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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 26 )the purestreligion of the one true God, and laid down the best practical precepts and rules for morals and conduct of men. He established the religion of Islam which has united into one real brotherhood of many nations and peoples who associate no deity with the Almighty. All Muslim peoples obey the Apostle of Allah, love and reverence him as the founder of their religion, but never worship him or give him Divine honour and attributes. He crushed and put an end to the last vestiges of the Jewish principality of Qureihda and Khaibar, having destroyed all their castles and fortifications.The second interpretation of the tetra gram “Shilh,” pronounced Shiloh, is equally important and in favour of Muhammad (pbuh). As it was shown above, the word signifies tranquil, peaceful, trustworthy, quiet, etc. The Aramaic form of the word is Shilya, from the same root Shala or Shla. This verb is not used in Arabic.It is a well-known fact in the history of the Prophet of Arabia that, before his call to the Apostleship, he was extremely quiet, peaceful, trustworthy, and of a contemplative and attractive character; that he was surnamed by the people of Makkah “Muhammad al-Emīn.” When the Makkah ns gave this title “Emīn” or “Amīn” to Muhammad (pbuh) they did not have the remotest idea of “Shiloh,” yet the ignorance of the idolatrous Arabs was made use of by God to confound the unbelieving Jews, who had scriptures and knew their contents. The Arabic verb amana, like the Hebrew aman, to be “firm, constant, secure,” and therefore “to be tranquil, faithful and trustworthy,” shows that “amīn” is precisely the equivalent of Shiloh, and conveys all the significations contained in it.Muhammad (pbuh), before he was called by God to preach the religion of Islam and to abolish the idolatry which he successfully accomplished, was the most quiet and truthful man in Makkah; he was nei-