Zakir Naik – The Prophecy in Deuteronomy 18-18 Fits none but Prophet Muhammad

Let's analyze the prophecy

in detail minutely.

Book of Deuteronomy,

chapter number 18, verse number 18. Almighty God

says,

I shall raise them up a prophet

from among thy brethren, like unto thee. And

I shall put my words into his mouth,

and he shall speak all that I command

him.

Let's

take the prophecy and analyze it part by

part.

First point is, I shall raise them up

a prophet

from among thy brethren.

The first point of the prophecy is that

the prophet to come will be amongst the

brethren of Moses, peace be upon him. What

is the meaning of the word brethren?

Brethren means

the children

of the brothers. And we know from the

Bible

that Abraham, peace be upon him, had 2

sons.

The first son, Ishmael, peace be upon him,

who was the son from the 2nd wife

of Prophet Abraham, peace be upon him. He

was the son

of

Hajra or Hagar.

The second son of Abraham, peace be upon

him, was born approximately 17 years later.

His name was

Isha or Isaac,

who was born to the first wife of

Abraham, peace be upon him, that is Sarah.

May Allah be pleased with her. So Abraham,

peace be upon him, had 2 sons.

The children of both these sons, the children

of Ishmael

and the children of

Isaac, peace be upon them both,

they are brethren unto one another. They are

the children of the brothers.

All the descendants

of Ishmael,

they are Arabs.

And the descendants

of Isaac are Jews.

That means the Jews and Arabs are brethren

unto one another.

So by analyzing the first point of the

prophecy itself,

I shall raise them up a prophet from

among thy brethren. That means the prophet should

be a brethren of Moses, peace be upon

him. Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, wasn't

a brethren

of

Moses peace be upon him. He was a

Jew.

He was a descendant. He was not a

brethren.

So the first point itself

disqualifies

all the Jews,

including Jesus Christ, peace be upon him.

And we know

that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, he

was a descendant

of Ishmael, peace be upon him.

That means he was a brethren

of the Jews, including Moses, peace be upon

him.

So this

first point of the prophecy,

that the prophet should be a brethren.

The prophet that claimed prophethood

after Ishmael alaihi wasalam, from his descendants, the

first person was Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon

him.

Furthermore, if you analyze,

I shall raise them up a Prophet from

among thy brethren, like unto thee, like Moses,

peace be upon him.

Let us analyze

whether Jesus

is like Moses, peace be upon them,

or whether Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him,

is like Moses, peace be upon him.

I can list

several similarities

between Moses and Muhammad, peace be upon him,

and several

dissimilarities

between Jesus and Moses peace be upon them.

Point number 1.

Moses and Muhammad peace be upon them,

both

had a mother and a father.

Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, had a

mother, but no father. So Moses and Mohammed,

peace be upon them.

They are alike.

Muhammad, peace be upon him, is like Moses,

peace be upon him, and Jesus, peace be

upon him, is unlike Moses, peace be upon

him.