Zakir Naik – Prophet Muhammad as Prophesied in the Bible

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			I've given the talk on Prophet Muhammad, peace
		

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			be upon him, in the major world religious
		

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			scriptures.
		

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			But today, my topic specifically is
		

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			Muhammad, peace be upon him, in the Bible.
		

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			Today,
		

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			my main purpose is to prove to the
		

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			Christian that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
		

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			has been prophesied in the Bible.
		

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			If the Christian do not believe
		

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			that Quran is the word of Almighty God,
		

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			I will prove from their scriptures, the Bible,
		

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			which the Christians believe is the word of
		

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			God that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,
		

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			is also mentioned in your Bible.
		

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			1st, we'll discuss
		

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			about the prophecies
		

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			in the Old Testament. The Bible, if we
		

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			analyze,
		

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			is divided into 2 parts.
		

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			The Old Testament,
		

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			and the New Testament.
		

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			The Old Testament deals with the stories of
		

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			all the prophets, from the first prophet, that
		

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			is Adam, peace be upon him, up to
		

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			the prophets before Jesus, peace be upon him.
		

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			And the New Testament deals with the stories
		

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			and the life of Prophet Jesus, peace be
		

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			upon him.
		

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			According to the Catholic version of the Bible,
		

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			the Douay version, there are 73 books in
		

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			the Bible.
		

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			If you read the Protestant
		

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			version of the Bible,
		

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			they
		

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			have thrown out 7 books from the Old
		

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			Testament,
		

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			which they call apocryphy.
		

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			Apocryphy
		

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			means doubtful.
		

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			So the Bible of the protestants
		

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			contains
		

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			66 books.
		

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			The Old Testament
		

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			of the protestants
		

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			contains
		

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			39 books,
		

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			and the Old Testament
		

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			of the Catholics
		

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			contains
		

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			46
		

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			books. The new testament of both,
		

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			Catholics and Protestants,
		

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			contain 27 books.
		

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			First we'll discuss
		

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			the prophecy of prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
		

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			him, in the old testament.
		

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			Allah says in the Quran in chapter
		

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			number 7, verse number 157.
		

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			They follow
		

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			the messenger,
		

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			the unleaded prophet who is mentioned in the
		

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			scriptures,
		

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			the law and the gospel.
		

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			If you read the Old Testament,
		

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			there is a very explicit
		

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			prophecy
		

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			in the Old Testament, in the book of
		

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			Deuteronomy,
		

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			chapter number 18, verse number 18, where almighty
		

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			God says,
		

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			I shall raise them up a prophet
		

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			from among thy brethren,
		

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			like unto thee, and I shall put my
		

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			words into his mouth, and he shall speak
		

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			all that I command him.
		

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			When we ask the Christians
		

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			that who does this prophecy refer to?
		

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			And most of the Christians say this prophecy
		

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			refers to no one but Jesus Christ, peace
		

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			be upon him.
		

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			And when we ask them that how does
		

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			this prophecy refer to Jesus Christ, peace be
		

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			upon him, they tell us, this prophecy says,
		

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			I shall raise them up a Prophet from
		

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			among thy brethren, like unto thee, like unto
		

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			Moses, peace be upon him. So this prophecy
		

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			says, the Prophet to come
		

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			would be like Moses, peace be upon him.
		

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			And the only Prophet who is like Moses,
		

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			peace be upon him, is Jesus Christ, peace
		

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			be upon him.
		

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			And then we ask them how is Jesus,
		

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			peace be upon him, like Moses, peace be
		

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			upon him. So they give us two reasons.
		

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			Number 1,
		

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			Moses, peace be upon him, was a Jew.
		

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			Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, was a
		

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			Jew.
		

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			Moses, peace be upon him, was a prophet
		

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			of God, was a spiritual leader. Jesus Christ,
		

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			peace be upon him, was a prophet of
		

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			God, was a spiritual leader.
		

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			These two similarities
		

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			are sufficient to prove that Jesus, peace be
		

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			upon him,
		

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			has been prophesied in Deuteronomy chapter number 18
		

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			verse 17.
		

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			I tell these Christians
		

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			that if these two similarities
		

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			are the only two points
		

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			for fulfillment of the prophecy
		

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			that the person should be a Jew
		

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			and he should be a prophet, then all
		

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			the prophets mentioned in the Old Testament,
		

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			after Moses, peace be upon him, all the
		

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			prophets mentioned in the Bible, after Moses, peace
		

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			be upon
		

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			him. Like
		

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			Solomon,
		

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			Ezekiel,
		

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			Isaiah,
		

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			Daniel,
		

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			Joel, Hosea, John the Baptist, all of them
		

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			were Jew
		

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			and all of them were prophets of God.
		

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			So all these prophets mentioned in the Bible,
		

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			after Moses, peace be upon him, they fulfill
		

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			the prophecy.
		

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			What is so unique about Jesus Christ, peace
		

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			be upon him?
		

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			So I am here to help the Christians.
		

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			I'm here
		

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			to make the Christians understand the Bible better.
		

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			And if I'm wrong,
		

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			the Christians are welcome during question answer time
		

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			to correct me.