Muhammad in the Bible — Page 5
5 nor a Christian. He was an Ishmaelite. But he defended the honor of Jesus. Thus says the Quran: [The Jews] slew him not, nor crucified him, but he was made to appear to them like one crucified, and those who differ therein are certainly in a state of doubt about it: they have no definite knowledge thereof, but only follow a conjecture; and they did n ot convert this: conjecture into a certainty; on the contrary, Allah exalted him to Himself (The Holy Quran 4: 158) Here the Holy Quran specifically says that Jesus was saved from that accursed death designed for him by his enemies. However, they only suspected that they had succeeded in crucifying him. But Allah had not only saved him but admitted him to the circle of His favored ones. Of the promise, “He will show you things to come”, we need only say that no prophet has told the world of things to come as much as has the prophet of Islam. The prophecy said that “he shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that he shall speak”. This description can only apply to the Prophet Muhammad. The New and Old Testaments do not contain a single book in which man’s word has not been mixed with God’s. The Quran is nothing but the word of God from beginning to end. Not a word even of the Prop het is to be found in it. When Peter appeared before the people of Jerusalem, his words were: “Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you“. John starts one of his conversations with “I, John, who am your