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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Inquiries about Islam More Evidence: Forecasting the Future of Islam Wilson : From reading the history of Islam, it seems that the future of the new faith and of its followers was very doubtful at the time of the revelation. The success of Islam afterwards and the growth of the numbers of its followers were unexpected. I often wondered if the unexpected success and rapid growth of Islam were foreseen by the Prophet and forecast by the Qur'an.

The forecast of this would be an impressive evidence on the truthfulness of Muhammad, because the future of the whole faith and its followers seemed to be very dark at the time of revelation. Chirri : The Holy Qur'an contains definite prophecies dealing with the future of Islam and its followers. One of those prophecies deals with the future of the Muslims.

It assures the Muslims of a future religious freedom and promises them a mighty state: “God has promised those of you who believe (in Islam) and do good that He will surely make them rulers in the Earth, as He made those before them rulers, and that He will surely establish for them their religion, which He has chosen for them, and that He will surely give them the feeling of security in exchange of their fear, so they will worship Me, not associating aught with Me; and whoever is ungrateful after this, they are the transgressors.” 24:55 When this prophecy was revealed, the followers of Islam were a very small minority of the inhabitants of Al-Hijaz.

It was revealed, approximately, in the fifth year after the Hijrah when the Muslims were a few thousands, bitterly antagonized by all the inhabitants of Hijaz and the rest of the Arabian Peninsula. None of the Muslims at that time had a feeling of security, nor were they able to practice their religion freely. There was nothing indicating that such a hated and bitterly fought minority would survive, nor was the future of this new religion humanly predictable.

In spite of all these facts, the prophecy was revealed in a definite and unconditional form. More prophecies are contained in the following verses which predict the triumph of Islam and the defeat of its opponents.