Prophesies of Muhammed in Hindu religion

Islam in Hinduism

Qur'an 103: 01-03

By (the Token of) Time (through the ages), Most surely man is in loss
Except such as have Faith, and do righteous deeds, and (join together) in the mutual
teaching of Truth, and of Patience and Constancy.

Surah Al Ikhlas 112 :1-4. The Unity,

The Brahma Sutra of Hinduism is: "Ekam Sincerity, Oneness Of God (Allah) is depicted
Brahm, dvitiya naste neh na naste in Quran as such:
kinchan" (Sanskrit transliteration) "There is
only one God, not the second; not at all,
 "...He is God, the One and Only; God,
not at all, not in the least bit."
the Eternal, Absolute; He begets not,
nor is He begotten; And there is none
"Na tasya pratima asti" "There is no like unto Him."
likeness of Him."        [Svetasvatara
Upanishad 4:19]1
 
Foreword: If you have reached this part of my web page, chances are, you have a
quest to learn and this section is basically meant for scholarly purposes. We don't
mean to demean or discredit any religious thoughts and would appreciate any
constructive criticism and opinions and I promise to incorporate them into this
article.

   Hailing from the Indian subcontinent, I often pondered and was asked by a few of my
Hindu colleagues, "If according to Islam, messengers or prophets were sent as a prophet
to each and every nation of the world, then which ones were sent to Indian subcontinent?
Can we consider major deities of Hinduism, the Rama and Krishna to be apostles of God
and will Muslims respect them as much as they respect their own who are mentioned in
Quran?".

I didn't have any satisfactory answer to this, then. As far as I knew, Qur'an does mention
about the prophets sent to Jews( Moses) and Christians (Jesus) and finally to Pagans of
Arabia in particular and the whole mankind in general (Muhammad-*saw*) but it doesn't
mention anything about this part of the world, i.e., Hindus. Although, Holy Quran does
state:

". . . And there never was a people, without a warner having lived among them (in the
past)." [Al-Qur’an 35:24]

A similar message is repeated in Surah Rad, chapter 13 verse 7 ". . . and to every people
a guide."        [Al-Qur’an 13:7]

Allah (swt) also says in Surah Nisa, chapter 4 verse 164: "Of some messengers We have
already told you the story; of others we have not." [Al-Qur’an 4:164]

A similar message is repeated in Surah Ghafir chapter 40 verse 78:  "We did aforetime
send messengers before you: of them there are some whose story We have related to
you, and some whose story We have not related to you. . ." [Al’Qur’an 40:78]

Also, The Glorious Qur’an mentions in Surah Rad, chapter 13 verse 38 "For each period is
a book (revealed)." [Al-Qur’an 13:38]
A lot has been written by Muslim scholars and converts, about the coming of prophet
Muhammad (saw) in almost all the major world religions. Interfaith dialogue videos
present at Ahya website and True Message bears testimony to the truthfulness of this
divine book called as Holy Quran. But had the Almighty Allah(swt) willed, the whole world
to consist of nothing but Muslims, then it would have prevailed, but probably HE has His
own plans known best to him and such attempts by Muslims to prove that they indeed are
the inheritors of the Truth... serve little purpose BUT to consolidate their own faith in
Allah(swt) and increase respect for theirs and others religion, for this proves, that all the
religions had initially originated as the adherents of ONE, True God. 

Once in a blue moon, such writings and dialogues do end up convincing a non-Muslim that
Islamic teachings and monotheism is indeed the True path and then he/she reverts into
the fold of Islam and if that happens for one in a thousand who read this article, I would
consider this a victory for eternal truth.

My quest for the answer to the question above, finally arrived in the form of a book written
by A.H.Vidyarthi and U. Ali, "Muhammad in Parsi, Hindu & Buddhist
Scriptures," which is indeed a scholarly work with detailed references and scans of the
original texts. Few of which I will try to reproduce below.

Recently, I read the work of Dr. Zakir Naik, an authoritative source in matters of
comparative religion and involved in various Interfaith dialogues all over the world. You
can ask him questions or refute his findings at his website (irf.net). He is based in Bombay
(India) and in a recent dialogue with Swamiji of Ramakrishna Mission he mentioned these
points, of which the Swamiji had no answers. I have also seen the video of this Interfaith
dialogue and it's available for download at ahya.org website. Please provide me with the
refutations to these findings and I'll be most happy to put them here online.

To start with, Dr. Naik mentions the two places where there is a usage of the word
Allah(swt) in Hindu scriptures:

 Word "Ilah" is used in Rigveda Book 2 Hymn I verse II

 Even in the Rigveda which is the most sacred scripture of the Hindus, one of the
attributes given to God Almighty in Book no 2 Hymn no I verse II, is ‘Ila’ which if
pronounced properly is the same as 'Allah'.

 Allo Upanishad:
Amongst the various Upanishads one of the Upanishad is named as ‘Allo’ Upanishad
in which God is referred to as "Allah" several times.

Readers comment: There is every probability that you will find words in Sanskrit texts
that sound similar to Arabic words. But there are huge difference between present
interpretations of Islam and the Upanishads.
The most significant being, that Upanishads do not need a personified god, while such a
god could indeed be a very useful device. While most current flavors of Islam have to start
with a personified god called "Allah" in specific. The answer to the above is therefore, that
it is not really relevant. While there indeed could be such names, the name is not central to
Hinduism. Or Buddhism or Jainism etc. A name is only a place holder. 
GuidedOnes: We agree with you totally - unlike Christians (who will insist that Gods name
is not Allah its Jehovah) the name of God is not so important to Muslims. What is not
important is the name you give God but your attitude to God and belief in him -for instance
the pagan Arabs used to call God 'Allah' - but they would say 'Allah' has a child, or 'Allah' is
this statue , etc - similarly the Christian Arabs of today call God Allah but say Allah has a
son or Allah came down to earth in human form - both this incompatible with being God or
His nature. So Muslims say "khuda hafiz" when they depart (may God protect you) -
'khuda' is the Persian name for God - that is less important than the fact that Muslims
understand that Khuda/Allah/God is one and unique.
The reason the word "Allah" is used by Muslims other than say God is that the word Allah
has no masculine or feminine gender and means "The God" in Arabic - thus negating any
possibility of believing that God has any partners or associates - (the word God can imply
the existence of goddess, godfather, godmother etc.)

Coming to the claim by some of the Hindu faithful, to the idea of Rama and Krishna as also
the prophets of Allah(swt) and Muslims should regard them as such, wrt the Quranic
verse..."We did aforetime sent messengers before you: of them there are some whose
story We have related to you, and some whose story We have not related to you. . ."
[Qur’an 40:78]. In 1935, Dr. Pran Nath published an article in the Times of India that
showed that the Rig Veda contains events of the Babylonian and Egyptian kings and
their wars. Further, he showed that one-fifth of the Rig Veda is derived from the
Babylonian Scriptures. From a Muslim perspective, it is likely that the Hindus were given a
revealed book or books that contained description and struggles of Allah’s Prophets sent
previously to other peoples. It is also possible that commentaries written about them were
incorporated later and became a part of the revealed books.

We as Muslims, might also consider Hindu gods as prophets of Allah(swt) minus the
mythologies written about them by various writers through different ages. Even then, we
need to take a look at these prophesies mentioned in the religious texts of Hinduism which
talk about the advent of the Last and Final messenger of God (Allah): 
"O people, listen [to] this emphatically! the man of praise [The
name 'Muhammad' literally means 'praiseworthy' in arabic)] will be
raised among the people. We take the emigrant in our shelter from
sixty thousand and ninety enemies whose conveyances are twenty
camels and she camels, whose loftiness of position touches the
heaven and lowers it".  Read Muhammad's(uwbp) history of emigration to medina
and see this prophecy being fulfilled. No Hindu explanation of this exists as to my
knowledge. [Atharva Veda 20:129] (Click on the pic to enlarge)

The translation of
Verses 5-27
(Sanskrit text of the
Puranas, Prati Sarg
Parv III: 3, 3). The
word 'Malechha'
means a man
belonging to a
foreign country and
speaking foreign
"A 'malechha' spiritual teacher will appear with his companions. His
language.  name will be Mahamad..."

Readers comment: Hindus do not consider 'Bhavishya Purana as authentic religious

scripture, nor do we hold it in high regards but for argument sake, I would like to clarify
here that 'Malecha' means 'degraded' and or 'of low caste' and not what you claim in your
translation. Also, 'Mahamad' when broken into parts in sanskrit means 'maha=big' and
'mud=mischief', hence 'big mischief'.   

Guided Ones- The translation of Verses 5-27 (Sanskrit text of the Puranas, Prati Sarg
Parv III: 3, 3) that's presented above, is from the works of a Muslim but a Sanskrit scholar
Dr. Vidyarthi. He also states in his book, that, this word is NOW used to degrade people,
meaning unclean or even worse. Its usage varies and depends on who is using it and for
whom. Sir William Jones had great difficulty in recruiting a Pundit to teach him Sanskrit
because he was considered unclean (Malechha). It is not known when this word began to
be used in the derogatory sense but Mahrishi Vyasa, the compiler of the Puranas,
has defined a wise Malechha as “a man of good actions, sharp intellect, spiritual
eminence, and showing reverence to the deity (God). Through my elementary knowledge
of Sanskrit, I can tell that, substituting 'unclean' as the usage for this word here, will make
no logical sense for the sentence because it's followed by the word 'Acharya', which
means a spiritual/religious teacher. Same is the case of 'Mahamad', according to your
definition, the sentence should read like...'A low caste spiritual teacher will appear with his
companions, his name will be 'big mischief'. Does this make sense? I agree, that Hindus do
not hold 'Bhavishya Purana' as authentic texts. Some Pundits have now begun to reject the
Puranas simply because they find in them many prophecies and vivid signs of the truth of
Prophet Muhammad (saw). A case has been made that the present Puranas are not the
same collection that Vedas refer to and the real books were lost. Nevertheless, this
contention is not correct. It is impossible that all the Puranas which were so widely read
and keenly studied, could have fallen in oblivion and totally wiped out, whereas the Vedas,
which only a few could read and understand, remained intact until now, but then what
about the text from 'Atharva Veda' which I had already mentioned before this?
Atharva Veda X, 2, 28: [On
Ka’bah]
The Ka’bah is not exactly
cubical and its sides are not
of the same length. Till date,
it has remained
unconquerable. The Holy
Sanctuary (Haram) of which
Ka’bah is at the center
remains open day and night
"Whether it is built high, its walls are in a straight line or not, but
(eternal life) throughout the God is seen in every corner of it. He who knows the House of God,
year and it is always filled knows it because God is remembered there. This abode of the
with people praying to Allah angels has eight circuits and nine gates. It is unconquerable,
(the One True God).
Muslims face toward it
there is eternal life in it and it is resplendent with Divine light."
during prayer forming circle
in the Haram (Holy House)
and the circle extends out in
this manner throughout the
planet Earth.
Any other explanations
of these lines is most
welcome!

Readers Comment: This translation from the original Sanskrit is wrong. The reference to

9 gates (or portals) occur quite commonly in many Hindu scriptures. Sanskrit scholars from
time immemorial have translated these shlokas from the Gita and Upanishads and
everywhere they refer to these 9 gates which in turn refer to the 9 portals in human body:
2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, mouth, anus and genital.

Correct translation by Devi Chand: "THIS CITADEL OF THE BODY, unconquerable by the
ignorant, equipped with circles eight and portals nine, contains the soul of full of myriad
power, ever marching on the joyful God, surrounded by the Refulgent Supreme Being."

Our Reply: Your replies does not prove that the translation of these lines of Atharva Veda
by Dr. Vidyarthi is wrong. We can go for a word by word Sanskrit translation in this regard.
Now earlier according to Devi Chand the 8 circles were = 8 steps of yoga
Now the 9 portals are 9 holes in our body
1) Is your body equipped with yoga? ( meaning 8 steps, parts whatever), If your answer is
“Yes”, then apparently the rest of mankind are unaware of it, If it is “NO” then your
understanding and Devi Chand’s understanding that the 9 portals  refers to holes in our
body becomes absurd.

Even if we agree about what you say regarding 9 gates of HUMAN body and the portals
they refer to, then I have a question for these Sanskrit translators/ scholars (from time
immemorial)! "Does the word 'HUMAN' only stand for MEN in Vedas, Gita,
Upanishads etc. or have they conveniently forgotten the two openings on the
HUMAN bodies of WOMEN from where most of the us, get our first feed from our
mothers, as soon as we come into this world. Doesn't this make 11 gates in
humans and also in most of the mammals body? Although, such interpretation is
highly illogical and unfortunately makes little sense to start with. Think about it yourself.
The Ka’bah was built by Prophets
Abraham and Ismail. It has
remained unconquerable as
explained in the preceding verse.
Many verses of the Holy Qur’an and
of the Old Testament in the Bible
describe the divine blessings in this
Holy house. The House of God has
nine gates - Baab-e-Ibrahim
(Abraham) , Baab-al-Wedaa, Baab- "Brahma (Abraham in Arabic) stayed in this abode which is
as-Safa, Baab-e-Ali, Baab-e-Abbas,
Baab-un-Nabi, Baab-as-Salaam,
illumined by heavenly light and covered with Divine
Baab-az-Ziyarat, and Baab-e- blessings. It is the place that gives (spiritual) life to the
Haram. Further, the eight circuits people and is unconquerable."
are the natural lines enclosing the
areas between the surrounding
hills, the names of which are:
Jabal-e-Khaleej, Jabal-e-Qaiqaon,
Jabal-e-Hindi, Jabal-e-Laalaa,
Jabal-e-Keda, Jabal-e-Abu Hadidah,
Jabal-e-Abi Qabees, and Jabal-e-
Umar.

The Sama Veda contains

many prophecies of the
advent of Prophet
Mohammad. Here, one of
them is presented. It is
found in Sama Veda, II:6,8:
Prophet Muhammad’s other
name was Ahmed (both are
from root letters h, m and
d), both words have the
meaning the “praised one”
except the latter emphasizes
a higher degree to it. The "Ahmed acquired religious law (Shariah) from his Lord. This
Holy Qur’an states that religious law is full of wisdom. I receive light from him just as
Prophet ‘Isa (Jesus, pbuh) from the sun."
mentioned the last Prophet’s
name as Ahmed.
Incidentally, it's my last
name too ;)

Readers Comment: This is a very clever attempt by the author, to try to Islamicize the
Hindu texts to suit his own whims and fancies. A crude interpolation of texts, which can
only convince the most illiterate amongst Hindus. For those who wish to see the truth
behind the Hindu philosophy of nine gates in our body read this: "The stable person,
renouncing work through knowledge, neither acts himself, nor forces action on others, but
takes refuge in the body, the city of 9 gates" ( Gita V: 13)

Our Reply: Let us consider the above translation of the verse from Gita by A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada : sarva -- all; karmani -- activities; manasa -- by the
mind; sannyasya -- giving up; aste -- remains; sukham -- in happiness; vasi -- one who is
controlled; nava-dvare -- in the place where there are nine gates; pure -- in the
city; dehi -- the embodied soul; na -- >>never; eva -- certainly; kurvan -- doing
anything; na -- not; karayan -- causing to be done.
In English according to him it becomes : "When the embodied living being controls his
nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the
material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
Now let us compare the translation that you posted
"The stable person, renouncing work through knowledge, neither acts himself, nor forces
action on others, but takes refuge in the body, the city of 9 gates" ( Gita V: 13)
Let's try rationally to understand this verse as conveyed by both translations
1) If the soul is controlled it achieves contentment
2) When that happens, the soul is happy and stays within the city with 9 gates (IF NOT,
what happens, does the soul gets out of the city?)
3) When that happens it also renounces all work ( meaning wondering around or shall we
say be as a destitute )

Hence according to Hinduism all you need to do is to control yourself and stay within the
body ( as if the soul has a choice to leave the body ), I find it difficult to understand how
the soul can get out of the body, if it did not control itself. I hope you get the picture?

Hence Hinduism has a lot of problems on account of misinterpretation of sacred texts as

well as adulteration of sacred texts.

Your comments does not point out the place or words where the translation of these lines
stands out to be mere interpolation or a bluff on the part of Dr. Vidyarthi. Further than
this, I have no comments.

Gita 7-24: "The ignorant believe that un-manifest Para Brahma (One God) incarnates or
takes manifestations, because they do not completely understand My highest, immutable,
incomparable, and transcendental existence."

Qur'an 2:256
There is no compulsion in religion.
The right direction is henceforth distinct from error.
And he who rejects false deities and believes in Allah has grasped a firm handhold which
will never break.
Allah is Hearer, Knower.
1
[The Principal Upanishad by S. Radhakrishnan page 736 & 737] [Sacred Books of the East, volume 15, ‘The
Upanishads part II’ page no 253]

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