Does Isaiah 42 refer to the Prophet Mohammed?

 

Submitted on 2013/06/29 at 3:23 am

The question that most of us ask now, arose before during the time of Muhammad s.a.w; preaching the words of God onto Arabia. Was Muhammad mentioned? This was the question by inhabitants of Arabia towards Jews that embraced Islam. And if we refer to the claim by past Jewish converts, they had quote verses from Isaiah 42.

And if we look at the passages in Isaiah. God address His chosen servants with their names, and in the prophesied verse we see God mention clearly the prophet’s name. Some examples of God mentioning His servant by name.

(My Servant Isaiah, My Servant Eliakim, David My Servant, Jacob My Servant, My Servant Israel, and so in Isaiah 42:1 , God specifically mention My Servant Ahmad)

In Isaiah 42:1, it is deemed not a coincidence upon seeing the writing of both אתמך (Atmc) אחמד (Ahmd). And the word before אתמך (Atmc), is עבדי (Abedi~My Servant). For indeed, it is indicating Ahmad; Abedallah (Ahmad; Servant of God).

Not to mention אתמך (Atmc) happen to be a special term foretelling the coming of a righteous man and is used only ONCE throughout the entire Book. [could this be a copying error or an intended error?]

~~
 The prophecy tells about Ahmad; ‘Servant of God’ whom will war to correct the wrongs and bringing judgement based on the law of God. He will liberate act of worshiping molten images and thus Arabia (wilderness desert, villages and cities) will glorify God since then. As can be seen today, inhabitants of Arabia are worshiping,praising God and singing words of God daily.

And we continue reading Isaiah 42:18 – 25; God remind the ‘blind and deaf’ about the wrath of God towards Children of Israel, who neglect the message brought by past Servant of God.

And not to repeat; the same mistake upon the coming of the new Servant of God
....


AMAIC replies: 

Our view is that he who has become known as Mohammed was definitely, originally, an Israelite prophet. Look at the names e.g. of Tobias’s parents, Tobit (= 'Obadiah = ‘Abdiel = ‘Abdullah) and Anna, so like Mohammed’s parents, ‘Abdullah and Amina.
And this family lived in Transjordanian Hauran, biblical “Midian”, a name so like Medina.

Tobit and Tobias (= the righteous Job) were extremely holy and righteous and were even visited by an angel.
And they had a near contemporary called Nehemiah, who went to Jerusalem with the permission of the Persians.
Now this same Nehemiah re-emerges in the era of the prophet Mohammed, sent by the Persians to Jerusalem.

Don’t you think that that is strange?

Unfortunately Islam has a very poor understanding of real history and chronology. It is an historical potpourri.