3.1 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Deuteronomy
3.1.1 Resemblances between Mūsā and Muhammadﷺ.
3.2 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah
3.3 Prophecy of Hijrah of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Habakkuk
3.4 Prophecy Test which Muhammadﷺ Passed in the Book of Deuteronomy
3.5 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah
3.6 Prophecy of Hijrah of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah
3.7 Prophecy of the Battle of Badr in the Book of Isiah
3.8 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ Being a Descendant of Ismā‘īl in the Book of Isiah
3.9 Mūsā Prophesying Coming of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Deuteronomy
3.10 Rasūlullāhﷺ Referred to as the ‘Comforter’ in Gospel of John

The Glad-Tidings

We will move on to the next subject, and we are going to talk about some of the glad-tidings of the coming of Muhammadﷺ before his Prophethood.

Jews Reject Muhammadﷺ:  [There is] this Hadīth which is mentioned by Ibn Is’hāq, the one who is stating this Hadīth is Salamah Bin Salām Bin Waqsh, he says, “We had a Jewish neighbour from Banū ‘Abdil Ash’hal, and he came out of his house one day to us. At that time I was the youngest of my household, I was wearing a fur gown I had and was lying in it in the courtyard of my family’s house. The Jew talked about the Resurrection, the Day of Judgement, the Reckoning, the Scales, Paradise and Hellfire; this he told to Polytheists/Idolaters who did not believe in any life after death. They replied, ‘Come on now, you really think people can be sent after their death to some place where there is a Paradise and a Fire where they will be punished for their deeds?’ ‘Yes indeed,’ he replied, ‘And by Him by whom oaths are sworn, anyone going into that Fire would prefer being placed in the hottest oven in the house and having it covered over him, and he being let out of it only next day.’ Then they said, ‘Good Gracious! But what proof is there?’ they asked. He said, ‘A Prophet is being sent from the hereabouts in these lands,’ and he gestured over towards Makkah and Yemen. ‘When will we see him?’ they inquired. He looked over at me, I being the youngest one there, and he said, ‘If this lad lives a normal lifespan, he will live to this time.’” Salamah said, “And a day and a night had scarcely passed thereafter until God sent the Messenger of Allāh who lived among us, and so we believed in him, but he, the Jew, disbelieved in him out of evil and envy.”

So this Jewish man who was studied, he learnt from his books, learnt from the old scripture that there is a Prophet who will be sent from the direction of Makkah, and that there is Hellfire and Paradise, and he knew that the time was approaching and it was very near, however, when the Prophet was sent, this man refused to follow him out of envy. And there are many narrations similar to this of Jews knowing that the time of Muhammadﷺ has approached. In fact, the Jews who were in Madīnah, as we mentioned, were there because they were expecting the Prophet; that was the whole reason behind them settling in Madīnah. And they used to tell the Arabs of Madīnah, Al-Aws Wal-Khazraj, they used to tell them whenever they would have a dispute that one day there is going to be a Prophet sent among us, and when that happens we are going to kill you like the people of ‘Ād were killed. And Subhān’Allāh, that was a preparation for Al-Aws Wal-Khazraj, because Al- Aws Wal-Khazraj used to hear this from the Jews [and] they were aware unlike the other Arabs, they were aware that a Prophet was coming. So when they met Muhammadﷺ in Makkah, they immediately believed, because they knew that this was the person the Jews were talking about. In fact, what they said in that meeting – when they met with Rasūlullāhﷺ on the first day – they went back to their tents and they said, “This is the man the Jews have been threatening us with, let us follow him first.” Let us be the first to follow him, let us not let the Jews beat us to him. So they were in fact in a hurry to believe because they wanted to be the first. But then Al-Yahūd refused to follow Muhammadﷺ.

3. Glad-Tidings of Muhammadﷺ in Bible

We will talk about some of the glad-tidings of Muhammadﷺ in the present day Bible. Obviously the Bible went through a series of developments and changes, so not all of the glad-tidings that were there exist, but still there is a sufficient number [of glad- tidings] in the Bible that should be an indication to current day People of the Book to follow the Message of Muhammadﷺ.

3.1 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Deuteronomy:

There is a verse in Deuteronomy, it is verse 18:18, this verse states: I God will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee (Moses), and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. Now,this prophecy fits Muhammad like a glove; exactly, and it fits no one else. The verse starts by saying that I God will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee (Moses),so Allāh is saying that Allāh will send a Prophet who is like Moses.

3.1.1 Resemblances between Mūsā  and Muhammadﷺ.

Now, who was the Prophet who resembled Moses the most? The Christians claim that this is talking about Jesus, so let us see who resembles Mūsā more, Muhammadﷺ or ‘Īsā.

Number One: Moses had parents, Muhammadﷺ had parents, while ‘Īsā had only a mother. So that is the first similarity between Mūsā and Muhammad which is not shared by ‘Īsā – Jesus .

Number Two: Both Moses and Muhammadﷺ had children, while Jesus never had children.

Number Three: Moses was born in a natural way, Muhammadﷺ was born in a natural way, while ‘Īsā  was born in a miraculous fashion; he was born without a father.

Mūsā was accepted by his nation, and Muhammadﷺ was accepted by his nation, while Jesus was rejected by his nation, so that is another resemblance. It says in the Bible: He [Jesus] came unto his own, but his own received him not. John, 1:11

He was sent to the Jews and the Jews rejected him, while Mūsā was sent to the Jews and overall they accepted him, and Muhammadﷺ was sent to his people and they accepted him.

Number Five: Moses and Muhammadﷺ were rulers on Earth, while ‘Īsā  was not, and when we say rulers, [we mean] they had the power to inflict capital punishment. We know in our Sharī‘ah that only the Sultān can enforce Hudūd, right? The Hudūd, which is the capital punishment and the other forms of punishment, cannot be done by a scholar or any [other] Muslim, they have to be done by the Sultān, by the ruler. Both Muhammad and Mūsā had that power. For example, with Mūsā there is an incident when the Jews brought before Mūsā an Israelite who had been caught collecting firewood on the Sabbath, so Mūsā had him stoned to death – that is in Numbers, 15:36. So Mūsā did stone a person to death, and Muhammadﷺ did apply punishment when the woman came to him professing adultery, but with ‘Īsā , when they brought him a case of a crime, he refused to inflict punishment and he said: “My kingdom is not of this world.” My kingdom is not of this world; Iam not a ruler here. And this is in John, 18:36. So now we have pointed out five similarities.

Number Six: Muhammadﷺ came with a new law; the law of Qur’ān,Mūsā  came with a new law, and that is the law of the Torāh, while ‘Īsā  – Jesus, came to follow the law of Mūsā . He says in one verse: “I came to follow the Law, jot by jot, dot by dot, letter by letter.” And he also said in Matthew 5, verses 17-18, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them, for truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” [Meaning] Icame to fulfil the law of Mūsā . So these are six points of similarity. Subhān’Allāh, the resemblance between Muhammadﷺ and Mūsā is striking.

Number Seven: Mūsā has led his people in Hijrah in a mass exodus out of Egypt to the Holy Land, Muhammadﷺ has led his people in Hijrah, while ‘Īsā  had never left his land and never made Hijrah. And one of the most important events to us Muslims in the history of Rasūlullāhﷺ was Hijrah, and that is why it is the beginning of our calendar, that is where we start counting history from, so it is a very important event. And to the Jews, the Hijrah of Banī Isrā’īl out of Egypt is a very important event to them, in fact, many of their celebrations are based on that event. So this is a very important point of similarity between Muhammadﷺ and Mūsā.

Number Eight: Both Mūsā  and Muhammadﷺ were victorious against their enemies; Moses won against Fir‘aun, and Muhammadﷺ won against the ones who fought him, while ‘Īsā has never won in the worldly sense, he has never won in a battle in this world. In fact, the Christians believe that he was killed; this is not a belief that we share with them, but this is where they stand. So that is point number eight.

Number Nine: Mūsā  died a natural death, Muhammadﷺ died a natural death, the Christians believe that Jesus was killed, while the Muslims believe that he was elevated, so either way it was not a natural death.

Number Ten: Both Mūsā  and Muhammadﷺ are buried in the ground, while the Christians believe Jesus was buried and then resurrected, while the Muslims believe he was never buried to start with.

Number Eleven: [This] is a similarity that we can bring up according to the Christian belief [i.e. we can use a belief of the Christians to prove them wrong]. Most Christians claim that Jesus is God, and the reason why we could use this as an evidence is because they are the ones who are claiming that Jesus is similar to Moses, so we can bring up the point; how do you believe that he is God and then you say he was similar to Mūsā who was a Prophet? While the Muslims say that Muhammadﷺ was a Prophet.

Number Twelve: When did Muhammadﷺ become a Prophet? At the age of 40. When did Mūsā  become a Prophet? At the age of 40, and that is stated in the Bible. And the Bible states that ‘Īsā – Jesus, peace be upon him, became a Prophet at the age of 30. So Muhammadﷺ and Mūsā were given Prophethood at the same age, while ‘Īsā  was given Prophethood at a younger age.

Number Thirteen: Christians claim that Jesus was resurrected after his death; neither Muslims nor Christians claim that Mūsā or Muhammadﷺ was resurrected, therefore Muhammadﷺ is like Moses but Jesus is unlike Moses.

And we could go on with some further points. I think the point is made that the person who most resembled Moses  is Muhammadﷺ, no one came after Mūsā  who resembled him like Muhammadﷺ, by all standards.

Who the Prophecy of Deuteronomy Talks about:

Now, we have talked about the similarity between this Prophet and Moses – Like unto thee –so let us look at other aspects of the prophecy. Now,since we have determined that this prophecy does not apply to ‘Īsā Ibn Maryam, so who does it apply to then? Could it be someone else from among the Jews? Since Mūsā is giving a prophecy and is speaking to the Jews, could it be someone other than Jesus? Well, he cannot be a Jew; the person whom this prophecy talks about cannot be a Jew, because it says in Deuteronomy, 34:10: And there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like unto Moses. So this statement makes it clear that there would be no one among Banī Isrā’īl – the Children of Israel, who is similar to Moses. Again: And there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like unto Moses. Sonone of the Prophets of Banī Isrā’īl are comparable to Moses. So who is it then? Well the answer is right there in the prophecy, it says: Prophet from among their brethren, so in the prophecy it also excludes the Jews, it says from among their brethren, the brethren of the Jews. So here we have a Prophet from among the brethren of the Jews, and who are the brethren of the Jews? Actually there is only one nation that fulfils this description, and that is the Arabs. Why? Because Ibrāhīm  had two sons and two sons only; Is’hāq and Ismā‘īl. Is’hāq is the father of the Jews [and] Ismā‘īl  is the father of the Arabs. Is’hāq had Ya’qūb and Ya’qūb is the father of the 12 tribes. So the Jews trace their ancestry to Is’hāq while the Arabs trace their ancestry to Ismā‘īl. So this verse is very clear, it says that here you have a Prophet like Moses, and we saw the similarities between Muhammadﷺ and Moses, and he is not a Jew but he is from among the brethren of the Jews, who are the Arabs.

And then the prophecy goes on to say: And will put My words in his mouth. SoGod is saying that Iwill put My words in his mouth, in other words, this Prophet will not be speaking of his own, but he will be speaking the words which are put in his mouth. And again, this fits exactly on the situation of Muhammadﷺ; Allāh  says: Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. An-Najm: 3

Muhammad is not speaking from his own, he is not speaking from his own desire, he is speaking the words that are put in his mouth by Allāh . So Jibrīl is putting the words of Allāh in the mouth of Muhammadﷺ. And you have in the Qur’ān many verses [in which] Allāh is speaking; I am your Lord Al-Ambiyā’: 92

Tāhā: 14 and other verses. And the Qur’ān –all of Qur’ān –is the words of Allāh  put in the mouth of Muhammadﷺ. Now, the Bible is different; Christians claim that the Bible was inspired by God, but the words are the words of men, and they admit that the Bible has many authors, many different authors, and the books of the Bible are named after these authors. So you have John, you have Matthew, you have Luke; so these are the names of the authors of these books. Dr W Graham Scroggie of the Moody Bible Institute says in his book, It is Human, Yet Divine, “Yes, the Bible is human, although some out of zeal, which is not according to knowledge, have denied this. Those books have passed through the minds of men, are written in the language of men, were penned by the hands of men and bear in their style the characteristics of men.”

Qur’ān is different; Qur’ān is by Allāh, and Muhammadﷺ was only the one who was speaking it, but it is the words of Allāh  put in his mouth.

The final part of the prophecy states: And he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him, meaning he will not withhold any information; everything that he is given, he will speak it. And Allāh  says in Qur’ān: O Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. And Allāh will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allāh does not guide the Disbelieving people. Al-Mā’idah: 67

Allāh  is telling Muhammadﷺ [that] OMessenger, convey everything that you have received, and if you do not do so, then you have not conveyed the Message, meaning if you only withhold one word that was given to you, you have not fulfilled your role, you have not fulfilled your responsibility. So everything that Muhammadﷺ received, he delivered it, even when it was verses of Qur’ān criticising an action of his, like for example in Sūrah ‘Abasa, when Rasūlullāhﷺ was speaking to the noble man from Quraish and he ignored the blind man ‘Abdullāh Ibn Umm Maktūm, Allāh  said: The Prophet frowned and turned away. Because there came to him the blind man, [interrupting]. ‘Abasa: 1-2

[These were] words that were criticising that action of Muhammadﷺ, and similar can be said about verses of Sūrah At-Tahrīm: O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allāh has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allāh is Forgiving and Merciful. At-Tahrīm: 1 And one can go on in other examples. SoRasūlullāhﷺ conveyed everything that was given to him. So that is one prophecy.

3.2 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah

We have another prophecy in Isiah 29, verses 11- 18. I am not going to read the whole thing, I am going to read part of it, and you determine what this is talking about; it is quite obvious, straight-forward, it does not need any interpretation or explanation. It says: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, ‘Read this, I pray thee’ and he says, ‘I am not learned.’ Quite obvious. The book is delivered to a man who is unlettered, illiterate, and he is told, ‘Read,’ and he responds back by saying, ‘I cannot read.’ These are the exact words that were given by Jibrīl  to Muhammad in his first encounter with Wahī – Revelation. And we are going to notice here that the Bible is talking about the major events; pretty much all of the major events that happened in the life of Muhammadﷺ are in the Bible. You have the first Revelation, you have Hijrah, you have Ghazwat Badr, it talks about Fath Makkah; these are the major events in the life of Muhammadﷺ and they are all in the Bible. Now, again, the verse is: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, ‘Read this, I pray thee’ and he says, ‘I am not learned.’ Now,the first verses revealed in Qur’ān were: Recite in the name of your Lord who created. Created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous – Who taught by the pen – Taught man that which he knew not. Al-‘Alaq: 1-5

 What is even more interesting [is that] if we go back to the original [verse in Isiah] which is in Hebrew, the word ‘Read’ is Qara’, so if one would go back to the original Hebrew, it is the exact same word as Arabic – Qara’, and it spells it in English in this book as Qara, and it is pronounced Ka-raw. The author of the book says, “Is it not an amazing coincidence that the Hebrew text used not only a word with the same meaning but the exact same word itself?”

The prophecy continues and it states that before the time of this man who will receive the Book, Muhammadﷺ, it says the people would be forsaking the Words of God for ‘the precept of men.’ So it states that before the time of Muhammadﷺ, people would neglect the Law of Allāh and they would follow the law of man, and that is exactly what happened; Jesus peace be upon him came to fulfil the Law of Moses, and then you have Saint Paul coming in and telling them otherwise. So Jesus was circumcised; Paul says no, you do not have to circumcise. Jesus said, ‘I came to fulfil the Law letter by letter, jot by jot, word by word,’ Paul said no, you do not have to fulfil the Law. So they left the Law of God and they followed the law of man, which is a fulfilment of this prophecy. I could recite the whole prophecy, it says: And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, –so there is a sealed Book – which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed. Isiah: 29:11

 So Qur’ān was sealed, and even the learned men did not have access to it before Muhammadﷺ because it was destined to go to the man who was unlearned. And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men. Isiah: 29:12-13

Sonow the people are following the words of men.

3.3 Prophecy of Hijrah of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Habakkuk

The Hjirah is prophesied  in Habakkuk 3, verse 3, it says: God (His guidance) came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Soit says His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His praise. It mentions two locations; Temān and Parān. Temān, according to J Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible, is an oasis just north of Madīnah, so Temān stands for Madīnah; Taymā’ [or] Temān would stand for Madīnah, it is a locality just north of Madīnah. Where is Parān? Parān or Farān are Makkah; these are names for Makkah, and that is according to the Bible because the Bible states that Hājar and Ismā‘īl were left in Parān, and obviously we know where Hājar and Ismā‘īl were left, they were left in Makkah. So the name Farān or Parān or Bakkah are all different names of Makkah.

So you have God coming from Temān, which is Madīnah, and you have the Holy One from Mount Parān, [which is Makkah]. Where did Islām spread from? Islām spread from Madīnah, it did not spread from Makkah. When Rasūlullāhﷺ was making Da’wah in Makkah, Islām was contained, the Message was not spreading, the number of people who adopted it were very few, and Rasūlullāhﷺ left Makkah because of the restrictions placed on him, because he was not allowed to preach the Message. So the religion of Islām spread from Madīnah; that is when Islām went all over the world. So God came from Teman,meaning the guidance of Allāh came from Madīnah, but then the verse goes on to say: the Holy One came from [Mount] Parān. Sothe Holy One, who is Muhammadﷺ,came from Makkah. And then it states: His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His praise,and Muhammadﷺ,his name means praise, and the earth today is full of his praise, and this cannot fit anyone more than Muhammadﷺ because there is not a single person in history who is praised more than Muhammadﷺ. So this prophecy fits the Hijrah [of Muhammadﷺ] exactly; Muhammadﷺ making Hijrah from Makkah to Madīnah, his religion spreading from Madīnah, and the world is full of the praise of Muhammad, may the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him.

3.4 Prophecy Test which Muhammadﷺ Passed in the Book of Deuteronomy

In Deuteronomy 18: 21-22, [it is mentioned]: And if thou say in thine heart, how shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? Sohere the Bible is telling us the acid test to know whether a man is speaking on behalf of God or not; how can we distinguish a liar from someone who is telling the truth. It goes on to say: When a Prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the Prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. If a Prophet says something and claims that this is coming from Allāh and it does not come to happen, then those words are not spoken by the Prophet, therefore everything a Prophet says will come to happen. Qur’ān, which is the Words of Allāh given to Muhammadﷺ, is proving to us every day new miracles, [including] scientific miracles showing the truth of Al-Qur’ān. Now, there might have been scientific verses in other books that preceded Qur’ān that came to happen, but you would also find in those books mistakes because they are written by men. With Qur’ān, everything that it mentioned was proven to be true and there are no contradictions in it and nothing in Qur’ān was [ever] proved to be false.

So not only did Qur’ān prophesise about things that wil l happen in the future, but Qur’ān does not contain any errors in it. Because for example, out of pure coincidence and probability, a man 2,000 years ago can go ahead and write predictions about the future; one could occur to be true and then 10 false, so we cannot go and say, ‘Well, this man is receiving this information from God because it has one single thing that was mentioned in it talking about the future’. For it to be from God then everything in the Qur’ān needs to be true, and that holds true to no book other than Al-Qur’ān. There is nothing in the Qur’ān that has been disproved and that will never happen. Allāh  has challenged the people in Qur’ān to produce anything similar to it, and the challenge is still open, and nobody has been able to face the challenge of Allāh in Qur’ān. The challenge started by producing a book similar to it, and then it was reduced to 10 chapters, and then finally one chapter. Now the challenge is to produce one chapter similar to Qur’ān.

3.5 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah

[It is mentioned] in Isiah 21:7: And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels. Christians would say that the chariot of asses is ‘Īsā  because he was the one who would ride a donkey. Who was the Prophet who would ride a camel? Is there any other Prophet who was known to ride a camel other than Muhammadﷺ? So this is a prophecy that is speaking about Jesus  and Muhammadﷺ.

Now, it continues to say in 21:9: And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. Where is Babylon? [It is] in present day ‘Irāq; Babylon is in ‘Irāq. The prophecy is saying that this army will destroy all of the false gods of Babylon and will erase all of the images therein. Which army is that? Whose army is it that would go into ‘Irāq and eliminate all of the idol-worshipping and erase all of the images of idolatry that existed in ‘Irāq? The only army that would fit this description is the army that was sent by ‘Umar Ibn Al-Khattāb to ‘Irāq, and they had succeeded in opening ‘Irāq and eliminating all of the false gods that existed therein. So this is another prophecy that has been fulfilled.

3.6 Prophecy of Hijrah of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Isiah

Hijrah. In Isiah 21, verses 14 and 15, another reference to Hijrah: 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, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. SoMuhammadﷺ made Hijrah and the Ansār supported him with their bread, so this is also talking about Hijrah and Al-Ansār.

3.7 Prophecy of the Battle of Badr in the Book of Isiah

In Isiah 21, verses 16-17: 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 men of the children of Kedar, –it is actually Qīdār – shall be diminished: for the Lord, God of Israel, hath spoken it. Who is Qīdār, or in English, Kedar? Who is that referring to? K-E- D-A- R. Well let us let the Bible speak for itself. It states in Genesis 25:13: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam. SoKedar is one of the sons of Ismā‘īl. In the Bible when it talks about the princes of Kedar, it is referring to the Arabs; Qīdār, in Arabic it is Qīdār, and the people of Quraish are descendants of Qīdār.

Let us go back to the prophecy again: 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 men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord,

God of Israel, hath spoken it. What is this referring to? We just spoke about Hijrah, right? In verses 14-15 we spoke about Hijrah and how the Ansār helped Rasūlullāhﷺ . Now we are in verses 16 and 17; what is the event that happened one year after Hijrah? And notice here that it says: And all the glory of Kedar shall fail, [meaning] Quraish, and: And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished, –they will be killed. What is this referring to? The Battle of Badr, and the Battle of Badr occurred in the second year of Hijrah, one year after the Hijrah of Rasūlullāhﷺ, so this is referring to the Battle of Badr. And it says that the mighty men of the children of Kedar shall be diminished; in the Battle of Badr, one of the most decisive battles in the history of Islām, all of the leaders of Quraish were killed, the leaders of Quraish who were the most brutal in their war against Islām were eliminated; Abū Jahl, Umayyah Bin Khalaf, ‘Uqbah Bin Abī Mua’ith, and down the list one could go naming all of the names of the Non-Believers of Quraish who died during the Battle of Badr.

3.8 Prophecy of Muhammadﷺ Being a Descendant of Ismā‘īl  in the Book of Isiah

In Isiah 11, verses 1 and 2: And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Who is Jesse? According to Encyclopedia Biblica: “Jesse for Ishmael,” – so Jesse is a contraction of Ishmael, and then it goes on to say – “The changes which proper names undergo in the mouths of small children account for a large number of these particular abbreviations – who could guess, to take modern examples, that Bob and Dick arose out of Robert and Richard?…such forms as in ai were particularly common in later times…and many more in the Talmud, which also exhibits various other kinds of abbreviation.”

So here you have Bob standing for Robert, [you] wonder how small children would make that drastic change, but anyway, Jesse stands for Ishmael, Ismā‘īl. So now that we know that Jesse is Ismā‘īl, let us revisit the verse: And there shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse, –meaning the descendants of Ismā‘īl – and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.’ Now,this prophecy cannot fit on anyone except Muhammadﷺ because he was the most prominent descendant of Ismā‘īl .

3.9 Mūsā  Prophesying Coming of Muhammadﷺ in the Book of Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 33: 1- 2: And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the Children of Israel before his death. And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with 10 thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

So now Mūsā is speaking to the Children of Israel before his death, he is giving them a prophecy, he is saying: The Lord came from Sinai, – Sīnā’ – and rose up from Seir to them; he shined forth from mount Paran. Sīnā’ is where the Message of Mūsā came from, so this is referring to himself; Sīnā’. Sā‘eer in Arabic or S-E-I-R in English; Seir stands for the Message of ‘Īsā, because that is a series of mountains in Falastīn close to where ‘Īsā, Jesus peace be upon him, lived, so this is referring to ‘Īsā . Mount Parān again is Makkah, so it is talking about Muhammadﷺ. And this is similar to what was mentioned in Sūrah At-Tīn; Wat-Tīni Waz-Zaytūn, Wa Tūri Sīnīn. By the fig and the olive | Wat-Tīni Waz-Zaytūn. At-Tīn is figs, and figs [here] is associated with Falastīn; they grow a lot of figs. And then you have Zaytūn – olives. So these are referring to Mūsā and ‘Īsā.

And [by] Mount Sinai |Wa Tūri Sīnīn : is referring to the same thing; the Message of ‘Īsā  and Mūsā .
And [by] this secure city [Makkah] | Wa Hādhal Baladil Amīn; Makkah

So it is a pretty similar thing in Sūrah At-Tīn, but with this prophecy here, Mūsā  is talking about his Message, how that is the beginning of a Da’wah, and then [how] ‘Īsā  will carry it further, but then it will rise from Parān, meaning the fulfilment of the Message will come from Makkah.

It goes on to say: And He came with 10 thousands of saints. Who are the 10,000 saints? As -Sahābah  when they opened Makkah, Mount Paran. Fath Makkah was done by 10,000; Rasūlullāhﷺ had 10,000 men with him when they opened Makkah. And: From His right hand Came a fiery law for them,and the right hand stands for truth, justice, and strength.

3.10 Rasūlullāhﷺ Referred to as the ‘Comforter’ in Gospel of John

The Paraclete also stands for Muhammadﷺ; there are a few verses in which this was mentioned, it is also sometimes translated as the ‘Comforter’. In John 16, verses 7-14, it states: Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. I am not going to go into explaining all of this, but I think the meaning is clear that this is referring to Muhammadﷺ. So these are some of the prophecies mentioned about Muhammadﷺ in the Bible and some other events that happened during his mission. We are done with the pre-Prophethood era, and now Inshā’Allāhu Ta‘ālā we can start with the Prophethood.