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He asked Muhammad some more
questions
and
everytime
Muhammad replied, Bahira said,
“
This answer is as it should be.
”
Then he looked at the boys back,
and there, between the boys shoul-
der-blades, Bahira saw a very spe-
cial birth mark which those who
knew about such matters, recog-
nized as the seal of prophethood.
Bahira was now quite sure that the
young boy Muhammad was indeed
the awaited Prophet he had read
about in the Injil and Tawrah.
Immediately Bahira turned to Abu
Talib and told him, “
This child will
grow up to be a man of great impor-
tance. I advise you not to go further
inland with him, because the Jews
may recognize in him the signs of
Prophethood, and they may harm
the boy
.”
