Ali Ataie – Proof Of Prophecy The Definitive Description Of The Prophet Muhammad In The Bible

Ali Ataie
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The speakers discuss the names of the Prophet's and the importance of his name in various cultural and political topics. They also mention his motto, his success in creation, and his importance in bringing people to Christ. The importance of numbers and numbers in relation to culture is also discussed, along with the use of words like "the" and"the" in various context. The segment also touches on popular and misules, including a prophecy and a holy spirit.
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So, I've entitled this a definitive description of

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the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the Bible.

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Before we get to the so-called definitive

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prophecy, just to set the table, as it

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were, with some hadith and some ayat of

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the Qur'an, the Prophet ﷺ, this hadith

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is in Sahih Muslim, I have many names,

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I have many names, I am Muhammad ﷺ,

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I am Ahmad, I am Al-Mahi, through

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which Allah ﷻ obliterates unbelief.

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I am Al-Hashr, at whose feet humanity

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will be gathered, and I am Al-A

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'fid, after whom there will be none.

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And, of course, there are many, many names,

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beautiful names of the Prophet ﷺ.

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Ya Shaykh Yusuf al-Nabhani, rahimahullah, Nabhani, rahimahullah,

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he mentions in his book, Fada'il al

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-Nabi wa Ummatin, over 99 names of the

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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, in reality there are hundreds

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of names, of course the names of Allah

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ﷻ are infinite, but this is just one

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well-known hadith.

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So if you look at these names, so

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Muhammad ﷺ, this is his name, that most

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people know him, this is a passive participle,

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it means the one who is constantly praised.

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One time a non-Muslim asked me, what

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does the name Muhammad mean, ﷺ?

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And I said, it means the most praised.

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And he was surprised and he said, was

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he born with this name?

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And I said, yeah.

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And he said, don't you think that's kind

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of amazing?

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And I thought about it and said, yeah,

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that is kind of amazing.

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The name itself is a fulfillment of prophecy.

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So it's a passive participle of the form

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two in Arabic, which is something that denotes

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repetitive or intensive action, the one who is

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repetitively and intensively praised.

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He is also Ahmad, which is a superlative,

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Ism Taqdeel, the most praised of all creation.

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By the way, according to our hagiography, the

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sacred biography of the Prophet ﷺ, our liege

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lady Aamirah bint Wabah radiallahu anha, when she

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was pregnant with the Prophet ﷺ, she had

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a dream and she heard a voice, and

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the voice said that you have Sayyidul Qawm,

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you have the master of the people within

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you, when he is born, seek refuge in

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and call him

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or name him Muhammad.

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And the tradition continues, salallahu alayhi wa alayhi

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wa sallam, that his name is Muhammad ﷺ

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in the Qur'an, and his name is

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Ahmad in the Torah and in the Injil.

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The most praised of creation, upon the tongue

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of our master Isa ﷺ, wa mubashshiran bi

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rasuli ya'di min ba'di ismahu Ahmad, that Allah

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subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in the

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Qur'an, that Isa ﷺ, Jesus peace be

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upon him, he said, I'm giving you glad

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tidings, which is bushra, which is what the

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word gospel means, Injil means good news, good

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news of a messenger to come after me,

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his name is Ahmad, the most praised.

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And the ulama also mentioned that the name

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of the Prophet ﷺ on the day of

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Qiyamah, is Ahmad ﷺ, al-mahhi, active participle,

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the one who effaces kufr, or shirk.

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The Prophet ﷺ is the greatest monotheist in

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the history of humanity, the greatest monotheist.

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And Jewish scholars find him a bit of

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an enigma, because their whole claim to fame

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is that they brought tawhid to the world,

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this is their claim, we brought tawhid and

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it's our responsibility, it's our duty to bring

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tawhid to the nations.

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But this one man ﷺ, he did more

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for the spreading of tawhid than all of

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the Israelite Prophets put together.

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So they recognize that, there's something special about

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this man ﷺ.

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Al-Hashir, the one who gathers, as we

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read in the Biya ul-Lami' Shaykh al

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-Habib Umar bin Hafid, may Allah preserve him,

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anta fil-hashri maladhun, laka kulul khalqi tafza'

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that you are the refuge on the day

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of gathering.

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And all of humanity will go to you.

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So all of humanity will go to the

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different Prophets, they'll say Nassi, Nassi, they'll go

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to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and his response

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is, Ana laha, this is mine.

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And he will make sajda before Allah ﷻ,

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and Allah ﷻ will say, Ya Muhammad irfa'

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rasak wa shfa'tu shafa' wa sal'tu aqab.

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Raise your head and intercede, and ask and

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you shall be given.

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Al-Hashir, al-'aqib, the one who appears last

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in a procession.

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The Prophet ﷺ, as we read again, in

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the shimmering light, the Biya ul-Lami' that

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he is al-akhir, he is the last

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Prophet to come, but he is in reality

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muqaddam.

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He is the greatest Prophet and takes precedent,

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because he has the highest station with Allah

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ﷻ.

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So Allah ﷻ saved the best for last.

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And this is not a claim we are

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making for the Prophet ﷺ.

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This is from Allah ﷻ and his Messenger

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ﷺ.

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So here's an ayah that establishes this idea

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of prophecy.

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Allah ﷻ says, Alladhine yattabi'oon al-rasool

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an-nabiyyil ummi alladhiyajijoonahum al-tuban aindahum fi

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turati wal-injil Those who follow the Messenger,

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the nabiyyil ummi, there's different ways of interpreting

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this.

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And these translations or interpretations are not necessarily

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contradictory they can all be true at the

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same time that he is the unlettered prophet

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that he is some say the motherly prophet

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the prophet of compassion and Nabil Rahma he

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said I am the the prophet of mercy

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but also Gentile as Edward Lane mentions in

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his famous lexicon a Gentile prophet meaning a

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non Israelite prophet whose description they find in

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their Torah in their Torah and gospel so

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this beginning of Surah Al-A'raf those

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to whom we gave the scripture beforehand recognize

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him recognition means to recognize right to recognize

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him as they recognize their sons those who

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fail themselves they're the ones who disbelieve in

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other words his descriptions are given in their

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texts so when he appeared on the scene

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they can confirm his appearance and his character

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with their texts this is a famous hadith

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on the authority of Abdullah ibn Salam who

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is a Jewish scholar in Medina so he

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says that when the messenger of God reached

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Medina the people rushed and it was said

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the messenger of God has arrived so I

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went out with the people to look at

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him when I saw the face of the

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messenger he says I recognize that his face

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was not the face of a liar and

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so the uran must say here that Ibn

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Salam he just intuited the truthfulness from the

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face of the Prophet but in the context

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of Judaism a prophet cannot have takvid cannot

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lie cannot have any type of untruthfulness so

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he's actually saying here is I recognize his

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face because it's described in my text and

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that is his face is not the face

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of a liar meaning that he's claiming to

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be prophecy he's claiming to be a prophet

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therefore his claim is true and the first

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thing the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said

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oh people spread peace feed others praying the

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night while others are asleep and you will

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enter paradise in peace so no need to

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measure so they knew about him what you

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know who what you know who let us

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eat a lot better I mean that's another

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you who could I mean I love all

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the people who took one of you know

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moon video and indeed it the Quran is

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a revelation of the Lord of the worlds

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descending with it is the trustworthy spirit which

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most take to be Jibreel alaihissalam upon your

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heart Oh Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in

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order for you to be among those who

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warn in a form of Arabic that clarifies

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and indeed it the Quran or he the

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Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is foretold in

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the scriptures of old Allah lam yakul lahum

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ayatan an ya'lamahu lumawdani israeel right is

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it not a sign for them the pagan

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Arabs this is a Meccan surah is it

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not a sign for these mushrikeen that the

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scholars of Bani Israel the scholars of the

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Israelites the rabbis know this or know him

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so this verse is

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an interesting little insight into what's happening in

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the Meccan period the Quran is not making

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this claim the Quran is saying is confirming

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something that the mushrikeen already knew that rabbis

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Jewish scholars are confirming the nabuwah of the

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Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam well this

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is a this is one of my favorite

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hadith and Ibn Nusa radiallahu anhu qala kana

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al yahood yata'ata soonaa inda al nabi

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so the Jews used

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to sneeze in the presence of the Prophet

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sallallahu alaihi wa sallam yarjuna an yakula lahum

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yarhamukumullah in hopes of him saying because they

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believed he was a prophet may Allah have

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mercy on you fayakulu yahdikumullah wa yuslihu ba

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'alakum but he would respond may Allah guide

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you and correct your understandings so this is

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in Genesis this is something interesting this is

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not the definitive prophecy by the way I'm

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still sort of setting the table here so

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this is Genesis 1720 a famous verse where

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God is apparently speaking to Ibrahim alayhi salam

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he says as for Ishmael I have heard

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you and there's a sort of a play

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on words here right Ishmael shema'tika right sort

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of from the same root behold I have

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blessed him and will make him fruitful or

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multiply him exceedingly he shall beget twelve princes

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and will make him a great nation Genesis

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1720 the famous Spanish rabbi and Torah commentator

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Bahya bin Asher he quoted the 11th century

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rabbi Kana'il bin Khushiya who said quote

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once this prophecy came true Islam conquered the

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civilized world like a whirlwind we the Jewish

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people lost our position of preeminence in the

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world due to our sins so they know

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that the Torah is describing the Prophet Muhammad

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sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam

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and that the Muslims under the Prophet sallallahu

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alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam have taken up

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the banner of Tawheed which is called Yafiduth

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in Hebrew in the world just a dash

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of gematria so this is a big thing

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in Judaism the study of numbers numerology this

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type of thing but in our tradition we

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have to be careful about these things that's

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why it's just a dash you put a

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dash of salt on your food right too

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much salt spoils the meal right so this

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is what the rabbis actually mentioned this is

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not something I came up with the Hebrew

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phrase in Genesis 1720 translated as exceedingly has

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a numerical value of 92 so go back

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to the previous slide you see that and

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we'll multiply him exceedingly the phrase as a

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great nation which is at the very end

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I will make him a great nation also

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has a numerical value of 92 and then

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they say them for your information the numerical

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value of the name Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam

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in Hebrew also has a numerical value of

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92 exceedingly multiplied great nation Muhammad sallallahu alayhi

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wasallam this is not for me this is

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from their scholars more gematria just a dash

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don't be afraid it's okay relax just a

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little salt this is what they mentioned the

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value of the name Abram the original name

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of Abraham according to Genesis at least in

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the result the father is 243 while Hagar

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is 208 this was 451 which exact numerical

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value of Ishmael or Ismail finally notice that

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Genesis 1720 mentions that Ishmael the son of

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Hagar will be get 12 princes remarkably Ishmael

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alias so that was mentioned 12 times in

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the Quran of Hagar Hajra alias Salam is

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mentioned exactly 12 times in the Torah Allah

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Allah okay now we're coming to the main

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course inshallah so a Sahabi paraphrases and summarizes

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a passage from the Hebrew Bible called Isaiah

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42 the following hadith is found in Imam

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Al-Bukhari's Al-Adab Al-Mufra okay book

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12 number 9 is quoted in Kitab al

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-Shifa by a Iyad Ibn Musa and Atai

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Ibn Yasar said I met Abdullah Ibn Amr

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Ibn Al-As

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and

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I asked tell me about the description of

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the messenger of Allah in the Torah we

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should know the word Torah doesn't necessarily mean

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the first five books of Moses but rather

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sacred Israelite tradition or teaching the word Torah

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is a bit ambiguous it just means instruction

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given to the Israelites

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so

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he said yes by Allah he's described in

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the Torah partly as he is described in

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the Quran Oh Prophet we have sent you

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as a witness a bringer of good news

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and a warner that's Surah Al-Ahzab verse

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number 45 so

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now he's paraphrasing and summarizing Isaiah 42 you

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are a refuge in other words the Prophet

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sallallahu alayhi wa sallam you are a refuge

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for the Gentiles you are my slave and

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my messenger I have called you the one

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on whom people rely one who is neither

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coarse nor vulgar and who shouts not in

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the markets he

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does not repay evil with evil but rather

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pardons and forgives God will not take him

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back to himself until the crooked community has

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been straightened straightened out by him and they

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say there is no God but Allah through

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him blind eyes deaf ears and covered hearts

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will be opened okay so who is Isaiah

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right in Arabic and Hebrew so Isaiah is

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listed by Imam Ibn Kathir Imam At-Tabari

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as one of the prophets and others is

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not definitive but highly plausible he's mentioned in

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the Dalail ul-Khairat by Imam Al-Jazuli

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As'alukallahumma bil-asma'il lati da'aka

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biha sayyiduna sha'ya'u alayhi as-salam

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this is Isaiah I ask you Allah by

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the names which our Master Isaiah peace be

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upon him called you so this is a

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bit more sort of academic here but just

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to mention this quickly there's only two slides

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on this the book of Isaiah is one

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of the 66 books of the Old Testament

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the Tanakh most Orthodox Jews and traditional Christians

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maintain that the historical prophet Isha'yahu bin

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Amoz or Isaiah the son of Amoz wrote

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the entire book in the 8th century BCE

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the general historical consensus however is that the

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book of Isaiah was written by multiple authors

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across hundreds of years and has three major

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divisions we'll look at that the oldest manuscript

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of Isaiah complete manuscript ever discovered is called

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the 1QISA this is part of the Dead

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Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947 it's dated to

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about 100 BCE so this is 700 years

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after the historical Isha'yahu alayhi as-salam

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so that's a lot of time for this

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text to go through redaction but even so

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we'll look at the text and here are

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the three divisions of the book of Isaiah

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Proto, Deutero, and Trito so Isaiah 42 is

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obviously in Deutero-Isaiah written around 550 or

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so BCE written by an anonymous anonymous Isianic

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prophet of some sort in Babylon in Iraq

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the ancient home of Ibrahim alayhi as-salam

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the great iconoclast and quintessential monotheist and it's

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no coincidence that the two major biblical prophecies

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of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam

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the greatest monotheist of all time are found

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in the two most emphatically monotheistic books in

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the entire Tanakh or Hebrew Bible Deuteronomy 18

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and Deutero-Isaiah chapter 42 okay so now

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this is the first verse and the book

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of Isaiah is a bit long it's 25

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verses I'm going to go through all of

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them inshallah but only about half of it

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just to show you some highlights here and

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allahu alam so this is what was summarized

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and paraphrased by a companion of the Prophet

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Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam so it says

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behold my servant whom I uphold my chosen

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one in whom my soul is pleased I

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put my spirit upon him you will bring

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divine religion to the Gentiles few things to

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point out here the word servant in Hebrew

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is Abed which is the same word as

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Abed the word chosen one is Bikhri which

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is related to Mokhtar please Ratsa is Radia

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so this Abed as God's Ridwan Yabtaguna fadla

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minallahi wa Ridwana and then my spirit according

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to Jewish exegesis refers to the spirit of

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prophecy Ruhul Qutus Qul Nazzalahu Ruhul Qutus min

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Rabbika bil Haqq and then divine religion which

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is Mishpat in Hebrew according to most scholars

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of the Hebrew Bible they mentioned Jesenius for

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example mentions that the closest word in Arabic

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to Mishpat is Deen, Deen you will bring

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Deen to the Ummiyin to the Gentiles you

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will not cry out nor lift up nor

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cause his voice to be heard in the

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streets of course the hadith we read Wala

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Sakhaban Fil Aswaq the bruised reed you will

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not break a smoldering wick you will not

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put out you will bring the true religion

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the hadith we read Laysa Bifadlan Wala Gharib

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Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala says Fabeema Rahmatin

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Minallahi Lintalahum it's for the mercy of Allah

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that you have gentleness Walaw Kunta Fadlan Gharibal

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Qalbi Lanfadlun Min Hawlid if you were harsh

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or hard-hearted you would have seen people

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flee from your presence Huwa Ladhi Arsala Rasoolahu

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Bilhuda Madinil Haqq It's he who has sent

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his messenger with truth and the true religion

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He shall not grow dim or be bruised

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until he has established the true religion on

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the earth and the coastlands shall await his

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teaching almost all of the exegesis of this

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verse of Isaiah they say that the coastlands

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are the countries that have coastlines on the

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Mediterranean Sea so 21 countries that have coastlines

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the dominant by far religious teachings practiced by

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these coastlines are the teachings of the Prophet

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Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam so this is clear

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fulfillment of prophecy some of these countries Albania,

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Egypt, Palestine, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Turkey, Tunisia, etc.

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I the Lord have called you in righteousness

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I've called you the Hebrew here is Qara

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'atika from Qara'a Iqra' Bismi Rabbika Allahi

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Khalaq and I've made you for a people's

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covenant for a light to nations or a

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light from the Gentiles Ibn Akhada Allaha Mithaka

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Al-Nabiyeen Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A

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'la took a covenant from all the prophets

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and the umam of those prophets that if

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this Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam should come or

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arrive onto the scene you must obey him

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and follow him and of course we have

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Nabiul Ummi the Gentile Prophet Hadith says Hirazan

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Al-Ummiyeen a refuge for the Gentile Qad

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Ja'akum Min Allahi Noorun Wa Kitabun Mubeen

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of course a light to nations and the

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Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is called the light

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in the Quran there is someone to you

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from Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la

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a light meaning the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

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Wa Kitabun Mubeen and a clarifying book to

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open the eyes of the blind free the

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captives from prison releasing those who sit in

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dungeons Yaftahu Biha A'yuna Al-Rumya according

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to the hadith I am the Lord that

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is my name I will not give my

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glory to another nor share my praise with

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carved idols so this Ebed this Abdullah our

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excellence this Muqtad this chosen one of God

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he's going to come up against very strong

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idolatry so some Christians they say most Christians

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not all Christians they say this is actually

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describing Isa Alayhi Salaam Isa Alayhi Salaam was

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not sent to Mushrikeen he was sent to

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Bani Israel very clear here that this Prophet

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is going to oppose Mushrikeen behold the former

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things have come to pass and now a

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prophecy against some new things okay there's a

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verse from Baqara Falamma Ja'ahum Ma'arahu

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Kafaroon Faih Falaanatullahi A'ala Al-Kaafirin so

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when something came that they should have recognized

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they disbelieved in it right and many of

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the exegetes here the Mufassireen they say this

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is the coming of the Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu

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Alaihi Wasallam singing to the Lord a new

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song in his praise from the ends of

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the earth so a new song song here

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a new scripture you can say a new

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praising of God wa min qablihi kitabu Musa

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imamum wa rahma wa hadha kitabun musaddiqul lisanan

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a'rabiyan liyunzira allatheena dhalamu wa bushra bilmuhsineen

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and in the past was the book of

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Moses as a guide and a mercy and

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this is a book that confirms in the

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Arabic language okay in order to warn those

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who do wrong and give glad tidings the

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people of good the word praise here in

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Hebrew is tahila which is related to tahlil

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which is to say la ilaha illallah this

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I think is a very key verse that

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the desert and cities lift up their voice

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the villages that Qadar inhabits that the inhabitants

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of the stone Salaaq sing for joy that

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was shot from the tops of the mountains

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so Qadar according to all biblical exegesis refers

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to Arabs okay Qadar is the second son

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of Ismail alayhis salaam according to the book

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of Genesis according to Ibn Hisham he says

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that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is

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a descendant of Ibrahim alayhis salaam Ismail alayhis

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salaam and then Qaydar the son of Ishmael

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the Qadarite Arab capital at the time of

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the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was Mecca

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and then inhabitants of the stone most biblical

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exegesis they say this is Petra in Jordan

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okay and Petra was the capital of the

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Nabataeans named after Nebaioth who was the firstborn

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son of Ismail alayhis salaam so the Nabataean

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Arab capital is Petra which is called Raqmu

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in ancient Nabataean which means colored stone but

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here's something interesting so here's Mecca here's the

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capital of the Qadarites next to that Petra

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the capital of the Nabataeans but there's a

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mountain in Medina to Al-Munawwara of Jabal

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Salaaq and this is a picture of it

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so this verse here could actually be a

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reference to Mecca and Medina the Lord shall

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go forth like a mighty man like a

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man of war he stirs up zeal with

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a shout who will raise the battle cry

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and prevail over his enemies so this Ebed

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he's very gentle but he's also a warrior

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and he defends himself and his Ummah he

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has a Jamal and Jalal and I will

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leave the blind on the road they don't

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know and paths which they do not know

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I will leave them I will make darkness

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into light before them and the crooked paths

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into straight ones these things I will do

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I will not forsake them Allah is the

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protector of those who have faith he leads

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them from darkness into light this is my

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path going straight so follow it and here

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the Sirat Imam al-Razi is the Sunnah

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of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ almost done here

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and they shall turn back greatly ashamed of

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those who trust in graven images who say

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to molten idols you are our gods so

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again this Prophet is coming into contact with

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Mushrikeen with idolaters it's very clear you deaf

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ones listen you blind ones look and see

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again the hadith so here

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the speaker who is God is chastising the

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Israelites for disbelieving in this Prophet when he

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comes and so these are kind of questions

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of in common we really call my servant

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blind we really call my messenger deaf we

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really call the one who is my perfect

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servant blind so interesting here the word for

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perfect in Hebrew is an exact codename to

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which means perfect and also the one who

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is greeted often so in summary Isaiah 42

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predicts a divinely beloved servant of God a

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servant who is God's chosen one and divinely

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inspired with God's spirit a servant who is

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gentle in his disposition yet formidable on the

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battlefield exalted messenger of God a prophet who

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will be a bulwark against idolatry a champion

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of monotheism a prophet whose law or teaching

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will convert the islands and coastlands a universal

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prophet will be a light to or from

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the gentiles a prophet whose message will convert

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the Keterites and Nabataeans i.e. the Arabs

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a prophet whose revelation will be a quote

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new song unto the Lord a prophet who

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will bring true religion to the world a

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prophet who is perfect and often greeted or

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praised so I think it's very obvious now

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this is very interesting here so these are

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two atheist scholars but these are considered to

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be kind of top tier secular historians okay

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so the guy at the bottom here is

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named Ehrman University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

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he's written several books six New York Times

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bestsellers and Ehrman says that Paul of Tarsus

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was a first century uh persecutor of the

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early Christian movement probably the founder of Christianity

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he claimed to be the servant of Isaiah

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42 the apostle to the nations the light

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to the gentiles the final messenger in the

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culmination of God's plan this is what he's

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saying now um I've been saying this for

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about 20 years but don't get any credits

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but anyway is Omer Ali here Omer Ali

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member San Jose State podcast anyway he's going

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to get the credit for this uh and

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then according to Robert Eisenman Paul was a

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Herodian meaning he was an Arab Jew that

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is he had a gentile background right so

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it's very interesting Paul is claiming to be

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this person in Isaiah 42 yet Paul taught

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that Jesus peace be upon him was a

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dying and rising savior man god who died

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for our sins this is blasphemy and idolatry

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according to standard normative orthodox Judaism also Paul

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did not convert the karma the Arabs here

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are a couple of verses from Paul's own

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hand I am saying all this especially for

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you gentiles God has appointed me as the

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apostle to the gentiles he's claiming to be

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the Nabi and interestingly here Paul says in

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Galatians that when he had his experience of

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conversion he did not go to Jerusalem to

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consult with those who are apostles before me

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like the leader of the early Christians instead

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I went into Arabia why is he talking

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about Arabia because Isaiah 42 says that this

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great abd of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

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this great servant of Allah this great prophet

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he will convert to the Arabs so here

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he is yeah oh you who believe bless

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him and grant him peace this is Musallam

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this is the prophet that is often greeted

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and you see throngs of humanity this is

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going on around the clock greeting the prophet

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Muhammad and more than humanity the malaika are

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sending salawat upon the prophet and more than

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that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is sending

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blessings of peace upon the prophet Muhammad two

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minutes to spare thank you so much so

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anyone have like a quick question or call

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I have two minutes yes yeah so could

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you repeat the question yeah the question is

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it's about this slide here so this verse

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11 that let the desert and cities lift

00:32:03 --> 00:32:04

up their voice abilities as I can't art

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and habits clearly reference to Arabs let the

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inhabitants of the stone the question is what

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is the stone that's the big question there's

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no opinion one one opinion is is the

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word is in Hebrew the original word is

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with an aim so the dominant opinion is

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that this is Petra Petra means stone in

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Greek right and it's actually a translation of

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which is ancient Nabataean which means stone colored

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stone but interestingly there is a mountain in

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Medina to this day called Jebel Sera right

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now is in front of the Medina so

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the point was this could be a reference

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to both Mecca and Medina rather than Petra

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although Petra was the capital of the Nabataeans

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right so a huge capital of the Arabs

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so both of these cities right and it's

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interesting you look at Petra up here and

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Medina here or sorry and Mecca here right

00:33:01 --> 00:33:04

so the so the capital of the capital

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right in the center almost exactly is Medina

00:33:07 --> 00:33:10

to Manila so the Jews they picked a

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place because the prophet could come from one

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of these two places so they settled right

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in the middle that's the big question why

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are all these Jewish tribes doing in Medina

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in the seventh century the Arabs were they're

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fighting these civil wars for decades it's not

00:33:25 --> 00:33:27

a very good environment it's not conducive to

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the to their health there was a fever

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in Medina or to their why are they

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in Medina i think i have to stop

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