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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Inquiries about Islam The Bible Testifies for Muhammad Wilson : The evidence which has been discussed is very convincing and offers a great support to the prophethood of Muhammad. The superiority of the Qur'an itself is primary evidence of this truth and so are the many quoted prophecies. I wonder if the Old and the New Testaments contain any prophecy foretelling the advent of the .

Chirri : There is in the Bible more than one statement which indicate the expectation of the . He is not mentioned by name, but the descriptions seem to fit only Muhammad. We find in the Deuteronomy book the following statement: “I will raise up for them (the Israelites) a prophet like you from among their brethren; and I will put My words in his mouth, and he 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.” 18:18-19 This statement promises that God will raise up a prophet from among the brethren of the Israelites; that that prophet will be like Moses himself; that God will put His own words in the mouth of that prophet; and that that prophet will speak those words in the name of God Who put them in his mouth.

Thus, the expected prophet has three descriptions, none of them is applicable but to the : The promised prophet will be from the brethren of the Israelites. The Israelites are related only to the Arabs. There are no people in the world that may be called the brethren of the Israelites except the Arabs, because the Israelites are the descendants of Isaac, and the Arabs are the descendants of Ishmael, the older brother of Isaac. That prophet will be like Moses.

Moses was a prophet of a new dispensation, and he was a secular as well as a spiritual leader to his people. This description fits only Muhammad among all the prophets who came after Moses. None of those prophets, including Jesus, was sent with new rules and dispensations. Jesus followed the dispensations of Moses and did not introduce new religious laws. Nor was he a secular leader to the Israelites.

In addition to this, all those prophets, except Muhammad, came from the Israelites themselves and not from their brethren. The statement described the promised prophet as a prophet who will not speak of his own. The very words of God will be put in his mouth. No prophet except Muhammad has claimed that his book contains the very words of God.