In the Scrolls of Isaiah, ﵇, there is a lengthy discourse in which the Children of Israel are reproved, and within it the following is found:
“I shall send to you and to all nations a prophet who is neither harsh nor hard-hearted, nor a boisterous shouter in the market-places. I shall direct him toward every beautiful deed and endow him with every noble trait. I shall then clothe him in tranquillity, make righteousness his emblem, God-fearingness his innermost conscience, sound judgment his reason, loyalty his nature, justice his conduct, truth his law, guidance his creed, Islam his religion, and the Qur’an his Book. Aḥmad is his name. Through him I shall lead people out of misguidance, raise them after obscurity, unite them after division, and reconcile hearts that were at odds. I shall make his community the best community ever brought forth for humankind: their offerings are their own blood, their Gospels are in their breasts; they are monks by night and lions by day—‘That is the bounty of Allah; He bestows it upon whom He wills, and Allah is the Lord of tremendous bounty.’ (Sūrat al-Ḥadīd, 21).”
In the tenth chapter of Isaiah it is written: “He will tread the nations as grain is trodden on the threshing floors; He will bring calamity upon the idolaters of Arabia, and they will flee before him.”
And in its twenty-sixth chapter: “Let the thirsty wilderness rejoice; Aḥmad shall be granted the beauties of Lebanon, and they shall behold the majesty of God in his splendor.”
In the Scrolls of Elijah, ﵇, it is related that he once set out travelling with a group of his companions. When he observed the Arabs in the land of Ḥijāz he said to those with him, “Look at these people, for they are the ones who will one day seize your mighty fortresses.” They asked, “O Prophet of Allah, what will their object of worship be?” He replied, “They will exalt the Lord of Might above every lofty hill.”
In the Scrolls of Ezekiel it says: “Behold, My servant, My chosen one: I shall send down My revelation upon him. He shall manifest My justice among the nations. I have chosen him and singled him out for Myself, and I have sent him to the peoples with true judgments.”
The Book of Prophecies recounts that a prophet once passed through Madinah, where he was hosted by the clans of Qurayzah and al-Naḍīr. When he beheld them he began to weep. They asked, “O Prophet of Allah, what makes you weep?” He replied, “A prophet whom Allah will raise from the lava plains will lay waste to your homes and take your women captive.” The Jews then sought to kill him, but he escaped from them.
Again, in the words of Ezekiel, ﵇: Allah says, “Before I formed you in the womb I sanctified you, made you a prophet, and sent you to all peoples.”
And in the Scrolls of Isaiah there is also a parable struck for Mecca—may Allah exalt her:
“Rejoice, O barren one, at the child your Lord will grant you! By his blessing your quarters shall be enlarged, your pegs firmly fixed in the earth, and the gates of your dwellings raised high. The kings of the earth shall come to you from the right and the left bearing gifts and tributes. This child of yours shall inherit every nation and rule over every city and province. Do not fear and do not grieve; never again shall an enemy oppress you, and you shall forget the whole span of your widowhood.”
All of this was fulfilled at the hands of Muhammad, ﷺ; the “barren woman” here is Mecca, and she became just as described.