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prophet. In
Isaiah 21:15
:
“For they fled from the swords, from
the drawn sword and from the bent bow, and from the
grievousness of war.”
This was when Prophet Muhammed
(pbuh) and his companions were persecuted and left Makkah for
Madina.
Isaiah 21:16:
“For thus hath the Lord said unto me:
“
Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, and all the
glory of Kedar shall fail
.” Exactly in the second year of Hijrah
(immigration) the pagans were defeated in the battle of Badr.
(313 ill equipped Muslims under the leadership of the Prophet,
defeated more than 1000 well-equipped Arabs from Makkah.)
Finally
Isaiah 21:17
concludes with “... the mighty men of the
children of Kedar shall be diminished, for the Lord God of Israel
hath spoken it.” Kedar is the second son of Ishmael (
Genesis
25:13
) from whom ultimately Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) arose.
In the beginning the children of Kedar were attacking
Muhammed (pbuh) and his companions. But as time went many
of them accepted Islam, and the number of children of Kedar
who resisted, diminished. In some Bible verses Kedar is
synonymous with the Arabs as in
Ezekiel 27:21
“Arabia, and all
the Princes of Kedar...”
THE PROPHET LIKE UNTO MOSES
God addressed Moses (
Deuteronomy 18:18
): “
I will raise them
up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee
(Moses), and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall
speak unto them all that I shall command him
.”
1.
The brethren of Israelites (descendants of Abraham
through Isaac) and Ishmaelites (descendants of Abraham