فَبَشَّرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ ذَلِكَ...

فَبَشَّرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى يَجِدُونَهُ يَعْنِي الْيَهُودَ وَ النَّصَارَى مَكْتُوباً يَعْنِي صِفَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) عِنْدَهُمْ يَعْنِي فِي التَّوْراةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ يَنْهاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُخْبِرُ عَنْ عِيسَى وَ مُبَشِّراً بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ وَ بَشَّرَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى بِمُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) كَمَا بَشَّرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ (عليهم السلام) بَعْضُهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ مُحَمَّداً (صلى الله عليه وآله) So he -as gave glad tidings of Muhammad -saww and these are the Words of the Exalted: they are finding [7:157] – meaning the Jews and the Christians, written with them meaning the description of Muhammad -saww in the Torah and the Evangel (that) he would be instructing them with the good things and forbidding them from the evil , and these are the Words of Allah -azwj : And when Isa son of Maryam said giving the glad tidings of a Rasool who will come after me, his name being Ahmad [61:6] , and Musa -as and Isa -as gave the glad tidings of Muhammad -saww just as the Prophets -as had given to one another until it reached Muhammad -saww .

Apostasy of the people after the Rasool Allah -saww , except for four قَالَ سَلْمَانُ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِنَ‏ النَّاسَ‏ كُلَّهُمْ‏ ارْتَدُّوا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص غَيْرَ أَرْبَعَةٍ إِنَّ النَّاسَ صَارُوا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ وَ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ وَ مَنْزِلَةِ الْعِجْلِ وَ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ فَعَلِيٌّ فِي شِبْهِ‏ هَارُونَ وَ عَتِيق‏فِي شِبْهِ الْعِجْلِ وَ عُمَرُ فِي شِبْهِ السَّامِرِي‏ Salman -ra said, ‘Ali -asws said that: ‘The whole of the people turned apostate, after the Messenger of Allah -saww , except for four’.