| Muslims DO NOT worship Muhammad (pbuh) or believe in him as God like
Christians with Jesus (pbuh and his mother). According to
the Bible, God said to Moses, on whom be peace:
I will raise up for them a
prophet like you from among their brohters; I will put my
words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I
command him. (The Holy Bible, New International Version,
Deuteronomy chapter 18, verse 18).
The prophet described in the above verse must have the
following three characteristics:
1. He will be like Moses.
2. He will come from the brothers of the Israelites, i.e.
the Ishmaelites.
3. God will put His words in the mouth of that prophet
and he will declare what God commanded him.
Let us see which prophet God was speaking of.
1. The prophet like Moses
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| Some people feel that this
prophecy refers to the prophet Jesus, on whom be
peace. But, although Jesus (Peace be upon him)
was truly a prophet of God , he is not the
prophet spoken of here. He was born miraculously,
and finally, God raised him up miraculously. On
the other hand, Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is
more like Moses (Peace be upon him); both were
born in a natural way and both died natural
deaths. |
2. From among the Ishmaelites
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| Abraham (Peace be upon him) had
two sons, Ishmail and Isaac (Peace be upon them)
(Genesis, chapter 21). Ishmael (Peace be upon him)
became the grandfather of the Arab nation, and
Isaac became the grandfather of the Jewish nation.
The prophet spoken of was to come not from among
the Jews themselves, but from among their
brothers, the Ishmaelites. Muhammad (Peace be
upon him), a descendant of Ishmael, is indeed
that prophet. |
3. God will put His words in
his mouth
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"Neither the content of
the revelation, nor its form, were of Mohammed's
devising. Both were given by the angel, and Muhammed's task was only to repeat what he heard."
(World Religions form Ancient History to the
Present, by Geoffrey Parrinder, p. 472)
God sent the angel Gabriel (Peace be upon him) to
teach Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the exact
words that he should repeat to the people. The
words are therefore not his own; they did not
come from his own thoughts, but were put into his
mouth by the angel. These are written down in the
Qur'an word for word exactly as they came from
God.
Now that we know that prophet we must
listen to the words of God put in his mouth(pbuh),
for, according to the Bible, God says:" I will punish anyone
who refuses to obey him" (Good News Bible,
Deut. 18:19). |
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