Foretold in Parsi Scriptures
Foretold in Parsi Scriptures
Parsi religion or Magianism was established in
Persia in ancient times by Prophet Zoroaster and hence also known as
Zoroastrianism. The suggestion by some that he was a Prophet of Islam cannot be
ascertained or denied for lack of direct evidence in Qur’an and Hadeeth. Their
scripture Avezda is in Zend (old Persian) language and foretells of the advent
of Prophet Muhammad 
. The Parsi religion at
Rasoolullah’s time suffered, and still does, from two main deviations Tawheed
(monotheism).
(1) It divided good and evil between two gods
- god of evil was not worshipped, thouggh
(2) Parsis worship fire as God’s manifestation.
Besides Avezda, Dasatir is also a holy book of Parsis. These two give the
details of the appearance of Prophet of Arabia
in the following terms;
A great sage will appear in a sandy region to the west. (Refer Fig.1) His name
will be Astvat-ereta or Soeshyant. Astvat-ereta means the Praised one Muhammad
in Arabic. Soeshyant means mercy to the worlds, Rahmat lil Alameen in Arabic. At
his time the Parsis will abandon fire worship and will turn towards a temple
which will be purified by removal of idols.
On conquering Makkah, Prophet
went straight to the Ka’abah, the oldest ever Mosque on earth, and eradicated
the 360 idols, reciting the Qur’anic Verse; “Truth has come and falsehood
vanished. Falsehood is ever bound to vanish” (Al Qur’an 17:81).
Despite clear prophecies when Prophet Muhammad
appeared these three great communities of
the world missed him for various reasons;
(1) Hindus because scriptural knowledge was not disseminated but kept confined
to the priestly class;
(2) Buddhists because of information barriers due to geographical distances and
(3) Parsis because of jealousy and prejudices even though Prophet
and his followers were in touch with Persia. However, Persians eventually
embraced Islam, the Prophet’s religion
except for a minuscule minority.
20 to 25% of people of Indian subcontinent
converted to Prophet’s faith. Conversions
of Buddhists of Asia to Islam is to a much lesser degree. But due to today’s
information and communication revolutions and current economic prominence of the
Arab land the message of Prophet is
reaching the Asians, and also all other peoples of the world on a much wider
scale. But this phenomenon is almost totally independent of the prophecies. They
are therefore joining the faith he preached in a fresh series of waves.
Allahu A’lam. God alone knows the truth of everything, including the above mentioned prophecies in the three major faiths. Allah willing, an article on prophecies in Jewish and Christian scriptures will follow.
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