The Torah's Herald of Prophet Muhammad (saw)

As in the previous books, it is also stated in the Torah that Muhammad (saw) would be sent as a prophet. Indeed, this is stated in the Qur'an as follows: "And indeed, the Qur'an is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds. The Trustworthy Spirit has brought it down; upon your heart, [O Muhammad] - that you may be of the warners - in a clear Arabic language. And indeed, it is [mentioned] in the scriptures of former peoples. And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?." (Shu'ara, 26/192-197)

It is understood from the verse that the basic principles of the Qur'an and that it will be revealed to Prophet Muhammad (saw) is a knowledge that existed in previous books. As a matter of fact, in the Asr al-Saadah, some of the People of the Book, such as Salman al-Farisi and Abdullah bin Salam, embraced Islam after getting to know Prophet Muhammad (saw). These people accepted that there is information in the previous books about the attributes of the Prophet Muhammad (saw), His arrival and about His ummah. (Ibn Kathir, Tafseer-al-Qur'an-al-Adheem, X, 272) 

In the existing copy of Torah, there are also passages express that Prophet Muhammad (saw) will be sent. Examples of these parts are: 

"I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him." (Deuteronomy, 18/18) 

“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.” (Deuteronomy, 18/15)

The brothers of the Israelites are the Ishmaelites, that is, the Arabs. For the Jews are descended from Prophet Ibrahim's (Abraham) younger son Prophet Ishaq (Isaac) from Sarah and the Arabs are descendants of Prophet Isma'il (Ishmael), the eldest son of Hagar. In short, Prophet Isma'il and Prophet Ishaq are brothers and their descendants, Arabs and Jews, are children of brothers. If this foretold coming of the messenger was from Israelites Torah would state "God will raise a prophet like you", not "God will raise for you a prophet like me from your fellow Israelites". As a matter of fact, the Torah states the following for Isma'il, the ancestor of the Arabs:“and he will live to the east of all his brothers." (Genesis, 16/12) Mecca is the city of the Prophet Isma'il. Also, unlike Prophet Isa, who came from the Israelites, there are many similarities between Prophet Musa and Prophet Muhammad (saw), who was descended from Ishmaelites. It is understood from these similarities that the person mentioned in the Torah is Prophet Muhammad (saw). Another part of the Torah that heralds about Prophet Muhammad (saw)is as follows: 

The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran;(Deuteronomy, 33/1-3)

In this section, the place meant by Sinai is Mount Tur in the Sinai Desert, where Prophet Musa received revelation, and Seir is the region where Prophet Isa was born and lived. What is meant by Mount Paran is the Hejaz Region and more specifically the city of Mecca. Even though Paran is the name

 of the mountain between Damascus and the Arabian Desert, this name is peculiar to the Hejaz Region. The proof of this is the story of the Prophet Isma'il in the Torah. In the Torah, it is said about Isma'il: “God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.”(Genesis, 21/20-21) Prophet Isma'il was raised only in the Hejaz Region. Thus, the word Paran refers to the city of Mecca, where Prophet Muhammad (saw) was born and raised, and heralds His arrival. According to this, the coming of Lord from Sinai refers to His conversation with Prophet Musa and the revelation of the Torah to him. The phrase dawning over them from Seir refers to Lord's revelation of Gospel to Prophet Isa at the Seir Mountain and as of last, Lord’s shone forth from Mount Paran refers to the coming of Prophet Muhammad (saw) from Hejaz district where Prophet Isma'il grow up.

Apart from these examples, Islamic scholars have identified many sections in the Torah that point to Prophet Muhammad (saw). Some of them are: Genesis, 12/1-3; 17/20; 49/10; Deuteronomy, 32/21; Isaiah, 43/5; 65/9; Daniel, 2/44; Habakkuk, 3/3; Malki, 4/5).

These sections, which heralded the Prophet Muhammad (saw),  were interpreted as the messiah they were waiting for by the Jews, and as Isa by the Christians.