Ali Ataie – Mystical Jewish Numerical Interpretations Foreshadowing the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

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.