Is Mohammed the Final prophet?
Many centuries have come and gone, and of course, the world is not the same as it was in the beginning. Just after 20 or 30 years, if you visit the same place where you grew up, you will wonder whether you are in the same place. Everything is changing rapidly. Science and modern technology has transformed old-fashioned things, but there is only one thing that is not changing; i.e., the God of the Bible. It is His quality that does not change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. What He was in the beginning, he is today also. He is the same. There is no change in Him, even a bit. If He could walk with Adam in the Garden of Eden, then He can walk with us today also. If He could walk with Moses and the Israelites, then He can walk with us today also. If He could talk to Abraham and be his friend, then He can talk with us and can be our friend today also. If He could wipe away the tears and heal the broken hearted people then, He can do the same today also. Why? It is because He does not change but remains the same forever. But when we come to the Quran and Hadith, we see that Mohammed declared himself to be the Last Prophet and the Quran as the last revelation. Both the Quran and Hadith say that Mohammed was the last and final prophet. The Quran says, in The Clans, The Coalition, The Combined Forces 33:40, "Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things."In his last sermon he said, "O People, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith will be born. Reason well, therefore, O People, and understand my words that I convey to you. I leave behind me two things, the Quran and my example, the Sunnah, and if you follow these you will never go astray."
By declaring this, Mohammed declared that God is dead because God will never speak again nor send His prophets or apostles. By declaring this, Mohammed blasphemed God, and by saying this, he made the "unchanging" God as "changed." But I want to tell you that it is possible that Mohammed is correct in his prediction because Allah and the God of the Bible is not the same God. The God of the Bible is an unchanging God, and that's why the Bible says, in 1 John 4:1-2, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God," The God of the Bible never said that He will send a Last prophet, but He said that we will come across both true and false prophets, but we have to test every spirit and know whether they are from God or not. Not only does Mohammed not show any qualities of prophet.
" If Allah is the same God of the Bible, then why he does not know about the prophet whom He sent? The most amazing part is no Muslim knows why they call Mohammed a prophet when there are no qualities of prophet in him.Is Holy Spirit "Ahmad" or "Mohammed"?The Ranks, Battle Array, Sura 61:6, "And remember, Jesus, the son of Mary, said: 'O Children of Israel! I am the apostle of Allah (sent) to you, confirming the Law (which came) before me, and giving Glad Tidings of an Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad.' But when he came to them with Clear Signs, they said, 'this is evident sorcery!'" On the one side, Allah and Muslims claim that Allah is the same God of the Bible, and that Jesus was sent by Allah, but on the other side Allah does not know what Jesus promised to send in this world after His return to the Father.
If Allah sent Jesus to this world, then why Allah was not aware of what Jesus promised to send after His ascension to heaven? Come, let us look to the Bible for what Jesus promised for His followers. Jesus said, in John 14:16-18, "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." Again, Jesus said, in John 14:26-27, "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Again, Jesus said, in John 15:26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me." We can see from the above verses that Jesus promised the Holy Spirit or Spirit of Truth for those who believe on His name.
No human being can claim himself/herself as the Spirit of Truth because God is the absolute truth and His Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.The same verse further says, "The Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father...." But as we saw before, that Mohammed denied the fatherhood of God so there is no question of Mohammed' proceeding from the father.The Bible also says in John 14:16 says, "He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever;" and the eighteenth verse says, "He dwells with you and will be in you." So, we can understand that Jesus did not promise to send a messenger but the Holy Spirit who was to come and dwell in us. A man or woman cannot come and dwell in us but the Quran says that Jesus promised to send Ahmad (this is the name of Mohammed the founder of Islam).
The above verse also says, "He may abide with you forever." We all know that Mohammed died and is no more in this world, so how is it possible that he may abide with us forever? It is not possible for a human being to abide with us forever, but it is possible only with God. He can come down and live with us. He can abide with us and be in us. So, obviously, Jesus did not promise a fallible human being but infallible Spirit of God, who is everlasting to everlasting.We find in John 14:18 that Jesus said, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." When the Holy Spirit comes in our lives, He gives comfort and peace in our hearts. In the time of trouble and in the time of tears, He comforts us. That is the reason why Jesus said, in John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Only God can give us peace and comfort which this world cannot give, which others cannot give, so of course, we do not see as if it was spoken for any person but this was spoken for the Spirit of God.
Jesus also said, in John 14:26, "He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." Jesus said even more about the Holy Spirit: "when He will come, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you." But we know that Mohammed or Ahmad did not say what Jesus said. Jesus proclaimed again and again that He came to give His life for His sheep, to die and to rise again, etc. But Mohammed said that Jesus did not die on the cross. He also said that it appeared as if Jesus was crucified but actually, He did not die on the cross. Also, we can see a totally contradictory message in the Quran that Jesus never proclaimed. If Ahmad or Mohammed was the messenger that Jesus promised for us, then he should have brought to our remembrance what Jesus had said. Jesus did not promise to send a messenger with a new message, did He? No!! So, of course, Ahmad is not the promised Holy Spirit. Jesus also said, in John 16:13, "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come." This verse tells us that when Holy Spirit will come He will guide us in all truth ... and will tell us things to come. Only God is truth and only God can lead us in truth. A man or woman who never knew truth, or a person who is not absolute truth cannot lead us in truth. For example, if you know the direction to go to a certain place, then only you can show the way to others but if you do not know the direction, you cannot show the way. The same thing is with Mohammed, who was a human being and was who searching for truth and the way until his last breath. It is impossible for a man who never knew truth to show us the way of truth. But Jesus promised a helper who will guide us in all truth--none other than Holy Spirit or Spirit of Truth or Spirit of God Himself. This verse also says that, "He will tell you things to come." Yes, the Holy Spirit will not only lead you and guide you, but also He will tell you the things that are ahead of you. He will predict your future. Isn't it wonderful that Holy Spirit will come and dwell in us and with us so that we may know what is ahead of us? Yes, no man can predict your future, but God can, and when the Holy Spirit comes and abides in us, He shows us what is ahead of us. John 16:14, "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you." Jesus said, in the above verse that the Holy Spirit would glorify Him. But Mohammed never gave glory to Jesus nor glorified Him in anyway, but he (Mohammed) discredited the work of Lord Jesus Christ that was done on the cruel cross for my, and for your, salvation. He abrogated the message of the precious blood that was shed on the cruel cross so that we may come out of our sins and live in peace with Him eternally. Oh, and Mohammed ignored this most precious and important work of Christ. How it is possible that if Jesus sent Mohammed he could forget the most important thing? Again, it proves nothing, but Mohammed is not the promised Holy Spirit, and Allah is not the God of the Bible because all these verses show lack of knowledge with Allah in this matter.
And the final thought: Jesus promised to send the "Holy Spirit." But the Quran and Hadith both tell us that Mohammed was not holy or could not live a holy life. In the Quran and Hadith many a times Mohammed asked forgiveness of his sins to Allah.God is truth and His Spirit is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God Himself and it cannot be human. Mohammed blasphemed God by declaring "Ahmad" or "Mohammed" as the Holy Spirit.