Also, the Muslim response to Christians saying these prophecies of Muhammed are false reminds me of a prophecy in the OT.
Jeremiah 28:10-15> Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
As you can see, Hananiah was correct when it came to the generalities of the prophecy. But that did not mean God sent him. Hananiah broke "yokes of wood" instead of "yokes of iron." You see, what people don't realize is, God is real serious when it comes to false prophets and the things they say. When Christians respond to the false prophecy of Muhammed predicting the defeat of the Romans, we get into the specifics. Even the "rebuttal" Alexei gave to the answering-islam site was not good enough, because it did not refute the fact the Muhammed said the prophecy was going to be fulfilled in a few years. It just got into the generality of the prophecy. I hope and pray that people have the proper discernmet to see the specifics.
This is basically the response the crew at answering-christianity gave to the "few years" comment:
1- Since you complain about why didn't Allah Almighty specifically say that the Romans will be victorious in an X amount of years, I would like you to use your logic about the Bible's prophecy to Jesus' coming. It took 700 years for Jesus to fulfill Isaiah's prophecy about his coming. How come GOD didn't say that Jesus was going to come 700 years latter?
First of all, according to the Qu'ran, Allah did specifically say the Romans will be defeated in a
few years. The Bible does not even make an attempt to say Jesus Christ came 700 years after Isaiah, therefore you cannot say the God of the Holy Bible is wrong, because He did not even give the amount of years. The Qu'ran on the other hand, gave the amount of years and it was wrong. It was a valiant effort on Muammed's part though.
2- Show me in your Bible a verse where an event was prophesied with an exact number of years. Again, please visit: The original Bible was lost! See comments from the commentary of the NIV Bible (one of the most used Bibles world wide) itself admitting that most of the Books and Gospels of the Bible are corrupted. No one ever claimed ownership of the current Books and Gospels. The owners/writers are unknown.
As we see here, these people at
answering-christianity are trying to evade the fact that the Qu'ran was wrong in predicting the number of years in this false prophecy of Muhammed by changing the subject into "the original Bible was lost!" (The original Bible by the way was not lost):
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/bibleorg.html
3- How about Paul's prophecies about the Day of Judgement? He told his followers that the hour is near and they should be prepared. It's been 2000 years so far and Paul and his followers are all dead and the Hour hasn't come yet. How about applying your logic and judgement to Bible too?
Paul never said the hour was near. Paul used the example of comparing eternity with God to suffering in this life, and that suffering in this life is a short time compared to eternity in Heaven with God.