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Muhammad [s] to her old cousin,
Waraqa ibn Nawfal, a learned
Christian who had studied the Bible.
Waraqa knew that in the Bible Allah
promised to send a new messenger
who would come to guide mankind
to the right path once again.
Waraqa told Muhammad [s] and
Khadijah, “
Most holy! It is the same
angel who came to Musa [a] and to
all the other prophets. It seems that
Allah has chosen you, O
Muhammad, to be His prophet. If
only I was a young man again I
would support you when your peo-
ple persecute you and expel you
because of your teachings
.”
Who the prophets were and what
they did, Muhammad [s] did not
know exactly. Waraqa’s words com-
forted Muhammad [s] but he did not
have any knowledge of the previous
