Is the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) foretold in the Bible?

Yes. The Torah already promises a prophet like Moses (as) from among the brethren of the Israelites, and the Holy Qur’an says that Jesus (as) foretold a Messenger named Ahmad.

In Deuteronomy, one of the five books of the Torah, God promises the Israelites a prophet like Moses (as). He would raise him up from among their brethren. Abraham (as) had two lines of descendants, one through Isaac and one through Ishmael. The brethren of the Israelites are therefore the descendants of Ishmael. The promise shows that prophethood was to pass to this other line, and from it came the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw).

The New Testament also contains a clear pointer, the parable of the vineyard. The owner sends servants to the tenants, and they are mistreated. Then he sends his son, and they treat him cruelly as well. After that, it says, the lord of the vineyard comes himself. For Christians, Jesus (as) is this son. So the coming of the lord must lie after Jesus (as).

This coming is an image. Just as Jesus (as) was not God’s son in a literal sense, God does not come in person as a man either. What is meant is a Messenger whose coming is like the coming of God. After Jesus (as), only the Holy Qur’an claims exactly this. In several places it describes the actions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) as if God Himself had acted. Even so, Muslims do not regard him as God, but as a human being and a Messenger.

The same thing often happens with prophecies. As long as the promised one has not yet come, everyone interprets them in much the same way. When he actually comes, people look for reasons to read them differently. The Holy Qur’an describes exactly this attitude when Jesus (as), and later the Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw), came with clear signs.