Ezra
was not mentioned by Moses that he will revive the Torah to the Jews after the
Babylonian exile. Nor did Jesus make any mention of Ezra, yet this man was a
prominent figure to the Jews from saving them going back to disbelief. If Ezra
can be a man of God i.e. a Prophet who was neither mentioned by Moses or Jesus,
why then can't you accept Prophet Muhammad Pbuh as the final Messenger, rather
than asking where is he mentioned by the Prophets in the Bible?
Even after we show you from your text where
Prophet Muhammed Pbuh was mentioned, you still reject?
Narrated
Ata bin Yasar:
I met `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As and
asked him, "Tell me about the description of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which is mentioned in Torah
(i.e. Old Testament.") He replied, 'Yes. By Allah, he is described in
Torah with some of the qualities attributed to him in the Qur'an as follows:
"O Prophet ! We have sent you as a witness (for Allah's True religion) And
a giver of glad tidings (to the faithful believers), And a warner (to the
unbelievers) And guardian of the illiterates. You are My slave and My messenger
(i.e. Apostle). I have named you "Al-Mutawakkil" (who depends upon
Allah). You are neither discourteous, harsh Nor a noisemaker in the markets And
you do not do evil to those Who do evil to you, but you deal With them with
forgiveness and kindness. Allah will not let him (the Prophet) Die till he
makes straight the crooked people by making them say: "None has the right
to be worshipped but Allah," With which will be opened blind eyes And deaf
ears and enveloped hearts." (Sahih al-Bukhari Vol. 3, Book 34, Hadith 335)
Compare this to Isaiah 42 :1-7, 18
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my
chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring
justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out,or raise his voice in the
streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not
snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice;He will not grow faint
or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth;and the
coastlands wait for his law.”
“I, the Lord, have called you in
righteousness; I will take hold of your hand.
I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,to open eyes that are blind,to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles,to open eyes that are blind,to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that
you may see!
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Ask yourself this question, who is Isaiah 42 speaking about?
The words of Qarāfī, who says: ‘If (the Christians) say, “how do you (Muslims) hold onto these scriptures [i.e. the Bible] when you consider them to be unauthentic?” we reply that the prophethood of our Prophet, peace be upon him, is proven by miracles and has no need for these books. Yet, we point to what they hold as proof of his prophethood, peace be upon him, only in order to force the ahl al-kitāb, who believe in their authenticity, to accept the argument (ilzām)’ (Qarāfī, Ajwiba, p. 463).
Muslim
Exegesis of the Bible in Medieval Cairo Najm al-Dīn al-Ṭūfī’s (d. 716/1316)
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