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'''Muhammad in World Scriptures''' is a book. It was first published in 1936. [[Abdul Haque Vidyarthi]] wrote the book.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Renard |first1=John |title=Islam and Christianity: Theological Themes in Comparative Perspective |date=2011 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-94833-4 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=o-YEtXXN0BkC&pg=PA241&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwrLvRt_mAAxXKxDgGHdbNB_44ChDoAXoECAQQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> When written it was called '''Mithaq-al-Nabiyeen''' (میثاق النبیین, Promise of the prophets).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fārūqī |first1=Mumtāz Aḥmad |last2=Aḥmad |first2=Muhammad |title=Mujāhid-i kabīr |date=1962 |publisher=Aḥmadiyyah-yi Anjuman-i Ishāʻat-i Islām |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=8oRWAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C++%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%A8+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C++%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiS9M--w_mAAxW42jgGHeLuBf8Q6AF6BAgIEAM |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Masnūn duʻāen |date=2006 |publisher=Dārulkutub-i ʻIlmiyyah |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=zNxIAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%88%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%8C&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilmeqDw_mAAxVeumMGHYvSAP4Q6AF6BAgGEAM |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Khwaja Nazir |title=حضرت مسىح کشمىر جنت نظىر ميں |date=2005 |publisher=ووکنگ مسلم مشن اينڈ لٹريرى ٹرسٹ، |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=lSLYAAAAMAAJ&q=%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81%DB%8C%DA%BA&dq=%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%82+%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%81%DB%8C%DA%BA&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT5L_-w_mAAxUp8zgGHaPRBP4Q6AF6BAgNEAM |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ur}}</ref> It was written in Urdu in 1936. The book was translated to English in 1942 and called Muhammad in World scriptures.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Brian Arthur |title=Noah's Other Son: Bridging the Gap Between the Bible and the Qur'an |date=2014 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-62564-087-1 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=_L1NAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA244&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin7sOJuPmAAxWjyDgGHU9bBv44FBDoAXoECAoQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Muhammad |first1=T. |title=One God, One Creed: A Brief Analysis of the Undercurrents of Indian Thought |date=1980 |publisher=Islamic Publishing House |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=6189AAAAIAAJ&q=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb0pTpuPmAAxVqzDgGHVvNCP44MhDoAXoECAQQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> After publication of the translation, the book became very popular across the world.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahmad |first1=Khwaja Nazir |title=Jesus in Heaven on Earth |date=1952 |publisher=Woking Muslim Mission & Literary Trust |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=TozNAAAAMAAJ&q=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiti7PQuPmAAxW7zDgGHQreAf44KBDoAXoECAoQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The book claims the mention of [[Muhammad]] in scriptures of the world's major religions including [[Abrahamic religion]]s<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mahmutćehajić |first1=Rusmir |title=The Praised and the Virgin |date=2015 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-27940-7 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=e4EcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA834&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlreGQuPmAAxVQ4zgGHWYRCP04HhDoAXoECAcQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Indian]] [[religion]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Unal |first1=Ali |last2=Gultekin |first2=Harun |title=The Prophet Promised in World Scriptures |date=2013 |publisher=Tughra Books |isbn=978-1-59784-823-7 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=ZB1RCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7&dq=muhammad+in+world+scriptures+abdul+haq+vidyarthi&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwrLvRt_mAAxXKxDgGHdbNB_44ChDoAXoECAgQAw |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News-Journal 30 Dec 1950, page 3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/294650994/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20vidyarthi&match=1 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News-Journal 19 Jun 1953, page 33 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/293606607/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20abdul%20haq&match=1 |accessdate=26 August 2023 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News-Journal 21 Jul 1951, page 6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/294505106/?terms=Muhammad%20scripture%20abdul%20haq&match=1 |work=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=البطيخي |first1=غيث |title=إن كنت تبحث عن الله |date=2018 |publisher=Alaan Publishing Co. |isbn=978-9957-625-78-8 |page=383 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=f39SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA383&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje3v2EzfmAAxUwT2wGHZXBBCIQ6AF6BAgGEAM |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=عامري |first1=سامي |title=محمد رسول الله فى الكتب المقدسة : عند النصارى و اليهود و الهندوس و الصابئة و البوذيين و المجوس |date=2006 |publisher=منظمة الاسلاميةللعلوم الطبية |isbn=978-977-289-127-6 |pages=77, 252, 282, 475, 476 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&redir_esc=y&id=575gAAAAIAAJ&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9+%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%8A+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85+%D9%81%D9%8A+%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%88%D8%AF+%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Abdul+Haq+Vidyarthi |accessdate=26 August 2023 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=العقاد |first1=عباس محمود |title=مطلع النور |date=2017 |publisher=Al Manhal |isbn=9796500265339 |url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=16I8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82+%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A&source=bl&ots=QWk0TEI4f9&sig=ACfU3U1yoFbEo-saqaZ8EEK3MXqNSgLRfA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwin5uvH0vmAAxXdIMUKHe3CCM04HhDoAXoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%20%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A&f=false |language=ar}}</ref> The english translation has 3 editions with 3 volumes. The book has been translated in many languages including turkish, Indonesian, french etc. The book has been quoted extensively by many inter-faith scholars including [[Ahmed Deedat]], [[Zakir Naik]], [[Ved Prakash Upadhyay]] ([[Kalki Avatar and Muhammad]]), Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad, Muḥammad Jawād Mughnīyya etc.

* [https://www.abdulhaq.info/books/index.htm all editions of the book]

* [https://www.abdulhaq.info/books/urdu/meesaq.pdf Original Urdu version]