Zakir Naik – The Prophecy in Deuteronomy 18-18 Fits none but Prophet Muhammad
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The speaker explains the prophecy in the Bible and gives examples of similarities between Jesus Christ and Moses. They discuss the meaning of brethren and how Jesus Christ is like Moses, peace be upon them. The speaker provides examples of similarities between Jesus Christ and Moses and explains that Jesus Christ is like Moses, peace be upon them.
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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.