Zakir Naik – Who is the Awaited Prophet
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The 1 prophet in detail about Deuteronomy, chapter
number 18, verse number 18 to 22.
This is the 2nd book of Isaiah, chapter
number 29, verse number 12. Prophet Muhammad, peace
be upon him, is also mentioned by name
in the Old Testament.
It's mentioned in the song of Solomon, chapter
number 5, verse number 16. In Hebrew I
will say, it says,
He's most sweet.
He's altogether lovely. He's my beloved. He's my
friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Here, the name of Prophet Muhammad, peace be
upon him, is there. It says Muhammadim.
In the Hebrew and Semitic languages, when we
want to give respect to someone, we add
him to it. So to the name of
Muhammad is added m, it becomes mamadim.
And they've translated into altogether lovely.
But the original name of Muhammad
is there in the Old Testament, Song of
Solomon, chapter number 5, verse number 16.
We will discuss a few prophecies
mentioned about Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the
new testament.
Allah says in the Quran in surasaf, chapter
number 61, verse number 6, that Jesus, peace
be upon him, said,
oh, children of Israel, I have been sent
as a messenger to you,
confirming the laws that came before me and
giving glad tidings of a messenger to come
whose name shall be Ahmed.
There are several prophecies
of Muhammad in the Old Testament, as well
as the New Testament.
A few important prophecies about Muhammad
in the New Testament.
The Jews,
they were waiting for the Messiah,
but they did not believe Jesus Christ, peace
be upon him, was the Messiah, because it
was known to them that before the Messiah,
Elias will come. And Jesus Christ, peace be
upon him, told that.
He explicitly mentioned. It's mentioned in the gospel
of Matthew, chapter number 17, verse number 11
to 13.
Elias
will surely come before
and he shall put things straight.
He has already come, but you know him
not.
Then the disciples understood what Jesus Christ, peace
be upon him, is talking is about John
the Baptist.
The Elias which is supposed to come before
the Messiah Jesus Christ peace be upon him,
was John the Baptist.
Jesus Christ peace be upon him also said
in the gospel of Matthew chapter number 11,
verse number 11. There is not a human
being born of a woman
which has risen
greater than John the Baptist.
The Jews,
they were waiting
for the Messiah,
for the Christ,
and Elias.
So the Jews,
they sent priests and Levites
to John the Baptist.
It's mentioned in the Gospel of John, chapter
number 1, verse number 21.
And they asked John the Baptist,
That why aren't you very clear?
Why don't you tell us?
Art thou the Christ?
And John the Baptist confesses.
And he said, I confess to you, I
am not the Christ.
I am not the Messiah.
And we know Jesus, Christ, peace be upon
you, was the Messiah. So John the Baptist
could not lie.
And he says, I'm not the messiah.
The next question they ask,
are thou Elias?
And he says no. That's the third question.
Are thou that prophet?
He says no. Basically, in gospel of John,
chapter number 1, verse number 21 to verse
number 25, there were 3 questions asked to
John the Baptist.
Art thou the Christ?
And he says no. And we know he
was not the Christ. He was not the
Messiah.
The second question. Are thou Elias?
He says no. Now there's a contradiction between
Jesus Christ, peace be upon him, and John
the Baptist.
Between and And both of them, according to
us, they were prophets of God.
We cannot say that either of them lied.
This, we leave it to the Christian to
solve the problem. Who told a lie? We
will not interfere.
We aren't so much concerned
about the second question, who is Elias?
It's the problem of the Bible and the
Christian. We will not interfere.
We don't take sides. But we,
Muslims,
are more bothered about the third question.
Art thou that prophet?
And the answer is no. John the Baptist
says no.
And
who is this that prophet?
If you read in the cross reference, in
any Bible with concordance,
it will tell you that prophet is same
prophet which is prophesized
in the book of Deuteronomy, chapter number 18,
verse number 15 to 18.