Mohammad, the promise of Torah -I

When the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) took his wife Haajar (Hagar) and his first born, Ismael (Ishmael), to PARAN, where Mecca is today, the Prophet Ibrahim prayed to Allah:

O’ our Lord! surely I have settled from my offspring in an uncultivated land, near Your Bait Al-Haraam (Sacred House); our Lord! that they be upholders of Salaat; so make the hearts of some people yearn for them, and provide them with benefits; perhaps they will be grateful.

My Lord! Set me (to be) upholder of Salaat (Prayers), and from my offspring (too); O’ our Lord! and do accept (my) prayer.

(Qur'an, Surah Ibrahim, verses 37 & 40)

While the current Torah -the first five books in the Old Testament of the Bible- has been very much distorted (please also see the : “…Jesus…Mohammad (PBUT” in this site), but by the Will of Allah, certain rays from the Light of Truth have always shone in the midst of the darkness of distortions; that is the Promise of Allah that the Light of Allah can never be turned off:

They have wanted to put out the Light of Allah with their mouths and Allah has denied consent, but He shall perfect His Light, even though the unbelievers dislike.

(Qur'an, Surah Tobah, verse 33)

In the book of Genesis of the current Torah, chapter 21, statements 17 to 21, we read:

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."

In spite all distortions, as we see certain indications in regard to the story of Ibrahim and Ismael (PBUT), are mentioned in this distorted Torah; while we do not completely confirm the mentioned points in the distorted Torah, but, one important point is that according to this Torah the place where Ismael resided is called PARAN; all Bible Encyclopedias verify that PARAN is the area where Mecca is today.

Later when the Prophet Ibrahim, together with his first born Ismael, started to build the structure of Ka'bah -the House of Allah- upon its existing foundation, the Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) prayed to Allah:

And when Ibrahim and Ismael raised the foundations of the Bait; our Lord! accept from us; surely You are the Hearing, the Knowing.

Our Lord! and make us both Moslemain (two Muslims), for You, and from our offspring, a Muslim nation, for You… .

Our Lord! and appoint in them, a Rasool (Messenger, Apostle) from among them, who shall recite to them the Aayaat (Communications, verses,… ), and teach them the Book and the Hekmat (Wisdom,… ), and purify them; surely You are the Mighty, the Wise.

(Qur'an, Surah Baqarah, verses 127 to 129)

As we read in these glorious verses of Qur'an, the Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) implored Allah that the great nation of Islam and the ever-Promised Rasool (Messenger, Apostle) to be from his son Ismael (PBUT), and Allah answered his prayer; let us look at a Hadith from the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH&HP) in regard to these verses:

I am, Ibrahim's Prayer (PBUH)… .

(Tafsir Borhaan, vol. 1; …)

Now let us look at the current Torah which confirms Allah's acceptance of Ibrahim's prayer, book of Genesis, chapter 17, statement 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."

By the Will of the Omnipotent Allah, even the Promise of the twelve infallible Imams (PBUT) -being the descendants of the Prophet Ismael- seems to be indicated in the current Torah; in the older Hebrew versions of Torah, the above statement was indicated as the King called "Mo'ed" (or a similar pronunciation) -which is a Hebrew equivalent for Mohammad- and twelve Princes, but in the later versions only the twelve Princes have been left, and through other distortions, they have tried to present the twelve, as others; imagine how beautiful and enlightening the original undistorted Torah is, and when Imam Mahdi (PBUH) will reveal it after his Appearance, the whole world will know and see!

To be continued …