{"id":268,"date":"2011-10-19T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T08:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/bible-prophecies-of-muhammad-part-2-of-4-old-testament-prophecies-of-muhammad\/"},"modified":"2011-10-19T08:48:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T08:48:09","slug":"bible-prophecies-of-muhammad-part-2-of-4-old-testament-prophecies-of-muhammad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/bible-prophecies-of-muhammad-part-2-of-4-old-testament-prophecies-of-muhammad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Prophecies of Muhammad (part 2 of 4): Old Testament Prophecies of Muhammad"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 8px; height: 17px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"> The Biblical evidence that Muhammad is not a false prophet. &nbsp;Part 2: A discussion on the prophecy mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:18, and how Muhammad fits this prophecy more than others.<br \/> By IslamReligion.com<br \/> Published on 20 Feb 2006 &#8211; Last modified on 03 Oct 2011 <br \/> Viewed: 55074 (daily average: 27) &#8211; Rating: 4.1&nbsp;out of&nbsp;5 &#8211; Rated by: 54<br \/> Printed: 2267 &#8211; Emailed: 97 &#8211; Commented on: 0 <br \/> Category: Articles &gt; Evidence Islam is Truth &gt; Muhammad in the Bible and Other Scriptures<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/> Category: Articles &gt; Comparative Religion &gt; The Bible<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/> Category: Articles &gt; The Prophet Muhammad &gt; Evidence of His Prophethood<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/> Category: Articles &gt; Evidence Islam is Truth &gt; Evidence of Muhammad\u2019s Prophethood<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Deuteronomy 18:18 &nbsp;\u201cI (God) will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Many Christians believe this prophecy foretold by Moses to be in regards to Jesus.&nbsp; Indeed Jesus was foretold in the Old Testament, but as will be clear, this prophecy does not befit him, but rather is more deserving of Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.&nbsp; Moses foretold the following:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Prophet Will Be Like Moses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 652px; height: 667px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Areas of Comparison<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Moses<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Jesus<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Muhammad<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Birth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">normal birth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">miraculous, virgin birth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">normal birth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mission<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">prophet only<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">said to be Son of God<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">prophet only<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Parents<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">father &amp; mother<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">mother only<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">father &amp; mother<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Family Life<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">married with children<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">never married<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">married with children<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Acceptance by own people<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jews accepted him<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jews rejected him[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Arabs accepted him<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Political Authority<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Moses had it (Num 15:36)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Jesus refused it[2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Muhammad had it<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Victory Over Opponents<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Pharaoh drowned<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">said to be crucified<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Meccans defeated<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Death<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">natural death<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">claimed to be crucified<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">natural death<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Burial<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">buried in grave<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">empty tomb<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">buried in grave<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Divinity<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">not divine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">divine to Christians<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">not divine<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Began Mission at age<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">40<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">40<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Resurrection on Earth<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"141\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">not resurrected<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"142\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">resurrection claimed<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"143\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">not resurrected<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Awaited Prophet will be from the <em>Brethren<\/em> of the Jews<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The verse in discussion is explicit in saying that the prophet will come amongst the Brethren of the Jews. &nbsp;Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac.&nbsp; The Jews are the descendants of Isaac\u2019s son, Jacob.&nbsp; The Arabs are the children of Ishmael.&nbsp; Thus, the Arabs are the brethren of the Jewish nation.[3] The Bible affirms:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u2018And he (Ishmael) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.\u2019 (Genesis 16:12)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u2018And he (Ishmael) died in the presence of all his brethren.\u2019 (Genesis 25:18)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The children of Isaac are the brethren of the Ishmaelites. &nbsp;Likewise, Muhammad is from among the brethren of the Israelites, because he was a descendant of Ishmael the son of Abraham.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; God Will Put His Words in the Mouth of the Awaited Prophet<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Quran says of Muhammad:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cNeither does he speak out of his own desire: that [which he conveys to you] is but [a divine] inspiration with which he is being inspired.\u201d (Quran 53:3-4)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is quite similar to the verse in Geneses 18:15:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cI will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, <em>and will put my words in his mouth<\/em>; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him\u201d (Geneses 18:18)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The Prophet Muhammad came with a message to the whole world, and from them, the Jews. &nbsp;All, including the Jews, must accept his prophethood, and this is supported by the following words:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cThe LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.\u201d (Deuteronomy 18:15)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Warning to Rejecters<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The prophecy continues:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Deuteronomy 18:19&nbsp; \u201cAnd 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.\u201d (in some translations: \u201cI will be the Revenger\u201d).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Interestingly, Muslims begin every chapter of the Quran in the name of God by saying:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em>Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201c\u2018In the Name of God, the Most-Merciful, the Dispenser of Grace.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The following is the account of some scholars who believed this prophecy to fit Muhammad.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>The First Witness<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Abdul-Ahad Dawud, the former Rev.&nbsp; David Benjamin Keldani, BD, a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect (read his biography here).&nbsp; After accepting Islam, he wrote the book, \u2018Muhammad in the Bible.\u2019 &nbsp;He writes about this prophecy:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cIf these words do not apply to Muhammad, they still remain unfulfilled.&nbsp; Jesus himself never claimed to be the prophet alluded to.&nbsp; Even his disciples were of the same opinion: they looked to the second coming of Jesus for the fulfillment of the prophecy (Acts 3: 17-24). &nbsp;So far it is undisputed that the first coming of Jesus was not the advent of the Prophet like unto thee and his second advent can hardly fulfill the words.&nbsp; Jesus, as is believed by his Church, will appear as a Judge and not as a law-giver; but the promised one has to come with a \u201cfiery law\u201d in his right hand.\u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[4]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>The Second Witness<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Muhammad Asad was born Leopold Weiss in July 1900 in the city of Lvov (German Lemberg), now in Poland, then part of the Austrian Empire.&nbsp; He was the descendant of a long line of rabbis, a line broken by his father, who became a barrister.&nbsp; Asad himself received a thorough religious education that would qualify him to keep alive the family\u2019s rabbinical tradition.&nbsp; He had become proficient in Hebrew at an early age and was also familiar with Aramaic.&nbsp; He had studied the Old Testament in the original as well as the text and commentaries of the Talmud, the Mishna and Gemara, and he had delved into the intricacies of Biblical exegesis, the Targum.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[5]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Commenting on the verse of the Quran:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cand do not overlay the truth with falsehood, and do not knowingly suppress the truth\u201d <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(Quran 2:42)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Muhammad Asad writes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u201cBy \u2018<em>overlaying the truth with falsehood\u2019<\/em> is meant the corrupting of the biblical text, of which the Quran frequently accuses the Jews (and which has since been established by objective textual criticism), while the \u2018<em>suppression of the truth\u2019<\/em> refers to their disregard or deliberately false interpretation of the words of Moses in the biblical passage, \u2018The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken\u2019 (Deuteronomy 18:15), and the words attributed to God himself, \u2018I will raise them up a prophet from among thy brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth\u2019 (Deuteronomy 18:18).&nbsp; The \u2018brethren\u2019 of the children of Israel are obviously the Arabs, and particularly the musta\u2019ribah (\u2018Arabianized\u2019) group among them, which traces its descent to Ishmael and Abraham: and since it is this group that the Arabian Prophet\u2019s own tribe, the Quraish, belonged, the above biblical passages must be taken as referring to his advent.\u201d<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[6]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Footnotes:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[1] <\/span>\u201cHe (Jesus) came unto his own, but his own received him not\u201d (John 1:11)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[2]<\/span> John 18:36.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[3]<\/span> \u2018Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources\u2019 by Martin Lings, p. 1-7.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[4]<\/span> Ibid, p. 156<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[5]<\/span> \u2018Berlin to Makkah: Muhammad Asad\u2019s Journey into Islam\u2019 by Ismail Ibrahim Nawwab in the January\/February 2002 issue of Saudi Aramco Magazine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[6]<\/span> Muhammad Asad, \u2018The Message of The Quran\u2019 (Gibraltar: Dar al-Andalus, 1984), p. 10-11<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Description: The Biblical evidence that Muhammad is not a false prophet. &nbsp;Part 2: A discussion on the prophecy mentioned in Deuteronomy 18:18, and how Muhammad fits&hellip; 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