Islam, The Qur'an, and The Prophet Muhammad In The Bible

Many Jewish and Christian authors in the US emphasize the term "Judeo-Christian religion" and ignore The Prophet Muhammad 's mission, the final phase which completed the universal and original religion of God that spanned the period from the creation of Adam and Eve to the present. This religion is referred to in the Qur'an as Islam (Turning To God).

These authors missed the fact that the Bible anticipated the mission of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an:

In Deuteronomy 18, Moses addressed the Jewish tribes in Sinai: "The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him [15]".

"I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him [18]. If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account [19]. But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death [20]."

Since all the Jews were present in Sinai, the reference to their brothers means the Arabs, descendants of Ishmael who was Abraham's first born son and heir according to ancient customs.

This is a reference to Muhammad and the Qur'an, the eternal Word of God. Muhammad meticulously separated the Word of God from his own thoughts and prohibited his companions from writing his sayings during his life time to keep them separate from the Qur'an.

Like Moses, Muhammad saw and spoke to God. Moses was the only Jewish Prophet to face God: "Since then, (the death of Moses) no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face", Deuteronomy [34:10]. We also know that Muhammad was not put to death for claiming what God did not reveal to him.

Like Moses, Muhammad married, fathered children and led his nation. Moses took shelter at Midian, which was later named Yathrib after his father-in-law, Jethro. Muhammad went to Yathrib, which was renamed Medina.

When the companions of Moses saw Pharaoh's army, they cried out: Surely we are being overtaken!" - but Moses replied: By no means, my Lord is with me. He will show me a way out." While hiding from pursuing enemies in the cave of Hira, Muhammad's reply to his companion Abu Bakr was "Do not worry, God is with us."

Unfortunately, most of the Jews in Arabia aligned themselves with the Arabs who fought against the early Muslims to stop the spread of Islam. Few Jews responded to Moses' urging to listen to the Prophet ( Muhammad ).

John [16] indicates Jesus predicted a counselor to follow him and bring the massage of God to Christians: "But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you [7]. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment [8] in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me [9]; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer [10]; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned [11]. I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear[12]. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come[13]. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you [14]. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you [15]."

Muhammad revealed all the divine truth to all people including Christians. He meticulously separated the Word of God, the Qur'an, from the Word of Muhammad.

The Bible referred to a third major phase of God's religion superceding the earlier phases and coming from the mountains near Mecca:

He said: "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes", Deuteronomy [33:2]

Coming from Sinai refers to the mission of Moses, which was superceded by the dawning of the mission of Jesus which was superceded by the shining of the mission of Muhammad. Paran refers to a mountain near Mecca.

The Bible refers to the Arabs, the children of Ishmael, as a great nation and tells us that God was with Ishmael as he grew up in the desert of Paran. In Genesis [ 21] God comforted Hagar, Abraham's Egyptian wife, in a dream and told her that her son, Ishmael, will not die of thirst:

"Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation." [18] Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink [19]. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer [20]. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt [21]".

Isaiah [42] predicted a new religion starting in Arabia by descendants of Kedar the son of Ishmael. One of the rituals of that religion would be singing the praise of God from the mountaintops. "Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them [10]. Let the desert and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.[11]" During the Muslim pilgrimage, myriads of Muslims gather on a mountain south of Sinai to atone for their sins and celebrate the glory of God.

Revelation [19] describes a final leader of religion and state who will defeat the forces of evil and make the Word of God supreme: "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war [11]. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself [12]. He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God [13]. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean [14]. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty." [15]

The Prophet Muhammad was the last Prophet. He rode horses and waged war on the enemies of Islam. He was known as "the Honest" long before he started receiving the Qur'an. His face was compared to the sun. His tent and favorite coat were red. The red coat was passed on to those who followed him in leading the Muslim Nation and became an article of succession,

His main message was the Word of God, the Qur'an. The Qur'an is also referred to as the Furqan, the separator, which separates right from wrong. Muhammad's followers rode horses, dressed in white and were clean since Muslims are required to clean themselves and their clothing before each of the 5 daily ritual prayers. The Holy Roman and the Persian empires were struck down by the early Muslims.

Islam prohibited drinking wine. Muslims brought the wrath of God on the infidels. The Muslim battle cry was: " Allahu Akbar " which could be translated as: "God is most great" or " Only God is great".

Most Christians in the Middle East were converted to Christianity by Jesus and his disciples. After considering the massage of the Qur'an, most of those Christians embraced Islam during the last 14 centuries because Islam delivered what the Bible promised.

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Revised on 10/3/99