بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم
53:1٫2٫3٫4
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Your fellow man is neither misguided nor astray.
3:Nor does he speak of his own whims.
4:It is only a revelation sent down ˹to him˺.
Deuteronomy 18:18
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.
Isaiah 42
The enforcement of Sharia law to the Gentiles
The descendants of Ishmael
Jihad and fighting
The end of idolatry
To this day, no prophet has been born among the Israelites who could fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 42. Except for Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), from the descendants of Ishmael.
Muhammad PBUH the Messenger? - Isaiah 42
Islam claims that Muhammad PBUH is the Messenger of Isaiah 42. Is this true?
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Answer
Isaiah 42:1 (KJV) Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 42:11 Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voice,The villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing, Let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Isaiah 42:11
Islam claims Isaiah 42 refers to Muhammad PBUH.
They argue that verse 1 and 11 connects the awaited one with the descendants of Kedar. Who is Kedar? According to Genesis 25:13, Kedar was the second son of Ishmael, the ancestor of Muhammad PBUH.
Scripture Compared to Hadith Sahih Al-Bukhari
This claim is further based on the titles that are given to Muhammad - Isaiah 42 compared to Bukhari 2125
Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Bukhari 2125
You are My servant and My messenger. I have named you "al Mutawakkil' (meaning "the one who depends on Allah').
Isaiah 42:1
It speaks of a prophet whom God praised and said would teach the Gentiles justice. Jesus was born only among the Israelites and was sent only to them. So this verse is addressed to all Gentiles.
Isaiah 42:2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Bukhari 2125
You are neither discourteous, harsh nor a noise-maker in the markets..
Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Bukhari 2125
And you do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them with forgiveness and kindness.
Isaiah 42:4 . . . he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his law the islands will put their hope.
Bukhari 2125
I have named you "Al-Mutawakkil" (meaning "Allah's dependent")....Allah will not let him die till he makes upright the crooked people by making them say: "None has the right to be worshipped but Allah."
Isaiah 42:5-6 This is what God the LORD says-- he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles..."
Bukhari 2125
I have named you 'Al-Mutawakkil' (meaning 'Allah's dependent')....Allah will not let him die till he makes upright the crooked people by making them say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.'
Isaiah 42:7 . . . to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
Bukhari 2125
With which will be opened blind eyes and deaf ears and enveloped hearts.
Sahih Bukhari 2125
Isaiah 42:10
10- Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.
Isaiah informs us that this special person will bring something new. The statement “a new song” means a new way of worship. This is exactly what Islam represents. The emphasis on the new song here is singing the praise of God all over the earth. The Qur’an opens with the statement “Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds” and is recited by Muslims all over the world during prayers every day.
Isaiah 42:11 Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Kedar is the second son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:13), Sela is a mountain in Medina
Isaiah 42:11
God commands the people of Kedar and Sela. The Kedarites are the descendants of Ishmael. And the people of Sela are the people of Medina.
In clear terms, God is only blessing the descendants of Ishmael.
In clear terms, God is only blessing the descendants of Ishmael.Fighting the enemies of God
Then the prophecy tells that he will fight God’s enemy which is certainly what Muhammad ﷺ did, while Jesus(Peace be upon him) didn’t fight.
Isaiah 42:13 Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
Is the final prophet sent in a pagan or a Jewish environment?
Then it tells that those who worship the idols would come into shame.
Isaiah 42:14
14- For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.
There was a long period of inactivity for Prophethood between Jesus and Muhammad, over 600 years. During this time the Arab pagans were indulging in idolatry and revelling in evil practices. No more would God tolerate this evil, the time was right for this special person to emerge and bring monotheism to Arabia. The Qur’an informs us:
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger [Muhammad] to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, “There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a warner.” But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner… [Chapter 5, verse 19]
Isaiah 42:16- I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
“I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them…”
The pagan Arabs at the time of Prophet Muhammad fit this description perfectly because they had not been sent a messenger prior to Muhammad. The Qur’an bears witness to this, God states that Muhammad was sent to:
… warn a people to whom no warner has come before… [Chapter 32, verse 3]
“I will turn the darkness into light before them…”
Darkness is the emblem of ignorance and sin. All this would be turned upside down – sin will be replaced by virtue and ignorance by knowledge. Darkness was turned into light as the Qur’an states:
[He sent] a Messenger [Muhammad] reciting to you the distinct verses of God that He may bring out those who believe and do righteous deeds from darknesses into the light… [Chapter 65, verse 11]
Isaiah 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ was sent to a pagan environment, while Jesus (Peace be upon him) was sent to the Jews, and he was never concerned with worshiping images as the Old Testament was, because his conversation with the Jews was mainly to prove that he came from God and that he is the Messiah.
It is clear that the special person that God is talking about will be sent to a people who worship idols. This perfectly describes the pre-Islamic Arabs, as the whole of Arabia at the start of Muhammad’s Prophethood consisted of idol worshippers.How beautifully does this verse in Isaiah summarise the conclusion of Prophet Muhammad’s mission in the Arabian Peninsula. Not only did Prophet Muhammad conquer Mecca, the Pagan capital of Arabia, but by the end of his life, in just 23 short years of Prophethood, Arabia had shunned idol worship and now worshipped the One true God of Abraham. The Qur’an mentions this conquest:
When the victory of God has come and the conquest, And you see the people entering into the religion of God in multitudes, Then exalt [Him] with praise of your Lord and ask forgiveness of Him. Indeed, He is ever Accepting of repentance. [Chapter 110]