say: "do you see? whether this message be from allah (god almighty), and yet you reject it, and a witness from among the children of israel* bore witness of one like him " (surah ahqaf) holy quran 46:10 (* this refers to moses. see yusuf ali's commentaries nos. 4783/4 to this verse. his translation with text and commentary available from the i.p.c.i., 124 queen street, durban 4001, r.s.a.) mr. chairman, ladies and gentlemen, the subject of this evening's talk* — "what the bible says about muhummed (peace be upon him)"—will no doubt come as a surprise to many of you because the speaker is a muslim. how does it come about that a muslim happens to be expounding prophecies from the jewish and christian scriptures? as a young man, about 30 years ago, i attended a series of religious lectures by a christian theologian, a certain rev. hiten, atthe "theatre royal", durban. ___________________________________* this is the text of a lecture delivered by the author in the early seventies.