Surah Al-Haqqah
69:43˹It is˺ a revelation from the Lord of all worlds.
66:44 And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,
66:45 We would have certainly seized him by his right hand,
66:46 and then severed his life-artery,
Sahih al-Bukhari 4428 Book 64, Hadith 450 The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, “O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate at Khaibar, and at this time, I feel as if my aorta (life-artery) is being cut(severed) from that poison.”
Well did Muhammad’s prophecies truly happen or did they fail?
- Muhammad predicted the imminent end of the world within 100 years in his lifetime ~600AD. Did the world end?
Sahih Muslim 2953a Anas reported that a person asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as to when the Last Hour would come. He had in his presence a young boy of the Ansar who was called Muhammad. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said:
If this young boy lives, he may not grow very old till (he would see) the Last Hour coming to you.
Sahih Bukhari 1:10:539 ,575 ,
“Do you know the importance of this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth to-night will be living after one hundred years from this night.”
Sahih Muslim 31:6160
“No person would survive after a century who is living by this time of mine”
Sahih Bukhari 4936
“The Hour and I have been sent like these two,” and he pointed with his fingers (showing closeness).
Sunan Ibn Majah 4056
“The Hour will not come until my companions die, then the next generation, and then the next…”
These recordings are clear example of failed prophecy, the world did not end, day of Judgement did not happen or the day of resurrection in the 7th century.
Many Islam apologists say or reinterpret this to defend the failed prophecy, that this just means after no one will live for more than 100 years, the 2 main problems with this is that it’s not impossible for a person to live more than 100 years, and the second point why was that “night” or that specific moment of time so very important if Muhammad was just making a general statement that most people will be dead after 100 years? This defence appears to be foolish; Muhammad really was claiming that the world would end within the century. Muhammad’s companions interpreted these literally, Muhammad gave specific time indicators and as shown in the Hadiths above, and were clear repeated statements.
More examples of failed prophecies:
- The defeat of the Byzantines and the Persians within a precise timeframe(a few years) (Qur’an 30:1–6), this did not happen in this time
- A claim that the moon split (Qur’an 54:1) — yet no external historical or physical evidence supports it.
- Poverty will end
“wealth will be so abundant that a wealthy person will worry lest nobody should accept his Zakat(alms)
Sahih Bukhari 9:88:237
Deuteronomy 18:20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ 21 And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— 22 when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass (does not come true), that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously (spoken on his own); you shall not be afraid of him.
Why do Muslims still believe Muhammad after the given evidence? The only true prophecy Muhammad predicted is that his life artery would be severed for being a false prophet Sahih al-Bukhari 4428 Book 64, Hadith 450
Now a proper example of true prophetic fulfilment is when Jesus in the Gospels predicted the specific destruction of Jerusalem and the second temple happened in 70AD. Jesus predicted that not one stone will be left in the Temple all will be thrown down which the Romans did. The Romans will trap them and build walls to surround them.
See Matthew 24:1-2 , Mark 13 :1-2, Luke 19:41-44
Another example of a true prophet is the prophet Daniel and Daniel’s precise prediction of the first arrival of the Messiah and also the Messiah’s death for the sake of His people. Daniel correctly predicted the date of the arrival of Jesus Christ. (SeeNow how does the Holy Bible compare? Page 13) This prophecy was given by the Angel Gabriel a true angel who treated the prophet Daniel with grace and respect unlike this so called Islamic angel “Jibreel” a false impersonator of Gabriel who is more behaving like a abusive demon , being a bully, forcing Muhammad to read and recite the Quran, when he didn’t know how to read.
Sahih al-Bukhari 4953 Book 65, Hadith 475
An Angel came to him and asked him to read. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) replied, “I do not know how to read.” The Prophet (ﷺ) added, “Then the Angel held me (forcibly) and pressed me so hard that I felt distressed. Then he released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, ‘I do not know how to read.’ Thereupon he held me again and pressed me for the second time till I felt distressed. He then released me and asked me to read, but again I replied. ‘I do not know how to read.’ Thereupon he held me for the third time and pressed me till I got distressed,
Muhammad is completely insignificant and unimpressive compared to the true prophets of the Holy Bible.