: 16)
O daughters of Jerusalem." (Song of Solomon 5: 16)
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| Translation of Hebrew Bible to English |
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| Prophet Muhammad's name in Hebrew language (the origin language of Bible) |
Prophet Muhammad was an illiterate man. He cannot read and he cannot write. There is no way that he copied the bible. There are some similarities between Islam and Christianity because we are all from the same God, and Allah (God) revealed the books of scripture for human to follow. Allah appointed messengers (Prophets) to warn human to worship Allah, not to worship idols, pagans, another human being, and all of His own creation. All these prophets brought the same mission, to preached human to worship Allah. The prophets restored messages from the prophets before themselves.
Prophet Muhammad is the last prophet and Allah perfected the religion of Islam (Quran 5:3). That's why there is no other prophet and scripture after Prophet Muhammad and Quran.
"The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I cannot read" (Isaiah 29: 11-12)
(the mother of the faithful believers) The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was in the form of good dreams which came true like bright daylight, and then the love of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many days before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey food for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food likewise again till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "I do not know how to read." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "The angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read (or what shall I read)?' Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said, 'Read in the name of your Lord, who has created (all that exists), created man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous." (96.1, 96.2, 96.3) Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) returned with the Inspiration and with his heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija bint Khuwailid and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his fear was over and after that he told her everything that had happened and said, "I fear that something may happen to me." Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep good relations with your kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza, who, during the pre-Islamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa, "Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) described whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, "This is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn you out." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked, "Will they drive me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who came with something similar to what you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should remain alive till the day when you will be turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while. (Sahih al-Bukhari 3)
The Prophet (ﷺ) returned to Khadija while his heart was beating rapidly. She took him to Waraqa bin Naufal who was a Christian convert and used to read the Gospels in Arabic Waraqa asked (the Prophet), "What do you see?" When he told him, Waraqa said, "That is the same angel whom Allah sent to the Prophet) Moses. Should I live till you receive the Divine Message, I will support you strongly." [Sahih al-Bukhari 3392]
"And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Otherwise the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt." (Quran 29:48)
The first word revealed to Prophet Muhammad through angel Gibrael is "Iqra" which means "Read"
Recite in the name of your Lord who created - (Quran 96: 1)
Let us increase our knowledge by READ the Quran and other books that can elevate our intellectual and knowledge.
3. A New Prophet
"I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him." (Deuteronomy 18: 18 - 19)
And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him." (Deuteronomy 18: 18 - 19)
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14: 15 - 17)
4. The Last Messenger
"Behold, the former things have come to pass. Now I declare new things." (Isaiah 42: 9)
"But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning."
(Gospel of John 15: Verse 26 - 27)
"But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because people do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned."
(Gospel of John 16: Verse 7 - 11)
"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you." (Gospel of John 16: Verse 12 - 14)
Surat Aş-Şaf (The Ranks), Chapter 61, Verse 6:
"And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad." But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic." (Quran 61:6)
Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah , of all things, Knowing. (Quran 33: 40)
5. Isra' Mikraj in Bible
Isra' is the night journey of Prophet Muhammad, from Arab to Juruselam within one night. You can read the whole story of Isra' in Quran Chapter 17, Surah Al Isra'.
"Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts." (Malachi 3: 1)
6. Arab ancestors of Hajar (Hagar, Prophet Abraham second wife) and her son, Prophet Ishmael
1This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced on the Israelites before his death. 2He said: “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with[a] myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.[b] 3 Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction (Bible > NIV > Deuteronomy 33: 1-3)
Sinai refers to Moses, Seir is a town in Palestine (referring to Jesus), Mount Paran (is a Mountain in Hejaz or a part of Saudi Arabia). The ten thousand ones with flaming fire are the companions in their coming form Mecca to Medina. They were holding a flames of fire in their hands as mentioned in the biography of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Prophet Muhammad was of Ishmael ancestors. Prophet Ishmael and his mother, Hagar lived in Mount Paran.
20God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt. (Bible > NIV > Genesis 21: 20-21)
7. New Qiblah (direction for prayer)
We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muhammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram. And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allah is not unaware of what they do.
And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers. (Quran 2: 144-145)
The Chosen One = Mustafa refer to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
References:
- Muhammed (pbuh) in Bible, http://www.islamawareness.net/Mib/, viewed 22nd March 2018.
- Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) In The Bible, http://www.islam101.com/religions/christianity/mBible.htm, viewed 22nd March 2018.
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