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MUHAMMAD IN THE BIBLE?

Source: http://www.unchangingword.com
Dr. Zakir Naik, Ahmed Deedat and some other television d daw'a preachers have in recent years attempted to show that Muhammad (pbuh) is predicted in the Bible. In the following links we will examine in detail each of these alleged prophecies and evaluate their claims:

The "Prophet Like Moses" (Torah, Deuteronomy 18) The "Illiterate Prophet" (Isaiah 29:11 29:11-13) The "Muhammad" (Song of Songs 5:16)

Have the Prophecies of Muhammad Been Removed?

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The Comparatively Clear Prophecies of the Messiah

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The "Prophet Like Moses" of Deuteronomy 18

Polemicists such as Naik and Deedat have argued that Deuteronomy 18 refers not to Jesus but Muhammad: 15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. 16For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die." 17The LORD said to me: "What they say is good. 18I 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. 19If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 19But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death." (Deuteronomy 18:15-19) Centuries before Jesus, the Jews associated this prophecy with the coming Messiah. Recently, however, some Muslims have alleged that this prophecy refers not to the Messiah but to Muhammad. This prophecy gives three primary criteria for identifying the prophet: 1. For you (meaning the Israelites Moses is addressing) 2. From among your own brothers 3. Like Moses First Criterion: "For you" "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers." (Deuteronomy 18:15) Moses was clearly addressing the wandering Israelite community here. While both Jesus and Muhammad claimed to be for all peoples, Jesus' primary ministry focus was on the people of Israel, while Muhammad's primary ministry focus was on the Arabs. Second Criterion: "From among your own brothers" "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers" (Deuteronomy 18:15) Moses here was talking to the Israelites assembled at Moab, after having brought them out of Egypt and led them forty years through the wilderness, so we would expect that "among their countrymen" would mean among this community. However polemicists such as Deedat and Naik try to expand the meaning of this word "brothers"/"countrymen" to include other Semitic peoples descended from Abraham, thus Muhammad. However, that interpretation contradicts the basic meaning of the Hebrew word used here for brother' ' ,akh, (Arabic, .)This word signifies a member of the same tribe; and Ishmael's descendants had been a separate tribe for five centuries at this point. The distinguished Muslim Qur'n translator Muhammad Hamidullah concurs: "The Arabic word akh signifies both brother and member of the tribe."1

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Such an interpretation is confirmed by comparing it to verse 15 of the previous chapter, Deuteronomy 17, which reads "...One from among your brothers you shall set as king over you. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother (akh)." (Deuteronomy 17:15) This verse clearly indicates that "from among your brothers ( ")could only mean an Israelite. In fact many of the nations surrounding Israel were, like the Arabs, also Semitic descendants of Abraham (like the Moabites, Edomites, etc). Simply for this reason should we say that the prophet' could come from any Semitic nation? At the time of this prophecy, Ishmael and `sac's offspring had been living in separate continents for almost five centuries, and spoke different dialects. A modern analogy is how the Bengalis and Afghanis both have Aryan ancestors but "tribal brother" would never mean an Afghan to any Bengali. Thus we must conclude that this predicted Prophet was to come from the twelve tribes of Israel whom Moses was addressing, not some distantly-related other nation. Since Muhammad was not an Israelite, Deuteronomy 18:18 absolutely cannot be a prediction of Muhammad. Third Criterion: "A Prophet Like Moses" "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers." (Deuteronomy 18:15) Naik and Deedat have compiled various lists of similarities between Muhammad and Moses to prove that this prophecy was about Muhammad, not Jesus: 1. Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses brought a comprehensive legal code 2. Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses were born of a normal father 3. Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses were married 4. Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses were political leaders of their people. 5. Both Muhammad and Moses were told by God to start numbering months from that time on. 6. Both Muhammad and Moses had to take flight at the hand of their enemies, and found a companion in their own father-in-law. 7. Both Muhammad and Moses died normally. Some polemicists have used further parallels which are actually false: Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses subjugated a land area (False: Moses never even entered Canaan, he just brought them to the border and Joshua conquered it) Both Muhammad and Moses took shelter at Midian, which was later named Yathrib, then Medina. (False; Midian is 400 miles from Medina)
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Unlike Jesus, both Muhammad and Moses preached for ten years in Midian/Medina (False; Moses tended sheep for forty years, not ten years, in the wilderness area of Midianhis call and preaching came later) So there is a total of seven parallels that can be made between Moses and Muhammad. Notice how most of these similarities are fulfilled by virtually any human leadernormal birth, married, leader of their people, a law-giver, conquered land, died normally. We could similarly find even more parallels between David and Moses: 1. Both political leaders, 2. Had normal births 3. Married many wives 4. Had children 5. Were Israelites 6. Subjugated Canaanite land 7. Brought a scripture 8. Received a covenant 9. Died normally Solomon and Moses: 1. Both political leaders, 2. Had normal births 3. Married many wives 4. Had children 5. Were Israelites 6. Subjugated Canaanite land 7. Brought a scripture 8. Died normally Even modern leaders such as Bangladesh's former Chief Advisor to the Caretaker Government, Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed can be said to be like Moses in these respectshe had a normal birth, is

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married, has children, was received by his people, and was the leader of a nation. So this doesn't prove anything. Instead, to identify the "one like Moses" we need to look rather at the unique core aspects of Moses' role and ministry. If we read the full account of Moses in the Torah, we find three unique characteristics not shared by David, Solomon or Muhammad, but fulfilled supremely and fully in Jesus: 1. Ministry Core #1: Moses brought salvation to God's people from physical slavery and led them to a physical Promised Land of peace and plenty. Jesus brought salvation to God's people from spiritual bondage and showed them the way to a spiritual Promised land of peace and plenty (heaven). The ministry of Muhammad did not entail him bringing salvation to God's people. 2. Ministry Core #2: Moses was uniquely a mediator between God and God's people, averting God's wrath, interceding for them and standing between them and God (Numbers 21:7, 16:42-50, Exodus 15:23-25, Exodus 19). This was the core part of Jesus' ministry as well, interceding on behalf of God's people (1 Tim 2:5, Heb 7:25), averting God's wrath. 3. Ministry Core #3: Moses brought a new covenant to the Israelites Moses and Jesus were the only two people in history who brought or mediated a covenant of between God and his people. The new covenant of Jesus was prophesied by Jeremiah: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people" (Jeremiah 31:31-33). Jesus taught with authority a new internally-directed law as part of this new covenant (e.g. Matthew 5-7). Muhammad never claimed to bring any new covenant, but rather intended to restore the same system as in the days of Abraham. Actually, the Tawrat and Qur'n state outright what the unique characteristics of Moses are: "Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders" (Deuteronomy 34:10-11) "When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams. But this is not true of my servant Moses .. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles.." (Numbers 12:6-8) "Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend." (Exodus 33:11)

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So we can add two more "unique characteristics" of Moses to our list now: 4. Ministry Core #4: Speaking with God directly, not through angel intermediaries or dreams Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses regularly heard God directly rather than through visions or angel intermediaries (Numbers 12:6-8, Ex 33:11). The Qur'n agrees with this: In Sura Al-Nisa 4:163-164 the Qur'n says that Muhammad and all the other prophets were simply inspired, but "to Moses God spoke directly ( )". Moses is listed separately because God spoke to him directly. Muhammad used to receive revelation through the angel Gabriel (Baqarah 2:97). Jesus is also described of speaking with God directly, even face-to-face. In his transfiguration on the mountaintop (Matthew 17, Mark 9, Luke 9), God addressed Jesus directly on a mountain-top, just as he did to Moses. It is clear throughout the Gospels that Jesus heard directly from God without an angel intermediary. 5. Ministry Core #5: Performed Powerful Miraculous Signs According to the Qur'n , Jesus performed many supernatural miracles (3:49, 2:253), but according to the Qur'n , Muhammad's only miraculous sign was the Qur'n (29:48-51). Both Jesus and Moses performed numerous mighty miracles which are well-documented in their scriptures. If we want to look at more superficial similarities, we can still find twice the amount as that drawn by Naik and Deedat: 6. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses were Israelites. 7. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses were born into poor, non-influential families, but Muhammad was born into a prominent family. 8. Both Jesus and Moses were raised by their own mothers, but Muhammad was raised in the desert by the Bedouin wet-nurse Halimah. 9. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses were plotted to be killed at infancy by a ruler's edict. 10. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses were rescued by divine intervention at infancy (Exodus 2:2-10; Matthew 2:13) 11. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses travelled from Egypt to Palestine where they completed their ministry.
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12. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses spoke with God "face to face" on a mountain (Exodus 33:11 Matthew 17:3), after which their faces "shone" (Exodus 34:29, Matthew 17:2)

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13. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses demonstrated supernatural control over the waters; Moses dividing the Red Sea, Jesus calming the storm. 14. Moses was prepared in the wilderness for forty years, Jesus for forty days. (Acts 7:23 with Exodus 7:7, Matthew 4:1) 15. Unlike Muhammad, both Jesus and Moses prophesied events that were fulfilled (Deuteronomy 18:15-22; 28:15-29:67; Matthew 24) 16. Both are called "faithful servant" in scripture (Numbers 12:7; Hebrews 3:2-5) Critic: "But the end of Deuteronomy says that no other prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, so it must be someone outside of Israel" Firstly, this passage is merely saying that up to that time no prophet had arisen in Israel like Moses; if it was referring to the indefinite future we would read "since then, no prophet will arise in Israel like Moses.." Instead, it says "has"; past tense at the time of the Torah. Indeed, this passage actually clarifies the contrast between Moses and Muhammad, as we saw previously-- he knew the Lord face to face, and did mighty signs and wonders: "Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, who did all those miraculous signs and wonders the LORD sent him to do in Egypt." (Deuteronomy 34:10-11) What Do the Scriptures Say? God's Word, the Holy Injl, specifically says that the Deuteronomy 18 prophecy concerns Jesus: The disciple Peter testified: "the God of our fathers glorified his servant Jesusabout which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Moses said, The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothersand all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days." (Acts 3:13,21-22,24, see also Hebrews 3:1-3) Jesus said: "If you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me." (John 5:46) While the Injl specifically quotes this Deuteronomy 18 prophecy and states that Jesus fulfilled it, the Qu'ran only vaguely alleges that Muhammad was mentioned somewhere in the previous scriptures (7:157). The Qur'n nowhere explicitly says that Deuteronomy 18 refers to Muhammad, but the Injl does explicitly state that Deuteronomy 18 refers to Jesus. From the footnote to his French translation of Al-A'raf 7:65,73; Le Coran, Le Club Franais du Livre, 1959.
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An"Illiterate Prophet" in Isaiah 29:11-13?

Zakir Naik likes to quote, in his words, "the book of Isaiah, chapter number 12, verse number 29"1 (actually, it is chapter 29, verse 12!) as a prophecy of Muhammad in the Bible. As Dr Naik quotes it, it seems an impressive prophecy:
"the book is given to a prophet who is not learned"2 However if we actually open any Bible and look at this verse ourselves, we see first of all that Naik has deceptively inserted the word "prophet" which doesn't appear in the original Hebrew text: "give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, I cannot read'" (Isaiah 29:12) Now if we look at the wider context, this verse is speaking of how the Israelites make lame excuses for ignoring Isaiah's revelation. Here is the immediate context: And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to the one who can read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed." And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, "Read this," he says, "I cannot read." The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. (Isaiah 29:11-13) If this were a prophecy (which the wider context precludes), it could be fulfilled by every literate person (verse 11) and illiterate person (verse 12) on the planet throughout history! This passage is actually speaking about people who make lame excuses for not accepting `siah's prophecies. It reflects rather poorly on Naik's integrity that he would deliberately deceive his audience in this way.
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Dr Zakir Naik, Similarities between Islam and Christianity, Video recording. Word? (a href="www.irf.net/is_quran_gods_word_II.doc">

Dr Zakir Naik, Is Qur'an Gods www.irf.net/is_quran_gods_word_II.doc), p.3.

The "M-H-M-D" of Song of Songs 5:16

Naik claims a prophecy of Muhammad in the Bible's 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." (Songs 5:16) Carefully omitting the context given above, he argues that since the Hebrew for "lovely" is (MHMD, Arabic ), this is a prophecy of Muhammad. Yet the above verse is part of a chapter describing a new bride's detailed description of her husband. Furthermore, Naik's translation would replace an adjective with a noun where it doesn't fit: "His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether Muhammad' ()

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It is exceedingly obvious that the correct word is lovely' here. The context of the word clearly shows that it is neither a prophecy nor a reference to Muhammad, and to claim so is to attempt to deceive. We can likewise invent similar prophecies about other people. Before and after Muhammad, two other non-Islamic prophets named Mani and Mirza Husayn Ali (Bahaullah) each claimed to be a prophet with a scripture claiming to be the next in the line of all the other prophets. Using Naik's dubious methodology, we find Bahaullah ( )prophesied by name in Psalm 89:8 and Mani ( )named specifically in eighteen places! Are we to believe that those references are actually prophecies of these two false prophets?

The "Parakletos" of John 14:16

"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you foreverthe 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 in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:1518)

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 14:25-26) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. (John 15:26-27)
Oddly enough, some people see these passages as predictions of the coming of Muhammad. According to evangelists like Zakir Naik, the "Counsellor" foretold here is Muhammad. Let us list the characteristics of the prophesied counsellor found here and then examine them one by one: 1. "another Counsellor" (verses 14:15,25; 15:26)

2. Who will be with you [disciples] forever (verse 16) 3. A Spirit of Truth (verses 14:17; 15:26) 4. Unseen by the world; invisible (verses 14:17) 5. Unaccepted by the world, but known by Jesus' followers (verses 14:17) 6. He will dwell with you and will be in you (verses 14:17) 7. He is the Holy Spirit (14:25)
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8. Sent by Jesus (15:26)

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Another Counsellor - The Greek word here is paraklto () which can be translated as, counsellor', comforter', helper' or advocate'. Among those who claim this is fulfilled in Muhammad, some claim that Muhammad was the "comforter." Others make the more wild claim that the original word here was periklutos, which means one worthy of praise,' the Arabic of which could be rendered Ahmad' (a name Muhammad adopted). Among the thousands of Greek manuscripts which predate Muhammad, not one contains this spelling. Furthermore, this would render the verse, "..he will give you another () Ahmad to be with you forever." Another Ahmad? Who was the first Ahmad? By contrast, another counsellor' is a good description of how the Holy Spirit guides and convicts believers since Jesus' ascension. Forever It would be hard to interpret Muhammad as being with the disciples forever, though this certainly fits the Holy Spirit's role. A Spirit of Truth Once again, it would be hard to render Muhammad as a Spirit,' while the Holy Spirit is by definition a Spirit. Unseen by the worldMuhammad was quite visible, but the Holy Spirit is certainly invisible, which is why the world does not accept it. Unaccepted by the world, known to the disciples Jesus' twelve disciples never saw Muhammad, but in just a few weeks after Jesus' prediction they dramatically received the Holy Spirit as recorded in Acts 2 and witnessed by thousands of people. Dwell with you and be in youby no stretch of the imagination could Muhammad be considered to dwell within each believer, which is exactly the Injl's teaching on the Holy Spirit. The Holy SpiritSomeone could conceivably argue that Muhammad was "the Holy Spirit", but this would contradict the teachings of the Qur'n. Sent by JesusIt is hard to describe Muhammad as sent by Jesus, but this fits exactly what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit. Those who insist on reading Muhammad into these verses protest that the Holy Spirit could not fit this prophesy, because:
1. The Holy Spirit had already come at Jesus' baptism. This first objection is baffling to anyone who has actually read the New Testament, for while the Holy Spirit had occasionally manifested himself before, he only began to indwell believers after Jesus' death from the dramatic inauguration of Pentecost.

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2. The pronoun he' is used for the predicted Comforter, which fits a human (Muhammad) but not an impersonal Spirit. This argument misunderstands Greek grammar. In Greek, as in German, the pronoun gender is based on each word's particular gender, not on what is indicated by the word. So for example in German, the words for woman' (weib and fraeulein) use neuter pronouns. In other words, since the adjective parakletos is masculine, it would be grammatically incorrect to use a neuter "it". Furthermore, since the predictions above use both pronouns "he"

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and "it" (for example "" in 14:16), one could just as well insist that the predicted one could not be a masculine "he"!
Let the reader decide for himself!

The Comparatively Clear Prophecies of the Messiah

Let us move now to comparing these alleged prophecies with those of the Messiah (Al-Masih) in the Hebrew scriptures. We will start with the most famous prophecy, found in `siah 53. For those familiar with the details of Jesus' life, it is truly remarkable that this passage, written hundreds of years earlier, is so abundantly clear: Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

he was crushed for our iniquities;

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But he was pierced for our transgressions,

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the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was stricken. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
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After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Recent discoveries have unearthed a complete scroll of `siah (containing this passage) from 100 years before Jesus' birth. Below are a sample of the other different prophecies about this Messiah, dealing mostly with his arrest, trial and death. They are all taken from the different books of the prophets who were from the line of Abraham, `sac and Jacob and were written from 1000 to 500 years before the birth of Jesus. The scripture reference for both the prophecy and its fulfillment is given below: 1. A Descendent of David (2 Samuel 7:12-14; Zechariah 12:10; see Luke 3:31) 2. Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2; see Luke 2:4-7) 3. Born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14; see Luke 1:34-38) 4. Bringing salvation for all peoples (Isaiah 49:6; see Luke 2:30-32, John 3:16) 5. Would ride into Jerusalem on a colt
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6. Betrayed by a friend (Psalm 41:9; see Matthew 10:4) 7. Sold for 30 pieces of silver (not gold) (Zechariah 11:12; see Matthew 26:15) 8. Money thrown (not placed) into God's house (Zechariah 11:13b; see Matthew 27:5a) 9. Money used to buy Potter's field (Zechariah 11:13b; see Matthew 27:7) 10. Silent before accusers (Isaiah 53:7; see Matthew 27:12-19) 11. Wounded and bruised (Isaiah 53:5; see Matthew 27:26) 12. Smitten and spit upon (Isaiah 50:6; see Matthew 26:67) 13. Crucified with thieves (Isaiah 53:12; see Matthew 27:38) 14. Interceded for his persecutors (Isaiah 53:12; see Luke 23:34) 15. Layed down his life of his own will (Isaiah 53:12; see John 10:18) 16. Wounded for our sins (Isaiah 53:5; see Matthew 27:26)
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(Isaiah 53:9; see Matthew 29:57-60)

Have the Prophesies of Muhammad been Removed?

Since the above prophecies' of Muhammad seem so far-fetched, some critics go so far as to claim that Christians or Jews have maliciously removed prophecies of Muhammad. There are three reasons that this is impossible: 1. Judaism does not accept Jesus as a prophet or as the Messiah, which has caused centuries of conflict between Jews and Christians. Yet, as we have seen above, there are many very clear prophecies of Jesus in the Jewish scriptures. If Jews are in the habit of removing prophecies, why did they not remove all the prophecies about Jesus? Yet today if you compare the Jewish scriptures (Torah, Psalms and other Prophetic books) with the Christian Old Testament, it is exactly the same and contains all the same prophecies. If they didn't remove the Messiah's prophecies (who they oppose), why would they have removed Muhammad's prophecies? 2. References to Muhammad would only have been removed after Muhammad's lifetime. And yet there are thousands of Greek and Hebrew manuscripts from centuries before Muhammad's time with no significant differences from our current Tawrat, Zabur and Injl, nor any prophecies of Muhammad. This clearly shows that no such prophecies ever existed. 3. The Qur'n teaches that "there is no changing of God's Word" (Al-An'am 6:34) and that "Ye have no ground to stand upon unless ye stand fast by the Law, the Gospel, and all the revelation that has come to you from your Lord" (Maidah 5:68). How can God's Word be changed? The seventh-largest religion in the world is the Bahai faith, which teaches that the prophet Bahaullah is next in the line of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. If Bahais were to allege that the Qur'n used to contain prophecies of Bahaullah which have been erased, how would we respond? We would say this is ridiculous, there is no proof, and that pious people would never deliberately change their own scriptures. It is the same with the Torah, Zabur and Injl regarding erased' prophecies of Muhammad.

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