God’s Messenger went to Waraqa and told him how the Revelation had come. Waraqa Said: “Good news, O Muhammad! I testify that you are the awaited prophet who was foretold by Jesus.”(351) That is, Do not worry! It was truly the coming of Revelation.

Sixth: Before the prophetic mission, a gnostic called Athkalan al-Himyari asked the Quraysh when he saw them: “Is there anyone among you who claims prophethood?” They replied in the negative. He again asked them at the start of his mission, and this time their reply was affirmative. Athkalan said: “The world is awaiting him!”(352)

Seventh: Ibn al-‘Ala, a famous Christian scholar, told of God’s Messenger (PBUH) before his mission, never having seen him. He later came, saw the Messenger, and said: “By the One Who sent you in truth, I found your description in the Gospels, and the Son of Mary gave glad tidings of your coming.”(353)

Eighth: Mentioned above was the Negus of Abyssinia, who declared: “Would that I had been the servant of Muhammad the Arabian (Upon whom be blessings and peace), rather than a king.

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(351) Bukhari, Bad’ al-Wahy 3; Anbiya’ 21; Ta’bir 1; Musnad (Tahqiq: Ahmad Shakir) iv, 304 no: 2846; Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 363; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 743; ‘Ajurri, al-Shari’a 443; Abu Na’im, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa i, 217.
(352) Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa: i, 363; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 742; Yusuf Nabhani, Hujjat Allah ‘ala’l-‘Alamin 140.
(353) Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa: i, 744; Yusuf Nabhani, Hujjat Allah ‘ala’l-‘Alamin 121, 208.