There is no doubt that God sent Prophets 
to people of India. There is no mention of any Indian Prophet or scripture in
Holy Qur’an. But Bukhari records Prophet Muhammad
as saying he was enjoying breeze wafting from India laden with fragrance of
Tawhid (unity of God). The four Vedas (scriptures) of Hindus and their epics are
said to be 5000-10,000 years old. They contain a great deal of monotheistic
ideas, and of course, prophecies on h Muhammad .
(1) Atharva Veda
A chapter called Kuntapa Sukt of Atharva Veda is said to be very obscure in
meaning and its theme, inscrutable. But it readily makes sense if looked at with
history of Prophet . One verse as translated
from Sanskrit language reads; Hear O people! Narashans will be praised. O
Kaurama! We got 60,090 people from our enemies.
The word Narashans means the ‘Praised one’ and the sentence ‘praised
one will be praised’ is peculiar. Here Narashans is a proper noun, Muhammad in
Arabic! Kaurama means emigrant muhajir that Prophet
was. It also means spreader of peace - peace in Arabic is being salam or Islam!
60,000+ was the population of Makkah who eventually embraced Islam.
The first line of the next verse is translated as; O Chanter (or Praiser)! Enjoy like a bird on a tree full of fruits.
Praiser in Arabic is Ahmad, the other name of Prophet .
The verse compares beautifully with the Qur’anic verses 14:24,25 describing
Kalima Tayyiba (“There is no god but Allah”) as a tree firmly rooted (in the
earth), with branches reaching to heavens, capable of bearing fruit in all
seasons (i.e. the world and the hereafter).
The Veda talks about a great sage named Mamaha that means; honoured or famed
Muhammad, again. The Veda mentions a mysterious set of numbers are associated
with objects that the sage would possess. They are simply incomprehensible.
These are; 100 gold coins 10 garlands, 300 horses and 10,000 cows. They can very
well be approximate references respectively to the first batch of Mekkan
emigrants to Abyssinia; 10 companions who were designated by Prophet
as sure entrants to paradise; 313 companions of Battle of Badr and 10,000
companions at the invasion on Makkah.
(2) Bhavishya Puran
This is a Sanskrit work of prophecies. The title means ‘Book of the Future’. Since Hinduism is based in India it was, and still is, taken for granted that its sages will be born in India itself. Contrary to this belief the Book says that a great master will appear in a foreign country (mlechcha acharya) and live in a sandy region (marusthal). His name will be Mahaaamad. Within a short span of 18 couplets Mahaamad is mentioned five times.
One couplet enumerates the main identification points of Mahaamad’s
followers; They will be circumcised (unknown in India); cut hair of their heads
short (as against the Indian practice of long uncut hair knotted into a bun),
keep beards call out at top voice (for prayers - Azan) and will be omnivorous
(i.e. eat vegetarian as well as meat). The class of Hindu religious masters are
strict vegetarians). They will be known as Musalay! These details will
completely dispel any suspicions of coincidence in the matters between Mahaamad
and Muhammad !
There is an interesting information in Bhavishya Purana that Mahaamad would
appear to Bhoj, ruler of Dhar, and say that he would establish the religion of
meat eaters, by the command of Ishwar i.e. God. There is a tradition that long
afterwards, Bhoj got terrified on seeing the full moon split into two. Learned
men consulted holy books and told him that it was one of the signs of the
Universal Master to be born in a country to the West. Bhoj sent his minister to
Prophet in Arabia, who named the king
Abdullah. The Tomb of Abdullah is still there at Dhar. (Refer Fig.1)
(3) Mahabharat
This is a Hindu epic describing the struggle and triumph of good against evil. It was written by sage Vyas who also authored Bhavishya Purana. Mahabharata says that in the last eon called Kali Yug (in which we now live) a great sage will appear with name Mahaamad. He would preach about unity of God. He will be driven away from his native place by his own folk. By him the world would get peace. (Islam means peace).
Mahabharat further says that cloud will provide him shade. It is recorded in history that Buhaira, the Christian priest of Syria observed this sign with Muhammad e in his boyhood and identified him as the last Prophet anticipated for millennia.
Prophet Muhammad was commanded by God to
inform that he was not the only Messenger of God to the world [Al Qur’an
46:9]. Scholars say that there had been some 124,000 Prophet sent to the world
who preached in the language of the respective people [A Qur’an 14:4]. The
true religion they preached and their scriptures got corrupted with passage of
time (with the exception of Al Qur’an). However, the message on the last and
greatest Prophet Muhammad is retained till
date in the scriptures of all major world religions.
We are presenting here some interesting information from these Books so that
adherents to these religions (as also Muslims) come to know that Messenger
is not alien to them.
Kalki Puran
This is a holy book of Hindus describing the advent of the last, the tenth
Avtar to come. An Avatar is considered an incarnation of God, who appears on
earth whenever religion declines and evil abounds, and corrects the situation.
He is of high character and miraculous powers but subject to predestination and
morality. If the term ‘human representative of God’ is substituted for
‘incarnation of God’ this description will fit the Islamic concept of
Prophet . The signs and events of the final
Avatar Kalki point out to final Prophet Muhammad .
They fit those of Muhammad neatly and
perfectly. They are as follows;
* Kalki will appear in the last on Kali Yug and will be the guide for the entire world.
* He will be born on the 12th day of the month. Prophet
as born on 12th Of Rabiyyul Awwal).
* His parents will be : Vishnu Bhagat and Soomati meaning servant of God (the
Cherisher) and peace. (Messenger’s
father’s name was Abdullah, God’s servant and mother was Amina refuge giver
which includes the idea of ‘peace’.)
* He will be with a beauty par-excellence. His body will be fragrant.
* He will get wisdom on a mountain. (Messenger
was conferred Prophethood on Mt.Hira)
* He will receive a horse from God, which will be faster than lightning.
Riding it he will go around the earth and seven skies. (During Mi’raj Prophet
got Buraq meaning lightning and toured the entire universe.)
Kalki will split the moon. Like Bhoj, Cheraman (Zamorin) Perumal the ruler of
Indian kingdom of Kerala, witnessed splitting of the moon performed by Prophet .
After gathering the facts he sailed to Arabia and became Muslim at Prophet’s
hand. His Tomb is near the city of Salala in Oman
The word ‘Kalki is considered to be a basic word, a noun without a meaning,
as against attribute - based or action - based ones. The preceding Hindu Books
either give attribute based name in sanskrit to the Last Prophet
or Arabic name, which is also attribute based. The author thinks that
‘Kalki’ is the Sanskrit transliteration of the Arabic ‘Khalqi’ meaning
creation (concrete noun). He is celebrated by Muslims as being;
(1) Awwal ul Khalki First of creations
(2) Khair il Khalki Best of creations
(3) Awf al Khalki Foremost out of creations
(4) Akram al Khalki Greatest of creations
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