Muhammad in the Bible: by  David Benjamin Kildani (former Roman Catholic Bishop of a Uniate Chaldean diocese) “There has never lived upon this earth a Prince – Prophet like Muhammad, who belonged to a dynasty that reigned for a long period of about 2,500 years, was absolutely independent and never bent its neck under a foreign yoke. And certainly there has never been seen on earth another man like Prophet Muhammad, who has rendered more material and moral service to his own nation in particular and to the world in general. It is impossible to imagine another human being so dignified and so worthy as Prophet Muhammad for such a magnificent glory and honor as depicted in the prophetical vision. Let us just compare the great Prophet Daniel with the Bar nasha he was beholding with awe and wonder. Daniel was a slave or captive, though raised to the dignity of a vizier in the courts of Babylon and Susa. What would, in the presence of the Almighty, be his position when compared with Prophet Muhammad, who would be crowned as the Sultan of the Prophets, the Leader of mankind, and the object of the angels’ homage and admiration? Small wonder that the Prophet David calls Prophet Muhammad “My Lord” (Psa, c. 10)”.

Biography of the author: David Benjamin Kildani (1867 – 1940)

Bishop David Benjamin Kildani (or Keldani) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate- Chaldean sect, but later in his life, after embracing Islam, he changed his name to Abdul-Ahad Dawud (or Dawood).  He was born in 1867 in Urmia, Persia; educated from his early infancy in that town. From 1886-1889, he was on the teaching staff of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Mission to the Assyrian (Nestorian) Christians at Urmia. In 1892, he was sent by Cardinal Vaughan to Rome, where he underwent a course of philosophical and theological studies at the Propaganda Fide College, and in 1895 was ordained Priest.

In 1892, Father Kildani contributed a series of articles to The Tablet on “Assyria, Rome and Canterbury”; and also to the Irish Record on the “Authenticity of the Pentateuch.” He translated Ave Maria into several languages, published in the illustrated Catholic Missions. While in Constantinople on his way to Persia in 1895, he contributed a long series of articles in English and French to the daily paper, published there under the name of The Levant Herald, on “Eastern Churches.”

In 1895, he joined the French Lazarist Mission at Urmia, and published for the first time in the history of that Mission a periodical in the vernacular Syriac called Qala-La-Shara, i.e. “The Voice of Truth.”

In 1897, he was designated as a delegate, by two Uniate-Chaldean Arch-bishops of Urmia and of Salmas, to represent the Eastern Catholics at the Eucharistic Congress held at Paray-le-Monial in France under the presidency of Cardinal Perraud. This was, of course, an official invitation. The paper read at the Congress by “Father Benjamin” was published in the Annals of the Eucharistic Congress, called “Le Pellerin” of that year. In this paper, Bishop Kildani deplored the Catholic system of education among the Nestorians.

In 1888, Bishop Kildani was back again in Persia. In his native village, Digala, about a mile from the town, he opened a school.

The next year he was sent by the Ecclesiastical authorities to take charge of the diocese of Salmas, where a sharp and scandalous conflict between the Uniate Archbishop, Khudabash, and the Lazarist Fathers for a long time had been menacing a schism.

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Articles on Muhammad in the Bible

by  David Benjamin Kildani (former Roman Catholic Bishop of a Uniate Chaldean diocese)

• Chapter 1: Allah and His Attributes
• Chapter 2: HAGGAI ii.7  & Malachi iii. I
• Chapter 3: The Question Of The Birthright And The Covenant
• Chapter 4: The Mystery Of The “Mispa”
• Chapter 5: Prophet Muhammad is “Shiloh”
• Chapter 6: King David Calls Muhammad: “My Lord”
• Chapter 7: The Lord And The Prophet Of The Covenant
• Chapter 8: Genuine Prophets Preach Only Islam
• Chapter 9: Islam Is The Kingdom Of God On Earth
• Chapter 10: Islam and Mohammad announced by Angels
• Chapter 11: “Eudokia” Means “Ahmad” ( Muhammad)   [Luke ii. 14]
• Chapter 12: The Prophet foretold by John The Baptist was certainly Prophet Muhammad
• Chapter 13: The “Sibghatullah,” Or The Baptism With The Holy Spirit And With Fire
• Chapter 14: The “Paraclete” Is Not The Holy Spirit “Periqlytos” Means “Ahmad”
• Chapter 15: Prophet Muhammad And The Emperor Constantine
• Chapter 16: The “Son Of Man” is Prophet Muhammad

From: Alislam.org: Khalil Ahmad Nasir: A Prophet From Thy Brethren

The fact is that before Jesus, Moses had also foretold of a great prophet in clear and precise words. When Moses went to Mount Horeb under the command of God he addressed the Israelites saying:

The Lord thy God will raise unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, unto him ye shall hearken. (Deuteronomy 18:15)

And again, God’s words to Moses:

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth  and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass that, whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. (Deuteronomy 18:18-19)

It is evident from these verses that Moses foretold a Law-giving Prophet who was to appear after him, and who was to be from among the brethren of Israel.That he was to be a Law-giver and not an ordinary Prophet is obvious from the words “like unto Moses”, since Moses was also a Law-giver. The promulgation of “a new Law” means the initiation of a new movement, a new nation. A prophet with a new Law is obviously no ordinary teacher or reformer. He has to present a comprehensive teaching, incorporating fundamental principles as well as detailed rules.

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