MUHAMMED IS PREDICTED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

MUHAMMED IS PREDICTED IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS

In Islam all prophets are respected, and loved. However, Muhammed has a special place, for He is believed to be the last of prophets and the greatest of them in function and success and for He was predicted by many of the former messengers.

Old Testament: Deuteronomy (God says): (18:18) I will raise them up a Prophet from "among their brethren", "like unto thee", and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. (18:19) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

New Testament: John: (Jesus-Christ says): (16:7-16) But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the "Helper" will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And he, when he comes, "will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged": Of sin, because they have not faith in me; Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more; Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged. I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now. However, when he, the Spirit of true knowledge, has come, he will be your guide into all true knowledge: for his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come. "He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you."

_____________And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.(Qur'an: Ch.61v.6)

EXPLANATIONS ON MENTIONED VERSES OF THE BIBLE:

New Testament:

1.The statements of New Testament "The Helper" or "The Comforter" or in some Gospels "The Advocate" are translations of the word "Paraclete". According to an interpretation of The New Testament (Companion To The New Testament - A. E. HARVEY - Oxford Unv. Pres [ISBN:193261608]-Cambridge Unv. Pres. 1970) Paraclete is explained so:"This was not "advocacy" in the western, professional sense: the paraclete influenced the judge's decision, not by his knowledge of the law (for this was the judge's business) but by the weight of his personal authority as a man enjoying the esteem of society." Now, if you consider that Muhammed means literally-exactly Praised (Hmd:Praise, Muhammed:Praised), you will understand that the name Praised/Muhammed would fit better instead of Comforter; in this way, christian thinkers would be relieved also from an awful task of explaining what Paraclete means.

2. The statement "will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged": Really there is no other book in the world other than Qur'an, which explains sin, righteousness, and judgement more explicitly than Qur'an, the book of true knowledge.

3.The statement "He will give me glory, because he will take of what is mine, and make it clear to you.": Muhammed made clear that Jesus was a man and an important prophet; and that He was not a God.

4.The statement "For his words will not come from himself, but whatever has come to his hearing, that he will say: and he will make clear to you the things to come": Here we understand that he will not be of divine nature as his words will not come from himself; and he will explain future things, which was what exactly Muhammed did.

Old Testament:

5.The statement "among their brethren" is in conformity with the past of Muhammed; as he is a descendent of the prophet Ismael one of Jacob's brothers. And "Among their brethren" is especially important, for if This Prophet was to come among jewish people, it would be either "Among them" or "Among their sons".

6.The statement "like unto thee" is again in conformity with the personality and the deeds of Muhammed: He made many wars against unbelievers and defeated them like Moses. But Jesus did not do such things and the lack of such a victory was always a source of confusion among his disciples.

The next second page of the above mentioned interpretation contains also following explanations about the quoted verses of The New Testament:

"This was indeed the greatest reversal of their presuppositions which the disciples had to face. They could perhaps understand how it was that the person of Jesus, during his time on earth, presented a humble appearance and provoked indifference or rejection instead of eliciting universal homage. But this period, Jesus had said again and again, was merely a prelude to his "glorification". Their whole notion of a Messiah was of a figure who would finally dispel the doubts and ambiguities of religious faith and present all men with a decisive manifestation of the power of God and the vindication of the righteous. But Jesus' words seemed to suggest a further period -even after his glorification - when things would not be so plain, and when faith still would not have given place to sight.. And indeed, after the resurrection, the church found itself with the task of explaining why, since Christ was now glorified and God's kingdom was a reality, the world seemed to be going on exactly as before, and the glory of God was still perceptible only to those who believed." ... "The old concept of a glorious Messiah-king, establishing the rule of God by force, had to give place to that of a new relationship between God and man:"

These show that Muhammed is the greatest (and perhaps the last; for He completes the duty of the prophets for ever) of the prophets in function.

QUESTIONS WHICH SHOW WHETHER HE WAS A LIAR OR A MESSENGER

___________________The messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers; they all believe in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers; We make no difference between any of His messengers; and they say: We hear and obey, our Lord! Thy forgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the eventual course (Quran:Ch.2v.285).

I always wonder which probabilities do/will the non-moslems accord to the below suggestions relating to Muhammed and his belief in His Mission and Quran; in God; in the former prophets; in the hereafter; or his being an atheist liar, or a believing liar.

So, dear friends, what are the probabilities of :

1. His disbelief in Allah,

Some criteria: His proposal and stress on a rational belief. No biological or physical or chemical ... scientific advances had happened then. Had he discovered spacetime curvature as an explanation for gravity, or evolution? His disbelief was not enough, he had to be very sure of his disbelief for the fear from torture of hell; for the risk.

2. His disbelief in The Quran and its being revealed to Him

Some criteria: His belief in the Qur'an relates to his senses and lasted for many years; so, any who suggests his disbelief, suggests in the same time his utter liarness

2.1. If He believed in the Quran, was it an illness? Some criteria: The revelation lasted for 23 years.If it was an illness, was he believing in the contents of the Qur'an?

2.2. If He believed in the Quran, were there aliens?

Some criteria: The scientific trueness of Qur'an.

3. Could an illiterate man, in the middle of a desert, 1400 years before could compose a book which includes so wonderful principles and such a strong logic which is the main weapon of his followers, even in the present era?

4. If He lied about its being revealed to him, was it for the good of his society?

Some criteria: A non-experienced system in his community, or a system which up to then failed to construct a good society, as seen in christians and jews; and although some good sides, always had been deteriorated by the following nations. A very opposing system to the then existings customs of his community. How could he know that his propositions (according to non-moslems lies) could give good practical results?

5. His belief that his propositions would be good for his society in practical results,

6. His joking with his community

7. The unification of the great idealism and making the community follow wrong ideals (lies) in one person.

8. His maintenance of his ideal (if based on lies) for advancing his community in spite of its tortures during the first years of the call, toward his very few followers who were burnt, torn into peaces. (without taking into account the nature of his ideals)

Some criteria:The contradiction between his disbelieving alternative which moves him for changing his community; his propositions that condemn the bad.

9.His putting the people he loves and his relatives under death risk, and not turning back for saving their lives

10. His putting his life under the risk of death for such a community,

11. His expectation of success of such a community?

11.1. His expectations of success from his community; when the nature of his ideas are taken into account,

11.2. His expectations of success from his community; when the nature of his ideas are taken into account with the knowledge that all former prophets have been either killed or refused,

12. His disbelief in other prophets,

Some criteria: If he believed in them, he would try to spread their belief systems but without lying; if he did not believe in them, why should he pretend to be their follower?

13. His disbelief in the hereafter.

Some criteria: If he believed, He had not to lie. If he did not believe, why to stress so much on it and condemn those who do not believe in it, even if they do good deeds?

14. His staying alive in such a community

Some criteria: Think of the desert, the easiness of killing a person who revolts against and mocks all the culture, political, sociological, economical ... system of a community, who revolts against powerfull people who kill their own daughters, who killed some of the first converts in unimaginable tortures, who offered prizes to the person who would bring the head of Muhammed?

14.1. The uttering of the statement: Allah will protect thee from mankind(Quran:Ch:5v.67) and its being true.

Some criteria: He had to trust in Allah.

15. His being able to keep his serenity under death threatenings , (those in managerial posts know that how it is difficult to manage stress in such conditions, his unchanging his message)

_______________If you will not aid him, Allah certainly aided him when those who disbelieved expelled him, he being the second of the two, when they were both in the cave, when he said to his companion: Grieve not, surely Allah is with us. So Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him and strengthened him with hosts which you did not see, and made lowest the word of those who disbelieved; and the word of Allah, that is the highest; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.(Quran:Ch.9.v.40)

16. His presenting himself as the messenger of God if the situation was otherwise: If he did not believe in God?

Some criteria:Without it there would be no danger, he could still be a revered person.

17. His being an unintelligent person, so as to be able to utter the greatest of lies.

18. Forbiddance of future prophets and the fact that no messenger came after him: In 1400 years.

Some criteria: Prediction of future prophets by former prophets and their coming.

Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant of all things. (Quran:Ch:33v.40)

Well, atheists are a very little bit consistent because they have the pretext of not believing in God;

But what are the pretexts of those who believe in God for not believing in Muhammed? Therefore another question:

19. And if you believe in God, what is the probability that God makes Himself known by a liar? Or not making Himself known?

And who is more wicked than he who forges a lie against Allah, or says: It has been revealed to me; while nothing has been revealed to him, and he who says: I can reveal the like of what Allah has revealed? and if you had seen when the unjust shall be in the agonies of death and the angels shall spread forth their hands: Give up your souls; today shall you be recompensed with an ignominious chastisement because you spoke against Allah other than the truth and (because) you showed pride against His communications. (Quran:Ch.6/93)