Textual Proofs


which support


the Prophethood


of Muhammad 


In the Name of Allah,


the Most Gracious,


the Most Merciful


Textual Proofs which


support the Prophethood


of Muhammad 


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Proofs from the Qur’an:


01 God, the Exalted, says:


“Muhammad is not the father of [any]


one of your men, but he is the


Messenger of Allah and last of the


prophets. And ever is Allah, of all


things, Knowing.” (33:40)


02 Jesus gave the glad


tidings of Prophet


Muhammad in the Gospel.


God, the Exalted, says:


“And [mention] when Jesus, the son of


Mary, said, ‘O children of Israel, indeed


I am the messenger of Allah to you


confirming what came before me of


the Torah and bringing good tidings of


a messenger to come after me, whose


name is Ahmad.’ But when he came to


them with clear evidences, they said,


‘This is obvious sorcery!’” (61:6)


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Proofs from the Sunnah:


said: صلى الله عليه وسلم The Prophet


“My example and the example of the


Prophets before me is like a man who


built a house, which he built and


perfected except for the space of one


brick. People would go round the


house and stare in awe at its perfection


and say, ‘Had it not been for this


said, ‘I am that صلى الله عليه وسلم space!’ The Prophet


brick. I am the last of Prophets.’”


(Bukhari)


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Previous Scriptures:


Ataa’ ibn Yasaar said, “I met Abdullah


ibn Amr ibn Al-Aas and I asked him:


‘Tell me about the description of the


in the Torah.’ He صلى الله عليه وسلم Messenger of God


replied, ‘He is described in the Torah


with some of what he is described in


the Qur’an: ‘We have indeed sent you


as a witness (over mankind) and one


who gives glad tidings, and warns


others, and one who protects and


safeguards the commoners. You are


My slave and Messenger. I called you


Mutawakkil (The Trusted One). You are


neither ill-mannered, nor rude, nor do


you raise your voice. You do not pay


evil with evil; rather, you forgive and


pardon. I will not collect his soul until I


guide the nations, and until they say,


‘There is no true god worthy of being


worshipped except God alone,’ and


until they clearly see the Truth.’”


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Ata said, “I met Ka’b, the Rabbi, and


asked him about this narration, and he


did not differ with Abdullah ibn Amr


ibn Al-Aas except for a minor difference


in the wording of the narration.” (Baihaqi)


Abdul-Ahad Dawud said, “... I have


tried to base my arguments on portions


of the Bible which hardly allow for any


linguistic dispute. I would not go to


Latin, Greek, or Aramaic, for that


would be useless. I just give the


following quotation in the very words


of the Revised Version as published by


the British and Foreign Bible Society.


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We read the following words in the


Book of Deuteronomy chapter 18,


verse 18:


‘I will raise them up a prophet from


among their brethren, like unto thee;


and I will put my words in his mouth.’


If these words do not apply to Prophet


Muhammad, they still remain


unfulfilled. Prophet Jesus himself


never claimed to be the Prophet


alluded to. Even his disciples were of


the same opinion. They looked to the


second coming of Jesus for the


fulfillment of the prophecy. 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. Jesus, as is believed by the


Church, will appear as a Judge and


not as a lawgiver. Yet, the promised


one has to come with a “fiery law” in


“his right hand.”


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In ascertaining the personality of the


promised prophet, the other prophecy


of Moses is, however, very helpful


where it speaks of the shining forth of


God from Paran, the mountain of


Makkah. The words in the Book of


Deuteronomy, chapter 33, verse 2,


read as follows:


“The Lord came from Sinai, and rose


up from Seir unto them; he shined


forth from mount Paran, and he came


with ten thousand saints; from his right


hand went a fiery law for them.”


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In these words, the Lord has been


compared with the sun. He comes


from Sinai, he rises from Seir, but he


shines in his full glory from Paran,


where he had to appear with ten


thousand saints, carrying a fiery law in


his right hand. None of the Israelites,


including Jesus, had anything to do


with Paran. Hagar, with her son


Ishmael, wandered in the wilderness


of Beersheba, who afterwards dwelt in


the wilderness of Paran (Gen. 21, 21).


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Ishmael married an Egyptian woman,


and through his first born, Kedar, gave


descent to the Arabs who, from that


time till now, are the dwellers of the


wilderness of Paran. And if Prophet


Muhammad traces his descent to


Ishmael through Kedar, and he


appeared as a prophet in the


wilderness of Paran and re-entered


Makkah with ten thousand saints and


gave a fiery law to his people, is not


the prophecy above mentioned fulfilled


to its very letter?


The words of the prophecy in


Habakkuk are especially noteworthy.


His (the Holy One from Paran) glory


covered the heavens and the earth,


and was full of his praise. The word


“praise” is very significant, as the


name Muhammad literally means “the


praised one.” Besides the Arabs, the


inhabitants of the wilderness of Paran


had also been promised a Revelation:


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“Let the wilderness and the cities


thereof lift up their voice, the villages


that Kedar doth inhabit. Let the


inhabitants of the rock sing, let them


shout from the top of the mountains.


Let them give glory unto the Lord, and


declare His praise in the islands. The


Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he


shall stir up jealousy like a man of war.


He shall cry, yea, roar. He shall prevail


against his enemies.” (Isaiah).


In connection with it, there are two


other prophecies worthy of note where


references have been made to Kedar.


In chapter 60 of Isaiah, verses 1-7, it


reads:


“Arise, shine for thy light is come, and


the glory of the Lord is risen upon


thee... The multitude of camels shall


cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian


and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall


come. All the flocks of Kedar shall be


gathered together unto thee, the rams


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of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee.


They shall come up with acceptance


on mine altar, and I will glorify the


house of my glory.”


The other prophecy is again in Isaiah


21, verses 13-17:


“The burden upon Arabia. In the forest


in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling


companies of Dedanim. The


inhabitants of the land of Tema brought


water to him that was thirsty, they


prevented with their bread him that


fled. For they fled from the swords and


from the bent bow, and from the


grievousness of war. For thus hath the


Lord said unto me, ‘Within a year,


according to the years of a hireling,


and all the glory of Kedar shall fail. And


the residue of the number of archers,


the mighty of the children of Kedar,


shall be diminished.’”


Read these prophecies in Isaiah in the


light of the one in Deuteronomy which


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speaks of the shining forth of God


from Paran.


If Ishmael inhabited the wilderness of


Paran, where he gave birth to Kedar,


who is the ancestor of the Arabs. And,


if the sons of Kedar had to receive


revelation from God. And, if the flocks


of Kedar had to come up with


acceptance to a Divine altar to glorify


“the house of my glory” where the


darkness had to cover the earth for


some centuries, and then that very


land had to receive light from God.


And, if all the glory of Kedar had to fail


and the number of archers, the mighty


men of the children of Kedar, had to


diminish within a year after the one


who fled from the swords and from the


bent bows - the Holy One from Paran


(Habakkuk 3, verse 3), is no one else


than the Prophet Muhammad. The


Prophet Muhammad is the holy


offspring of Ishmael through Kedar,


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who settled in the wilderness of Paran.


Muhammad is the only Prophet


through whom the Arabs received


revelation at the time when the


darkness, in the form of ignorance


regarding God, had covered the earth.


Through him, God shone from Paran,


and Makkah is the only place where


the House of God is glorified and the


flocks of Kedar come with acceptance


on its altar. The Prophet Muhammad


was persecuted by his people and had


to leave Makkah. He was thirsty and


fled from the drawn sword and the


bent bow, and within a year after his


flight, the descendants of Kedar meet


him at Badr, the place of the first battle


between the Makkans and the


Prophet. The children of Kedar and


their number of archers diminish and


all the glory of Kedar fails. If the Holy


Prophet is not to be accepted as the


fulfillment of all these prophecies, then


they will still remain unfulfilled.


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“The house of my glory” referred to in


Isaiah 60 is the house of God in


Makkah, and not the Church of Christ,


as thought by Christian commentators.


The flocks of Kedar, as mentioned in


verse 7, have never come to the


Church of Christ. And it is a fact that


the villages of Kedar and their


inhabitants are the only people in the


whole world who have remained


impenetrable to any influence of the


Church of Christ.


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Again, the mention of 10,000 saints in


Deuteronomy 33, verse 2 is very


significant. He (God) shined forth from


Paran, and he came with 10,000


saints. Read the whole history of the


wilderness of Paran and you will find


no other event, except for one, that


could fit this description. And that was


when Makkah was conquered by the


Prophet.


He came with 10,000 followers from


Madeenah and re-entered “the house


of my glory.” He gives the fiery law to


the world, which reduced to ashes all


other laws.


The Comforter - the Spirit of Truth -


spoken of by the Prophet Jesus was


also none other than the Prophet


Muhammad himself. It cannot be


taken as the Holy Ghost, as Church


theology says. “It is expedient for you


that I go away,” says Jesus, “for if I go


not away the Comforter will not come


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unto you, but if I depart, I will send him


unto you.” (John 16, verse 7)


The words clearly show that the


Comforter had to come after the


departure of Jesus, and was not with


him when he uttered these words. Are


we to presume that Jesus was devoid


of the Holy Ghost if his coming was


conditional on the going of Jesus?


Besides, the way in which Jesus


describes him clearly indicates that he


is a human being, not a ghost. “He


shall not speak of himself, but


whatsoever he shall hear, that he shall


speak.” Should we presume that the


Holy Ghost and God are two distinct


entities and that the Holy Ghost


speaks of himself and also what he


hears from God?


The words of Jesus clearly refer to


some messenger from God. Jesus


calls him the Spirit of Truth, and we


know that the people of Makkah used


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to also call Muhammad, “the Truthful”.


Moreover, the Qur’an also speaks of


Prophet Muhammad in the same


manner, “No, indeed, he has brought


the truth, and confirmed the


Messengers.” (37:37).


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Proofs from the New


Testament


There are a number of passages in the


New Testament which also clearly


صلى الله عليه وسلم refer to the coming of Muhammad


by implication through the nature of


his actions or functions.


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01 John the Baptist:


When he started baptizing, the Jewish


people sent priests to him to find out


who he was. “[He] confessed freely, ‘I


am not the Messiah.’ They asked him,


‘Then who are you? Are you Elijah?’


He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the


Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Finally


they said, ‘Who are you? Give us an


answer to take back to those who sent


us. What do you say about yourself?’...


Now the Pharisees who had been sent


questioned him, ‘Why then do you


baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor


Elijah, nor the Prophet?’” (John 1:20-25)


Thus, the Prophet is not Jesus,


because, firstly, Jesus was known as


the Messiah, and secondly, because


John the Baptist continued preaching,


baptizing and foretelling the coming of


the Prophet during the lifetime of


Jesus. Thus, it can only be Muhammad.


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02 Jesus:


The Prophet Jesus foretold the coming


of another Prophet, whose name


would be the “Paraclete”. In the


English translations, he is called the


“Comforter” or “Counselor”. It is


written that his teachings would last


forever: “I will pray the Father, and He


shall give you another Comforter, that


he may abide with you forever.” (John


14, verse 16)


The Greek word for Comforter,


periqlytos, means “illustrious,”


“renowned” and “praiseworthy,” and


this is exactly what the Arabic word


“Ahmed” means. It is confirmed in the


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Qur’an that the Prophet Jesus


prophesied that a Prophet named


“Ahmed” would come after him. God,


the Exalted, says:


“And [mention] when Jesus, the son of


Mary, said, ‘O children of Israel, indeed


I am the messenger of Allah to you


confirming what came before me of


the Torah and bringing good tidings of


a messenger to come after me, whose


name is Ahmad.’ But when he came to


them with clear evidences, they said,


‘This is obvious sorcery.’” (61:6)


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of God Muhammad”


by Abd Ar-Rahman


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