Names of Mohammad and ‘Ali (SBUT) in the Bible

Part 4

Here we wish to mention another former christian scholar of two centuries ago named Musheh son of Yohanna (Moses son of Johana) who was given the title “Fakhr-ul-Islam”; for his story we invite readers to read “Story of Fakhr-Ul-Islam” in this site kindfather.com

In the 5^th volume of one of his books “Anis al-A’laam” he mentions some biblical glad tidings to Hadrat Muhammad (SAWA); we are going to briefly review one of such glad tidings.

He refers to and analyzes the following statement which is God’s response to Hadrat Ibrahim’s request in regard to Hadrat Ismael (SBUT):

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

This statement in Hebrew (transliterated using English alphabet) is:

17:20

VLYShM'y'aL ShM'yThYK HNH BUrKThY 'aThV VHPhUrYThY 'aThV VHUrBYThY 'aThV BM'aD M'aD ShNYM-'yShUr NShY'aM YVLYD VNThThYV LGVY GDVL.

The Hebrew name “BM'aD M'aD” is mentioned in the Hebrew text but not in the current English, Arabic, Persian or other translations of the bible. Considering this name, a more accurate translation of this passage becomes:

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him by BM'aD M'aD and the twelve princes who shall be caused of him, and I will make him a great nation.

In this glad tiding clearly God in response to the request of Hadrat Ibrahim (SBUH) Reveals that a person named BM'aD M'aD or M'aD M'aD and twelve leaders from him shall come; Hadrat Ibrahim’s request for Ismael (SBUT)- as Qur’an also verifies in 2:127-129 and …- was that the Rasool (Messenger) would appear from him. (Please also see “Mohammad, the Promise of Torah” and “AhlulBayt (Salaam Be Upon Them, SBUT), the Promise of Enjil (Gospel)” in this site: kindfather.com)

Firstly the author mentions that one of the most common methods of predicting among jews have always been the use of numbers associated with letters in Hebrew.

Secondly he mentions that there are two possibilities for pronunciation of this name, BM'aD M'aD and M'aD M'aD, which both clearly refer to Hadrat Mohammad (SAWA):

In case of M'aD M'aD: It even sounds like Mohammad, and certainly in descendants of Ismael no one else but Mohammad and the twelve imams (SBUT) from him match this glad tiding.

And in case of BM'aD M'aD: In Hebrew whenever two B’s appear in a word one B is omitted; this word was also in form of BBM'aD M'aD and one B was omitted and the word has become BM'aD M'aD. The numerical value of both BM'aD M'aD and Mohammad are the same. And again the most important point is that absolutely no one else from the descendants of the Prophet Isma’il (SBUH) fits these specifications, so indeed the glad tiding is in regard to the final Prophet, Mohammad, and the twelve Imams (SBUT).

One of the Shi’ah Maraaje’, the late Ayatullah Bahjat, had said that while he was in Najaf, there was a christian scholar from Syria who had become a Muslim and was studying in Najaf.

Explaining why he had become a Muslim, he had said that he was the director of the Syrian Royal Library. He said that in that library there was a special room which no one but he had access to. He further said that in that room he had found an old gospel in which there were statements from Hadrat ‘Eesa- Jesus- (SBUH) giving glad tidings and indicating characteristics in regard to a Prophet after him; he then stated that the name of the Promised Prophet  was also mentioned but it was covered with beeswax. He said that he carefully removed the wax and the name was MDMD … He then said that the fact that the name was purposely covered made him curious and after more research he became a Muslim …

AAAAAHHHHH! … The so called jewish and christian scholars after recognizing Hadrat Muhammad and the twelve Infallible Imams (SBUT) as those promised by Prophets Moses, Jesus and … (SBUT)- by omitting M’aD M’aD from all bible translations of genesis 17:20 and mistranslating and misrepresenting … the statement (Shifa Mustapha in her book analyzes this statement in more detail)- have conveniently in cross references related the statement genesis 17:20 to the statements 25:13-15 in an attempt to claim that the twelve princes mentioned in 17:20 were the so called immediate sons of Hadrat Ismael (SBUH) as mentioned in 25:13-15 (which by the way these immediate sons are not confirmed as such in authentic Islamic Hadiths), and thus to deny the Prophet Mohammad and the twelve Imams (SBUT). But by the grace of Allah, clearly the name M’aD M’aD left in the Hebrew version and the promise of a “great nation” from Ismael (SBUH) … proves- without a shadow of a doubt- the untruthfulness of this claim.

For more information in this regard please refer to all parts of the article “AhlulBayt (Salaam Be Upon Them, SBUT), the Promise of Enjil (Gospel)” in this site: kindfather.com

To be continued …