THE BIBLE'S TESTIMONY A Point To Consider

laws were revealed to Moses but not to Jesus. Moses took his people out of the slavery at the hands of Pharaoh, while despite the advent of Jesus, the Jews remained under the Romans. Clear differences like these exist between Moses and Jesus. And so, accordingly, Jesus cannot be termed to be kind of prophet that Moses was. This is such an obvious fact that many non-Muslim researchers themselves accept it. For instance, a Christian scholar, Rev, James L. Dow, has written a dictionary of the Bible. Rev. Dow writes: The only man of history who can be compared even remotely to him [Moses] is Mahomet [Muhammad]. Rev. James L. Dow, Dictionary of the Bible, Harper Collins, Glasgow, 1992, It is a historical fact that among all the prophets, the Prophet Muhammad is the only one who can be considered to be like Moses. In this way, the Bible’s statement quoted above applies to him, thus testifying to him. And what Rev. Dow says is the witness of a Christian scholar. Strangely enough, the very same point is made in the Quran, in a verse revealed in the Makkan phase of the Prophet’s life. Thus, the Quran says: We have sent a messenger who is a witness over you, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh before you. THE QURAN 73: 15 Here the Quran points to the same truth that is contained in the Bible. In this way, what the Quran relates here is a proof of the truth of prophethood. o Immeasurable Hope Belief in God plays a great role in our lives in that it adds immeasurable hope to our struggle.