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To explain this in more details, let me first go back to some
verses from the Old Testament, which were not mentioned
before in this study.
GENESIS 21, VERSES 14 - 21
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took
bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar,
putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her
away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness
of Beersheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle,
and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And
she went, and sat her down over against him a good way
off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the
death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift
up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the
lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,
and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for
God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise,
lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she
saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with
water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the
lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became
an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and
his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Ishmael is Abraham's first son and the older brother of
Isaac (Pput). God sent his angel to save him and to tell his mother
Hagar, that God is going to make Ishmael (Ppuh) a great nation,
and then God made Ishmael (Ppuh) a well of water in the middle
of the desert to drink from. Ishmael (Ppuh) grew and lived in that
desert, the desert of Paran.
Deuteronomy 33, VERSES 1 – 3
1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of
God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And
he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir
unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came
with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a
fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints
are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one
shall receive of thy words.
The blessing that Moses (Ppuh) shared with the children of Israel (Ppuh)
before his death gives us a lot of information, but since we
are only discussing the "brothers of the children of Israel (Ppuh) "
at this point, we will not go through all the details of this
blessing.
Moses (Ppuh) told about a great light of God, with glowing law,
that will be shining forth from the mount of Paran, and with
him will come thousands of saints that God will love, and
they will all worship God and submit to him.
Paran is where Ishmael, the first son of Abraham and the
older brother of Isaac (Pput), was saved by God, promised to
engender a great nation and where he grew up.
Isaac (Ppuh) is the father of Israel (Ppuh) and the children of
Ishmael (Ppuh) are the brothers of the children of Israel (Ppuh) .
THE QUR'AN 14, VERSE 39
Praise be to Allah, Who hath granted unto me (Abraham)
in old age Ishmael and Isaac: for truly my Lord is He, the
Hearer of Prayer!
God granted Abraham two sons in his old age, Ishmael and
his younger brother Isaac (Pput).
THE QUR'AN 14, VERSE 37
O our Lord! I (Abraham) have made some of my offspring
to dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred
House; in order, O our Lord, that they may establish
regular Prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men with
love towards them, and feed them with fruits: so that they
may give thanks.
Abraham's first son Ishmael (Pput) lived in a desert where God's
sacred house is.
THE QUR'AN 2, VERSE 127
And remember Abraham and Ishmael raised the foundations
of the House (With this prayer): "Our Lord! Accept (this
service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the Allknowing.
Abraham and his son Ishmael (Pput)raised the foundation of
God's house in that desert.
THE QUR'AN 2, VERSE 129
Our Lord! send amongst them (the children of Ishmael)
an Messenger of their own, who shall rehearse Thy Signs
to them and instruct them in scripture and wisdom, and
sanctify them: For Thou art the Exalted in Might, the
Wise."
This verse refers to Abraham (Ppuh) praying to God asking him to
send the children of Ishmael (Ppuh) a messenger issued from their
own who shall teach them the law of God.
THE QUR'AN 62, VERSE 2
It is He (God) Who has sent amongst the Unlettered a
messenger from among themselves, to rehearse to them
His Signs, to sanctify them, and to instruct them in Scripture
and Wisdom,- although they had been, before, in manifest
error;-
God answered Abraham's (Ppuh) prayer and sent the children of
Ishmael (Ppuh) a prophet from their own to teach them the law of
God, as before then, they were lost. It is God who sent the
prophet of Islam Mohammad (Ppuh) to teach the Qur'an.
We need to stop here on other few expressions we discussed earlier that were kept in the original language of the Qur'an even in the translation of its meanings, to be understood correctly when read later in this part.
The word "We" and the word "Us" in the Arabic language can be used to refer to oneself as an expression of great glory. For example a king can say: "we approved this rule", referring to himself as "we" to show power and glory.
God; who has all the power and glory, used these majesty plural expressions in the Qur'an to refer to his own majesty and greatness.
As we learned from the previous verses of the Qur'an, God is referred to as "He" when others are talking about Him, and also when God is talking about Himself in the third person term, for example (It is He Who has), but in other verses of the Qur'an, when God is talking about his own self-greatness, God uses these majesty plural expressions, which in the Arabic language are used to glorify oneself. In the Qur'an, God used the majesty plural to glorify himself, as we will see in some of the Qur'an verses.
THE QUR'AN 2, VERSES 125 & 126
125 Remember We (I God the great, the glorified) made the
House a place of assembly for men and a place of safety;
and take ye the station of Abraham as a place of prayer;
and We covenanted with Abraham and Ishmael, that they
should sanctify My House for those who compass it round, or
use it as a retreat, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein
in prayer). 126 And remember Abraham said: "My Lord,
make this a City of Peace, and feed its people with fruits,-
such of them as believe in Allah (God) and the Last Day."
He (God) said: "(Yea), and such as reject Faith,-for a while
will I grant them their pleasure, but will soon drive them to
the torment of Fire,- an evil destination (indeed)!"
God answered Abraham's prayer in making the desert,
where his son Ishmael (Pput) lived and dwelled, a safe place, yet
God made it a place of prayer to those that believe, and
commanded Abraham and Ishmael (Pput) to purify God's house
for those who come to worship God.
THE QUR'AN 95, VERSES 1 – 3
1 By the fig and olive, 2 By Mount Sinai, 3 And by this city
of security.
God is swearing by the three places where God revealed
his messages from, the fig and olive, which refers to Jesus
Christ's (Ppuh) message and the Gospel, Mount Sinai which refers
to Moses (Ppuh) message and the Torah, and last the city of
security which as we learned refers to the prophet of Islam
Mohammad (Ppuh) and the Qur'an.
As we can see, the above verses from the Qur'an relate
to the blessing, which Moses (Ppuh) gave to the children of Israel (Ppuh)
before his death.
DEUTERONOMY 33, VERSES 1 – 3
1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of
God blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2 And
he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir
unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came
with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a
fiery law for them. 3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints
are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one
shall receive of thy words.
So, to answer our second question, yes the prophet of Islam
was from the brothers of the children of Israel (Ppuh) , he was from
their brothers; the children of Ishmael. Ishmael (Ppuh) dwelled in
the desert of Paran where God saved him and promised to
make a great nation of him, and where Moses (Ppuh) prophesized
about a great light of God that will be shining forth with a
new glowing law, the prophet Mohammad (Ppuh) was sent from
that desert and with a new glowing law (the Qur'an). The
prophet of Islam, Mohammed, was on a mountain in Paran
when the Holy Spirit (Ppuh) revealed the first verses of the Qur'an
to him, and told him, he had been chosen to be God's
prophet.
Prophet Mohammad (Ppuh) was illiterate, he didn't know how to
read or write. The first verse of the Qur'an the Holy Spirit (Ppuh)
taught Mohammad (Ppuh), when he was sent down to him on the mount of
Paran, to start the revelation of the Qur'an to
Mohammad (Ppuh) was:
THE QUR'AN, 96 VERSE 1
read! in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who
created-
The Holy Spirit (Ppuh) started the revelation of this first verse of
the Qur'an by saying to Mohammad (Ppuh): "Read!" Which is the
first word of the first verse of the revelation of the Qur'an,
Mohammad (Ppuh) answered the Holy Spirit (Ppuh) and said "I cannot
read!" The Holy Spirit (Ppuh) once again told Mohammad (Ppuh): "Read!"
Mohammad (Ppuh) answered again and said "I cannot read". The
Holy Spirit (Ppuh) and for the third time told Mohammad (Ppuh) "Read!"
and Mohammad (Ppuh) answered "I cannot Read". Then the Holy
Spirit revealed to Mohammad (Ppuh) the rest of the verse plus few
more verses, which are the first verses of the revelation of
the book (The Qur'an).
THE QUR'AN 96, VERSES 1 – 5
1 read! in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created-
2 Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood:
3 read! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful,- 4 He Who taught
(the use of) the pen,- 5 Taught man that which he knew
not.
Then the Holy Spirit (Ppuh) told Mohammad (Ppuh) that God chose him to
be his prophet to the world.
The Bible told us about the revelation of the Qur'an to Prophet
Mohammad (Ppuh) on mount Paran. The Bible told us that he is
illiterate, and even told us what he will be answering.
ISAIAH 29, VERSE 12
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying,
Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
Mohammad (Ppuh) was from the children of Ishmael, Ishmael (Ppuh) lived
all his life in that desert which was called then Paran and
died there, where his grave is still there to this day next to
the house of God (which we described in some of the above verses); this city of security, the desert of God's shining
forth light is now known as the city of Makah. Makah is the
city of worship for the Muslims. The well of water that God
made to Ishmael (Ppuh) in the middle of the desert, to save him is
still there and very rich of pure water to this day.
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Author's Notes:
Who are the brothers of the children of Israel (Ppuh), and where do they reside?
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