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Guidance given to their prophets they were given
the opportunity to be led to Allah, but as history shows they corrupted and abused this
great blessing that until this time had not been given to any other race.
The Arabs had not, on the other hand, been blessed with Divine Guidance because
since the passing of Prophet‟s Abraham and Ishmael many centuries had passed and
there had been but a few prophets after them. There were no scriptures left to guide the
Arabs and nothing remained of the teachings of those prophets, but the Arabs
abandoned their idolatry. They submitted to Allah and His Prophet and accepted Islam
57
whereas the Jews persisted in their denial and spurned the message Prophet
Muhammad brought.
It cannot be said that the Jews did not expected the coming of a new prophet. Rabbis
such as the convert Abdullah son of Shalom had preached about the signs of Prophet
Muhammad‟s advent together with his description for many years. Both the signs and
the Prophet‟s description were written in the Jewish Scriptures; they were not ignorant.
Even Buhairah, the Nazarene monk knew these signs and warned Abu Talib that -
despite the fact that the Prophet was still a young boy - if continued on his journey he
would pass through a Jewish settlement and they too would recognize the signs
apparent in his nephew in the same way that he had and try to harm him.
The Jews were also aware of the approximate location from which the expected prophet
would emerge, which, as you will recall was the reason why many of their ancestors
migrated to Arabia. As with Prophet Jesus - the last of the prophets sent specifically to
the Jews - the Jews rejected Prophet Muhammad who was sent not just for one nation
but for all the nations of the world.
It becomes very clear that, with the exception of the Jews who embraced Islam, the
Jews of Medina and its vicinity were a renegade people and the worst of the entire
Jewish race. They were the descendants of Jews who rejected, killed several of their
prophets, tampered with the Scriptures their prophets brought and like their forefathers
led lives contrary to the commands Allah entrusted to His prophets to deliver.
“If they argue with you, say,
'I have submitted my face to Allah and so have those who follow me.'
To those who have received the Book (Jews, Nazarenes, Christians)
and to the ignorant, ask, 'Have you submitted yourselves to Allah?'
If they became Muslims they were guided,
if they turn away, then your only duty is to warn them.
Allah is watching over all His worshipers.”
Koran 3:20
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the opportunity to be led to Allah, but as history shows they corrupted and abused this
great blessing that until this time had not been given to any other race.
The Arabs had not, on the other hand, been blessed with Divine Guidance because
since the passing of Prophet‟s Abraham and Ishmael many centuries had passed and
there had been but a few prophets after them. There were no scriptures left to guide the
Arabs and nothing remained of the teachings of those prophets, but the Arabs
abandoned their idolatry. They submitted to Allah and His Prophet and accepted Islam
57
whereas the Jews persisted in their denial and spurned the message Prophet
Muhammad brought.
It cannot be said that the Jews did not expected the coming of a new prophet. Rabbis
such as the convert Abdullah son of Shalom had preached about the signs of Prophet
Muhammad‟s advent together with his description for many years. Both the signs and
the Prophet‟s description were written in the Jewish Scriptures; they were not ignorant.
Even Buhairah, the Nazarene monk knew these signs and warned Abu Talib that -
despite the fact that the Prophet was still a young boy - if continued on his journey he
would pass through a Jewish settlement and they too would recognize the signs
apparent in his nephew in the same way that he had and try to harm him.
The Jews were also aware of the approximate location from which the expected prophet
would emerge, which, as you will recall was the reason why many of their ancestors
migrated to Arabia. As with Prophet Jesus - the last of the prophets sent specifically to
the Jews - the Jews rejected Prophet Muhammad who was sent not just for one nation
but for all the nations of the world.
It becomes very clear that, with the exception of the Jews who embraced Islam, the
Jews of Medina and its vicinity were a renegade people and the worst of the entire
Jewish race. They were the descendants of Jews who rejected, killed several of their
prophets, tampered with the Scriptures their prophets brought and like their forefathers
led lives contrary to the commands Allah entrusted to His prophets to deliver.
“If they argue with you, say,
'I have submitted my face to Allah and so have those who follow me.'
To those who have received the Book (Jews, Nazarenes, Christians)
and to the ignorant, ask, 'Have you submitted yourselves to Allah?'
If they became Muslims they were guided,
if they turn away, then your only duty is to warn them.
Allah is watching over all His worshipers.”
Koran 3:20
58