The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page xcvii
GENERAL INTRODUCTION earth for all time. Our claim is that the revelation of the Quran and the advent of the Holy Prophet mark the fulfilment of the prophecy in Deuteronomy. The following facts bear this out: (i) The Holy Prophet Muhammad was a descendant of Ishmael. The descendants of Ishmael were the brethren of the descendants of Isaac, the Israelites. (ii) The Holy Prophet is the only one claiming to be a Prophet like Moses. We have in the Quran (73:16): Verily We have sent to you a Messenger, who is a witness over you even as We sent a Messenger to Pharaoh. The Quran definitely likens the Holy Prophet to Moses (iii) The prophecy described the Promised One as a prophet. The Holy Prophet claimed to be a Prophet only. Jesus, we are told, on the other hand, did not claim to be a Prophet. We read in Mark (8:27-30): He asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? and they answered, John the Baptist: but some say; Elias; and others, One of the prophets. And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. That is to say, Jesus denies being either John the Baptist, or Elias or one of the Prophets. But the prophecy in Deuteronomy speaks of the Promised One as a Prophet like Moses. The prophecy, therefore, applies to the Prophet of Islam, and not to Jesus. (iv) The prophecy speaks of "words I will put in his mouth. " The Gospels do not contain any such words. On the contrary, the Holy Prophet of Islam brought to the world the Quran which is, from beginning to end, only the word of God, which God put into his mouth. The Quran describes itself as the word of God (2:76). (v) The prophecy said that the Promised One would speak all that he was commanded. We have quoted the Gospels to prove that Jesus did not pass on everything he received from God, and that there was to be another after him, who was to do so. The Holy Prophet of Islam fully answers to this description. We have in the Quran (5:68): "O Messenger! convey to the people what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord". The verse seems to say, "O Prophet, there is an ancient prophecy about you which said that when you come into the world you would give to it all the truths you received from your God. Therefore preach to the world whatever is revealed to you, whether it likes it or not. " Similarly, the verse revealed on the completion of the revelation of the Quran says: lxxi