Ali Ataie – Mystical Jewish Numerical Interpretations Foreshadowing the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
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Now in mystical Judaism, I'll just mention this,
I thought this was interesting. There's something called
gematria. This is kind of like a numerological
interpretation
of sacred texts. So as Muslims, you know,
we we should be careful of these things,
take them with a grain of salt. As
one of my teachers said, perhaps there's something
to this, but we should never be dogmatic
or insistent about these things. Right? They say
too much salt on a meal spoils the
dish.
Nonetheless,
some interesting numerological correspondences
have been pointed out to me by my
Jewish colleagues. I'm Jewish. When I used to
work at a Catholic school,
the rabbi professor came to me and he
pointed these things out to
me. He said in Genesis 17/20,
God said to Abraham that we would multiply
Ishmael exceedingly. The word exceedingly he says in
Hebrew is,
which translates as exceedingly. And he said the
numerical value of this is 92 exactly.
And he said the phrase as a great
nation,
Lagoy Gador, is also exactly 92, the numerical
value. And he said did you know that
the numerical value of Muhammad
sallallahu alaihi sallam in Hebrew, memkhit mum dalet,
is exactly 92?
This subtlety did not escape the notice of
Hebrew exigence.
And there are Jewish scholars who admit
that the prophet Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam is
a fulfillment of this verse. Genesis 17/20. They
admit this. They admit that this verse is
predicting the Muslim Ummah under the prophet Muhammad
salallahu alaihi wa sallam. You'll find this under
classical literature.
This is the position of a famous 11th
century Tunisian rabbi
named Hananel ben Fushia. People can look this
up. The famous Spanish
rabbi and Torah commentator,
Bahia Ben Asher, he quoted rabbi Chanael. This
is what he said, quote, once this prophecy
came true, Islam conquered the civilized world like
a whirlwind.
We, the Jewish people, lost our position of
preeminence in the world due to our sins,
end quote.
They know that this verse is describing the
prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam.