Prophet Muhammad (p) Prophesied in the Bible By: Ismaa'eel Abu Adam

(This is the Transcript of my lecture "Prophet Muhammad Prophesied in the Bible")

Before I begin I would like clarify that Muslims believe the Quran is the 100% literal Word of od! it is the only authoritative! authentic and "reserved #ivine scri"ture free from all human and "hiloso"hical ideas$ %he &oly Quran is the last and final scri"tural revelation given to mankind by od$ It was revealed to the last 'ro"het! Muhammad (") more than 1!*00 years ago$ %hus a Muslim does not need any other scri"ture to base his or her faith on! either in full or in "art$ &owever there is nothing unusual or ob+ectionable if a Muslim believes that the Bible contains a""arent "ro"hecies about 'ro"het Muhammad! this is because the Quran itself confirms this fact$ In the Quran we find a verse which claims that 'ro"het Muhammad was "ro"hesied in the "revious revelations given to the "revious "ro"hets$ When the Quran mentions these "revious revelations from od it means ,the original scri"tures or revelations- that the old "ro"hets received$ &owever due to the fact that today Bible .cholars all around the world tell us that these original scri"tures no longer e/ist we must therefore turn to the Bible which we "ossess today to see if we can still find references to 'ro"het Muhammad therein$ #es"ite this fact "ointed out by Bible scholars there are still many "ro"hecies in the Bible which indicate his coming with the message of od (Islam)$ I will share them with you! starting with the 0ld %estament before getting to the 1ew %estament$ I ho"e that by the end of this lecture you will be better informed and able to make your own +udgment about this to"ic$ In reference to 'ro"het Muhammad the Quran says [SLIDE !: ,Those who follow the Messenger the unlettered prophet they find described in the Torah that is with them and in the Gospel- (Quran 23142)$ We can see from this verse that des"ite the fact that the original Bible scri"tures no longer e/ist there still remains statements of truth in the Biblical scri"tures$ %he verse is telling us that the descri"tion of 'ro"het Muhammad was found in the %orah and os"el of his time therefore we should e/"ect to find the

same descri"tions today$ Well lets see what we find in the 0ld %estament$ I will begin with the %orah of Moses before looking at the writings of other 0ld %estament "ro"hets$ I should also mention that the word ,%awrahwhich means %orah in the 5rabic language refers to the books of Moses! but can be used in reference to the com"lete 0ld %estament and all 6ewish scri"tures as well$ %his includes the ,7aboor- or the 'salms within the 0ld %estament$ %his is how the term has been understood by the 6ewish nation historically and this is how it was understood by the 5rabs and early Muslims$ 5lfred 6$ 8olatch says in his book called ,%his is the %orah-3 ,In Jewish tradition the word Torah, which literally means teaching, is often used to describe the entire gamut of Jewish religious learning !hen so used, Torah refers not only to the fi"e boo#s of Moses, but also to the prophets, $oly !ritings, Talmud, and Midrash In fact all religious writings from earliest times to the present -

"LD #ES#AME$# (%) od said to 'ro"het Moses [SLIDE &!3,%nd the &ord said to me' !hat
they ha"e spo#en is good I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brethren, and I will put My words in $is mouth, and $e shall spea# to them all that I command $im - (#euteronomy 19312:19) Before commenting on this verse let me give you some historical information$ 5mong 'ro"het 5brahams descendants there are two famous genealogical branches! the Ishmaelites and the Israelites$ %he 5rabs are Ishmaelites! they descend from Ishmael! 5brahams first born son$ %he 6ews and Israelites in general descend from Isaac! 5brahams second born son$ od blessed 5brahams sons Ishmael and Isaac with individual s"ecial blessings in enesis 12 and &e "romised that 5brahams descendants would occu"y all the territories e/tending from the ;u"hrates <iver in modern day Ira= all the way to the 1ile <iver in modern day ;gy"t in enesis 14319$ In fulfillment of this "ro"hecy these lands are today occu"ied by the descendants of 5braham! the Ishmaelites! the 5rabs$ It is not true that the faith of 5braham was "reserved by the "eo"le of Israel alone$ 5braham himself offered tithes to the >anaanite "riest Melchi?edek and was blessed by him ( enesis 1*319)$ 6ethro! the father:in:law of Moses was also a "ro"het of od! as well as 6ob! Balaam! 5d! &ud! @o=man and many other "ro"hets! none of them were 6ews$

When the words of #euteronomy 19 were s"oken! they were addressed to the Israelites$ %he most notable ,brethren- of the Israelites (descendants of 5braham through his second son Isaac) are the Ishmaelites (descendants of 5braham through his first son Ishmael)$ 5ccording to the &ebrew #ictionary of the Bible [SLIDE '!( the definition of the word ,Brethren- is the3 ,(ersonification of a group of tribes who were regarded as near #insmen of the Israelites$- Indeed the "roof that the Bible refers to the Ishmaelites as the brethren of the Israelites is found in enesis 1A31B and enesis B4319 where it says that the Ishmaelites where in o""osition to their brothers or brethren$ enerally s"eaking tribal systems! es"ecially in those days had to work together in unity for their success and survival! so it would make no sense for the Bible to say that the Ishmaelites where in o""osition to the Ishmaelites$ %he word ,brethren- in these verses must be in reference the Israelites! a different tribe in o""osition to the Ishmaelites$ 5nother e/am"le of the Biblical use of the word ,brethren- is found in #euteronomy B3*! 9 which calls the ;domites the brethren of the Israelites$ %he ;domites were not Israelites as is "roven in 1umbers B031*:B1! des"ite this fact they are called the brethren of the Israelites$ .o the Biblical term ,brethren- is not always used in a literal sense to refer to "eo"le of the same tribe$ %herefore the term brethren in #euteronomy 19319 can and does refer to the Ishmaelites as the brethren of their near relatives! the Israelites$ 5lso! notice that the "ro"hecy states that the coming "ro"het will be like Moses$ Many contend that this "ro"hecy is fulfilled in the "erson of 'ro"het 6esus but this is an incorrect contention$ 6esus was not an IshmaeliteC therefore he was not from the ,brethren- of the Israelites! him being an Israelite himself$ %his fact alone "roves the "ro"hecy is not about 6esus but about another "ro"het$ %hat "ro"het could be none other than 'ro"het Muhammad as we will see$ #euteronomy 19319 says that the 'ro"het will be like Moses so lets do a com"arison of the lives of Moses! Muhammad and 6esus to determine which "ro"het is most like Moses$ [SLIDE )! BI<%& Moses D Esual Muhammad D Esual 6esus D Enusual

[SLIDE *! F5MI@G @IF; Moses : MarriedH>hildren married! no children [SLIDE +! #;5%& Moses D Esual [SLIDE ,! >5<;;< Moses D 'ro"hetH.tatesman 'ro"het Muhammad D 'ro"hetH.tatesman 6esus : Muhammad : Esual 6esus : Enusual Muhammad D MarriedH>hildren 6esus : 1ot

[SLIDE -! F0<>;# ;MMI <5%I01 (in adulthood) Moses : %o Median Muhammad : %o Madinah 6esus : 1one

[SLIDE %.! ;1>0E1%;<. WI%& ;1;MI;. Moses D &ot "ursuit Muhammad D &ot "ursuitHBattles 6esus : 1othing similar [SLIDE %%! <;.E@%. 0F ;1>0E1%;<. Moses D MoralH'hysical Iictory Muhammad D MoralH'hysical Iictory 6esus D Moral [SLIDE % ! B;I1 .;1% F<0M 5 M0E1%5I1 Moses D od sent him from Mount .inai Mount 5n:1our 6esus : 15 Muhammad D od sent him from

[SLIDE %&! W<I%I1 #0W1 0F <;I;@5%I01 Moses D In his lifetime (%orah) Muhammad D In his lifetime (Quran) 6esus D os"els written after him [SLIDE %'! 15%E<; 0F %;5>&I1 . Moses D ."iritualH@egal Muhammad D ."iritualH@egal 6esus D Mainly s"iritual [SLIDE %)! 5>>;'%51>; 0F @;5#;<.&I' (by his "eo"le) Moses D <e+ected then acce"ted Muhammad D <e+ected then acce"ted 6esus D <e+ected by most Israelites (6ohn 1311)$ We can also add more similarities! for e/am"le both Moses and Muhammad started their "ro"hetic missions at the age of *0 while 6esus started his at age J0 and only 6esus is claimed by >hristians to be od incarnate while nobody claims Moses or Muhammad were od$ 5nd only 6esus is claimed to be raised from the dead but not Moses and Muhammad$ 5nd both Moses and Muhammad were given a #ivine @aw from od! the %orah and the .hariah! but 6esus did not come with a new law but followed the law of Moses$ .o far we know that Muhammad was an Ishmaelite:5rab! therefore a relative of the Israelites and now after com"aring these "ro"hets it should be clear that Muhammad is the "ro"het that is most like Moses$ 1otice that in the last "art of the verse od says3 )I will put My words in $is mouth, and $e shall spea# to them all that I command $im-$ Well this is "recisely what ha""ened to 'ro"het Muhammad! od gave him revelation and Muhammad "assed the message on to others e/actly as he received it$ %here is not a single word or comment in the te/t of the Quran that originated with Muhammad or of his com"anions$ In fact the Quran states about Muhammad [SLIDE %*!3 ,$e does not speak of his own desire, it is no less than a re"elation sent down to him-$ (Quran 4J3J:*)

.o 'ro"het Muhammad was the 'ro"het who was most like Moses and he is the one that od said would s"eak in &is name$ But right now you might be thinking! wait a minute you can find lots of similarities between the "ro"hets and they all s"oke in ods 1ame so this doesnt "rove anything$ Well in re"ly to that I would bring your attention to #euteronomy J*310 which will leave no doubt in your mind that Muhammad is indeed the coming 'ro"het "ro"hesied in #euteronomy 19319$ #euteronomy J*310 says [SLIDE %+!3 ,*ince then no prophet has arisen in Israel li#e Moses, whom the &ord #new face to face-$ When you read this verse what do you notice straight awayK Well #euteronomy J*310 is telling us that the "ro"het who is like Moses will not arise /rom Israel$ Indeed this is what ha""enedC 0ithin the Israelite $ation there has never been a 'ro"het like Moses who fits the descri"tions of the "ro"hecy$ %his is a fact! since the "ro"hecy was madeC no 'ro"het has arisen in Israel like Moses whom od knew face to face$ %herefore this "ro"het cannot be an Israelite or 6ewishL &e can not be 6esus because he arose in Israel$ %hat "ro"het can only be Muhammad because not only was he an Ishmaelite (or from the brethren of the Israelites) he arose in 5rabia not in Israel$ .o all the evidence we have "oints to Muhammad as the fulfillment of the 'ro"hecy given to Moses in #euteronomy 19319$ 5lso! in agreement with the descri"tion of that "ro"het! Muhammad did in fact know or s"eak with od 1/a2e to /a2e3 as the Bible "uts it when he ascended to heaven in the miraculous 1ight 6ourney called ,5l Isra wal Mira+-! when od s"oke directly to Muhammad without any angels or intermediaries! it was here in heaven that Muhammad heard the voice of od and od gave him the 4 daily "rayers before returning him back to Mecca after visiting 6erusalem$ 'lease be aware that even though the Biblical evidence for Muhammad seems very strong there are still many "eo"le who will deny it$ %hose who deny it say that #euteronomy J* was not written by Moses but by someone else! it is assumed 6oshua or "erha"s some other follower of his and that at the time when the unknown author wrote cha"ter J* no "ro"het had yet arisen in Israel like Moses$ %herefore they will say that the "ro"hecy could be fulfilled after that "oint! by someone else other than Muhammad$ >hristians for e/am"le will say 6esus is the fulfillment of the "ro"hecy$ But I find this res"onse "roblematic for B reasons3 4%$ 6oshua never said he wrote it and it forces you to admit that #euteronomy J* has an anonymous authorC nobody even knows who wrote this cha"ter$ I believe that no intelligent 6ew or >hristian will claim that a te/t which was written by an unknown individual thousands of years ago is the Enchanged! Enadulterated! 'erfectly 'reserved

and >om"lete Word of od! the scri"ture that one should base their faith on! a faith that one will take to their grave (I dont know about you but I would not gamble my soul away by "utting my faith in such an anonymous scri"ture)! and 4 $ It forces you to admit there is corru"tion in the te/t! the whole book of #euteronomy has been traditionally attributed to Moses yet now it is being claimed that the last cha"ter of #euteronomy was not written by Moses at all$ It makes me wonder what other "arts of the Bible they will discover as inauthentic! unreliable and inter"olated by someone other than the original author$ .o this res"onse and any similar ones! force you to attack the credibility and dignity of the Bible$ It seems that those who deny Muhammad his "lace in this Biblical "ro"hecy would rather be forced to admit to te/tual corru"tion than to admit that od sent Muhammad and foretold his coming in the book of #euteronomy$ For some J400 years! the &ebrews and later the >hristians have attributed the book of #euteronomy to Moses$ %hat is because #euteronomy 131 and J13B*DBA say that these are the words od s"oke to Moses but that doesnt sto" Bible scholars claiming that the last cha"ter of #euteronomy was not written by Moses$ I say that those 6ews and >hristians who wish to remain faithful to the traditional 4 books of Moses and who believe them to be the ;ternal ins"ired Word of od will have no choice but to acce"t the evidence for Muhammad which Im "resenting here today$ #enying Muhammad this "ro"hecy can only be done by bringing shame to the te/t of the Bible by admitting that you have a corru"ted! inauthentic! unreliable! inter"olated and anonymous te/t instead of the actual words of Moses and I know that 6ews and >hristians would not want to admit that about their holy books$ But even if we disregard the whole debate about the authorshi" of #euteronomy J*! 6ews and >hristians should at least believe that od is giving the author a uni=ue futuristic view! a "ro"hecy viewed from the future "ers"ective looking back through human history to the time of Moses$ In other words! the te/t is not viewing the "ast from "resent but viewing the "ast from the future! a future "ro"hecy which stretches from the time of Moses (or the author of #euteronomy J*) until the end of the line of Israelite 'ro"hets and the advent of Muhammad$ #es"ite the evidence I am "resenting there are also many "eo"le who claim that the "ro"het like Moses mentioned in #euteronomy 19319 is not Muhammad but 6esus$ @ets e/amine this further to see if it could in fact be 6esus$ %he 6ews at 6esus time were waiting for od to send them J individual men$ 5ccording to 6ohn 13B4 they are [SLIDE %,! 1M) the return of ;li+ah! BM) the 'romised 5waited Messiah and JM) %he 'ro"het like Moses$ 1ow we must find out who these J men are$ 5ccording to Matthew

1131* and 1231B:1J 6ohn the Ba"tist is the return of ;li+ah$ 5s for the second individual! the 5waited Messiah! it is 6esus according to 6ohn *3B4:BA$ 5s for the third individual! the 'ro"het like Moses! this has to be 'ro"het Muhammad for the following reasons$ %) We have already seen the great similarities between Moses and Muhammad! ) Muhammad was an Ishmaelite:5rab! from the brethren of the Israelites! &) %he 'ro"het will s"eak in ods name! which is what Muhammad did (Quran 4J3J:*)! ') #euteronomy 193B1:BB says that what the "ro"het "ro"hesies must come true if he is a true "ro"het! and Muhammads "ro"hecies did come true$ 6ust to give you one e/am"le3 he "ro"hesied that the Muslims would defeat the two su"er"owers of his time! the By?antine and 'ersian em"ires$ %his was fulfilled +ust after his death$ >an you imagine that! the 2th century desert 5rabs who were still too few and too weak at the time could defeat not +ust one su"er"ower but twoK %o "ro"hesy their mere survival would have sounded too ho"efulL Well it did ha""en and these are historical facts$ )) We saw in #euteronomy J*310 that the "ro"het could not come from Israel (or the Israelite nation) but he must come from outside it$ Muhammad came from the Ishmaelites! from 5rabia! which is outside Israel$ *) We saw that the "ro"het like Moses could not be 6esus or 6ohn the Ba"tist! 6ohn the Ba"tist was the return of ;li+ah! and 6esus was the 5waited Messiah$ %his leaves us only with Muhammad as the fulfillment of #euteronomy 19319$ +) 6esus "ro"hesied the coming of Muhammad as we will see later when I give evidence from the 1ew %estament$ .o I conclude this "oint by reminding myself and you all that od tells us that we must acce"t and follow this "ro"het like Moses$ In fact! in the Bible od orders us to follow that "ro"het and gives us a stern warning not to re+ect him! thats how im"ortant this "ro"hecy is$ >ontinuing on with #euteronomy 19! the warning is found in the very ne/t verse3 [SLIDE %-! ,If any man will not listen to my words which he spea5s in my name! I myself will make him answer for it- (#euteronomy 1931N)$ 1otice the words3 ,spea5s in my name-! this descri"tion again matches e/actly with the revelation given to Muhammad because out of the 11* cha"ters of the Quran 11J of them begin with Bismillahir <ahmanir <aheem (In the $ame o/ 6od %he Most Merciful! %he Most racious)$

( ) Moving on now to my ne/t "oint from the %orah$ We will look at

#euteronomy JJ3B! it says [SLIDE .!3 ,%nd he said' The &ord came from *inai, and downed on them from *eir+ He shone forth from Mount Paran,

and He came with ten thousands of saints; from His right hand came a fiery law for them73 5t first glance this verse a""ears to be in the "ast tense! not a future "ro"hecy however when we understand the "hiloso"hical conce"t that od is outside of time! as time is a created conce"t but od is the creator who is outside &is creation$ We can then understand the fact that od is not constrained by the laws of this world! and from &is "erfect "ers"ective everything can be considered in the "ast$ 5lso! this verse mentions the word ,@ord-! in the &ebrew te/t its written as * letters without vowels! transliterated into ;nglish as ,G & W &-$ %he "ro"er "ronunciation for this %etragrammaton is ,Ga &uwa- which means ,0 &e- or ,0 &e is- the im"lied meaning being ,0! &e is od- and as I said! od is not bound by time$ .o even though this verse a""ears to be referring to something in the "ast it is actually a future "ro"hecy$ In any case this verse would have been understood by the Israelites as being a future "ro"hecy as will be made clear to you when I show you which future "ro"hets are "ro"hesied in #euteronomy JJ3B$ .o lets dissect this verse to make it easier to understand$ Firstly! when this verse says3 ,The &ord came from *inai, who do you think this is referring toK What great 'ro"het of od is most famous for being in the .inai desertK I think we can all answer this one! it is obviously a reference to Moses because he received his revelation on Mount .inai in ;/odus 1N3B0$ In other words od came to us through the ins"ired teachings of 'ro"het Moses and it was od who led the believers through Moses in the .inai$ .o this "art of the verse is an e/"licit reference to 'ro"het Moses and how od came (or guided "eo"le) through him$ .econdly! the verse says3 ,and downed on them from *eir,, where is .eir and which "ro"het of od is this alluding toK .eir is usually associated with the chain of mountains West and .outh of the #ead .ea e/tending through 6erusalem and Bethlehem! the birth "lace of 6esus$ It was later e/tended to include the mountains on the ;ast side as well! according to the ,#ictionary of the Bible! by 6ohn @$ Mc8en?ie! "$ 29J-$ %his could not be a reference to Moses because he never entered 'alestine$ .o we should conclude that .eir refers to 6esus$ 1ow! to the rest of the verse which says3 ,$e shone forth from Mount (aran, and $e came with ten thousands of saints+ from $is right hand came a fiery law for them$- What "ro"het was "assionate about using his right hand! who was also given a @aw from od and who shone forth from 'aran or Mount 'aranK First we need to find out where Mount 'aran is$ 5ccording to enesis B13B1 'aran is a desert wildernessC the "lace where 5brahams wife

&agar and his oldest son Ishmael! the father of the 5rabs settled$ It is common knowledge that Ishmael is the father of the 5rabs! +ust like Isaac and 6acob are the fathers of the 6ews$ %hese facts are generally not dis"uted by anyone so I dont need to "rove that! but where is 'aran the "lace where Ishmael! the father of the 5rabs settledK %he answer isC 5rabia! the land of the 5rabs$ &istory tells us that 5braham took &agar and Ishmael to 5rabia! in "articular to a mountainous area known as ,Baca- as itOs called in 'salms 9*32! and in the Quran J3NA! today we call it Mecca$ .o 'aran must be in 5rabia! and in "articular Mount 'aran is the chain of mountains in that same region which the 5rabs now call the ,.arawat Mountains-$ It is interesting to note that 'ro"het Muhammad received his first revelation in the >ave of &irah located in these mountains$ Is there any other Biblical evidence which will hel" us locate 'aranK Ges! if we turn to &abakkuk! one of the last books of the 0ld %estament we read in cha"ter J verse J [SLIDE %!3 ,God came from Teman, The $oly -ne from Mount (aran $is glory co"ered the hea"ens, and the earth was full of $is praise, .o again we find Mount 'aran which is where &agar and Ishmael settled ( enesis B13B1) that is 5rabia! but here it is linked with a "lace called %eman$ 6ust to give you the conte/t of this verse! it is a "rayer of &abakkuk! as he is "raying od ins"ires him to make this "ro"hecy in verse J$ 5gain! this verse a""ears to be in the "ast tense but for the same reason that #euteronomy JJ3B is a future "ro"hecy so is &abakkuk J3J$ It a""ears that od is giving &abakkuk a glance at a future event and &abakkuk is telling it as he sees it in the "ast tense$ In fact in verse B &abakkuk is asking od for "resent and future blessings and this leads to his ins"ired "ro"hecy in verse J$ 5nd one more =uick note about this! according to my Bible! %he 1ew 5merican version! verse J says3 , od 2omes from %eman$$- so its not in the "ast tense here$ In other words od is coming from this "lace in the sense that &e is sending us &is guidance through &is "ro"hets$ 1ow! in order to better understand where Mount 'aran is we have to find out where %eman is$ 5ccording to ,6$ &astings #ictionary of the Bible-! %eman is an 0asis +ust north of Madinah$ For those of you who dont know! Madinah is in 5rabia! the city of the 'ro"het Muhammad! the "lace where Islam started to develo" into a mighty em"ire of faith$ With this information we are now sure that 'aran must be 5rabia and in "articular Mecca$ <ead &abakkuk J3J again! it all makes "erfect sense$ Muhammad did indeed come from 'aran! in ABB >; he and his followers were forced to migrate from Mecca ('aran) to Madinah (%eman) where he s"ent the rest of his "ro"hetic life teaching its "eo"le the guidance from od (%he Quran)$ %hese two cities! Mecca and

Madinah or 'aran and %eman are very im"ortant to Muslims! in fact every cha"ter of the Quran is classified as revealed either in the Meccan "eriod or the Madinan "eriod$ 1ow that we know where 'aran is! lets get back to our verse in discussion! #euteronomy JJ3B$ It says3 ,$e shone forth from Mount (aran, and $e came with ten thousands of saints+ from $is right hand came a fiery law for them$- %his "ro"hecy can be none else but the 'ro"het Muhammad$ 5nyone who studies his biogra"hy knows that he con=uered Mecca with %en %housand men and that od revealed to him the Islamic @aw called %he .hariah$ #euteronomy JJ3B does not "rovide us with the e/act number of men that accom"any this "ro"het but it was a large number! and such was the case with 'ro"het Muhammads men$ %he historical re"orts say they numbered 10!000 and it is interesting to note that the actual &ebrew word used in #euteronomy JJ3B is ,<ebabah- which is translated in some Bibles as ,%en %housands-$ &owever! according to .trongs &ebrew #ictionary the word is defined as3 ,multitude! myriad! ten thousand- which is the e/act number of men that marched to Mecca with 'ro"het Muhammad$ 1ot only that but the 'ro"het Muhammad was "assionate about using his right hand for any wholesome righteous act and he would use his left hand for other things$ In this way he was reminding us all to be righteous! kee"ing in mind that the righteous "eo"le on the #ay of 6udgment will be those on the right side of the %hrone of od$

(&) Moving on to our ne/t Bible verse! Isaiah B131J:12 says [SLIDE

!3 ,-racle on %rabia' In the thic#et in the nomad country spend the night, cara"ans of .edanites Meet the thirsty, bring them water+ you who dwell in the land of Tema, greet the fugiti"es with bread They flee from the sword, from the whetted sword+ /rom the taut bow, from the fury of battle /or thus says the &ord to me' In another year, li#e those of a hireling, all the glory of 0edar shall come to an end /ew of 0edars stalwart archers shall remain, for the &ord, the God of Israel, has spo#en-$ %he first =uestion we should ask about this verse is3 What is an 0racleK 5ccording to the ,.cofield .tudy Bible 1ew 8ing 6ames Iersion-! note 1! on "$ 2NB! says3 )an oracle is a word sometimes used in the prophetical writings to indicate a di"ine message of 1udgment,$ .o in other words the "eo"le of 5rabia would be assigned the burden of ods message$ %he ne/t verse talks about those who dwell in the land of %ema and greet the fugitives! so we need to know where %ema is (this should not be confused

with %eman which we "reviously s"oke about)$ 5ccording to enesis B431J: 14 %ema is one of the sons of Ishmael (the father of the 5rabs)$ .trongs concordance of the Bible tells us that this name was a""lied to the land settled by %ema$ It also states that this word is ,"robably of foreign derivation-$ Indeed! the word ,%ema- is an 5rabic word which means ,Barren desert-$ 5ccording to ,6ohn Mc8en?ies #ictionary of the Bible%ema is [SLIDE &! ,a place name and tribal name of %rabia, a son of Ishmael, .o it should be clear to us now that %ema refers to 5rabia$ 5lso! I would caution you to not confuse the modern town of %ema in .audi 5rabia with the %ema that we are s"eaking of$ %he Bible is using %ema as a reference to 5rabia in general$ >ontinuing on! verse 14 talks about the fugitives fleeing from "ersecutions or ,from the sword- and then in verses 1A and 12 it "ro"hesies that in another year the glory of 8edar will come to and end$ 0nce again we are forced to ask another =uestion3 Who is this 8edarK %he answer isC 8edar is the second son of Ishmael (the father of the 5rabs) according to enesis B431J$ 5ccording to the Bible! 8edar is also synonymous with all of 5rabia in general as we see in ;?ekiel B23B1 which says [SLIDE '!3 ,The trade of %rabia and all the shei#hs 2or princes3 of 0edar1ow what do we make of this "ro"hecyK %his Bible verse vividly describes a vitally im"ortant turning "oint in Islamic history$ 5lthough no individual is singled out for mentioning its still a clear reference to the fleeing of "ersecuted Muslims from Mecca who came to Madinah for safety$ %he "agan 5rabs of Mecca had been fighting! killing and torturing the minority Muslim "o"ulation$ %he citi?ens of Madinah who had already acce"ted Islam hel"ed the Muslim immigrants by "roviding them with water! food and shelter$ From this city the Muslims develo"ed into the first Islamic state which became a world su"er "ower$ 5bout a year after the immigration the Muslims found themselves in a situation where they had to fight for their survival and in this battle called ,the Battle of Badr- they defeated the "agan 5rab tribe of Quraish and "ut an end to the glory of 8edar$ %he Quraish were the tribe who ruled Mecca at that time$ .o it ha""ened +ust like Isaiah B1 said! ,in another year all the glory of 8edar will come to an end-$ %his battle described in Isaiah B1! the battle of Badr marked a huge turning "oint! 5rabia saw a "ower shift$ %his Muslim victory was the beginning of the end for the reign of idolatry and "aganism in 5rabia$ %he Muslim 1ation would then go on to e/"and to

many other nations until it s"read from ."ain to >hina! fulfilling more "ro"hecies in the Bible including #aniel B3**! and enesis 14319:B1$ %hese are documented historical facts that a""ear in books written by Western! non:Muslim and Muslim writers$ For those of you who might be asking yourself why didnt od +ust mention Madinah in this "ro"hecy! the city of Muhammad! why mention %ema insteadK I think the answer is for the same reason why od "ro"hesied the coming of 6esus in the 0ld %estament yet didnt s"ecifically mention him by name$ 6esus is not mentioned by name in the 0ld %estament yet countless millions of "eo"le believe he is mentioned therein$ I think there is a similar reason why %ema is mentioned instead of Madinah! if every article of faith can be "roven! in ,back and white- as they say! than what would be the "ur"ose or function of faithK If everything could be "roven than we would no longer need faith$ I also think that sometimes od gives us enough evidence to believe in something yet the evidence does not amount to absolute "roof! this is done in order to test us in our faith$ %o me faith and evidence go together! better than faith and "roof do$ 5lso! the city was not called Madinah at the time of Isaiah so it would have been meaningless to mention its name at that time$ &owever! I think the evidence is sufficientC %ema is in 1orth West 5rabia! the same general region as Madinah! the city of Muhammad$ %he events described in Isaiah B131J:12 which occurred in 5rabia or %ema where fulfilled by none other than 'ro"het Muhammad and the Muslims$

(') %he ne/t "assage I want to talk about is Isaiah *B310:11! it says [SLIDE
)!3 ,*ing to the &ord a new song, his praise from the end of the earth' &et the sea and what fills it resound, the coastlands, and those who dwell in them &et the steppe and its cities cry out, the villages where Kedar dwells+ &et the inhabitants of *ela e4ult, and shout from the top of the mountains-$ 1ow lets discuss this! when verse ten says ,sing to the @ord a new song- it is a reference to a new revelation! a new scri"ture because the Quran is a scri"ture that is recited in the daily "rayers of millions of Muslims all over the world or ,from the end of the earth- as Isaiah writes it$ %his also seems to tie in with the "ro"hecy in Isaiah B9311 which s"eaks of a foreign language$ 5nd commenting on verse eleven! we already know 8edar is an Ishmaelite:5rab and hes an ancestor of 'ro"het Muhammad$ In fact! the ,&ebrew:>haldee @e/icon to the 0ld %estament by &$W$F$ esenius- says about 8edar on "age 2B* [SLIDE *!C ,The 5abbins call all %rabians

uni"ersally by this name,$ We also already know that the land in which 8edar dwelt was in fact 5rabia$ In think it is clear that Isaiah *B310:11 is a "ro"hecy about Islam and 'ro"het Muhammad$ 1o other descendants of Ishmael and 8edar fit this descri"tion e/ce"t 'ro"het MuhammadC he is the only single figure in history who led the desert 5rabs to s"read across the ma+ority of the known world within the s"an of 40:20 years$ ,.ing to the @ord a new song- is e/actly what Muhammad did! not in &ebrew! as the revelation of the Quran was in the 5rabic language (the language were 8edar dwells)$ 'ro"hethood among the Israelites had ceased$ od elected 'ro"het Muhammad from the entiles to bring +ustice to the world (Isaiah *B31)$ %his "ro"hecy could not have been fulfilled by 'ro"het 6esus because he said he was sent only to the Israelites (Matthew 1034:A! 143B* and Quran A13A) yet the conte/t of Isaiah *B es"ecially verses 1 and A is telling us that the 'ro"het will be a entile! a 8edarite:5rab sent to the nations of the world$ 'ro"het Muhammad was sent for all mankind (including the Israelites) as is stated in the Quran J*3B9 but the entiles are s"ecifically mentioned here in Isaiah *B because u" until Muhammads time 'ro"hethood was found "rimarily among the Israelites$ 1ow if we turn to cha"ter BN of Isaiah! concerning revelation from od it says in verse 1B [SLIDE +!3 ,!hen it is handed to one who cannot read, with the re6uest, Read this , he replies, I cannot read -$ 5nyone who has ever read the biogra"hy of 'ro"het Muhammad will remember what he said when the first revelations of the Quran came to him from od$ When he was told to read he re"lied in these e/act words! ,I cannot read- because he was illiterate as the Quran states in cha"ter 23142 [SLIDE ,!$ In fact the e/act 5rabic words of that revelation were [SLIDE -!7 &ere is the translation [SLIDE &.!$ 5s you can see in the ne/t slide! the 5rabic word [SLIDE &%! ,I=ra- means ,to read or recite- and its fascinating to know that the same word was used in the &ebrew te/t of Isaiah BN$ %he 5rabic word that angel abriel used to address Muhammad was 8I9ra8$ It is derived from the 5rabic root word 89ara87 &owever! if we were to go back to the original &ebrew form of Isaiah BN31B! we would find that the actual word which is translated into ;nglish as P<ead thisP is the :ebre0 0ord 9ara'( ;5a0<ra0'=$ .o I think its ama?ing that the &ebrew te/t of Isaiah not only used a word with the same meaning! but "ractically the same word itselfL

()) 1ow Id like to show you where in the 0ld %estament the 'ro"het
Muhammad is mentioned by name$ We turn to the 4th cha"ter of the .hir ha.hirim ( QRSRTUVSRT )! which is one of the five megilot or .acred .crolls that are "art of the &ebrew Bible or for short the P.ong of .olomonP (also called P.ong of .ongsP)$ %hat cha"ter is giving a "ro"hecy about an individual to come! a mystery man$ .ong of .ongs 4314 com"ares this "ro"hetic mystery man to the land of P@ebanonP which ofcourse is the land of the 5rabs$ %his im"lies that the mystery man would be an 5rab$ Ierse 14 of the 1II Bible says3 ,$is appearance is li#e &ebanonP! so this is an 5rabic gentleman (or 5rab looking)$ Ierse 11 says3 Phis head is as the most fine gold, his loc#s are wa"y, and blac# as a ra"enP$ Ierse 10 describes this man as being Pradiant and ruddyP which means he was slightly light:skinned with a rosy color$ %his "hysical descri"tion matches e/actly with the authentic Islamic sources$ .ahih 5l Bukhari! Iolume *! Book 4A! 1umber 2*2! says Muhammad was slightly light skinned! with a rosy color (and has the same hair as is mentioned in verse 11)$ 5lso! verse 1* describes this man as having a stomach like ivory$ I take it this means the "arts of his body that were usually covered from the sun by his garment! were very white (like ivory)$ %his also can be attributed to Muhammad who although having a rosy! golden color! had white arm"its$ .ahih 5l Bukhari! Iolume B! Book 12! 1umber 1*1 says you could see the whites of his arm"its when he raised his hand$ I will agree that discussing skin color! and hair color is fruitless! this could be describing 51G .emitic man$ Get in reading the ;nglish translation of .ong of .ongs 431A it finishes the descri"tion by saying3 P$e is altogether lo"elyP but what most "eo"le donWt know is that the name of that man was given in the original megilot$ &ere is the name [SLIDE & ! written in ancient &ebrew as it a""ears in verse 1A3 ( )$ It is read as 3 PMahammadP$ %here is a "lural used together with this &ebrew word! with the "lural its "ronounced ,Mahamaddim-$ %he ending letters WimW is a "lural of res"ect! ma+esty and grandeur for ods "ro"het! +ust as in the word ;lohim (is used for od)$ Without this "lural of res"ect the name becomes Mahamad$ &owever there are "eo"le who dis"ute this fact and claim the words Paltogether lovelyP are translated from mahmad ( )$ %hey are able to make this claim because in the writing of ancient &ebrew there was no difference between the word mahmad ( ) and Muhammad ( )! they are s"elled e/actly the same$ %he only difference is in the vowels used when "ronouncing the word$ &ebrew is an ancient language and there were no vowels! it is made u" of BB consonants$ In ancient times! the reader had to

decide which vowels to add to the skeleton of the words$ It was not until the 9th century that vowels were introduced! in the form of dots and lines however this has nothing to do with original ancient &ebrew$ %he word which some "eo"le claim was "ronounced as mahmad, in ancient times it was actually "ronounced PmahamadP$ WeWll take a closer look at this four letter word and "rove its talking about 'ro"het Muhammad$ Firstly! the way this word is written ha""ens to be the ;X5>% same way MuhammadWs name is written in &ebrew$ @etWs look at the s"elling of this word$ [SLIDE &&! It has four characters$ oing from right to left they are$$$

.econdly! according to ,Ben GehudaWs &ebrew:;nglish #ictionary-! the word is correctly "ronounced PmahamadP (not mahmad)$ Ben GehudaWs &ebrew:;nglish #ictionary defines the word P P as Plovely! coveted one! "recious one! and "raised oneP$ %he name Muhammad in 5rabic also means P"raiseworthy or "raised one-! so this is the same wordL 5s was stated before! the name Muhammad ( ) and the &ebrew word which some claim is "ronounced as mahmad ( ) are s"elled e/actly the same way in &ebrew! and both have the same meaning$ %he only reason they are "ronounced differently is because of vowels (dots and lines) which were only introduced in the eight century$ %hirdly! if you donWt believe me! you can go to these "rofessional translator websites! "aste the &ebrew name and then translate it into ;nglish$ Gou will see that its translated as PMuhammadP$ &ere are the links [SLIDE &'! 3 www$freetranslation$comH www$worldlingo$comHenH"roductsYservicesHworldlingoYtranslator$html Forthly! if youre still in doubt! you can also listen to a <abbi recite the .ong of .ongs in its original language! in &ebrew where Muhammad is mentioned

by name$ Gou will hear the word in =uestion is "ronounced as ,Mahamad-$ &ere is the website address [SLIDE &)!7 www$mechon:mamre$orgH"H"tH"tJ004$htm In fact here is the audio recording of the <abbi reading .ong of .ongs 431A! Ill re"eat it to make sure you catch the name Mahammad$ PLA>? Fifthly! .ong of .ongs 4310 says3 PMy belo"ed is white and ruddy, pre7 eminent abo"e ten thousand$P %his is a "ro"hecy of 'ro"het Muhammad as he con=uered Mecca$ 5s I mentioned before it is a well known historically documented fact that in the year AJ0 >; Muhammad entered Mecca as the leader of an army of Pten thousand menP$ %his verse and the "receeding verse (v$ 11) also match MuhammadWs "hysical discri"tion as found in Muslim sources (having light skin and black hair)$ 5nd the si/th reason to believe this is a "ro"hecy about Muhammad is because the 5rabic name Muhammad as well as the &ebrew form Mahamod are derived from the same verb or root! they come the verb &amad$ %his verb consists of three essential consonants! &M# is how we can write them in ;nglish$ %hey signify ,to covet! fall in love! long for! take "leasure and delight in! and to desire ardently-$ &owever! regarding the &ebrew word or name Mahamod as it a""ears in .ong of .ongs 431A! the former >hristian %heologian and >atholic 'riest! <everend #avid Ben+amin 8eldani! says in his book ,Muhammad in the Bible-! on "age 1403 ,But the intrinsical or s"iritual sense of O&imdah and OMahamod is3 O"raise and "raiseworthy! celebrity and celebrated! glory and glorious$ For among the created beings and things! what can be Omore glorious! honourable! illustrious! and "raised that that which is most coveted and desired-$ %hats interesting! the meaning of the 5rabic name Muhammad as I said before means ,"raised! "raiseworthy-! so again we have a match in meaning$ 1ow! basically youve got about half a do?en reasons to believe that .ong of .ongs 4310:1A is "ro"hesying the coming of 'ro"het Muhammad$ 1) It matches his "hysical features as an 5rab$ B) %he &ebrew word translated as ,altogether lovely- is written e/acly the way the name ,Muhammada""ears in original ancient &ebrew$ J) Ben GehudaWs &ebrew:;nglish #ictionary says the word is "ronounced as ,Mahammad-$ *) %he "assage also matches the historical events of the life of 'ro"het Muhammad and in

"articular his con=uering Mecca with %en %housand men$ %hese accurate evidences cannot be mere coincidence$ 4) %he website link I have "rovided has a <abbi reciting the original &ebrew and he "ronounces it as ,Mahammad-$ A) In .ong of .ongs 431A the word Mahammad is used as a "ersonal "ronoun not as an ad+ective or common noun as it a""ears in other conte/ts that I have seen$ %o me "ersonally the evidence here for Muhammad is strong and I have no choice but to conclude that .ong of .ongs 431A! instead of saying P$e is altogether lo"elyP should say ,$e is Muhammad- because a "ersons name should not be translated$

$e0 #estament (%) 5ccording to the gos"el of 6ohn 6esus told his followers to e/"ect
another messenger from od called ,%he >omforter- or ,%he 5dvocatede"ending on which translation you read$ 6ohn 1*31A has 6esus say [SLIDE &*!3 ,%nd I will as# the /ather, and he will gi"e you another %d"ocate to be with you always$- 5 little later in verse BA of the same cha"ter 6esus says [SLIDE &+!3 ,The %d"ocate, the $oly *pirit that the /ather will send in my name he will teach you e"erything and remind you of all that I told you-$ Whatever the e/"lanation of the word 5dvocate is! we conclude that 6esus had some kind of unfinished work and that someone else was coming to com"lete that work$ In the Quran we also read this "ro"hecy of 6esus! but here he actually gives us the name of that "erson to come$ [SLIDE &,! ,%nd when Jesus *on of Mary said' -, children of Israel8 &o8 I am the messenger of %llah unto you confirming that which was 2re"ealed3 before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised !ne 2"hmad#- (Quran A13A)$ %he 5rabic name 5hmad literally means ,&ighly 'raised! one who praises God more than others- and this is another name of 'ro"het Muhammad (Muhammad as was mentioned means ,"raised-)$ 1ow lets take a closer look at these Bible verses3 6esus said the 5dvocate will be with you always$ %his is true for 'ro"het Muhammad because he is the last of the 'ro"hets and he is with us always through his teachings! his

teachings have remained with us +ust as they were more than 1!*00 years ago$ %his way of thinking is correct and in conformity with the teachings of the Bible because @uke 1A3J1 says we can listen to Moses and the "ro"hets$ &ow can we listen to Moses and the "ro"hets if they died thousands of years agoK 0bviously it is through their teachings that we listen to them and in that way they remain with us$ Muhammads teachings are to be with always because both the Quran and &adeeth literature inform us that Muhammad is the last messenger and "ro"het from od (For e/am"le3 Quran JJ3*0)$ 1ot only is the Quran "ersevered for us today but so are the teachings of the "ro"het$ 6ohn 1A39 says that the 5dvocate ,will con"ict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and condemnation$- 5ll "ro"hets convicted their "eo"les of sin but not to the world like Muhammad did$ Muhammad not only rooted out idolatry in 5rabia but he sent international envoys to the leaders of <ome! 'ersia! ;thio"ia and ;gy"t$ 6ohn 1A31J calls the 5dvocate ,the *pirit of Truth-$ .ince childhood Muhammad was called ,5l 5meenwhich means ,the $onest or Truthful -ne-$ %his same verse says the ."irit of %ruth will not s"eak but whatever he hears from od is what he will s"eak$ 5s I said before when commenting on #euteronomy 19! this is e/actly what the Quran says Muhammad did! he was given revelation from od and he didnt s"eak from his own desires (according to Quran 4J3J:*)$ 1o matter what as"ects of this "ro"hecy you look at! whether its the fact that the ."irit of %ruth will give reverence to 6esus! or whether he will show future things to come! they all "erfectly describe 'ro"het Muhammad$ 1ow lets look at the conte/t of 6ohn 1A31B:14! as I read these verses ask yourself does this descri"tion sound like a &oly host (claimed by many to be "art of the >hristian #ivine %rinity) or does it sound like an actual "erson! a "ro"het to come$ @EAD? Its clear from this conte/t 6esus foretold the coming of a real and distinct "erson not an intangible s"irit or ghost$ I think these verses are a clear reference to the coming of 'ro"het Muhammad even though it does not mention him by name as the 0ld %estament does$ &owever! to make it even clearer the Bible e=uates s"irits with "ro"hets! and in that sense the &oly ."irit is synonymous with the &oly 'ro"het$ For e/am"le 1 6ohn *31:B says [SLIDE &-!3 ,9elo"ed, do not trust e"ery spirit but test the spirits to see whether they belong to God, because many false prophets ha"e gone out into the world This is how you can #now the $pirit of God+ e"ery spirit that ac#nowledges Jesus :hrist come in the flesh belongs to God - %his verse not only draws an e=uation between true

s"irits and true "ro"hets but it also says that any "ro"het who acknowledges that 6esus >hrist came from od is a true "ro"het$ Muhammad made this acknowledgement of 6esus so according to the standards of 6ohn Muhammad is a true "ro"het$ .urely this ."irit of %ruth who was to come after 6esus cannot be the third divine "erson of the >hristian %rinity because according to the Bible this &oly ."irit had already been sent into the lives of "eo"le before 6esus was even born$ For e/am"le3 @uke 1314 says 6ohn the Ba"tist was filled with the &oly host even while in his mothers womb! also read what verses *1 and A2 say$ %hat was before 6esus was born! but even after 6esus birth this kind of &oly ."irit was already active in "eo"les lives$ For e/am"le3 read @uke B3BA! and J3BB$ .o this kind of &oly ."irit had already come$ &owever 6esus said3 ,%nd I will as# the /ather, and he will gi"e you another %d"ocate to be with you always$- (6ohn 1*31A)$ 5nother 5dvocate or >omforter! meaning an additional one different from the first one$ Muhammad or ,%he ."irit- is called ,&oly- only to distinguish him from the ;vil 0ne or the ;vil ."irit called the #evil$ %he reek used in 6ohns os"el to mean ,comforter- or ,advocate- is P'aracleteP$ But in reality this reek word does not mean ,comforter- or ,advocate-! in fact its not a >lassical word at all$ 5ccording to the former >hristian %heologian and >atholic 'riest! <everend #avid Ben+amin 8eldani! in his book ,Muhammad in the Bible-! he says on "age B1*! [SLIDE '.! the word P(araclete; is actually a corrupted form of the word ;(eri#lytosP$ %he literal etymological meaning of P'eriklytosP is ,the most illustrious, renowned and praiseworthy-$ %his com"ound noun is com"osed of the "refi/ ,"eri- and ,kleotis- derived from the verb ,to glorify, to praise-$ 1ow then we should ask! what do the names PMuhammadP and ,5hmad- mean in 5rabicK 5gain! as we learned before! Muhammad means ,%he "raised and "raiseworthy one- and 5hmad means ,&ighly 'raised and %he one who "raises od most-$ &ere is wiki"edias definition of 5hmad [SLIDE '%! and here is another western reference for the 1ame Muhammad [SLIDE ' !$ 1ow we see that the reek word P'eriklytosP as well as the 5rabic names Muhammad and 5hmad all share the meaning of P'raisedP or P>elebratedP$ %his is further "roof that the P'eriklytosP! the "raise worthy s"irit that 6esus "ro"hesied to come after him was no other than 'ro"het Muhammad$ Muslims believe in 6esus as a true 'ro"het and we therefore

must acce"t his "ro"hecy and believe in 'ro"het Muhammad as the @ast 'ro"het sent by od to guide mankind$ It is =uite remarkable to know that 'ro"het Muhammads "arents were "agans who knew nothing of the "ro"hecies in the &ebrew or >hristian scri"tures concerning a great "ro"het to come to restore and establish the religion of Islam$ %he fact that they choose to call their son Muhammad! the first time in human history a man was called by that name! the "ro"het mentioned in the 0ld %estament and os"el! could not be e/"lained as a coincidence or accident! I believe it was "rovidential and ins"ired by od$ In closing! theres a lot more evidence I could share from the Bible but I ho"e at this "oint you are all better informed about this sub+ect$ I ho"e you understand the reasons why Muslims believe the 'ro"het Muhammad was "ro"hesied in the "revious scri"tures before od sent the Quran$ I ho"e that you will leave here this evening and make your own +udgements of whether you too should acce"t Muhammad as your "ro"het +ust as millions of other "eo"le are doing right now all around the world$ Islam is the fastest growing religion on earth! "eo"le are learning every day that the revelation given to Muhammad was indeed a genuine one and that he is ods Final 'ro"het for all mankind until the last day$ %hank you all$