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on their faces in humble prostration.” And they say: “Glory be to our Lord! Truly, the<br />
Promise of our Lord must be fulfilled.”} [Surah al-Israa’ (17): 107-108]<br />
And <strong>Al</strong>laah تعاىل says:<br />
﴿ُوَإِذَاُْسَِع واُمَاُأ نزِلَ ُإِىلَ ُالرَّس ولِ ُتَرَىُأَع ي نَه م ُتَفِيض ُمِنَُالدَّم عُِِمَِّاُعَرَف واُمِنَُاحل َقُُِّۖيَق ول ونَُرَبَّنَاُآمَنَّاُ<br />
فَاك ت ب نَاُمَعَُالشَّاهِدِينَ﴾<br />
{And when they (who call themselves Christians) listen to what has been sent down<br />
to the Messenger (Muḥammad), you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of<br />
the truth they have recognized. They say: “Our Lord! We believe; so write us down<br />
among the witnesses.”} [Surah al-Maa’idah (5): 83]<br />
And there are many more proofs in the stories of al-Najaashee, Salmaan (al-Faarisee),<br />
`Abdullaah Ibn Salaam, and others which will be mentioned later. 118 And all praise is for<br />
<strong>Al</strong>laah alone.<br />
In addition, we (Ibn Katheer) have mentioned in our book (Qasas al-Anbiyaa’) some of<br />
the descriptions that (some of these Prophets) had mentioned regarding the coming of<br />
the Prophet ,ﷺ and the place of his birth, and the place of his emigration, and the<br />
description of his Ummah, (which are mentioned) in the stories of Moosaa, Daniel and<br />
others.<br />
In the Injeel too, the glad tidings of the Paraclete (Comforter) is mentioned, and it<br />
119 .ﷺ refers to Muḥammad<br />
118 I (al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee) say: The story of al-Najaashee will be mentioned in “Chapter: Emigration to Abyssinia”; as for<br />
the story of Salmaan (al-Faarisee), it was already mentioned in the previous chapter. As for the story of<br />
ﷺ `Abdullaah Ibn Salaam, the author (Ibn Katheer) will mention it in the chapter concerning the Prophet’s<br />
emigration (to al-Madeenah) and I have added another narration here (in this chapter).<br />
[TN: <strong>Al</strong>laah have mercy of Shaikh al-<strong>Al</strong>baanee, since he passed away before he could reach the chapter on the<br />
Prophet’s emigration to al-Madeenah, the narration of Islaam of `Abdullaah Ibn Salaam, which the Shaikh was<br />
referring to, will be mentioned in the footnote at the end of this chapter.]<br />
119 [TN: Shaikh Muḥammad Taqee-ud-Deen al-Hilaalee and Muḥammad Moḥsin Khan mentioned the following in<br />
the appendix to “The Noble Qur’aan”:<br />
:ﷺ Biblical Prophecy of the advent of Muḥammad<br />
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