Who deserves to be Worshiped ?

• The prophecy that Muslims would conquer the two ‘superpowers’ of their
time, 65 the Persian and Byzantine empires: This prophecy was made when
Muslims were few and weak, when to prophesy their mere physical survival
would have sounded too hopeful!
• Another prophecy was that Suraqah, a man who at one time was about to kill
Prophet Muhammad (bpuh), would become a Muslim. Not only that he
would become Muslim, but also that he would help the Muslim army
conquer the Persian Empire and that he would have access to the Emperor’s
crown, which would be placed on his head! Not only did this prophecy
appear to be a virtual impossibility when it was made, but it was as if the
Prophet (bpuh) was looking distinctly at a scene that took place years after
his death. The facts that Suraqah did become a Muslim and lived long
enough to participate in the conquest of Persia, that the Muslims came out
victorious, and that Suraqah had access to the Emperor’s crown and actually
wore it, can hardly be regarded as coincidence or a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Surely, it is no mere coincidence that so many of the prophecies that were
described by the Prophet (bpuh) have actually happened, down to the last detail.
(Some of the events that he foretold have not occurred yet.) Nor could such accuracy
in each and every prophecy emanate from any individual other than a true and
genuine prophet, according to the criterion stipulated in Deuteronomy 18:21-22.
Proof 22: Test of prophethood
Jesus (pbuh) himself provided a sort of “test”, if you will, for anyone claiming
prophethood:
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from
thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but
the diseased tree bears bad fruit... Thus you will recognize them by their
fruits. (Matthew 7:16-20)
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Found in the chapter titled “The Romans” (Quran 30: 2-5).
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