Muhammed or Jesus: The prophet like unto Moses

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With permission from John McTernan

Muhammad or Jesus: The Prophet Like Unto Moses

“The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken.” — Deuteronomy 18:15

For Islam to be a religion, Muhammad must be a prophet of God. The message of Muhammad as recorded in the Koran is the foundation of Islam. This is seen in the confession to be a Muslim. This is called the Sha-hadatain. The second part of the Shahadatain follows: “… that Muhammad is His messenger to all human beings till the Day of Judgment.”

By Messenger, the Koran means prophet. According to Islam, he is the final prophet or seal of the prophets: “Muhammad… [he is] the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things” (Sura 33:40).

Islam teaches not only is Muhammad the seal of the prophets but he is the greatest of the prophets. He is equal to or greater than Moses. Islam believes that Muhammad is the special prophet the Bible mentions will be like Moses. This verse from the Bible follows: “I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him” (Deut. 18:18).

The Koran states that Muhammad is the Prophet who will be like unto Moses. Muhammad came with the final message which everyone has to obey: “Say: I am not the first of the apostles, and I do not know what will be done with me or with you: I do not follow anything but that which is revealed to me, and I am nothing but a plain warner. Say: Have you considered if it is from Allah, and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from among the children of Israel has borne witness of one like him, so he believed, while you are big with pride; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people” (Sura 46:9-10).

What It Means To Be Prophet Like Unto Moses

There are five outstanding characteristics that have to be met. The Bible teaches that Moses is different than all the other Old Testament prophets. To be the prophet like Moses of Deuteronomy 18, these five characteristics have to be met. These requirements follow:

1. God spoke directly to Moses. All other prophets received their revelation by visions or dreams. Moses’ revelation was directly from the mouth of God. “And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” (Num. 12:6-8).
2. Moses was in the direct presence of God. He saw the similitude or form of the LORD. Moses glowed from being in direct presence of God’s glory. “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him” (Exod. 34:29-30).
3. Moses brought in a blood covenant relationship with God. The other prophets built upon this covenant, but no other Old Testament prophet brought in a different covenant. “And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God
   of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness” (Exod. 24:8-10).
4. Moses did mighty signs and wonders. God used Moses to split the Red Sea. " And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left" (Exod. 14:21-22).
5. Moses prophesied of the future. Moses gave entire chapters of prophecy. His prophecy centered on the people and nation of Israel. "Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. …

 

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And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD" (Lev. 26:42,44-45).

1. The prophet has to be a Jew. The Prophet like Moses will have to come from one of the tribes of Israel. The context of Deutromony 18 makes it clear that the brethren means someone from one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Deuteronomy 18:1,2,7,15 The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel… 2 Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. 7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. 15 The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

The Test of Muhammad as the Prophet Like unto Moses
Using the five criteria of Moses being a special prophet, let’s test the Muslim’s claim that Muhammad is the special prophet like Moses which the Koran claims.

1. God spoke directly with Moses. Muhammad fails because the Koran shows he received his message from an angel. “Then I swear by the angels who bring down the revelation” (Sura 77:5). “Say: Whoever is the enemy of Jibreel— for surely he revealed it to your heart by Allah’s command, verifying that which is before it and guidance and good news for the believers” (Sura 2:97).
2. The Koran never reported that Muhammad was literally in the direct presence of God.
3. Muhammad never brought in a blood covenant with God, but his message went directly against the revealed word of God. Muhammad denied the basis for the New Testament covenant which is the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross. “And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa (Jesus) son of Marium, the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so” (Sura 4:157).
4. The Koran reports no signs and wonders of Muhammad.
5. Muhammad made no prophecies in the Koran. The Muslims call Sura 30 the Great Prophecy: This Sura is often used as proof Muhammad was a prophet. “The Romans are vanquished, In a near land, and they, after being vanquished, shall overcome, Within a few years. Allah’s is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice” (Sura 30:2-4).

Sura 30 is not a valid prophecy: The Romans, who were the Byzantines, were always at war. A near land is not identified. The location to judge the near land is not identified in the Koran. Is it Jerusalem, Mecca, or Medina etc.? What is a few years? No date is give for this prophecy so within a few years can be identified. The fulfillment is not recorded in the Koran. It is impossible to verify that Sura 30:2-4 is a valid prophecy.

1. Muhammad was not a Jew. This just by itself eliminates Muhammad from being the Prophet of Deuteronomy 18:18.

Muhammad fails the test of prophet in general and specifically he is not the prophet like unto Moses. Therefore his message as written in the Koran is to be totally rejected. He cannot be classified as a prophet because he made no prophecy which could be tested. The Muslim’s claim that Muhammad is the seal of the prophets has no authority as there is no proof in the Koran that Muhammad was a true prophet of God.

The Lord Jesus Meets the Criteria To Be the Prophet Like Unto Moses

The Bible says that the Lord Jesus is the Prophet like unto Moses. "And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: . . . For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people (Acts 3:20,22-23).

 

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1. God spoke directly to Moses. God spoke directly through the Lord Jesus. “Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10).
2. Moses was in the direct presence of God and glowed from God’s presence. Jesus was the direct presence of God, and He manifested the glory of God! “And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light” (Matt. 17:1-2).
3. Moses brought in a blood covenant relationship with God. The Lord Jesus brought in a better blood covenant with God. The better covenant gives the assurance of eternal life to all that believe. “For this is my blood of the new testament [covenant],
   which is shed for many for the remission of sins” (Matt. 26:28). “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises” (Heb. 8:6).
4. Moses did mighty signs and wonders. Jesus did mighty signs and wonders. The Lord Jesus raised a man from the dead after he was four days in the grave. The Bible reported only a few of the awesome miracles that the Lord Jesus did. These miracles were a sign of Him being the Son of God. “Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. … And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go” (John 11:39,43-44).
5. Moses prophesied of the future, as did Jesus. Like Moses, the Lord Jesus focused His prophecy on the Jews and their dispersion and restoration. The restoration of Israel and Jerusalem would occur just before His second coming. Just as the Lord prophesied, exactly happened to the Jews. Israel is once again a nation with Jerusalem as its capital. “And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? . . . But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land [Israel], and wrath upon this people [Jews]. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled” (Luke 21:7,23-24).
6. Moses was a Jew and the Lord Jesus was a Jew.
   Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. The Lord Jesus qualifies to be the Prophet because He is the Son of David from the tribe of Judah.

The Lord Jesus not only met the requirements of being the Prophet like unto Moses, but he exceeded them in all points. Moses was the servant of God, but the Lord Jesus was the Son of God; therefore, He was greater than Moses. “[Christ] Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. . . . And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; But Christ as a son over his own house …” (Heb. 3:2-3,5-6).

The Bible shows that the Lord Jesus is greater than Moses as He is the Son of God. God sent His Son into the world to die for our sin. Because of the death of the Lord Jesus on the cross, you can be forgiven of all sin and have assurance of eternal life with God.

When you trust the Lord Jesus as your Savior, God makes an eternal blood covenant with you. Please repent of sin and trust the Lord Jesus as your Savior. Eternal life is only through faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. He is the Prophet like unto Moses and those that do not listen to His message, God will require it of them. “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John 5:9-12).

John McTernan
Branch of David Ministries
PO Box 444 • Liverpool, PA 17045
Email: McT911@aol.com • branchofdavid.org

 

[Hamza]

like a glove: Prophet Muhammad IS like Moses and Jesus is NOT like Moses (pbuta)

Here goes:

Moses: 40 when he received Prohethood
Muhammad: 40 when they received Prohethood
Jesus: 30 when they received Prohethood

Moses: Had Mother and Father
Muhammad: Had mother and Father
Jesus: Only had mother

Moses: Married and had children
Muhammad: Married and had children
Jesus: Never married and had no children

Moses: led his nation from persecution to a new land in an exodus
Muhammad: led his nation from persecution to a new land in an exodus
Jesus: Didn’t

**Moses **: Met Allah
Muhammad: Met Allah
Jesus: Didn’t

Moses: came with new comprehensive law
Muhammad: Came with new comprehensive law
Jesus: Didn’t

Moses: had legal authority over people
Muhammad: had legal authority over people
Jesus: Didn’t

Moses: accepted by his people
Muhammad: accepted by his people
Jesus: Wasn’t

Moses: Natural birth
Muhammad: Natural Birth
Jesus: Unnatural birth

Moses: Natural death
Muhammad: Natural Death
Jesus: Was killed according to the Christian

Moses: Was buried in a grave and remains there
Muhammad: Was buried in a grave and remains there
Jesus: in Heaven

Moses: Never resurrected after death
Muhammad: Never resurrected after death
Jesus: Resurrected

Moses: Not the son of God
Muhammad: Not the son of God
Jesus: Christian claims that he is the son of God

Moses: Victorious over enemies
Muhammad: Victorious over enemies
Jesus: According to Christianity he got killed by them

Moses: It was never claimed of him that he was God
Muhammad: It was never claimed of him that he was God
Jesus: Christians claims he is God

I think it is pretty obvious that Prophet Muhammad is like Prophet Moses (pbuh) and nothing like Jesus (pbuh)

Therefore Prophet Muhammad is lke Moses and Jesus is not like Moses in any way.

Of course all of them had miracles etc (they were all prophets after all) but the lives Moses and Mhammad led are exactly the same - the same cannot be said of Jesus (pbuta)

Isn’t it obvious or do you deny the above?

 

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The vast majority of the likenesses used by Muslims are physical, not spiritual.

Jesus is closer spiritually than Muhammed is to Moses.

When did Muhammed meet Allah?

 

[Hisalone]

Good stuff Special Ed Im sorry you were banned. Whatever for?

I have more at home that I will add. It amazes me how muslims beleive Mohammed was a prophet like unto Moses.

 

[ralphinal]

Good stuff Special Ed Im sorry you were banned. Whatever for?

I have more at home that I will add. It amazes me how muslims beleive Mohammed was a prophet like unto Moses.

I had this discussion on another site. The Muslim poster resorted to “Muhammed rode a Camel and so did Moses” and “Both names begin with M”

 

[Sister_Amy]

The vast majority of the likenesses used by Muslims are physical, not spiritual.

Jesus is closer spiritually than Muhammed is to Moses.

When did Muhammed meet Allah?

According to who, Ralph? Who can objectively say a person is “spiritually closer?” And what does that even mean?

To me, I think the prophecy describes Muhammad much more accurately than Jesus. It describes a prophet from among the brothers of the Children of Israel not from among themselves. So I think it means obviously that the prophet described would be a descendant of Ishmael and not of Isaac, and that it would be highly incorrect to say the person would be a Jew, as in the article. It makes more sense to me that the prophet would be from the line of Ishmael, as Muhammad clearly was, to be among the “brethren” as the verses says. So in that sense Jesus wouldn’t even fit.

And Muhammad did meet Allah when he ascended on the night of Isra’ and Mi’raj.

The article is also incorrect on a number of points about Islam. For instance, Muhammad did make prophecies in the Qur’an, and outside of the Qur’an, many of which have come true (and others which may yet still come true.)

 

[ralphinal]

According to who, Ralph? Who can objectively say a person is “spiritually closer?” And what does that even mean?

To me, I think the prophecy describes Muhammad much more accurately than Jesus. It describes a prophet from among the brothers of the Children of Israel not from among themselves. So I think it means obviously that the prophet described would be a descendant of Ishmael and not of Isaac, and that it would be highly incorrect to say the person would be a Jew, as in the article. It makes more sense to me that the prophet would be from the line of Ishmael, as Muhammad clearly was, to be among the “brethren” as the verses says. So in that sense Jesus wouldn’t even fit.

And Muhammad did meet Allah when he ascended on the night of Isra’ and Mi’raj.

The article is also incorrect on a number of points about Islam. For instance, Muhammad did make prophecies in the Qur’an, and outside of the Qur’an, many of which have come true (and others which may yet still come true.)

Thanks for the answer about Muhammed meeting Allah.

Why would you think that the Jewish Scriptures, which show the Jews to be God’s Chosen People, would call for a major Prophet to come from outside of the Jewish faith?

 

[Sister_Amy]

And of course the prophecy in Surah 30 is clearly valid. A “few years” is very specific in Arabic, meaning more than 3 but less than 10 (as Arabs have different words for different plural forms.) Nobody at that time believed that particular prophecy could come true, some (non-Muslims) even betting against it!

 

[Sister_Amy]

Thanks for the answer about Muhammed meeting Allah.

Why would you think that the Jewish Scriptures, which show the Jews to be God’s Chosen People, would call for a major Prophet to come from outside of the Jewish faith?

Because there needed to be a prophet who was not just for the Jews. They also repeatedly broke their covenant with Allah.

 

[ralphinal]

Because there needed to be a prophet who was not just for the Jews. They also repeatedly broke their covenant with Allah.

And that prophet would be Jesus. If you look at the use of brethren in the OT, it typically refers to those of the same blood. IN this case, the Children of Isreal. Now, I am not discounting the possibility that a non-Jew could be that prophet. However, it does make more sense to me that it is a Jew.

The way a covenant works, the non-performance of one side does not negate the obligations of the other. Further, God is always faithful to his people. He gave his word to the Jews, and that word will not go unfulfilled.

 

[Sister_Amy]

And that prophet would be Jesus. If you look at the use of brethren in the OT, it typically refers to those of the same blood. IN this case, the Children of Isreal. Now, I am not discounting the possibility that a non-Jew could be that prophet. However, it does make more sense to me that it is a Jew.

The way a covenant works, the non-performance of one side does not negate the obligations of the other. Further, God is always faithful to his people. He gave his word to the Jews, and that word will not go unfulfilled.

But yet, according to the prophecy, the prophet would be from among the brothers of the Children of Israel, not from among themselves.

I think it makes much more sense that the final prophet would not be a Jew, considering that the Jews didn’t follow their prophets, often even killing them, and apparently had a kind of arrogance about being a special “Chosen” people.

 

[ralphinal]

But yet, according to the prophecy, the prophet would be from among the brothers of the Children of Israel, not from among themselves.

I think it makes much more sense that the final prophet would not be a Jew, considering that the Jews didn’t follow their prophets, often even killing them, and apparently had a kind of arrogance about being a special “Chosen” people.

wait…re-read it. God will choose a prophet “from the midst of thee, from amongst thy brethren…”

That DOES say that he will be of the Children of Isreal.

True, God calls them a stiff-necked people, but he never left them or abandoned them.

 

[Sister_Amy]

wait…re-read it. God will choose a prophet “from the midst of thee, from amongst thy brethren…”

That DOES say that he will be of the Children of Isreal.

True, God calls them a stiff-necked people, but he never left them or abandoned them.

My translation doesn’t say that.

The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.

That’s what mine says. Interesting.

Either way, I still don’t buy that it means Children of Israel, even with your translation. Because still Muhamamd fits, because he was in the midst of the Jews of Arabia, who were expecting a prophet at that time. And he was still among the brothers of the Children of Israel.

 

[ralphinal]

This might help. It is the whole Chapter that contains that prophacy

1 "The whole priestly tribe of Levi shall have no share in the heritage with Israel; they shall live on the oblations of the LORD and the portions due to him.
2 Levi shall have no heritage among his brothers; the LORD himself is his heritage, as he has told him.
3 The priests shall have a right to the following things from the people: from those who are offering a sacrifice, whether the victim is from the herd or from the flock, the priest shall receive the shoulder, the jowls and the stomach.
4 You shall also give him the first fruits of your grain and wine and oil, as well as the first fruits of the shearing of your flock;
5 for the LORD, your God, has chosen him and his sons out of all your tribes to be always in attendance to minister in the name of the LORD.
6 "When a Levite goes from one of your communities anywhere in Israel in which he ordinarily resides, to visit, as his heart may desire, the place which the LORD chooses,
7 he may minister there in the name of the LORD, his God, like all his fellow Levites who are in attendance there before the LORD.
8 He shall then receive the same portions to eat as the rest, along with his monetary offerings and heirlooms.
9 "When you come into the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you, you shall not learn to imitate the abominations of the peoples there.
10 Let there not be found among you anyone who immolates his son or daughter in the fire, nor a fortune-teller, soothsayer, charmer, diviner,
11 or caster of spells, nor one who consults ghosts and spirits or seeks oracles from the dead.
12 Anyone who does such things is an abomination to the LORD, and because of such abominations the LORD, your God, is driving these nations out of your way.
13 You, however, must be altogether sincere toward the LORD, your God.
14 Though these nations whom you are to dispossess listen to their soothsayers and fortune-tellers, the LORD, your God, will not permit you to do so.
15 "A prophet like me will the LORD, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen.
16 This is exactly what you requested of the LORD, your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let us not again hear the voice of the LORD, our God, nor see this great fire any more, lest we die.’
17 And the LORD said to me, ‘This was well said.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kinsmen, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him.
19 If any man will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it.
20 But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.’
21 "If you say to yourselves, ‘How can we recognize an oracle which the LORD has spoken?’,
22 know that, even though a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if his oracle is not fulfilled or verified, it is an oracle which the LORD did not speak. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously, and you shall have no fear of him.

This entire Chapter is about the Tribe of Levi. If that is correct, then the prophacy would be as well.

This was from the NAB translation off of the USCCB site. The footnotes have some points.

[15] A prophet like me: from the context (opposition to the pagan soothsayers) it seems that Moses is referring in general to all the true prophets who were to succeed him. But since Christ is the Great Prophet in whom the prophetic office finds its fulfillment and completion, this passage was understood in a special Messianic sense both by the Jews (John 6:14; 7:40) and by the Apostles (Acts 3:22; 7:37).

John 6:14

When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet, 9 the one who is to come into the world.”

John 7:40

Some in the crowd who heard these words said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

Acts 3:20-26

20 and that the Lord may grant you times of refreshment and send you the Messiah already appointed for you, Jesus, 9
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of universal restoration of which God spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old.
22 For Moses said: 11 ‘A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kinsmen; to him you shall listen in all that he may say to you.
23 Everyone who does not listen to that prophet will be cut off from the people.’
24 Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.
25 You are the children of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors when he said to Abraham, ‘In your offspring all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’
26 For you first, God raised up his servant and sent him to bless you by turning each of you from your evil ways."

Acts 7:37

It was this Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you, from among your own kinsfolk, a prophet like me.’

Now, more than once, Jesus mentioned how he was the Fulfillment of the OT. His followers did as well. The ties between Jesus understanding this and the early Church doing so is very strong.

Is this prophacy specifically mentioned in the QUr’an? If so, did the followers of Muhammed see it as such? Did Muhammed?

 

[Sister_Amy]

As you might know, I don’t put much faith in the alleged testimony of anonymous laypeople by an anonymous evangelist who is obviously trying to make a point.

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful. (7:157)

 

[ralphinal]

As you might know, I don’t put much faith in the alleged testimony of anonymous laypeople by an anonymous evangelist who is obviously trying to make a point.

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful. (7:157)

So, this specific prophacy is not mentioned, only a blanket statement about Muhammed being a prophet mentioned in the Torah and Gospel?

 

[Sister_Amy]

So, this specific prophacy is not mentioned, only a blanket statement about Muhammed being a prophet mentioned in the Torah and Gospel?

Right.

 

[ralphinal]

Right.

Interesting. I need to ponder on this for a bit

Do you happen to know when Muslims started saying the Muhammed was the Prophet like unto Moses? I would guess that it was fairly early, as they did have contact with Jews, but I would like a more informed opinion