๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ก = ๐๐๐๐๐?
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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The Bible, the Divine Book of Christians, was revealed over thousands of years. Although the writers of the Bible are said to be divinely inspired, they purported God, like human beings, to need to have rest, to regret and to have a son.
Likewise, the prophets and messengers of God, who are supposed to be good examples for their people and were divinely guided, are purported to have drunk alcohol, got intoxicated and committed adultery.
On the other hand, most Biblical prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him, PBUH) were obliterated and the relics of the remaining prophecies are denied and misinterpreted.
Nonetheless, we still can find in todayโs Bible some relics of the prophecies about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)1, Muslims, Kaโbah, and Makkah.
๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐
The name Baka is specifically mentioned in the Bible in Chapter eighty-four of Psalms. This chapter tells us about a sacred place for which souls yearn, hearts and flesh sing for joy to the living God, and Godโs praise is sung. This place is called โthe Valley of Bacaโ. Baca is described as a dry place that was made into a place of springs in the vicinity of tents. A day there is better than a thousand elsewhere.
โHow lovely is your dwelling place, Lordย Almighty?ย My soul yearns,ย even faints, for the courts of theย Lord; my heart and my flesh cry outย for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home,ย and the swallow a nest for herself,ย where she may have her youngโa place near your altar, Lord Almighty,ย my King,ย and my God.
Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion. Hear my prayer, Lord God Almighty; listen to me, God of Jacob. Look on our shield, O God; look with favour on your anointed one. Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhereโ (Psalms 84: 1-10).
๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ (๐๐ก๐), ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
๐๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌโ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ.
1.ย ย ย ย โMy soul yearns,ย even faints, for the courts of theย Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living Godโ:
โOur Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in an uncultivated valley near Your Sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So, make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be gratefulโ (Qurโan 14:37).
2. โThe sparrow has found a home and the swallow a nestโ:
Makkah is a place where birds and all animals are safe because hunting and killing are forbidden. Anyone who hunts or kills an animal in Makkah has to expiate for his sins.
3. Blessed are those who dwell in your house; they are ever praising you: Millions of Muslims go to Makkah every year for Umrah and pilgrimage. They spend several days occupying all their time praising God and fully submitting to Him. They are blessed because they sacrifice money and everything to visit and dwell in the House of God.
Muslims are ever praising and glorifying God in their prayers, and supplications. They also start anything in His name. During their visits to His house for pilgrimage they sing:
O, my Lord, here I am. Here I am associating no partners to You. Verily, all praise is for You. Every bounty is from You and all Sovereignty is Yours. You have no partner.
4. Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Muslim pilgrims dwelling in the Holy House of God in Makkah, ask God for forgiveness. They drive their strength by fully relying on Him.
5. โAs they pass through the Valley of Baka โ:
Baka is one of the various names of Makkah as we read in the Qurโan:
โIndeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Baka โ blessed and guidance for the worldsโ (Qurโan 3:96).
6. โThey make it a place of springs โ:
The spring of โZamzamโ is beside the Kaโbah in the Holy Mosque in Makkah. This spring has been continuously producing water for thousands of years since the time of Abraham (PBUH). It has turned Makkah to an inhabited place in the arid desert.
7. โBetter is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere โ:
The reward of the pilgrims who visit the Holy Mosque of God in Makkah is great. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:
โOne prayer in my Mosque (in Madinah) is better than one thousand prayers in any other mosque excepting the Sacred Mosque (in Makkah) and one prayer in the Sacred Mosque is better than one hundred thousand prayers elsewhereโ (Narrated Ahmad and Ibn Majah).
Paran refers to Makkah in the Bible
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ
Makkah is also referred to as โParanโ in the Bible. Ishmael and his mother Hagar settled in the desert of Paran after Abraham left them.
โAnd God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, โWhat is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.โ
Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So, she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink. God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egyptโ (Genesis 21:17-21).
The descendants of Ishmael and his son Kedar are the Arabs, who have lived since that time until now in Paran.
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฌโ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ
โAnd he (Moses) said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for themโ (Deuteronomy 33:2, KJV).
โThe Lord came from Sinaiโ refers to Godโs revelation unto Moses (PBUH). โHe rose up from Seirโ refers to His message from the Nazarene. โHe shined forth from mount Paran โ, refers to Makkah.
Ishmael and his descendants have lived in Paran. Muhammad (PBUH), the descendant of Ishmael and Kedar, is the only prophet who appeared in the wilderness of Paran. Therefore, God shines forth from Paran, through His message of Islam to Muhammad (PBUH).
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) had to flee with his followers from Makkah to Madinah. However, he re-entered it again with ten thousand believers (referred to as saints in the above verses) to give the fiery Law of God.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ก (๐๐:๐-๐)
โArise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the hip. Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.
Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the Lord. All Kedarโs flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you; they will be accepted as offerings on my altar, and I will adorn my glorious templeโ (Isaiah 60:1-7).
In the verses, addresses a prophecy about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). He would appear in a time of darkness to fill the world with the light of God. All the flocks and tribes of Kedar and people from the entire world have gathered around him.
โAnd proclaim among men the pilgrimage: they shall come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they shall come from every deep ravineโ (Quran 22:27).
Muslims sacrifice animals during Hajj (pilgrimage) and Muslims all over the world sacrifice animals in Eid Al Adha (the feast of sacrifice). People would come seeking the satisfaction of God
๐๐๐ค๐ค๐๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
โAnd a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on itโ (Isaiah 35:8).
Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the Holy City of Makkah, exactly as described above.
โO, you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean, so let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred House) after this, their [final] year. And if you fear privation, Allah will enrich you from His bounty if He wills. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Wiseโ (Quran 9:28).
๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ
When Jesus Christ was asked about the place where worship must be conducted, he stated that worship will be conducted at a new place other than Jerusalem. Through the message of Islam, as conveyed by the Prophet, the place of worship of God moved to Makkah.
โThe woman said to him, โSir, I perceive that you are a prophet. Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.โ Jesus said to her, โWoman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Fatherโ (John 4:19-21).
๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐
According to Jesus (PBUH), the cornerstone of the kingdom of God will be taken away and given to other people.
โJesus said to them, โHave you never read in the Scriptures: โthe stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lordโs doing, and it is marvelous in our eyesโ? Therefore, I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruitsโ (Matthew 21:42-43).
โThe stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is the Lordโs doing; it is marvelous in our eyesโ (Psalm 118:22-23).
The cornerstone of the kingdom of God is his straight Path, Islam. It has been given through the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to the Muslims who represent today one-fourth of the population of the world.
Credit Dr Muhammad Solaiman
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References:
1- Restore your original religion.
2- The Glorious Qurโan
3- Al-Bukhari
4- The Holy Bible
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