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Published in The Egyptian Gazette on Friday 29th, September, 2006
Mohamed _ Prophet before Adam’s creation
The Arabic word "Annabey" means the prophet. Whenever the word is said, the Middle East all understand that the speaker is referring to Mohammad bin Abd Allah (PBUH), the messenger of God who preached Islam. "Annabey" is for him a proper name. Many prophets predicted the coming of a very special prophet. In the Old Testament, he was named "Prophet" using Capital P to refer to him.
The Gospel of Barnabas, which is not recognized by the churches contains many prophecies about a prophet from the descendant of Ishmael (PBUH) sent to all tribes of the earth, naming him Mohammad. Some of these prophecies were not fulfilled, others were wrong. This shows that Muslims had not written this Gospel, as the churches claim, and that the one who wrote it did not live at the time of the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) or later.
These prophecies are discussed below to find out if Mohammad’s prophethood had been foretold earlier.
According to Barnabas (what is written in the manuscript named Gospel of Barnabas, now in Vienna Public Library), even before the first man was created, there was a prophecy that he would come.
In chapter 35: 6 -8 of Barnabas we read "God having created a mass of earth, and having left it for twenty-five thousand years without doing aught else; Satan, who was as it were priest and head of the angels, by the great understanding that he possessed, knew that god of that mass of earth was to take one hundred and forty and four thousand signed with the mark of prophecy, and the messenger of God the soul of which messenger he had created sixty thousand years before aught else.".
There are two things in this verse contradicting what Muslims believe. Satan is a jinni not an angel. He was created from fire, while angels are created from light. And had Satan been wise, he should have worshiped and loved the one and only God. In chapter 39: 14 – 28 Barnabas say "Adam having sprung up upon his feet, saw in the air a writing that shone like the sun, which said: "there is only one God, and Mohammed is the messenger of God.”. whereupon Adam opened his mouth and said: “I thank thee, O Lord my God, that thou hast deigned to create me; but tell me, I pray thee, what meaneth the message of these words: “Mohammed is messenger of God .Have there been other men before me?”. Then said God: ‘Be thou welcome, O my servant Adam. I tell thee that thou art the first man whom I have created. And he whom thou hast seen [mentioned] is thy son, who shall come into the world many years hence, and shall be my messenger, for whom I have created all things; who shall give light to the world when he shall come; whose soul was set in a celestial splendour sixty thousand years before I made anything. Adam besought God, saying: ‘Lord, grant me this writing upon the nails of the fingers of my hands.' Then God gave to the first man upon his thumbs that writing; upon the thumb-nail of the right hand it said: “there is only one God, and upon the thumb-nail of the left it said: “Mohammed is messenger of God.” then with fatherly affection the first man kissed those words, and rubbed his eyes, and said: “blessed be that day when thou shalt come to the world.”
The Muslims say "La elah ella Allah, Mohammad Rasul Allah". Which means "There is no god except God, Mohammad is the messenger of God." never do they say "wa" which means "and" between the two phrases, as Barnabas said. In Arabic language there is a difference between "Rooh'" which means soul, more often referring to angels, and "Nafs" which is added to the man's body to make him alive and is deprived from it to make him dead. In my belief what is meant by his soul is the Quran not his "nafs" or his body.