THE AWAITED PROPHET

The Torah and the Psalms


A Companion once asked God’s Messenger to talk about himself.
He said: “I am the one for whose coming Abraham prayed
and of whom Jesus gave glad tidings.”6 This alludes to the following
Qur’anic verses:
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(Abraham prayed): “Our Lord, raise up in their midst a
Messenger from among them who shall recite unto them Your
signs, and teach them the Book and Wisdom, and purify them.
Verily you are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.” (2:129)
When Jesus, son of Mary, said: “O children of Israel! I am
indeed a Messenger of God to you, confirming that which was
[revealed] before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings
of a Messenger who shall come after me, whose name is
Ahmad [the Praised One].” (61:6)
The Messenger of God was expected. All preceding
Prophets spoke of and predicted his coming. The Qur’an (3:81)
specifically states that God made a covenant with the Prophets
that they would believe in and help the Messenger who would
come after them and confirm the Message that they brought.7
The current versions of the Torah, the Gospel, and the
Psalms still contain verses alluding to Prophet Muhammad, and
even to his Companions. The late Husayn Jisri found 114 such
allusions and quoted them in his Risalat al-Hamidiya. We cite
a few examples here, beginning with: The Lord came from Sinai
and dawned over them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran
(Deuteronomy 33:2).


This refers to the Prophethood of Moses, Jesus, and
Muhammad, respectively. Sinai is where Prophet Moses spoke to
God and received the Torah. Seir, a place in Palestine, is where
Prophet Jesus received Divine Revelation. Paran is where God
manifested Himself to humanity for the last time through His
Revelation to Prophet Muhammad.
Paran is a mountain range in Makka. It is mentioned in the
Torah (Genesis 21:19-21) as the desert area where Hagar was left by
her husband Abraham to live with her son Ishmael. The Zamzam
well also is located there. As stated in the Qur’an (14:35-37),
Abraham left Hagar and Ishmael in the valley of Makka, which was
then an uninhabited place between the mountain ranges of Paran.
It is because of such explicit predictions in the Torah that
the Jews were expecting the Last Prophet and knew that he
would appear in Makka.