Question

In which surah our prophet muhammad refers by the name of ahmad?

Answer 1

Christian missionary TV show has been speaking on a Verse of the Quran (Surah 61:6) and the suggestion Ahmad is not Muhammad has been made. Quite why Christian missionaries speak upon topics they have little/no understanding is beyond us and just further discredits their operations and repute. Here is the Verse:

وَإِذۡ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ يَـٰبَنِىٓ إِسۡرَٲٓءِيلَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيۡكُم مُّصَدِّقً۬ا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَىَّ مِنَ ٱلتَّوۡرَٮٰةِ وَمُبَشِّرَۢا بِرَسُولٍ۬ يَأۡتِى مِنۢ بَعۡدِى ٱسۡمُهُ ۥۤ أَحۡمَدُ‌ۖ فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَـٰتِ قَالُواْ هَـٰذَا سِحۡرٌ۬ مُّبِينٌ۬

The verse mentions ٱسۡمُهُ ۥۤ أَحۡمَد (his name is Ahmad). So the Verse is using the name “Ahmad” not “Muhammad”. Ahmad is the superlative form of Muhammad and furthermore the holy Prophet, as narrated in an authentic Hadith, had five names; one of which was “Ahmad