For Christians,Do You Know That the Prophet of Islam, Mohammed (P.B.U.H), Is Mentioned in the Books of Bible?

Question

Islam is for all people from when it was revealed until the Day of Judgment. Indeed, mention of Prophet Muhammad’s coming can be found in the books of the Bible in spite of the changes which have taken place in their texts.
(See Deut. 18:18, 18:15; Isaiah 29:12; Songs of Solomon 5:16; John 16:12-14 & John 14: 15-16).
In beginning one’s search for which religion is true, one should keep four things in mind: First, God gave us the ability and intellect to make the crucial decision: WHAT IS THE TRUE RELIGION? Second, God, the Most Compassionate, did not leave us to go astray without any guidance. Indeed, He sent us prophets with scriptures to show us the right path. Third, seeking the true religion must be the most important thing in one’s life because the everlasting life to come depends on it. Fourth, one can determine the true path and make a rational and correct decision only if emotions and prejudices, which often blind one to reality, are put aside.

The Biblical prophecies on the advent of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) are evidence of the truth of Islam for people who believe in the Bible.
In Deuteronomy 18, Moses 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 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)
(The verses of the Bible in this article have been taken from The NIV Study Bible, New International Version.)

From these verses we conclude that the prophet in this prophecy must have the following three characteristics:

1) That he will be like Moses.

2) That he will come from the brothers of the Israelites, i.e. the Ishmaelites.

3) That God will put His words into the mouth of this prophet and that he will declare what God commands him.

Let us examine these three characteristics in more depth.

1)A prophet like Moses:

There were hardly any two prophets who were so much alike as Moses and Muhammad (PBUH).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 and Jesus overlook not only the above similarities but other crucial ones as well. These include the natural birth, the family life, and the death of Moses and Muhammad (PBUH) but not that of Jesus. Moreover, Jesus was regarded by his followers as the Son of God and not exclusively as a prophet of God, as Moses and Muhammad were and as Muslims believe Jesus was. So, this prophecy refers to Muhammad and not to Jesus, because Muhammad is more like Moses than Jesus.

Also, one notices from the Gospel of John that the Jews were waiting for the fulfillment of three distinct prophecies:
1) The coming of Christ,2)The coming of Elijah,3)The coming of the Prophet. This is obvious from the three questions that were posed to John the Baptist: “Now this was John’s testimony, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, ‘I am not the Christ. ’They asked him, ‘Then who are you? Are you Elijah? ’He said, ‘I am not. ’‘Are you the Prophet? ’He answered,
‘No.’” (John 1:19-21).If we look in a Bible with cross-references, we will find in the marginal notes where the words “the Prophet” occur in John 1:21, that these words refer to the prophecy of Deuteronomy 18:15 and 18:18. (See the marginal notes in The NIV Study Bible,New International Version on verse 1:21,p.1594.)
We conclude from this that Jesus Christ is not the prophet mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:18.

2) From the brothers of the Israelites:
Abraham had two sons, Ishmael and Isaac (Genesis 21). Ishmael became the grandfather of the Arab nation, and Isaac became the grandfather of the Jewish nation. The prophet spoken of was not to come from among the Jews themselves, but from among their brothers, i.e. the Ishmaelites. Muhammad (PBUH), 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 down 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 that awaited messenger with the descendants of Kedar. Who is Kedar? According to Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

3) God will put His words in the mouth of this prophet:

The words of God (the Holy Qur’an) were truly put into Muhammad’s mouth. God sent the Angel Gabriel to teach Muhammad (PBUH) the exact words of God (the Holy Qur’an) and asked him to dictate them to the people as he heard them. The words are therefore not his own. They did not come from his own thoughts, but were put into his mouth by the Angel Gabriel. During the life time of Muhammad (PBUH), and under his supervision, these words were then memorized and written by his companions.
Note that God has said in the prophecy of Deuteronomy: “If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account.”(Deuteronomy,18:19).This means that whoever believes in the Bible must believe
in what this prophet says, and this prophet is Muhammad (PBUH).
(Please visit www.islam-guide.com/mib for more information on Muhammad in the Bible.)

Useful References:

A BRIEF ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ISLAM (BOOKLET):
http://www.islam-guide.com/islam-guide.pdf

This website to help new Muslims who revert to the religion of Islam:
http://www.muslimconverts.com

Another wonderful site:
http://www.harunyahya.com


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Answer 1

As I continue to search knowledge, I feel Mohammad had a false dream...........and now they are waiting for Mahdi. To me much of what Mahdi will do parallels the anti-Christ.

But as far as "End Times"..........no one knows when and I think it's sad that so many are focused on this "rapture" thing when all should just be walking in the way of the Lord and following his commandments.
Enjoy life that God gave you and walk in his ways.
Peace be with you.



The Apocalypse Of Saint John
Chapter 22
16 I Jesus have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star. 17 And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let him say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come: and he that will, let him take the water of life, freely. 18 For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book. 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book. 20 He that giveth testimony of these things, saith, Surely I come quickly: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Source(s):

Latin Vulgate
Douay-Rheims Bible

Answer 2

You twisted the scriptures to fit your imagination. You base your argument on two scriptures. Let's have a close look at the scriptures, not just the parts that you point out but their contexts.

1) Deut 18:14-20
Here the Israelites were on their exodus through the desert. They were afraid to see the fire and hear directly from God, so they asked for a prophet to guide them. Moses could not enter the promise land. As a result, God agreed with their request raising for them a prophet among them (not Ismael) to guide them after Moses. This prophet could be anyone ranging from Samuel, Isaiah, Jeremiah ... to Jonah, not necessarily Mohammad few hundred years after Christ.

2) Isaiah 42:1-13
You say this is a reference to Mohammad. But for a Christian, it is exactly the description of Christ, the son of God, who made the blind see and the deaf hear. You say verse 11 implies that the messenger is a decendent from Kedar. I don't think you understand the verse correctly. Take a closer look. The verse means the people of Kedar decendents, like everyone else, should rejoice in the arrival of the Son of God.

I hope all the poeple out there, before believing anything, take some time to read the references and their contexts. Don't just twist the texts according to what you want to believe.

Answer 3

Oh my, we certainly have confused the point of scripture. The texts you refer to are definitely not about Mohammad - The Deut. is referring to Christ, the one in Isaiah is about no specific person but is making a point about relationship to God and His Word, Songs of Solomon is referring to Christ and the Church (the particular verse you reference is speaking of Christ), John 16:12-14 is referring to the Holy Spirit whom Jesus would send when He ascended back to the Father, and John 14:15-16 is also referring to the Holy Spirit, the 3rd member of the Trinity. Mohammad was a man and only a man - Jesus Christ was fully man and fully God - The Bible is totally about God and His desire to save man ----there is NOTHING in it concerning Mohammad.

Answer 4

Dear Brother,

You forgot to state that former Christian scholar and preacher David Benjamin Keldani made great compositions proving that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was mentioned in the Bible; both in the Old Testament and the New Testament too.

Keldani was a very well-educated superb scholar who knew Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Greek, Latin and other languages very fluently. He showed exactly where in the Bible is Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) mentioned.

Remember well that at the time of the appearance of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Jews and Christians alike were waiting for his appearance in order to follow him. The Koran referred to those people and denounced many of them for twisting the truth; out of fear that the prophethood would go away from the House of Israel and pass instead to the House of Ismael.

Please read the composititons of David Benjamin Keldani. In my opinion, they are very superior and complementary to the compsitions of Ahmad Deedat and other great Islamic scholars regarding this particular issue.

Answer 5

O really? If people of the book that is Jews and Christians are told of the coming of Allah's messenger, and if Jesus, Moses and Mary, the mother of Jesus are mentioned in the Koran, then what is the purpose of Sura 9.28 unbelievers (all non Muslims) are unclean.
And why were Jews and Christians viewed as infidels and treated with contempt. They did have to pay a poll tax. And why do Muslim men disrespect non Muslim women?

Answer 6

All these interpretations of Islamic scholars tell us that they are desperate to prove Muhammad's identity by twisting the Bible verses. But they forgot that equating an ordinary person called Muhammad with God or Holy Spirit is a great sin. It is very clear that Bible does not talk anything about Muhammad.

Muhammad is not still alive so he can not be with us forever or dwell in us as he was flesh. Since Muhammed was a man he could be seen and people knew him so how could John 14: 16-17 be referring to a man?

The Greek term Parakletos is used to refer to "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of Truth". Bible says in John 14:16-17, "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you."

John 14:26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."

"Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of Truth" will come and dwell in us and will be a helper, comforter and advocate for us. When Jesus promised to give another Helper, He did not say that Muhammad (or a man) will DWELL IN YOU but He said that "Holy Spirit" or "Sprit of Truth" will come and live in you and guide you, lead you and teach you all things. Spirit of Truth means Spirit of God or Spirit of Jesus as we read in John 14:6, Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." Jesus or God is the Truth and Spirit of truth is called Holy Spirit. These verses do not talk about Muhammad or an ordinary prophet but these verses talk about God's Spirit.

For more education on the Bible verses you quoted but do not understand please go to the site listed as my source.

Answer 7

djmantx

And do you know that some Christians today believe in all 4 gospels and teaching of Paul , but deny the trinity and divinity of Jesus? Why? Because bible says he was not God.

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djmantx

1- if the trinity and divinity of Jesus are clear as you claim .. There would not be any group of Christians denying them... actually there is no single verse is bible jesus said I'm God... and no single verse says God is made of 3 diffrent entities.

2- As for the name of Jesus .. Two facts you must know: the First: there is no agreement among Christians themselves about the true name of Jesus, second the Aramaic name the predates the evolution of the word Jesus read: isho/easa/ishoe
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061023070310AAPwEPX

3- I replyed to you comment about trinity and original sin here:

http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AksCtJ_QXHw0U5VUc_E1PkL44gt.?qid=20070128144613AAIwG7D

Answer 8

isaiah 29:12-12 Or if you give the scroll to someone who cannot read, and say, "Read this, please," he will answer, "I don't know how to read." -speaks nothing of a prophet or messiah.

song of solomon 5:16-His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my lover, this my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
- in context to the rest of the chapter is nothing more than a poem. the book song of solomon has no prophetic relevance nor value. in context, also speaks nothing of a prophet or messiah.

John 16:12-14-12"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all 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. 14He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.- you cannot take it out of context. talks about the holy spirit, thus creating the trinity, which is necessary to fulfill god's plan. literal interpretation of the whole chapter tells us that jesus was granting the world with the holy spirit after his ascension into heaven.

john 14:15-16-15"If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." - you convienently left out verse 17, which affirms that jesus was speaking of the holy spirit which resides within us.

duet 18:18- the only thing muslims can actually identify with. but this verse too is extremely debatable. there are too many characters that moses could have been talking about for it to be a clear concise introduction of muhammad. it is unreasonable to think he was talking about muhammad anyway. both verse 18 and 15 could be talking about jesus. a man from the tribe of david (jewish), who went against the laws of the old covenent because he was the new covenent (also makes him a gentile in the eyes of a pharasee). the direction of the verse is too vague to pinpoint one person.

you want to see a verse that does foretell the comming of muhammad?

Matthew 7:15-15"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

Answer 9

HAHAHA

You misread it, he was talking about Elvis Presley.
Come on guys if you can't find proof in your own books, don't sneak in the others' and try to make yourself believe, you know what He was talking about? You will answer me Mohammed (P.B.U.H.) [cause I mean no offense to you, nor to your religion], please, look not in others' religion cause people study it for years
to understand it, you won't in 10 minutes, with all due respect.

4Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,[a]' and will deceive many. 6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Mattew 24
9"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Answer 10

Hi Keep Smiling. You've obviously gone to a lot of trouble to ask this question. Unfortunately, I would suggest you go back and reread the scriptures you quoted. And please read them in context with the chapters they appear. NO OFFENSE, SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE ANY!!!!! Mohammad does not qualify as a prophet of the Bible.
I Cr 13;8a.
The only pure religion is to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep yourself unspotted from the world.
James 1;27.