CD7-Glad Tidings of the Coming of Rasul Allah (saw)

CD 7
BY: Imam Anwar Awlaki

Some of the Glad Tidings of the Coming of Rasul Allah (saw)”, before his prophethood

Ibn Ishaq said: Salamah bin Salam bin Waqsh relates: “We had a Jewish neighbor from Banu Ábd Al-Ash hal and he came out from his house one day to us. At that time I was the youngest of my household. I was wearing a fur gown and was lying in it in the courtyard at my family’s house. The Jew talked about the resurrection, the Day of Judgement, the Reckoning, the Scales, Paradise and Hellfire. This he told to polytheists who did not believe in any life after death. They replied: ‘Come on now, do you really think people can be sent after their death to someplace where there is a Paradise and a Hell where they will be punished for their deeds?’ ‘Yes, indeed’, he replied ‘and by Him by Whom oaths are sworn, anyone going into that Fire would prefer to be burnt in the hottest oven in the house and having it covered it and he being let out of it only next day.’ They said: ‘But what proof is there?’ He said: ‘A prophet is being sent from the hereabouts in these lands.’ And he gestured over towards Makkah and Yemen. ‘When will we see him?’ He looked over me, me being the youngest at that time, and said ‘If this lad lives a normal life span, he will live to this time.’ Salamah said: “A day and night scarcely came to pass thereafter and sent the Messenger of Allah who lived amongst us and so we believed in him.” However, this man didn’t believe in the Prophet (saw) when he was sent even though he knew of the prophecy in their scriptures out of envy.

In the Present-Day Bible –
Deutronomy 18:18 “I (God) will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, Moses, and will put My words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” This prophecy fits Muhammad (saw) perfectly and no one else.

Musa (as)
Muhammad (saw)
Ísa (as)
1. They both had parents
Only had a mother

2. They both had children
Never had any

3. Both were born in a natural way
Miraculous way

4. Accepted by their nations
Rejected by his nation

5. They were kings or rulers (they can implement death penalty)
He wasn’t a ruler

6. Both came with a new law (Torah and Qurán)
He followed the law of Musa

7. Both led them in Hijrah (mass exodus)
Never left his land

8. Both were victorious against their enemies
Never won (in the worldly sense)

9. They both died a natural death
He was killed (Christians), We believe that he was elevated

10. Buried in the ground
Never buried

11. No claim to divinity
They believe that Jeses was divine

12. Became prophets at the age of 40
30 yrs. Old

13. No claim to be resurrected after death
Christians claim he was resurrected after death

It could not have been a Jew because it is stated in Deutronomy 34:10 “And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses.” The prophecy states “a prophet from among their brethren” so this excludes the Jews (from the progeny of Ishaq), and points to the Arabs (from the progeny of Ismail).

“and will put My words in his mouth” This prophet will be speaking not of out of his own will, but the words will be from Allah. “(Muhammad) is not speaking on his own”(An-Najm). All of the Qurán are the words of Allah revealed to the Prophet (saw). The Bible is different for they claim that it was inspired by God but written by men. Dr. Grams Grojy (author of “Human yet Divine”) “Yes, the Bible is human…those books have been passed through the minds of men, are written in the language of men, were penned by the hands of men, and bare in their style, the characteristics of men.” The Qurán is different, it is by Allah and Muhammad (saw) was the one only speaking it. It is the words of Allah put in his mouth.

“and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.” He will not withhold any information. It is stated in the Qurán: “O Prophet of Allah convey everything that you have received and if you don’t do so then you have not conveyed the message.” Even when it was verses criticizing an action of his (Surah Abasa, at-Tahreem).

Isaiah 29:11-18 “And the Book is delivered to him who is not learned, saying ‘Read this!’ and he says: ‘I am not learned.’ Before the time of this man who will receive this Book, the people will be forsaking the words of God for the precept of man. ”

These were the exact same words that occurred between Jibril (as) and Rasul Allah (saw) during his first revelation. The first verses revealed of the Qur’an were: “Read in the name of your Lord who created man from clot. Read and your Lord is the most Bountiful who teaches man by the pen, who teaches man that which he knew not.”(Surah Alaq) The word ‘read’ in original Hebrew is ‘Qara’, exactly like Arabic.

Jesus came to fulfill the law and Saint Paul came and told them otherwise, such as circumcision by Jesus but Paul says not to, Jesus said to fulfill the law letter-by-letter, word by word, but Paul says you don’t have to. They left the law of God and followed the law of man.

Habakuk:3 “God his guidance came from Timan and the Holy One from Mount Taran, His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of his praise.”

Timan/Tayma’ is an oasis just north of Madinah, Taran refers to Makkah, where Hajar and Ismail were left by Ibrahim. Islam spread from Madinah, after Rasul Allah (saw) left from Makkah due to persecution. So guidance from Allah came from from Madinah but the Holy One (Rasul Allah) was from Makkah. Muhammad means ‘the most praised’ and unto this day, the world is full of his praise. This prophecy fits the Prophet Muhammad exclusively and no one else.

Deutronomy 18: 21-22 “And if thine say in your heart ’how shall we knowthe word which the Lord has not spoken?’ When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord if the thing follow not nor come to pass, that is the thing that the Lord has not spoken but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Thou shall not be afraid of him.”

Everything that a prophet says will come to happen. Qur’an, the words of Allah given to the Prophet (saw), contains miracles that we discover everyday. There might have been scientific verses in books the preceded Qur’an but there are mistakes since man writes them. In Qur’an there are no contradictions nor mistakes, it contains both future events and no errors. For it to be from God, everything has to be true, and this applies only to the Holy Qur’an. Proof: Challenge of the Qur’an.

Isaiah 21:7 “And he saw a vision, he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses and a chariot of camels.”
Christians believe that “a chariot of asses’ refer to Isa (as) because he was known to have ridden on donkeys. And so ‘a chariot of camels’ can only refer to Rasul Allah (saw) for he was known to have ridden camels. This was a prophecy that mentions both Prophets Isa and Muhammad (saw).

Isaiah 29:9 “And behold! Here cometh a chariot of men with a couple of horsemen and he answered and said: ‘Babylon is fallen, is fallen!’ and all the graven images of her gods he has broken unto the ground.’
Babylon is in present-day Iraq, the prophecy is saying that this army will destroy all of the false gods of Babylon and erase all the images therein. This army refers to the army sent by ‘Umar bin al-Khattab to Iraq and they had succeeded in opening Iraq and eliminating all the idolatry therein.

Isaiah 21:14-15 “The inhabitants of the land of Timan/Tayma’, brought water to him that was thirsty. They prevented with their bread him that fled for they fled from the drawn sword and from the bent bow and from the grievousness of the war.”
Muhammad (saw) made hijrah and the Ansar supported him with bread.

Isaiah 21:16-17 “For thus the Lord said unto me, within a year according to the years of a higher land, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail. And the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished for Lord God of Israel has spoken it.”
Kedar – These are the names of the sons of Ismail by their names according to their generations, refers to the Arabs and the people of Quraish are descendants of Kedar (pronounced Qeedar in Arabic).
This prophecy refers to the year that happened one year after Hijrah – Battle of Badr (2 AH).
All of the leaders of Quraish were killed, who were the most brutal were eliminated (Abu Jahl, Omaiyyah bin Khalaf, ‘Uqbah bin Abi Mu’ayt, and others)

Isaiah 11:1-2 “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of council and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.”
Jesse – refers to Ismail, contraction of his name.
This cannot fit on anyone except Rasul Allah because he was the most prominent descendant of Ismail (as).

Deutronomy 33:1 “And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Sear unto them, he shined forth from Mount Taran and he came with 10,000 of saints from his right hand went a fiery law for them.”
Sinaa’ (Sinai) was where the message of Musa (as) came from, thus referring to himself. Sa’eer (Sear) stands for Isa (as) since it refers to a series of mountains in Palestine. Mount Taran (Makkah) refers to Rasul Allah (saw).
In this prophecy Musa (as) talks about his message, and how Isa will carry it further but then it will rise from Makkah, the fulfillment of the message.
10,000 saints refer to the Companions when they liberated Makkah.
The right hand stands for truth, justice, and strength.

John 16:7-14 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for me to go away for if I go not away the comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart I will send him unto you. And when he has come, he will reprove the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgement. Of sin, because they believe not of me, of righteousness because I go to my Father and you see me no more. Of Judgement, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you but you cannot bear them now. How be it when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you to all truth for he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear that he shall speak and he will show you things to come and he shall glorify me for he shall receive from mine and he shall show it to you.”
Refers to Rasul Allah (saw).