بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ
الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدي يا رسول الله
In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful
Blessings and salutations of peace be upon you my Master, Apostle of Allah
Another clear and beautiful prophecy hailing the advent of our Master the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم is found in the forty-second chapter of the Book of Isaiah:
הֵ֤ן עַבְדִּי֙ אֶתְמָךְ־בֹּ֔ו בְּחִירִ֖י רָצְתָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י נָתַ֤תִּי רוּחִי֙ עָלָ֔יו מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לַגֹּויִ֥ם יֹוצִֽיא
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles
(Isaiah 42:1, KJV)
*The main descriptor of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, after Rasul Allah (Apostle of God) is Abd Allah (Servant of God), for he was the perfect slave of Allah and the core of his Message was servitude to Allah. After this, the Verse describes him as the “Bachir” of God which in Hebrew means one who is chosen or elected. This corresponds to the names of the Prophet Muhammad al-Mustafa and al-Mujtaba “the Chosen One”. Then it is mentioned that God has put His Ruh (Spirit) upon him, indicating that this is a prophecy concerning a Prophet, one who is inspired through the Holy Spirit with divine Revelation. The Verse concludes by further clarifying the identity of this Prophet in saying that he shall bring forth Mishpat, Hebrew for judgment, justice or law to the Gentiles. Therefore, this prophecy can’t be applied to one of the Israelite Prophets including Jesus whose prophetic ministries were restricted to the nation of Israel and not the Gentiles. The bringing forth of the Mishpat to the Gentiles is certainly a reference to the Mohammedan Shari’ah.
לֹ֥א יִצְעַ֖ק וְלֹ֣א יִשָּׂ֑א וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁמִ֥יעַ בַּח֖וּץ קֹולֹֽו
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street
(Isaiah 42:2, KJV)
*Further description of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, as one who does not raise his voice or shout in the streets. Mother of the Believers A’ishah, radi Allahu anha, narrates about the Prophet:
لَمْ يَكُنْ فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا وَلاَ صَخَّابًا فِي الأَسْوَاقِ
He was not obscene, nor an utterer of obscenities, and he did not shout in the marketplaces (Jami al-Tirmidhi)
And the general teaching of Islam as mentioned in the Holy Quran is that one should be moderate in the volume of one’s speech:
وَاقۡصِدۡ فِیۡ مَشۡیِکَ وَاغۡضُضۡ مِنۡ صَوۡتِکَ ؕ اِنَّ اَنۡکَرَ الۡاَصۡوَاتِ لَصَوۡتُ الۡحَمِیۡرِ
Walk at a moderate pace and restrain your voice; verily, the most disagreeable sound is the bray of a donkey
(Surah 31, Ayah 19)
קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבֹּ֔ור וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶאֱמֶ֖ת יֹוצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט
לֹ֤א יִכְהֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א יָר֔וּץ עַד־יָשִׂ֥ים בָּאָ֖רֶץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּלְתֹורָתֹ֖ו אִיִּ֥ים יְיַחֵֽילוּ
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law
(Isaiah 42:3-4, KJV)
*The prophecy further describes the gentleness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, and associates a torah, Hebrew for law, with him. What is significant is that the fourth verse makes clear that he shall be successful in his mission of establishing the Judgment of God upon the Earth. And among all the Prophets of God, none was more successful than the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in this regard.
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles (Isaiah 42:6, KJV)
*Here again it is affirmed that the promised Prophet is sent to the Gentiles with a new Covenant, disqualifying any of the Israelite Prophets as the one who is intended in this prophecy
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof (Isaiah 42:9-10, KJV)
*The declaration of that which is new superceding the former things is significant in identifying the promised Prophet and his dispensation. The Islamic teaching of supersessionism is clearly established in this prophecy.
יִשְׂא֤וּ מִדְבָּר֙ וְעָרָ֔יו חֲצֵרִ֖ים תֵּשֵׁ֣ב קֵדָ֑ר יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙ יֹ֣שְׁבֵי סֶ֔לַע מֵרֹ֥אשׁ הָרִ֖ים יִצְוָֽחוּ
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains
(Isaiah 42:11, KJV)
*Associating the villages of Kedar with this prophecy is sufficient to establish the case for the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. It is clearer than the Sun such that only one who is deaf, dumb and blind could conceivably deny. Kedar, one of the sons of Ishmael, is the progenitor of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and the Arab clan to which he belonged. The Bible also associates Kedar with Arabia (Ezekiel 27:21)
The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies (Isaiah 42:13, KJV)
*The mention of war and prevailing against God’s enemies further describes the nature of the prophetic ministry of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who subdued the pagans in a series of battles in which the Angels themselves descended upon horseback to participate.
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