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Muhammad in the Bible David Benjamin KeldaniEdited & Annotated by: Prof. Dawud M. R. Alhanbali & Prof, Dr. Kaseb A. Albadran ( 51 )AJohn-Baptist foretold Muhammad (pbuth)ccording to the testimony of Jesus(pbuh), no man born of woman was ever greater than John the Baptist (pbuh) was. However, the “least” in the Kingdom ofHeaven is greater than John. The comparison made by the “Spirit of Allah” (Rūhullāh, i.e. Jesus(pbuh) is between John and all the preceding Prophets as the officers and administrators of the Kingdom of Heaven. Now in chronological order the last Prophet would be the least of them all, he would be their junior and their youngest. The word “z’īrā” in the Aramaic, like the Arabic “saghīr,” signifies “little,small young.” The Pshittha Version uses the word “z’īrā” or “z’eīrā” in apposition to “rabba” for “great, old.” Every Christian will admitthatJesus(pbuh) is notthe “last” Prophet, and therefore he cannot be the “least.” and as we cannot determine which of these numerous Church Prophets was the “last, we are naturally forced to seek elsewhere a Prophet who isindisputably the Last and the Seal of the Prophetic List. Can we imagine a stronger and more brilliant evidence in favour of Muhammad(pbuh) than the fulfilment, in his holy person, of thiswonderful prophecy of Jesus Christ(pbuh)?In the long list of the prophetic family, certainly the “youngest,” the “least” is Muhammad (pbuh); he is the “Benjamin” of the Prophets(pbuh); yet he is their Sultan, their “Adon” and their “Glory.” To deny the pro-