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Abstract Divination is to tell regarding the unseen and to foresee the future, it is a phenomenon known by other nations as previously known by Arabs. According to the Arabs, the divination fundamentally means telling news of the unseen as people like to know about the unknown, especially those who are scared from the future and what it hides to them such as rich people or those who have a prestige and authority. So, The Arabs were consulting the priests and questioning them regarding the future. It is not surprising that the Arab priests in pre-Islamic epoch predicting the appearance of prophet Muhammad. It is also not surprising to find the books of Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya (Prophetic biography) and history separately discussed big or small chapter about priests’ indications or signs of the noble prophet Muhammad. The following questions will be investigated: What is divination according to the Arabs? What is the status of priests in the period before Islam? How do the priests’ signs regarding the prophet Muhammad  come in history and literature? How authentic is the news we got about the prophet Muhammad? What was the situation of priests regarding the prophet Muhammad [ peace be upon him] when they knew his coming? The researcher will depend on the critical historical approach in dealing with the news received and reading the literary texts by the analytical approach. 

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