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Part 1

The Prophet ﷺ Foretold

The Qur'an affirms that the Prophet ﷺ is mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel, and that Jesus foretold him. This part looks for these prophecies in the Bible, from the strongest to the most fragile, and shows that together they point to one man.

What the Qur’an affirms

The People of the Book find the Prophet ﷺ mentioned in their own scriptures:

﴿ ٱلَّذِينَ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلرَّسُولَ ٱلنَّبِىَّ ٱلْأُمِّىَّ ٱلَّذِى يَجِدُونَهُۥ مَكْتُوبًا عِندَهُمْ فِى ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَٱلْإِنجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُم بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَىٰهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَيُحِلُّ لَهُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَيُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ وَيَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَٱلْأَغْلَٰلَ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَعَزَّرُوهُ وَنَصَرُوهُ وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ ٱلنُّورَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ مَعَهُۥٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ ﴾

“Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find written with them in the Torah and the Gospel: he enjoins on them what is right and forbids them what is wrong, makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them the foul, and relieves them of the burden and the shackles that were upon them. Those who believe in him, honour him, support him and follow the light sent down with him, it is they who will prosper.”

Qur'an, Al-A'raaf, 7:157

Jesus foretold him ﷺ by name:

﴿ وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ وَمُبَشِّرًۢا بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِى مِنۢ بَعْدِى ٱسْمُهُۥٓ أَحْمَدُ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ﴾

“And when Jesus, son of Mary, said: ‘O Children of Israel, I am the messenger of God to you, confirming what came before me of the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad.’ Then, when he came to them with clear proofs, they said: ‘This is plain magic.’”

Qur'an, As-Saff, 61:6

Abraham and Ishmael asked for him ﷺ as they raised the foundations of the House:

﴿ رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ﴾

“Our Lord, send among them a messenger from among themselves, who will recite Your verses to them, teach them the Book and wisdom, and purify them. You are the Mighty, the Wise.”

Qur'an, Al-Baqara, 2:129

Certainty comes from these verses. The passages of the Bible, for their part, call for an effort of interpretation: taken alone, each gives clues; together, they point to the Prophet ﷺ and to no one else. The method is set out on page 0.

The prayer of Abraham and the good tidings of Jesus

The Prophet ﷺ said of himself: “I am the prayer of my father Abraham and the good tidings of Jesus” (reported by Ahmad, Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim, from al-Irbad ibn Sariya; graded authentic by al-Albani; Mishkat al-Masabih 5759; al-Salihi, I, 94).

This part follows that order: the prayer of Abraham, Moses and the prophets, the good tidings of Jesus, then the convergence, where the threads meet.

The pillars

Seven prophecies carry the main weight. Each has its own page.

  • The blessing of Ishmael. In Genesis, God promises to make Ishmael “a great nation” (Genesis 17:20). Number, blessing and strength came together among his descendants only with Muhammad ﷺ (Ameri, p. 153): page 1.
  • The prophet like Moses. In Deuteronomy, God promises Moses “a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee”, and adds: “and will put my words in his mouth” (Deuteronomy 18:18). Lawgiver and leader of a community, Muhammad ﷺ answers to this portrait (research file v1, part 1): page 2.
  • The Servant of Kedar. Isaiah foretells a chosen servant who “shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles” (Isaiah 42:1), and calls on “the villages that Kedar doth inhabit” to lift up their voice (Isaiah 42:11), Kedar being a son of Ishmael. A Companion, Abd Allah ibn Amr, related the portrait of the Prophet ﷺ “in the Torah” in terms that match this text almost word for word (Bukhari 2125; research file v1, part 1): page 3.
  • The Paraclete. In the Gospel of John, Jesus promises his disciples that they will be given, after his departure, “another Comforter” (John 14:16), who “shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak” (John 16:13). The Qur’an relates that he foretold “a messenger who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad” (61:6): page 4.
  • Paran. In Deuteronomy, Moses blesses the people before his death: the LORD “came from Sinai”, “rose up from Seir unto them”, “shined forth from mount Paran” (Deuteronomy 33:2). Now Ishmael “dwelt in the wilderness of Paran” (Genesis 21:21). The third light rises in the land of Ishmael (Ameri, p. 109-110, 140): page 5.
  • The stone of Daniel. In the king’s dream, “a stone was cut out without hands”, broke the image of the four kingdoms, then “became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth” (Daniel 2:34-35). For Ibn Taymiyya, this stone is Muhammad ﷺ, whose kingdom succeeds Rome (Ameri, p. 182-184): page 6.
  • The rejected stone. “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner” (Psalm 118:22). In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus draws the prophecy from it: “The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof” (Matthew 21:43). The despised nation is that of Ishmael (Ataie, p. 92-93; al-Saqqar, p. 127-130): page 7.

The pages of this part

The map of the prophecies

The map places the twenty-five prophecies retained and the nine traits they point to: lineage, land, law, name, time, victory, character, revelation and people. Each thread rests on its own texts; it is their meeting in a single man that gives the whole its strength.

Sources for this page

  • Qur’an: Tanzil text (Uthmani); translation of the meaning by this site.
  • Bible: King James Version.
  • “I am the prayer of Abraham”: Mishkat al-Masabih 5759.
  • Al-Salihi al-Shami, Subul al-huda wa-l-rashad, I, 94.
  • The portrait “in the Torah”: Bukhari 2125.
  • Sami Ameri, al-Bishara bi-nabi al-islam fi kutub al-yahud wa-l-nasara, Takween, 2nd ed., 2021, p. 109-110, 140, 153, 182-184.
  • Ali J. Ataie, Finding Muhammad in the New Testament, master’s thesis, Graduate Theological Union, 2011, p. 92-93.
  • Munqidh al-Saqqar, Hal bashshara al-Kitab al-Muqaddas bi-Muhammad ﷺ?, al-Huda wa-l-Nur series, 5, 2023, p. 127-130.
  • Research file Annonces du Prophète ﷺ, v1.0, 14 October 2026, framework and method, part 1.