Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم in the Bible
By:
Shahid Bin Waheed شاهد
بن وحيد
بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
الحمدلله
رب العالمين والصلوة
والسلام على اشرف
الانبياء وسيدالمرسلين
نبينا محمد صل
ا لله عليه وعلى
آله واصحابه وازواجه
اجمعين - امابعد
All the praises and thanks be to Allaah, Sustainer of the Universe, and blessing and salutation to be the most distinguish of the Messengers and foremost among the Prophets, our Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allaah be on him and on his wives, children and Companions.
Haggai 2:7-9
The modern translations of the Bible after redaction reads as follows:
002:007 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come:
and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. 002:008 The
silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 002:009 The
glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD
of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Older (Assyrian) version reads as follows:
002:007 And I will shake all nations, and the Himada of all nations
shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
002:008 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
002:009 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,
saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give Shalom, saith the
LORD of hosts.
This prophecy contains double promise, a messianic prediction in the word “Himda.”
If we take this prophecy in the abstract sense of the words himda and shalom
as “desire” and “peace”, then the prophecy becomes nothing more than
an unintelligible aspiration. But if we understand this prophesy by the term himda
then a concrete idea, a person and reality, and in the word shalom,
not a condition, but a living and active force and a definitely established
religion, then this prophecy must be admittedly true and fulfilled in the
person of Ahmad and the establishment of Islaam, since himda and shalom
have precisely the same significance respectively as Ahmad and Islaam.
For the sake of readers, the etymology of the two words is as follows:
(a) Himda: the clause in the original Hebrew reads “ ve yavu himdath
kol haggoyim”, which literally means in English “and will come the Himda
of all nations.” The final “hi” in Hebrew as in Arabic is changed
into th, or t when in the genitive case. The word is derived from
an archaic Hebrew or rather Aramaic (root hmd are consonants pronounced hemed).
In the Hebrew hemed is generally used in the sense of great desire,
covet, appetite and lust. In Arabic the verb hemida from same consonants
hmd means “to praise”, whichever of the two meanings be adopted, the
fact that Ahmad is the Arabic form of Himda remains indisputable and
decisive. Declaration to this affect is found in the Glorious Qur’aan 61:6,
which reads:
وَإِذْ
قَالَ عِيسَى
ابْنُ
مَرْيَمَ يَا
بَنِي
إِسْرَائِيلَ
إِنِّي رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ
إِلَيْكُم
مُّصَدِّقاً
لِّمَا
بَيْنَ
يَدَيَّ مِنَ
التَّوْرَاةِ
وَمُبَشِّراً
بِرَسُولٍ
يَأْتِي مِن
بَعْدِي اسْمُهُ
أَحْمَدُ
فَلَمَّا
جَاءهُم
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
قَالُوا
هَذَا سِحْرٌ
مُّبِينٌ
And (remember) when ‘Îsâ, son of Maryam, said: "O Children of Israel! I am
the Messenger of Allâh unto you, confirming the Taurât ((Torah) which came)
before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name
shall be Ahmad. {1} But when he
(Ahmad i.e. Muhammad صلى الله
عليه وسلم) came to them with
clear proofs, they said: "This is plain magic." {2}
{1} (V.61: 6) i.e. the second name of Prophet Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم and it
(Ahmad) literally means: "One who praises Allâh more than others".
{2} (V.61: 6) A) Narrated Jubair bin Mut‘im رضي
الله عنه: Allâh’s Messenger
صلى الله عليه
وسلم said, "I have five names: I am Muhammad and
Ahmad; I am Al-Mahî through whom Allâh will eliminate Al-Kufr (infidelity); I
am Al-Hashir who will be the first to be resurrected, the people being
resurrected thereafter; and I am also Al-‘Âqib (i.e. there will be no Prophet
after me)." (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 4, Hadîfh No.732). B) Narrated Abû
Hurairah
رضياللهعنه: Allâh’s
Messenger صلىاللهعليهوسلم
said, "By Him (Allâh) in Whose Hand my soul is, surely, the son of Maryam
(‘Îsâ)
عليهماالسلام
* will shortly descend amongst you people (Muslims), and will judge mankind
justly by the Law of the Qur’ân (as a just ruler), and will break the Cross and
kill the pigs and abolish the Jizyah (a tax taken from the people of the Scriptures
(Jews and Christians), who are under the protection of a Muslim government.
This Jizyah tax will not be accepted by ‘Îsâ
عليهالسلام and all
mankind will be required to embrace Islam with no other alternative). Then
there will be abundance of money and nobody will accept charitable gifts."
(See Fath Al-Bari, Page No. 304 and 305, Vol. 7), (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol. 3,
Hadîth No.425). * ‘Îsâ, the son of Maryam
عليهما
السلام will descend as a leader of the
Muslims and it is a severe warning to the Christians who claim to be the
followers of ‘Îsâ and he will break the Cross and kill the pigs, and he will
abolish the Jizyah (tax); and all mankind will be required to embrace Islam
with no other alternative.
(b) Shalom: Hebrew Shalom and Shlama and Arabic Salam
and Islaam are derived from one and the same root, meaning peace and
submission.
This prophecy becomes more clear when it is read and understood with another
prophecy in Malachi 3:1 (“003:001 Behold, I will send my
messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek,
shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye
delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”) Now let us
compare it with Glorious Qur’aan chapter 17, Ayah 1, which reads:
سُبْحَانَ
الَّذِي
أَسْرَى
بِعَبْدِهِ
لَيْلاً
مِّنَ
الْمَسْجِدِ
الْحَرَامِ
إِلَى
الْمَسْجِدِ
الأَقْصَى
الَّذِي
بَارَكْنَا
حَوْلَهُ
لِنُرِيَهُ
مِنْ
آيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ
هُوَ
السَّمِيعُ
البَصِيرُ
Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allâh) (above all that (evil) they associate
with Him) {1} Who took His
slave (Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم) for a journey by
night from Al-Masjid-al-Harâm (at Makkah) to Al-Masjid-al-Aqsâ (in
Jerusalem), the neighborhood whereof We have blessed, in order that We might
show him (Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم) of Our Ayât (proofs,
evidence, lessons, signs, etc.). Verily, He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer {2} .
{1} (V.17: 1)وقد روى
طلحة بن عبيد
الله أنه قال
للنبي صلى
الله عليه
وسلم ما معنى
سبحان الله؟
قال تنزيه
الله من كل
سوء؛
{2} (V.17: 1) Narrated Jâbir bin ‘Abdullâh رضي
الله عنه that he heard Allâh’s
Messenger صلى الله
عليه وسلم saying, "When
the people of Quraish did not believe me (i.e. in the story of my Isrâ’ -
(Night Journey)), I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allâh displayed Jerusalem in front
of me, and I began describing it to them while I was looking at it. (Sahih
Al-Bukhari, Vol.5, Hadith No.226).
Thus, this prophecy is absolutely is about Muhammad صلى الله
عليه و سلم and his sudden arrival at the temple.
Also read: Al-Isra (The night journey) with proof from Christian sources.
Thursday, February 01, 2007