HIS CHARACTERISTICS
In Deuteronomy 18, Moses (peace be upon him) stated that God told him:
I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and The Gospel of Barnabas is not included in either the Protestant or
Catholic Bible. (Editor) he will tell them everything I command him. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet
speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.
(Deuteronomy 18:18-19) From these verses, we can conclude that the prophet mentioned in this prophecy must have the following three Characteristics:
Firstly, he will be like Moses (peace be upon him).
Secondly, he will descend from the brothers of the Israelites, the Ishmaelites.
Thirdly, God will put His words into the mouth of this prophet, and he will declare what God commands him.
Let us examine these three characteristics in depth:
Proof 2:A prophet like Moses (peace be upon him)
There were hardly any two prophets who were as similar as Prophets Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). Both were given a comprehensive law and code of life. Both encountered their enemies and were victorious in miraculous ways. Both were accepted as prophets and statesmen. Both migrated, following conspiracies to assassinate them. Analogies between Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) overlook not only the above similarities, but other crucial ones as well. These include the natural birth, the family life, and even death; both Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) died the natural Death.
Some people believe that this prophecy refers to Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him). However, this cannot be true. The following ten points of comparison between Prophets Moses (peace be upon him), Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon
him) and Jesus (peace be upon him) demonstrate that Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) does not fit this particular prophecy. It would clarify the identity of “that Prophet” who has come after Moses (peace be upon him). This comparison is self- evident. Following are the details:
When these words were spoken, they were addressed to the Israelites. The most notable ‘brethren’ of Israelites (descendants of Abraham through his second son Isaac) are the Ishmaelites (descendants of Abraham through his first son Ishmael).
1. Birth
The birth of Jesus (peace be upon him) was miraculous. According to Christian and Muslim beliefs, he was miraculously born of the Virgin Mary. However, both Moses
(peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) were born in the usual manner; the physical association of man and woman. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses; however, Muhammad is like Moses.
2. Parents
In the Gospel of St. Matthew 1:18, “…before they came together, [Joseph the Carpenter and Mary] she was found with child by the Holy Ghost.” St. Luke tells us that when the good news of the birth of a holy son was announced to her, Mary reasoned: …how this shall be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the highest shall overshadow thee… (Luke 1:35)
The Holy Qur’an confirms the miraculous birth of Jesus in noble and sublime terms. See chapter 14: “Eleven Facts about Jesus (peace be upon him) and his Mother (Mary) in the Islamic Teachings.” It should be noted that it is not necessary for Allah to plant a seed in any human or animal. He merely wills it and it comes into being. This is the correct view of the conception and birth of Jesus.
Moses had a father and a mother; so did Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). Jesus, however, had only a mother and no human father. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
3. Marital status
Both Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) got married and had children. There is no record of a marriage and offspring in the case of Jesus (peace be upon him). Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
4. Death
Both Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) died due to natural causes and were buried. The end of the mission of Jesus (peace be upon him) on the earth was unusual; being raised up to the heavens according to Islamic belief and crucifixion according to Christian belief.8 According to Christians, Jesus died for the sins of the world, but Moses did not have to die for the sins of the world. He and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) died due to natural causes. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
5. Prophethood
Jesus was regarded by later Christians as the Son of God and not as a prophet of God (Allah), as Moses and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) were. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
6. Acceptance/rejection of prophethood by people (moral
success)
Unlike Jesus, Moses and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) were accepted as prophets by their people in their very lifetime. No doubt, the Jews gave endless trouble to Moses and they wandered in the wilderness. He left Egypt when he
learned of a plot to kill him; he went to Medyan, where he was welcomed and reassured by Jethro. However, ultimately, the Jews, as a nation, acknowledged that Moses was a Messenger of Allah sent to them. The Arabs, too, made Muhammad’s life
terribly difficult during the first ten years of his mission. He suffered very badly at their hands and left his home town Makkah, upon learning about a plot to kill him. He went to
Yathrib, which was later called Madinah, after 13 years of preaching in Makkah. However, before his demise, the Arab nation as a whole accepted him as the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him).
On the other hand, Jesus (peace be upon him) was not accepted by the people to whom he was sent. According to the Bible, “He [Jesus] came unto his own, but his own people received him not.” (John 1:11) Even today, after two thousand years, his own people – the Jews, as a whole – still reject him. Thus, from this aspect, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
7. Confrontation of the enemy
Moses encountered his enemies (the Pharaoh’s army) who sought to destroy him and his followers before they could escape to the Red Sea. Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) also encountered his enemies (the pagan Arabs), who sought to destroy him and his followers in several battles. No such encounter was reported in the case of Jesus. On the contrary, Jesus was reported to have commanded his disciple,
Simon Peter, to put his sword back into its sheath when he attempted to defend Jesus at the time of his arrest. From this aspect as well, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
8. Victory
Moses’ encounter with his enemies ended with a military and moral victory. His enemies drowned, and Moses and his followers were saved. Muhammad’s encounters with his enemies also ended with his final military and moral victory over them. He and his followers re-entered Makkah, the city and centre of plotting against him. Impressed with his truthfulness and magnanimity, the great majority of his former enemies chose to become Muslims and his ardent supporters. Jesus’ victory against his enemies was only a moral victory, which did not involve an immediate military victory over them at the same time. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
9. Acceptance
During his lifetime, after his people’s initial resistance and scepticism, Moses was accepted by his people as a Prophet, not withstanding certain lapses (such as the worship of the golden calf).9 Also, after initial resistance, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was enthusiastically accepted as a Prophet and a leader, also during his lifetime. Until the end however, and with the exception of a few followers, Jesus (peace be upon him) was rejected by his people (the Israelites). The Christian Gospel clearly confirms this: when Jesus (peace be upon him)
An Israelite was found picking up firewood on Sabbath Day, and Moses had him stoned to death. (Numbers 15:36) There are other crimes, also mentioned in the Bible, for which capital punishment was inflicted on the Jews at the behest of Moses.was dragged before the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, and charged with sedition, he made a convincing point in his defence to refute the false charge.
He said: My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence. (John 18:36) This convinced Pilate (a pagan) that although Jesus (peace
be upon him) might not be in full possession of his mental faculty, he was not a danger to his rule. Jesus claimed a spiritual kingdom only; he only claimed to be a Prophet. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
10. Preservation of teachings
The teachings revealed to Moses were available in a written form in his lifetime. The Qur’an revealed to Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was also written down in its entirety during his lifetime and under his supervision. The teachings of Jesus, however, were not written during his lifetime. Even the earliest Gospel was written down many years after him. Therefore, Jesus is not like Moses, but Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is.
With these ten points of comparison between Moses (peace be upon him), Jesus (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), any rational person will conclude that Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is the prophet referred to in Deuteronomy 18:18-19, “like unto me (Moses).”
Proof 3:That he will descend from the brothers of the
Israelites, the Ishmaelites
The two prophets, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) and Moses (peace be upon him), were both descended from the brothers of the Israelites. To elaborate, Abraham (peace be upon him) had two wives: Sârah and Hagar. Hagar bore Abraham his first son, Ishmael (peace be upon him), and then Sârah bore him Isaac (peace be upon him).Ishmael became the grandfather of the Arab nation, and Isaac became the grandfather of the Jewish nation. The prophet who was prophesized about was not to come from among the Jews themselves, but from among their brothers, the Ishmaelites.
According to the Hebrew Dictionary of the Bible, ‘brethren’ is the “personification of a group of tribes who were regarded as near kinsmen of the Israelites.” The Bible refers to the Israelites as the brethren of the Ishmaelites (for instance, see Gen.16:12 and
Gen.25:18). Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), a descendant of Ishmael, is indeed this prophet.
Also, Isaiah 42:1-13 speaks of the servant of God, His ‘chosen one’ and ‘messenger’ who will bring a law. “He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.” (Isaiah 42:4)
Verse 11 connects the ‘chosen one’ with the descendants of Kedar. Who was Kedar?
According to Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the ancestor of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him).
The full text in the chapter of Isaiah 42:1-8 reads: Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smouldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; He will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope. This is what God the LORD says – he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and
all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives
The same verse prophesies about the ‘chosen one’, whose mission of prophethood would be for all the nations; this fits only Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) whose mission was for all nations, unlike the Hebrew prophets whose missions were limited to Israel: …he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not fail or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law… Let the desert and its cities lift up their voice, the villages Kedar inhabits.
Proof 4: God (Allah) will put His words in the mouth of this
prophet, and he will declare what God commands him.
Allah, the Almighty, sent the angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) to teach Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) the exact words he should repeat to the people. The words are, therefore, not his own; they did not come from his own thoughts. Instead, they were put into his mouth by the angel. To clarify, a teacher is teaching a language to a student; if he asks from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in
darkness. I am the LORD; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.him to read or repeat after him, is he not putting these unheard words of a foreign tongue into his student’s mouth? In an identical manner, the words of the Holy Qur’an were Revealed.
History tells us that Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was forty years of age. He was in a cave some three miles north of the city of Makkah. It was the 27th night of the Islamic month of Ramadan. In the cave, the arch-angel Gabriel (peace be upon him) commands him in his mother tongue: iqrâ’ which means read, proclaim, or recite!
Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) is terrified and, in his bewilderment, he replies that he is unlettered. The angel commands him a second time with the same result. For the third time, the angel utters the same command. Now, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) grasps that what is required from him is to repeat and to recite, and he repeats the words as they are put into his mouth: {Recite in the name of your Lord who created – created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous – Who taught by the pen – taught man that which he knew not.} (Qur’an 96: 1-5)
As soon as the awesome angel departed, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) rushed back home, shaking in fear and sweating all over. He asked his beloved wife, Khadeejah (radiya Allâhu ‘anhâ – may Allah be pleased with her) to cover him up. He lay down, and she remained by him, calming him down and comforting him. When he had regained his composure, he explained to her what he had seen and heard.
She assured him that Allah would not allow any terrible thing to happen to him. During the next twenty-three years of his life after being given the prophethood, words were ‘put into his mouth’ in the same way, and he uttered them. These words (verses) made an indelible impression on his heart and mind, and as the volumes of the sacred scripture (the Noble Qur’an) grew, they were recorded on palm leaves, on skins and on the shoulder-blades of animals as well as in the hearts of his devoted disciples.
The words (revelation) were actually put into his mouth exactly as foretold in the prophecy under discussion, “and I will put my words in his mouth.” (Deut. 18:18) In a similar quote from John 16:13, Jesus (peace be upon him) says, “When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his authority, but whatever he hears he will speak.” Also, Jesus (peace be upon him) foretold that the “Paraclete” to come after him was one who, “shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak.”
As a scholar of comparative religion has said:Neither the content of the revelation, nor its form, were of Muhammad’s devising. Both were given by the angel, and Muhammad’s task was only to repeat what he heard.
Proof 5: Unlettered Prophet
Muhammad’s experience in the cave of Hirâ (later known as Jabal an-Noor – the Mountain of Light), and his response to that first revelation is the exact fulfilment of another Biblical prophecy. In the Book of Isaiah, chapter 29, verse 12,15 we read,
“and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: read this, I pray thee: and he saith: I am not learned.”
It is a well-known fact that Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was unlettered;16 he could not read or write. He was described in the Qur’an as the unlettered Prophet. (Qur’an 7: 157-158)17 Allah has also said: {Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. It is not but a revelation revealed, taught to him by one intense in strength.} (Qur’an 53: 3-5)
Proof 6: A new song
Another indication (other than the prophecy in Deuteronomy) is that Isaiah ties the messenger connected with Kedar with ‘a new song’ (meaning a scripture in a new language) to be sung to the Lord (Isaiah 42:10-11). More explicitly, the Book of Isaiah mentions, “For with stammering lips, and another tongue, will he speak to this people…” (Isaiah 28:11) This latter verse correctly describes the “stammering lips” of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) reflecting the state of tension and concentration, as well as of unfamiliarity, that he went through at the time of revelation.
Proof 7: Revealed in sections
A related fact is that the Qur’an was revealed in sections over a span of twenty-three years. It is interesting to compare this with Isaiah 28 which speaks of the same thing, “For it is: Do and do, do and do, rule on rule, rule on rule; a little here, a little there.” (Isaiah 28:10)
Proof 8: Name of God
Deuteronomy 18:19 reads, “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.” This prophecy in Deuteronomy has mentioned that this prophet will speak the words of God starting with the name of God. If we look at the Qur’an, we will find that all its chapters, except chapter 9, are preceded or begin with the phrase: “In the Name of God (Allah), the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.” The very first passage of the Qur’an revealed to Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) reads: {Recite in the name of your Lord who created.} (Qur’an 96 :1)
Furthermore, Islam also teaches people to start almost every action in their daily life with the words: “In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful,” which is in accordance with the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him).
As mentioned earlier, the name ‘Allah’ is how He refers to Himself in the Qur’an, and how Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) always referred to him. To say, “in the Name of Allah” is a far clearer fulfilment of the prophecy: “He shall speak in My name,” than other common expressions such as “In the name of God” or “In the name of the Father.
”Comment on ‘the Father’: This is an example of the serious distortions in the Bible. Allah has said about Himself: {He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.} (Qur’an 112: 3-4)
Proof 9: The ‘one in whom God’s soul delights’ is called the
‘servant of God’ (V.1), His ‘elect’ (V.1) and His Messenger
(V.19)
Translated into Arabic these titles read: ‘Abduhu wa rasooluhu, al-mustafâ. All the prophets were indeed slaves, messengers and elects of Allah. Yet, no prophet in history has been called universally by these specific titles as Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) has been. The testimony of faith by which the person enters into the fold of Islam reads, “I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship other than
Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.”
Virtually, the same formula is repeated five times a day during the call to prayers, five times a day immediately before the beginning of prayers, nine times a day during the minimum mandatory prayers and several more times if the Muslimperforms additional recommended prayers. The most common title of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) since his mission until today is Rasool Allâh (the Messenger of
Allah). The Qur’an has given him this title. During his lifetime, he was addressed as such by his followers. The voluminous collections of Hadith have been narrated typically in these forms: “I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) say…” or “The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) said…” He has been described in the Qur’an as ‘Allah’s slave’ and Allah’s Messenger’.
Proof 10: He shall not fail nor be discouraged till he has set
judgement in the earth (V.4), he shall prevail against his
enemies (V.13) and shall bring judgement to the Gentiles
(V.1)
While comparing the lives and missions of Jesus (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), it is clear that this verse talks about Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). To elaborate, in the case of
Jesus, he expressed, on more than one occasion, how disappointed he was with the Israelites’ rejection of him. Also, Jesus was not present long enough to prevail over his enemies (beyond the moral victory, which is common to all prophets).
On the other hand, we find no trace of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) being discouraged even in the most critical moments of his mission. In one year, his beloved and supporting wife, Khadeejah (may Allah be pleased with her) died, following 25 years of successful marriage; his uncle, Abu Tâlib, who was instrumental in protecting him from the fury of the pagan Arabs (in Makkah) also died. These two tragedies were combined with the fact that his followers constituted only a small persecuted and tortured group. Under such trying circumstances, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) went to the city of Taif to invite people to Islam and
seek their support in his struggle against paganism. He was rejected, mocked at and stoned until his knees and feet bled. In spite of all this, he was never “discouraged” (to use Isaiah’s term, V.4).
His constant utterance was: <<O Allah! Forgive my people for they do not know what they are doing.>> (Bukhari)
When the angel of mountains offered him the chance to retaliate by destroying their city, he refused in the hope that some of descendants of these wicked people would worship Allah, and indeed, some of them did!
After this bitter struggle, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) “prevailed against his enemies”, established a strong community of believers who indeed “brought judgement to the Gentiles”, especially in the Persian and Byzantine
Empires. Many such Gentiles were guided to Islam while others suffered defeats. As such, he was truly “a light of the Gentiles” and for the whole world as well.
Proof 11: “He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice
to be heard in the street” (V.2)
Not only was this a distinct characteristic and mark of decency of Muhammad’s, it was indeed the embodiment of the revelation given to him. In the words of the Qur’an: {And be moderate in your pace and lower your voice; indeed, the most disagreeable of sounds is the voice of donkeys.} (Qur’an 31: 19) {Allah does not like the public mention of evil except by one who has been wronged…} (Qur’an 4: 148)
Proof 12: “The Isles shall wait for his law”
The only prophet, who came after this prophecy (Isaiah’s time) with a complete and comprehensive code of law, was Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). The law revealed to him spread to all corners of the earth, even to the remote islands and the farthest deserts.
Proof 13: “God’s glory will not be given to another” (V.8)
The greatest glory a person receives from God (Allah) is to be entrusted as His messenger to humankind and receive His glorious revelation. Not only did this apply to Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), but it uniquely applied to him as the last and final messenger and prophet of Allah. Truly, Allah’s glory (revelation of scriptures) was not given and will not be given to any other prophet after Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), as he is the ‘seal’ of all prophets. After a letter or a message has been written, folded and sealed, nothing further can be added to it. It has been more than 1400 years since Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was sent and the Qur’an was revealed to him.
Yet, we hear of no genuine prophet of the magnitude and influence on humanity to be compared with such figures as Abraham (peace be upon him), Moses (peace be upon him), Jesus (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him); nor do we hear about another post- Qur’anic glory or holy book that has influenced humankind to such a degree.
Proof 14: A descendant of Ishmael (peace be upon him)
The person to come was connected with the Arabs, and specifically with the descendants of Ishmael (peace be upon him), who settled in Makkah and its environs. Verse 11 to the 42nd chapter of Isaiah leaves absolutely no doubt about the
identity of that prophet.
“Let the wilderness of and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit, let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.” (Isaiah 42:11)
According to the Book of Genesis, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael (Gen.25:13). The best prophet, who came from Ishmael’s descendants, is Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). His enemies (of his own clan), who were misled by their leaders or mighty men (as described in Isaiah 21:17), ultimately embraced Islam and were embraced by it. Indeed, they had reason to “lift up their voice”, to “sing” praise of God,
and “shout from the top of the mountains”. Consider now this daily call to prayer, heard around the world from every mosque: Allâhu Akbar! (Allah is the Greatest!)
This “shouting” is chanted annually by multitudes of Muslims from all over the world from Mount ‘Arafah and other places as part of the annual rites of Hajj (pilgrimage): “Here I am [at Your command] O Allah. Here I am. Here I am. There is no partner with you [in our worship]. Here I am at Your command. Verily, yours is the praise, the blessings and sovereignty. There is no partner besides you [in our worship].”
Proof 15: He will be sent “to open the blind eyes, to bring
out the prisoners from the prison, (and) them that sit in
darkness out of the prison house” (V.7)
Many of those who were opposed to the truth and fought Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) bitterly ended up as the most devout believers. Their blindness to the truth was cured. Those who lived in the darkness of an unholy life came to the light of truth completed through the mission of Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him).
No wonder the Qur’an describes itself as ‘light manifest’. Describing the Qur’an, Allah has addressed Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him): {…[This is] a book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that you might bring humankind out of darknesses into the light by permission of their Lord – to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy.} (Qur’an 14: 1)
Proof 16: “Sing unto the Lord a new song and his praise
from the ends of the earth…” (V.10)
A new song may be a reference to a new scripture in a language other than the language of the Israelite scriptures. This interpretation seems consistent with a more explicit mention of someone who will be speaking to people (including the Israelites) in “another tongue”. (Isaiah 28:11)
This explanation seems to fit closely with the verse (Isaiah 24:16) which speaks of the praise of God “from the ends of the earth”. Only in the case of Islam do we find this prophecy realized in amazing accuracy. In all ends of the earth, five times every day, the praise of Allah and of His last messenger, Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), is chanted from the minarets of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of mosques around the world. Additionally, frequent praises of Allah and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) by millions of devout Muslims are made on daily basis. It is even a part of the five daily obligatory prayers to praise Abraham and his descendants along with Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) and his descendants.
The 42nd chapter of Isaiah is indeed a fascinating one. It is not a casual or ambiguous reference to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him) who was to come centuries later. It is rather a comprehensive profile, which fits only one person: Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). After all, the chapter relates this profile to Kedar, son of Ishmael, and no other descendant of Ishmael fits this description except Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him).
Proof 17: Riding the camel
Prophet Isaiah (peace be upon him) prophesied that two leaders whom he metaphorically called ‘chariots’ would come, one riding a donkey, and another riding a camel, “And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a
chariot of camels, and he hearkened diligently with much heed.” (Isaiah 21:7, KJV) Who are the ‘couple of horsemen’?
They are Jesus (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him). Let us examine the proof: Jesus fulfilled the riding of the donkey prophecy, “Jesus
found a young donkey, and sat upon it, as it is written.” (John 12:14)
The quote ‘as it is written’ is referring to Isaiah 21:7. It is important to know that nowhere in the New Testament do we see Jesus (peace be upon him) riding any camel. Nowhere in the New Testament do we see any fulfilment of any kind about the prophecy of riding the camel.
When we look at Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him), he rode the camel several times during his lifetime. Perhaps, the most well-known event of him riding the camel is when he migrated from Makkah to Madinah to escape the torture of the pagans. Then, when Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) rode into Madinah on his camel, the Muslims in Madinah wanted to build the first Islamic mosque and the Prophet’s humble home next to it. They argued with each other about the site because each group/tribe wanted the location to be in their neighbourhood. So, to avoid hurting
anyone’s feelings, the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him) gave his camel the reins so that it would walk and then settle at the location that it naturally chose. This wisdom from Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) solved the problem.
Now, the open question to any Jewish rabbi or Christian priest or minister is as follows:
Where in the Bible do we see the prophecy about riding the camel being fulfilled?
Who in the Bible was the prophet who rode the camel to fulfil the Prophecy of Isaiah 21:7? The New Testament fulfils the riding of the donkey prophecy in John 12:14 and it claims that it fulfilled only that prophecy. There is still an unfulfilled prophecy regarding riding the camel in the New Testament.
If Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) was not the one who fulfilled the remainder of the prophecy in Isaiah 21:7, then who was that prophet?
These prophecies in the Old and New Testaments predict, in unequivocal terms, the advent of Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him) and the genuineness of his prophethood.
Source: (Majed S. Al-Rassi)
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