Muhammad in the bible part 1

Muhammad
The Messenger of God
The Glad Tidings Of
By: John Graff
In
THE BIBLE

the holy qur‟an (3:81)
And (recall) when God took the Covenant of
(all) the Prophets (saying), "Take whatever I
gave you from the Book and H'ikmah (its
understanding), and afterwards there will come
to you a Messenger (i.e. MUHAMMAD )
confirming what is with you; You must then
believe in him and help him!" God said: "Do
you agree and will you take up My Covenant
(that will be binding upon you)?" they said: "We
agree." He (God) said: "Then Bear Witness!
A„li and Ibn Abbas said: “Never has God sent a Prophet
before, except that He took a pledge from him that if Muhammad
were sent in his lifetime, he would believe in and support him.''
the holy qur‟an

The Monastery in Busra, Syria
of the Nestorian Monk Buhira
Lost Early Christian Scriptures Containing
Characteristics Unique to the Prophet Muhammad
1st – He would be an Orphan
2nd – He would have a Seal on His back
The Narration of Bahira
the Monk
[Ibn Hisham 1/180-183; Za'd Al-Ma'ad 1/17]

Bible Sources:
(NAB)
New American Bible
• Published by the CATHOLIC
BIBLE PRESS
• Copyright 1987 -by Thomas
Nelson, Inc.
(KJV) or (AKJV)
King James Version
• Published by Broadman and
Holman Publishers
• Copyright 1998 -by Broadman
and Holman Publishers
(NIV)
New International Version
• Published by Zondervan
Publishing House
• Copyright 1996 -by Zondervan
Corporation

• What are the Elements that would make up a
“Profile” of the Prophet MUHAMMAD which
should illustrate an accurate and unparalleled
match when compared with descriptions of a
Prophet Foretold in the Bible?
• A Matching Profile Includes 5 Crucial Elements:
 1. Ancestry consistent with the one Prophesized.
 2. Occurrence of His Name(s).
 3. Location of coming / People to whom he was sent.
 4. The Major Events of his Life.
 5. Description of his Characteristics.
Identification Profile:
“Profile” MUHAMMAD

Muhammad in the bible
The Genealogy
of the Arabs:
The Ancestry of the Prophet
MUHAMMAD
#1 – Biblical Ancestry of Prophets

“I will establish MY COVENANT as an everlasting
covenant between me and you and your descendants
after you for the generations to come to be your God
and the God of your descendants.”
“I will bless them that bless you: and in you shall all
families of the earth be BLESSED.”
“And through your offspring all nations on earth will
be BLESSED.”
THE BIBLE (Genesis 12:3)

ABRAHAM (SARAH)(HAGAR)
Isaac
EsauJacob
12 Tribes of Israel
(The Israelites)
Ishmael
12 Arabian Tribes
(The Ishmaelites)
abraham‟s genealogy
*Jacob is Israel – Israel is the name which God gave Jacob
“…So shall my covenant be in your flesh an
everlasting covenant.” GENESIS 17:13

Al-Makki
Qusai
2nd son
(The Prophet)
Muhammad
Direct Descendant
Skipping Generations
Family Tree of Abraham
abraham‟s descendants
through ishmael‟s branch
Adnan
Quraish
Qusai
Abdullah
Abdul Mutalib
Hashim
‘Abd Manaf
Kedar
Abraham
Ishmael

ex: Jacob, Job, Moses, David, John, and Jesus (etc.)

the prayer of god‟s
Friend
“Abraham fell facedown…
(and he Prayed to God saying):
“If only Ishmael might live
under your Blessings!”
Genesis
17:17-18
NIV BIBLE

God Answers his Prayer:
With A Promise of divine Blessing in
Ishmael and his Descendants
“And as for Ishmael, I have heard you
(Abraham); behold, I will bless him
and make him fruitful and multiply
him exceedingly; he shall be the
father of twelve princes, and I will
make him a GREAT NATION.”
“God was with the boy (Ishmael)”– Genesis 21:20
Just as God was with Abraham – Genesis 21:23
Genesis 17:20-21 RSV

MUHAMMAD , the Ishmaelite
The Only Prophet in History from Ishmael‟s Branch:
Could the Bible SPECIFICALLY
mention of a Prophet that will come
from the Stem - (or offspring) of
Ishmael?

(pronounced in Hebrew – „Ishi‟) is
contracted from Ishmael.”
There is no letter “J” in Hebrew.
(lawgiver from God)
“Jesse
The Holy
Bible
[Cheyene Encyclopedia Biblica]
“And there shall come forth a Rod
out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall
grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the
Lord (i.e. the Angel Gabriel) shall rest upon him, the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit
of counsel and might, the spirit of
knowledge, and of fear of the Lord.” THE BIBLE
(Isaiah: 11:1-2)
The Stem - The root of the Prophet

Location - Biblical reference of Meca
The founders of the
City of Muhammad :
– Hajar & Ishmael –

The founding of Meca: The Story of
Ishmael
Mecca (Beca)
Jerusalem
The Journey of
Abraham in Arabia
Paran
Yarushlam
…the water in the skin
was used up. So she (Hagar) put the
child (Ishmael) under the shrub… she
said to herself, “Let me not watch the
child die.” …He (Ishmael) began to
cry. God heard the boy‟s cry, and
God‟s messenger called to Hagar from
heaven… “Don‟t be afraid; God has
heard the boy‟s cry… …I will make
him a great nation.” Then God opened
her eyes, and she saw a well of
water… God was with the boy as he
grew up… …with his home in the
wilderness of Paran. Paran –
GENSIS 21:14-21
His migration with his mother
New American Bible

• Paran = is the Hebrew name for the valley which
later developed into a town that came to be called
Beca or Meca. It is the historic valley where Ishmael
and Hagar immigrated to being the first to settle in
that area.
• In Hebrew Faran - simply means ‘the 2 who
fled’.
• In Arabic Fârân - is the Duel form of the root-
‘Farra’, meaning: ‘two person that run away’
referring to Hagar & Ishmael just as it is in
Bible Terminology

(The House of God) in Beca
Verily the first house (of worship) appointed for Mankind was
that at Beca, full of blessing, and a guidance for all the Worlds.
The Holy Qur'ân 3:96

Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
they are ever praising you.
Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. {NIV}
Who passing through the Valley of Beca make
it a well; the rain also fills the pools.” {AKJV}
THE BIBLE [Psalm 84:4-
6]
Location of the holy well of Zamzam

According to the Bible, God said about Ishmael:
Behold, I will Bless him, and make him fruitful and
multiply him exceedingly… And I will make him a Great
Nation.”[the qur‟an 15:37]

The Gentile Prophet:
[Israel] – Jacob‟s Prophecy of
„the Non-Jewish
Prophet‟

Video: “The Last WILL of Jacob (AS)”
Were you all witnesses when Death
appeared before Jacob?
When he said to his sons:
They (his 12 sons)
said:
“We will worship your God, and the God of
your fathers: Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac
– The One (True)
God, And weThe Noble Qur„an 2:133
“What will you
worship after me?”

“The Sceptre (of Prophethood)
shall not depart from Judah, nor a
lawgiver from between his feet, until
Shiloh comes; and to him
shall the gathering of the people be.”
The Last Days Prophet
will NOT be A Jew!
• The Sceptre - “Divine Lawgiver” One who is given divine authority from God (i.e. A Prophet)
• Shiloh - …until He comes “to whom it belongs” (NIV)
…until He comes “that has a right to it” (Bible in basic English)
…until He comes “that is to BE SENT” (i.e. The Messenger of God) (Douay – Rheims)
• End - …comes and “He shall be the expectation of Nations” (Douay – Rheims)
The Bible [Genesis 49:10] American King James

• Shiloh (1st interpretation) = A Hebrew
word derived from the root “Shalah”
meaning:
“Peaceful, Tranquil, and Trust-worthy.”
*Hebrew: “Shiloh” is from the same root as Shalom -
(Peace)
*Arabic: “Islâm” is from the same root as Salam -
(Peace)
• Shiloh (2nd interpretation) = A
Hebrew word derived from the root -
Hebrew analysis of “Shiloh”:
“The Messenger of God”
“Shaluah”

He was Unlearned
(He was illiterate, could not read or
write)
1st of His Matchless Characteristics:

the holy qur‟an (8:157)
Those who follow the Messenger who
is NOT LEAENED - (can not read or
write), whom they find mentioned in their own
Book, in the Torah and the Gospel; For he
commands them what is good and just, and
forbids them from what is evil and impure; He
releases them from the heavy burdens and from
binding that are upon them.
So it is those who believe in him, honor
him, help him, and follow the Light which is sent
MUHAMMAD is
undoubtedly mention in
both the Torah (of Moses)
and the Gospel (of Jesus)
According to:
The Holy Qur'ân

 Received the first revelation
at the age 40 through the
Arch Angel Gabriel.
Read in the Name of
your Lord who Created
Created Man from
Al-A’laq
Read for your Lord is
the Most Bountiful
Who teaches Man
by the Pen
Who teaches Man
what he knew not
the holy qur‟an 96: 1-5
The Prophet Muhammad
The Cave
Mountain of Light (Mt. Paran)

A Prophet who is Not
Learned
And the book is delivered to
him that is Not Learned, saying, “Read this,” he replies,
“I CANNOT READ.”
For you the revelation of all this has
become like the words of a Sealed Scroll.
When it is handed to one who CAN
read, with the request, “Read this,” he
replies, “I cannot; (for) IT IS SEALED.”
(NAB) - New American Bible
- Qara -
“Read
Isaiah 29:11
Lo Adati Safir

The Dead Sea Scrolls
“According to the dominant view in the sectarian
texts from Qumran, two messiahs were to lead the
congregation in the End of Days, one
Priestly, and the other Lay. (Reclaiming the
Dead Sea Scrolls, Lawrence H. Schiffman, pp.
321-322).
According to the view of the Messianic believers of
Qumran as well as many Jewish scholars today
there would be:
2 last day Prophets:
• 1 Learned; well studied in scripture (priestly)
• 1 Unlearned; no background in script or scripture

• The Commission of His
Prophethood (The First
Revelation)
• His Migration (The Hijrah)
• His Night Journey (Sudden trip to
Jerusalem)
• His First Victory (the Battle of Badr)
• His Great Triumph (the opening of Mecca)
Every Major Event of His Life:

the holy qur‟an (95:1-3)
3 Locations - referring to
3 Revelations - sent to
3 Different Prophets of God
#1 -
#2 -
#3 -
The gospel given to Jesus Christ
The torah given to Moses
The Qur'ân given to Muhammad
1. By the Fig and the Olive
2. By Mount Sinai
3. By This City of Security

And he (Moses) said, The Lord
came from Sinai,
Mount *Sinai = Torah of Moses
Valley of *Seir = A Mountain in Palestine near the village of Bethlehem.
Mount *Paran = Place or location where God‟s Light (i.e. His Revelation)
will come again to the World. God‟s (new) “Fiery Law”
will be established “for them” (i.e. the people in Paran)
when “He” - comes with 10,000 saints-[“Holy Ones” RSV]
(1st)-Location of the first Revelation (2nd)-The Conquering of that city
Two Events:
The Bible
Deuteronomy 33:2
The Prophet from “Pârân”
And rose up from Seir unto them
He shined forth from Mount
Paran,And he came with ten
thousands of saints:
from his right hand went a
fiery Law for
them.

Valley of Paran or ( ) – “Faran” in Meca

MUHAMMAD
– The Beloved of God –
His Name & Matchless Characteristics:

"The whole word is not worth the day on which the Song
of Songs was given to Israel; for all the writings are
Holy, but the Song of Songs is The Holiest of the
Holy." [Rabbi Akiva (died CE 135), Tractate of Yaddayim (3:5), Mishna]
the bible‟s song of songs
(10) My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy. He stands out among 10,000 men. [NASB]
(16) His speech is most sweet, and he is Altogether Desirable -
This is my beloved and this is my friend O daughters of Jerusalem. [RSV]
(14) His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work
overlaid with sapphires. [ASV]
(13) His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs:
his lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. [ERV]
(15) His legs are pillars of alabaster set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars. [NASB]
(11) His head is as the finest gold: his locks as branches of palm
trees, black as a raven. [Douay-Rheims Bible]
… the most chief among ten thousand. [American KJV]
(12) … His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed
with milk, and fitly set.
Song of Songs
Chapter 5:
Verse (10-16)

 The Hebrew Bible
Shir Hashirim - Song of
Songs Chapter 5, Verse 16
“Hikko mamtakeem,
v'hulo Mahammadim,
ze Dodee v'ze ra‘ee,
bano Yarushalaym"
Hebrew Transliteration Hebrew Text
*Mahammadim - The “m” in Hebrew linguistically indicates plural of
respect and royalty. Its addition to a word expresses Nobility and
Grandeur. ex: “Alahim”= God the Glorious. So Mahammadim means:
[Mahammad the Great or Noble]
*Dodee – translated as „beloved‟, but in Hebrew it actually means
Paternal Uncle- (father’s brother); translated as such at least five
times in Bible in other places. Therefore ‘Dodee’ means:
[He is of Israel‟s (Jacob‟s) Paternal Uncle]

the bible‟s
Song of SoNgS (5:16)
The Hebrew Bible
corrected translation of verse 16:
“His mouth is Most sweet:
And he is – Mahammad the Great
He is of our paternal uncle (Ishmael),
And this is My Beloved,
Oh daughters of Jerusalem."
im = greatness
& nobility

The Jews were awaiting a
Special Prophet OTHER
THAN JESUS!
Now this was John‟s testimony when the Jews of
Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who
he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed
freely,
“I am not the Christ (i.e. the Messiah).”
They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you
ELIJAH?”
He said, “I am Not.”
“Are you THE PROPHET?”
The Bible (John 1:19-21) NIV
1. The Messiah
2. Elijah
3. The Prophet

The 1st Prophet foretold in the Bible:
He who would be “Like Moses”
The one God will require All to believe in:

“I (God) will raise for them a Prophet
like you (Moses) from among their
brethren; and I (God) will put my
words in his mouth, and shall speak
to them all that I command him. And
whoever will not give heed to My
words which he shall speak in my
name, I myself will require it of him.”
The Prophet foretold by Moses
The Bible (Deuteronomy18:17-19) RSV

Muhammad? – Jesus? – or who?
The Prophet all are required to believe in:
Three points:
1) God will put „His Words‟ in the mouth of this
Prophet -
2) A prophet „Like Moses‟ – similar/very close
resemblance to him
3) A prophet from among „The Brethren‟ of the Jews
“He (Muhammad) does not speak of his own desire,
it is no less than a revelation sent down to him.”
[Al-Qur„an 53:3-4]
*Countless passages in the Qur‟an command
Muhammad (pbuh) in such terms as:
-(Say!), -(Remind!), -(Inform!), etc.
The Prophet all are required to believe in:

The Encyclopedia of
Religion compares the
life of Muhammad and
Moses as follows:
“THERE IS MUCH IN THE
LIFE OF MUHAMMAD
THAT IS IMPLICITLY
REMINISCENT OF THE
MOSES TRADITION”.
Page 121, THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF
RELIGION, Mircea Eliade (EDITOR IN
CHIEF) Volume 10, Macmillean
Publishing Company
A Prophet Like Similar to Moses

1. Birth Normal Normal Unusual
2. Adopted Yes Yes No
3. Married Yes Yes No
4. Children Yes Yes No
5. Revealed Yes Yes No
Laws
6. Governed Yes Yes No
7. Mass Yes Yes No
Migration
w/followers
JesusMoses Muhammad
Which is the prophet most “like
Moses”?
Factor:

8. Common Healer No No Yes
9. Accepted Yes Yes Few
10. Died naturally Yes Yes No
11. Revelation Yes Yes No
written in lifetime
12. Physical and Yes Yes No
Moral victory
13. His age when 40 40 30
mission started
14. At Mountain - Yes Yes No
15. Nature of Yes Yes No teaching
both Spiritual & Legal
Moses Muhammad JesusFactor:

Q: According to the Bible could
the Prophet be someone else from
among Children of Israel?
The Bible 34:10 (Deuteronomy 34:10) KJV
“And there arose NOT a Prophet
since in Israel like unto Moses”
From among “the brethren” of the
Jews?Deuteronomy 18:18
A: No, and he could not be a Jew!
Q: Then from WHOM would he be?

The Children of Ishmael
ARE „The Brethren Nation‟ of
The Children of Israel
 Brethren = personification of a group of
tribes who were regarded as near
kinsmen of the Israelites.
 Israelites = Brethren of the
Ishmaelites, or Brethren of the Sons of
Ishmael. [Genesis 16:12 and 25:18]
the Prophet From the Brethren of the Jews
Hebrew Dictionary

<Noah
ABRAHAM>
^John
<Jesus
ADAM
^Seth<Enoch
)
(2nd)
(8th)
(9th)
Isaac
Ishmael (1st born)
(2nd born)
Jacob (Israel)
Abraham
“Bani Israel”
Children of Israel
“Bani Ishmael”
Children of Ishmael
12
SONS
12
SONS
Muhammad
(KADAR THE MECCAN)
Quraish
^
Adnan
Hadar
12 SONS in
The Bible
*Tema – settled in Yathrib
*Kedar – descendants from Paran
(Medina)
(Genesis 25:13-15) “And these are the names of the Sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam, and Mishma, and Du‟mah, and Massa, Hadar, and
Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Quraish=the modern name
for the tribe of Kadar
His People – His Tribe

“A tribe descended form Ishmael…possessing
flocks and camels… They were an Arabian tribe…
The people of Kedar were Pliny‟s Cedrai, and
from their tribe Mohammed ultimately arose.”
Kedar
Christian Scholars
John D. Davis‟ A Dictionary of the Bible
specifies Kedar as:

Call the word
to the Light
GOD IS
GREAT!
…I (God) will keep you and will make you to be a
covenant for the people and a Light for the Gentiles.
…new things I (God) declare; before they spring into
being I announce them to you. Sing to the Lord a
new song… Let the desert and its towns raise their
voices; the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice.
Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout
from the mountaintops. THE BIBLE (Isaiah 42:6-11) NIV

Salvation! &
“an everlasting covenant”
“…And I (God) will also make you a light for
the Gentiles, that you may bring My Salvation to
the ends of the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6) [NIV]
“…And I will make an Everlasting Covenant
with them. And their seed shall be known among
the Gentiles, and their offspring among the
people: all that see them shall acknowledge
them, that they are the seed which the Lord
hath blessed…” (Isaiah 61:8-9) [KJV]

THE CHOSEN ONE
– Al Mustafâ –
His Name & Matchless Characteristics:

Behold my
servant, whom I uphold; My
Chosen One, in whom I delight
I will put My Spirit (i.e.
Gabriel) upon him. He shal
bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the
streets. He will not fail or be discouraged till he
has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands
“And the Gentiles shall come to thy Light… All the flocks
of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee… And they
shall come up with acceptance on mine alter, and I will
glorify the house of my glory”. [Isaiah 60:3-7 KJV]
„the chosen one‟ - From the Gentiles
(4) [RSV]
(1) [KJV/NIV]
(2) [NIV]
(Isaiah 42:1-
4)

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