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In the Quran, chapter 7, verse 157, it claims that Muhammad is written about in the Torah and in the Gospel. However, only passages warning of false prophets to come would fit this, but this isn't what Muslims are looking for. Muslim debaters want to force Muhammad into the Bible and claim that it predicts him coming as a true prophet of God. Had it not been for the Quran claiming that Muhammad is written about in the Bible, Muslims would never make such an impossible claim.
One passage they'd like to appeal to is Isaiah 42. In the book of Isaiah, chapter 42, Sakur Hussein, in his recent yet still unpublished debate with Biblical scholar Dr. Michael L. Brown, attempted to make this very argument. It's no wonder that Muslims are not clipping this and publicizing it because when you had six years to prepare for a debate and this is the best you have, well, it speaks for itself. Dr. Brown thoroughly answered this claim that Muhammad is the servant of Isaiah 42, and if Muslims are honest, they will never use this argument again.
His name is Muhammad; he is a lawgiver, and Isaiah 42 confirms he will bring the Gentiles, especially the Ishmaelites, into the knowledge of the true God, thus connecting it back to the great nation promise. As for the servant of the Lord that was referenced in Isaiah 42 and 49, that cannot possibly be Muhammad for many reasons. First, as widely recognized by biblical scholars based on internal evidence, the servant described in Isaiah 42 is the same servant described in Isaiah 49, which we just heard. He's also described in the 50th chapter and Isaiah 52:13-53:12.
So, according to these passages, the servant is actually identified with Israel (Isaiah 49:3) because he embodies the nation of Israel. Was Muhammad identified with Israel? No. Was he an Israelite? No. Did he embody the mission of Israel? No. Did he have a primary mission, as Yeshua did, to go to the lost sheep of the House of Israel first and foremost to regather them? No, Muhammad did not have that mission; Jesus did.
But let's take this a little further. According to these prophecies, the servant would stand out in a certain way. Would his message go as far as Kedar? Yes, in other words, to distant lands. But if you go to Isaiah 49, it says that it will go to a certain name, which according to traditional lexicons was China. Maybe it's a prophecy about Confucius. I mean, using this same logic to find Muhammad in Isaiah 42, because Kedar is mentioned, you might as well make the prophet into Confucius.
But we don't even have to be silly with arguments like this because it tells us that this very servant would be beaten beyond recognition; he would die a violent death. Was Muhammad beaten beyond recognition? No. Did he die a violent death? No. Not only so, it says that he won't retaliate, that he'll lay down his life for those that oppose him. It even says that he won't even put out just a burning wick.
Muhammad, according to tradition, was a conqueror; he was not the lamb that laid down his life. He was not the one who died a violent death and rose from the dead. Yet, according to these passages—Isaiah 42, Isaiah 49, Isaiah 50, Isaiah 52:13-53:12—these are descriptions of the servant. There's no ambiguity this year whatsoever. Muslims should leave Islam because you'll never ever find Muhammad being predicted as a true prophet in the Bible, as the Quran claims.
As stated earlier, Muhammad is only spoken of in the Bible in warnings that we have against false prophets to come, such as Jesus speaking about false prophets that will come in Matthew 24, verse 11. Muhammad is not the servant of Isaiah 42; Jesus is. Jesus is Lord. Repent, come to Him for eternal life. He died for your sins and rose from the dead three days later.