By
DR.
Z.
HAQ
There
Never
Was
A
People
Without
A
Warner
Qur'an
35:24
Verily
We
have
sent
thee
(Muhammad)
in
truth
as
a
bearer
of
glad
tidings
and
as
a
warner:
And
there
never
was
a
people
without
a
warner
having
lived
among
them
(in
the
past).
Qur'an
16:36
For
We
assuredly
sent
amongst
every
People
an
apostle
(with
the
Command)
"Serve
Allah
and
eshew
Evil":
Of
the
people
were
some
whom
Allah
guided
and
some
on
whom
Error
became
inevitably
(established).
So
travel
through
the
earth
and
see
what
was
the
end
of
those
who
denied
(the
Truth).
Qur'an
4:164
And
Messengers
(Prophets
who
received
revealed
books)
We
have
mentioned
unto
thee
(Muhammad)
before
And
Messengers
We
have
not
mentioned
unto
thee;
And
Allah
spake
directly
unto
Moses
These
verses
of
the
Holy
Qur’an
testify
that
Allah
(the
One
True
God)
has
sent
prophets
to
every
people.
Therefore,
it
is
not
surprising
to
Muslims
to
find
prophecies
about
the
Last
Prophet,
Muhammad
(s),
in
previously
revealed
scriptures.
Moreover,
Allah
had
taken
covenant
with
the
Prophets
to
believe
and
help
future
Prophets
of
Allah,
as
indicated
by
the
verse
quoted
below.
Allah's
Covenant
With
Prophets
:
Qur'an
3:81-82
Behold!
Allah
took
the
covenant
of
the
Prophets
saying:
"I
give
you
a Book
and
Wisdom;
then
comes
to
you
an
Apostle
confirming
what
is
with
you;
do
ye
believe
him
and
render
him
help."
Allah
said:
"Do
ye
agree
and
take
this
My
Covenant
as
binding
on
you?"
They
said:
"We
agree."
He
said:
"Then
bear
witness
and
I am
with
you
among
the
witnesses."
If
any
turn
back
after
this
they
are
perverted
transgressors.
A
Brief
Introduction
To
Hindu
Scriptures
The
Vedas,
Upanishads,
Puranas,
and
Brahmanas
Granth
are
the
four
sacred
books
in
Hindu
religion.
The
last
one
is
a
commentary
on
the
Vedas,
but
it
is
considered
as
a
revealed
book.
These
books
are
in
Sanskrit,
the
sacred
language
of
the
Hindus.
The
Vedas
are
divided
into
four
books:
Rig
Veda,
Yajur
Veda,
Sam
Veda
and
Atharva
Veda.
Of
these,
the
first
three
books
are
considered
the
more
ancient
books,
and
the
Rig
Veda
is
the
oldest
of
them.
The
Rig
Veda
was
compiled
in
three
long
and
different
periods.
Opinions
greatly
differ
as
to
the
date
of
compilation
or
revelation
of
the
four
Vedas.
Swami
Daya
Nand,
founder
of
the
Arya
Samaj,
holds
the
opinion
that
the
Vedas
were
revealed
1.3
billion
years
ago,
while
others
(Hindu
scholars
and
orientalists)
hold
the
opinion
that
they
are
not
more
than
four
thousand
years
old.
Analysis
of
the
Vedas
reveal
differences
in
the
accounts
of
the
places
where
these
books
were
revealed
and
the
Rishis
(Prophets)
to
whom
these
scriptures
were
given.
Nevertheless,
the
Vedas
are
the
most
authentic
scriptures
of
the
Hindus.
The
Upanishads
are
considered
next
to
the
Vedas
in
order
of
superiority
and
authenticity.
However,
some
Pandits
consider
the
Upanishads
to
be
superior
to
the
Vedas
primarily
from
the
internal
evidence
found
in
the
Upanishads.
Next
in
authenticity
to
the
Upanishads
are
the
Puranas.
The
Puranas
are
the
most
widely
read
of
all
Hindu
Scriptures,
as
these
are
easily
available
(the
Vedas
are
difficult
to
find).
The
compiler
of
the
Puranas
is
Maha
Rishi
Vyasa,
and
he
arranged
the
Puranas
in
eighteen
volumes.
These
books
contain
the
history
of
the
creation
of
the
universe,
the
history
of
the
early
Aryan
people,
and
life
stories
of
the
divines
and
deities
of
the
Hindus.
The
Puranas
were
either
revealed
simultaneously
with
the
Vedas
or
some
time
before.
The
sanctity
and
reverence
of
the
Puranas
is
admitted
and
recognized
in
all
the
authentic
books
of
the
Hindus.
For
a
long
time,
the
Hindu
Scriptures
were
primarily
in
the
hands
of
Pandits
and
a
small
group
of
men
who
had
learned
Sanskrit
(The
majority
of
the
Hindu
population
knew
Hindi
and
could
comprehend
only
a
smattering
of
Sanskrit
words).
Sir
William
Jones,
who
was
a
Judge
and
founded
the
Asiatic
Society
of
Bengal,
learned
Sanskrit
in
the
last
decade
of
the
Eighteenth
century.
He
was
instrumental
in
generating
interest
in
Sanskrit
and
Hindu
Scriptures
in
Europe,
and
it
was
due
to
his
efforts
that
the
Hindu
scriptures
were
translated
into
English.
In
1935,
Dr.
Pran
Nath
published
an
article
in
the
Times
of
India
that
showed
that
the
Rig
Veda
contains
events
of
the
Babylonian
and
Egyptian
kings
and
their
wars.
Further,
he
showed
that
one-fifth
of
the
Rig
Veda
is
derived
from
the
Babylonian
Scriptures.
From
a
Muslim
perspective,
it
is
likely
that
the
Hindus
were
given
a
revealed
book
or
books
that
contained
description
and
struggles
of
Allah’s
Prophets
sent
previously
to
other
peoples.
It
is
also
possible
that
commentaries
written
about
them
were
incorporated
later
and
became
a
part
of
the
revealed
books.
There
are
a
number
of
examples
of
these
in
Hindu
scriptures.
The
Atharva
Veda
is
also
known
as
‘Brahma
Veda’
or
in
its
meaning
as
the
Devine
Knowledge.
An
Analysis
of
the
Vedas
reveal
that
‘Brahma’
is
actually
Abraham,
where
the
initial
letter
A
in
Abraham
is
moved
to
the
end
making
it
Brahma.
This
analysis
is
accurate
when
one
writes
the
two
words
in
Arabic
script,
a
language
close
to
that
spoken
by
Prophet
Abraham.
Similarly,
Abraham’s
first
wife
Sarah
is
mentioned
in
the
Vedas
as
Saraswati,
and
Prophet
Nuh
(Noah
of
The
Flood)
is
mentioned
as
Manuh
or
Manu.
Some
Pundits
consider
Atharva
Veda
as
the
Book
of
Abraham.
Prophets
Ismail
(Ishmael)
and
Ishaq
(Isaac)
are
named
Atharva
and
Angira,
respectively,
in
the
Vedas.
| Brahma |
Abraham |
| Saraswati |
Sarah |
| Manu,
Manuh |
Nuh |
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