{"id":5776,"date":"2019-12-21T09:54:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=5776"},"modified":"2020-06-01T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:07:18","slug":"bible-prophecies-of-muhammad-part-1-of-4-witnesses-of-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/bible-prophecies-of-muhammad-part-1-of-4-witnesses-of-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Prophecies of Muhammad (part 1 of 4): Witnesses of Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity.\u00a0 The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old Testament being slightly larger because of their acceptance of certain books not accepted as scripture by Protestants.\u00a0 The Jewish Bible includes only the books known to Christians as the Old Testament.\u00a0 Furthermore, the arrangements of the Jewish and Christian canons differ considerably.[1]<\/a>\u00a0 Prophet Muhammad has been prophesized in both the Old Testament and the New Testament.<\/p>\n

Jesus and the Apostles are believed to have spoken Aramaic.\u00a0 Aramaic continued in wide use until about AD 650, when it was supplanted by Arabic.[2]<\/a>\u00a0 The present day Bible is not, however, based on the Aramaic manuscripts, but on Greek and Latin versions.<\/p>\n

Quoting the Bible prophecies does not entail that Muslims accept the present day Bible in its entirety as God\u2019s revelation.\u00a0 For the Islamic belief on previous scriptures, please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is not a pre-condition of acceptance that a prophet be foretold by an earlier prophet.\u00a0 Moses was a prophet to Pharaoh even though he was not prophesized by anyone before him.\u00a0 Abraham was God\u2019s prophet to Nimrod, yet no one prophesized his coming.\u00a0 Noah, Lot, and others were true prophets of God, yet they were not foretold.\u00a0 The evidence of a prophet\u2019s truth is not limited to old prophecies, but it includes the actual message brought by him, miracles and more.<\/p>\n

Discussing prophecies is a delicate matter. \u00a0It requires sifting through Bible versions and translations, recently discovered manuscripts and searching out Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic words and investigating them.\u00a0 The task becomes especially difficult when: “prior to the printing press (15th century), all copies of Bibles show textual variations.”[3]<\/a> \u00a0This is not an easy subject for lay people.\u00a0 For this reason, the best testimony comes from ancient and modern experts in the area who acknowledged the prophecies.<\/p>\n

We have records of early Jews and Christians, both monks and rabbis, who witnessed that Muhammad was the fulfillment of specific Bible prophecies.\u00a0 The following are some examples of these people.<\/p>\n

The Awaited Prophet<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pre-Islam Jews and Christians of Arabia were awaiting a prophet.\u00a0 Before the appearance of Muhammad, Arabia was home to Jews, Christians, and pagan Arabs who, on occasion, went to war with each other.\u00a0 The Jews and Christians would say: “The time has come for the unlettered prophet to appear who will revive the religion of Abraham.\u00a0 We will join his ranks and wage fierce war against you.”\u00a0 When Muhammad actually appeared, some of them believed in him, and some refused.\u00a0 This is why God revealed:<\/p>\n

“And when there came to them a Book [Quran] from God confirming that which was with them \u2013 although before they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieved \u2013 but [then] when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of God will be upon the disbelievers.” (Quran 2:89)<\/p>\n

The first witness was Buhaira, the Christian monk, who recognized Muhammad\u2019s prophethood when he was still young and told his uncle:<\/p>\n

“\u2026a great fortune lies before your nephew, so take him home quickly.”<\/strong>[4]<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

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The second witness was Waraqah ibn Nawfal, a Christian scholar who died soon after a solitary meeting with Muhammad.\u00a0 Waraqah attested Muhammad was the Prophet of his time and received revelation exactly like Moses and Jesus.[5]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Jews of Medina were anxiously awaiting the arrival of a prophet.\u00a0 The third and fourth witnesses were their two famous Jewish rabbis, Abdullah ibn Salam and Mukhayriq.[6]<\/a><\/p>\n

The sixth and seventh witnesses were also Yemeni Jewish rabbis, Wahb ibn Munabbih, and Ka\u2019b al-Ahbar (d. 656 CE). \u00a0Ka\u2019b found long passages of praise and the description of the Prophet prophesized \u00a0<\/strong>by Moses in the Bible.[7]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Quran states:<\/p>\n

“Is it not a sign to them that the learned men of the Children of Israel knew it (as true)?” (Quran 26:197)<\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity.\u00a0 The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old Testament being slightly larger because of their acceptance of certain books not accepted as scripture by Protestants.\u00a0 The Jewish Bible includes only … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-introducing-islam","category-jesus-in-islam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",900,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",900,600,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",900,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",900,600,false],"gform-image-choice-sm":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",300,200,false],"gform-image-choice-md":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",400,267,false],"gform-image-choice-lg":["https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Bible-Prophecies-of-Muhammad-1.jpg",600,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Site Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/author\/admin2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity.\u00a0 The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox versions of the Old Testament being slightly larger because of their acceptance of certain books not accepted as scripture by Protestants.\u00a0 The Jewish Bible includes only…","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcT0IL-1va","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8488,"url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/de\/biblische-prophezeihungen-von-mumammad\/","url_meta":{"origin":5776,"position":0},"title":"Biblische Prophezeihungen von Mumammad","author":"Site Admin","date":"06\/20\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Testimonies from Scholars \u00a0 Introductory Questions The Bible is a scripture in both Judaism and Christianity. 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