Dear all,
Pease be upon you,
Hamzeh said in his post: “Also the verse you quoted from the Torah in Deuteronomy 18:18 in my humble opinion maybe referring to Jesus and not Muhammad (pbut).”
I appreciate your opinion and it seems to me that the proofs I provided from the Bible and Torah were not satisfactory for you. Therefore, I’ll first explain the question you asked about, and then explain with proofs from Quran that Prophet Mohammad is indeed from the offspring of Prophet Abraham, and Ishmael was indeed the sacrificed son (if Allah wills).
Deuteronomy (18:18): I will raise up for them a prophet LIKE YOU from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
Please read the verse carefully, Allah told Moses that “a prophet LIKE you”. Therefore the Prophet that Allah spoke about must be like Moses. Jesus is different than Moses. Moses birth was naturally, he came from a father and a mother, while Jesus came from only a mother. Therefore, indeed the prophet that Allah spoke about here is Mohammad.
Let's now discuss whether Mohammad is from the offspring of Abraham or not from Quran:
(57:26) And We verily sent Noah and Abraham and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed, and among them there is he who goeth right, but many of them are evil-livers.
I noticed that Brother Joseph said in his original article “In verse 57:26, the seed (Arabic: Dhurriyyati) of Prophets Noah and Abraham (pbut) are mentioned. No names of the seed are mentioned.”
Please note that Allah said in this verse "and placed the prophethood and the scripture among their seed". Since Mohammad is a “Prophet”, and Allah sent to him the scripture “Quran”, therefore, he is automatically from the offspring of Abraham as to what the verse is telling us. Also, Allah did not mention names of Prophets in this verse because He said in (40:75) that there are many prophets came before Mohammad that Allah did not mention their names (at all) in Quran.
(40:75) Verily We sent messengers before thee, among them those of whom We have told thee, and some of whom We have not told thee;
I also noticed in Joseph’s article that he did not mention verse (4:54) or even said anything about it which in my opinion is the clear evidence that Prophet Mohammad was from the CHILDREN of Prophet Abraham.
(4:54) Shakir: Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His grace? But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's CHILDREN the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom.
Allah said in this verse that He gave “Ibrahim's children”:
1. the Book
2. and the wisdom
3. and We have given them a grand kingdom.
Therefore, Prophet Mohammad is indeed from the children of Prophet Abraham.
I also read article “DARUD SHAREEF PRAYER”
http://quransmessage.com/articles/darud%20shareef%20prayer%20FM3.htmI noticed in this article that Joseph said “It is worth considering that if Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his family were descendants of Prophet Abraham, (pbuh) why are they excluded from the 'Al' of Prophet Abraham (pbuh) in the 'Darud Shareef' prayer which is clearly dealing with two separate progenies?”
Well, I’ll be very cheerful to explain the reason.
In our prayer, we say:
1. Greetings and prayers to Allah
2. Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and Allah’s mercy and blessings be upon you
3. Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah
4. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Prophet
5. I copied this part from Joseph’s article which I agree with it “O God, let your blessings come upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (including his progeny), as you have blessed Abraham and his progeny. Truly, you are Praiseworthy and Glorious"
6. "O God, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad (including his progeny), as you have blessed Abraham and his family (including progeny). Truly, you are Praiseworthy and Glorious".
The reason for #1 above is to greet Allah
The reason for # 2 is to greet Prophet Mohammad
The reason for # 3 is to greet all righteous mankind (from Adam till Day of Judgment)
The reason for # 4 is to testify that Allah alone is God, and Mohammad is His Prophet.
Please note that we don’t do any distinction between the Prophets of Allah as one may think, because we greet (send Peace) to all righteous people as in # 3, and all the Prophets of Allah are among the righteous people.
The reason of why we mention Mohammad with Allah in the testimony (Shahada) is only to testify and to acknowledge that he is the Prophet of Allah as in:
(3:86) How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true
(2:253) Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree.
Allah raised some of His Prophets in degree. For Mohammad, Allah honored him to be mentioned everywhere i.e. when we call for prayer, with testimony, in our 5 daily prayers as in verse (94:4) And raised high for you your repute
Also Allah sent all Prophets before Mohammad for certain people or certain time, but He sent Mohammad for all nations and till the Day of Judgment.
(34:28) And We have not sent thee (O Muhammad) save as a bringer of good tidings and a warner unto all mankind
(33:40) Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets.
Also, Allah ordered the believers to honor Mohammad as in:
(7:157) Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet,… 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.
And the reason of why the family of Mohammad is excluded from the family of Abraham as in Joseph’s’ article is:
• If you read in # 5 and # 6 above, the exclusion is between Mohammad & his family and Abraham & his family
• We first mention Mohammad because we must honor him as I explained above
• Then we mention Prophet Abraham because he is the forefather of the believers, and Allah said about parents:
(17:24) And lower to them the wing of humility out of mercy and say, “My Lord, have mercy upon them…”
Now, let’s discuss who the sacrificed son was, Isaac or Ishmael.
(1) (37:100) My Lord! grant me of the doers of good deeds.
The word is mentioned in Quran is (“Saleheen”, which is plural of “Saleh”) which means (righteous, doers of good deeds). The reason Abraham asked Allah in the plural because he wants righteous son and righteous descendants from this son. If you read verse (2:124), Allah told Abraham that He will make him a leader. Abraham immediately asked Allah “and of my descendants”.
(2) (37:101) “So We gave him tidings of a gentle son.”
Please note that this was the FIRST good news. And Allah didn’t mention the name of the child.
(3) Then from verses (37:102-7), Allah said that Abraham saw in a dream that he is sacrificing his son; then his son obeyed; before killing the son, Allah gave him an animal to sacrifice instead of his son). Please note that the story of Abraham and the sacrificed son is finished at this point.
(4) Then from verses (37:108-11) Allah said that He was pleased with Abraham.
(5) Then Allah told Abraham in verse (37:112) about the SECOND good news for another son and Allah mentioned the name of the child “Isaac”
( AND We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.) Please note that Allah started this verse with “AND” which means “one more son”.
Since the second son was Isaac, therefore, the first “good news” son was Ishmael.
Joseph said when he replied to my previous post: “Unfortunately, this is not a post that I would be willing to entertain further. Therefore, please kindly accept my response as my last to you on this matter.”
Although I appreciate you for taking the time to read and respond to my post, but, please note that the purpose that I decided to join your forum is to discuss Quran and understand it as much as possible, and to demonstrate our suggestions with proofs from Quran if we disagree with any post as long as it's discussed in a professional manner. Therefore, I disagree with you that you are not willing to continue discussing with me this topic. I believe it is the best time to respond to my analysis.
I would welcome any feedback. I know my article was lengthy, but thank you so much for taking the time to read it.
May Allah guide all of us to the straight path.
With peace and respect,
Brother Joseph: I am still unable to use the toolbar buttons, and it’s very important that I highlight some important words. I searched everywhere in your forum but with no luck. Would you please send me the instructions of how to enable it to my email that you have in the forum. (Thanks)
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