This is from Bart Ehrman's Blog and he makes a very good case for his Argument. That John 15 to 17 is a different account of the Farewell discourse. (And other Scholars made this exact point as well like Raymond Brown).

With that being said, it is clear who is spoken about here in these Chapters, Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

1 John 4:1 "......do not believe every spirit,.... for many False Prophets have gone out into the World"

A Spirit = Prophet

"We must insist that this does not mean that the Meterial of Ch. 16 is necessarily Later, since the redactor was preserving and adding Johannine material from all Periods, Early and Late.... the Two Collections must be examined verse by verse."

So we can argue the Prophecy was originally about Muhammad PBUH but Later Christian Reflection (in Jn14) represented it as the Holy Spirit especially that Jesus hadn't returned yet. Noone would have made up a Prophet Coming after Jesus who has a bigger role (Guide into All Truth)

There is also a Contradiction between the Paraclete sayings in Jn 14 with Jn 16.

Jn 14:17 says the Paraclete lives with the disciples and Is in them (read the NIV Footnotes)

But Jn 16:7 says he will come only After Jesus leaves

It is interesting that Brown Identifies the term 'Paraclete' as a spokesman and that is the same meaning of the Hebrew word "Nabi".

So we can say that they mean the same thing.

Overall, if John 15-17 Are taken to be an Earlier form of Jesus' saying than Ch 14 as I have Shown,

Will you accept Islam?

spirit = prophet (1 John 4:1)

Paraclete =Spokesman = Nabi(Hebrew) = Prophet

These Scholars further support the idea that The Paraclete is a Male salvific figure based on John 16 and not the HS

Now the Prophet PBUH is the only Person in history to have Both claimed to bring Completion of Truth and also proved his claim so this Passage can only apply to him.

(surah 5:3)

And this is Spot on As well.

"HE WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS YET TO COME"!

This is just one Example out of many Al Hamdulilah

The description of the Paraclete Vindicating Jesus and glorifying him actually fits with the Prophet PBUH. The Insistence that Jesus did not actually die the death of an Accursed Person, and the Quran defends Mary and Defends her son.

There is also a Parallel here

So John 16:15 Is omitted by P66 (Second century) Homoioteleuton according to brown. Nevertheless, he says it has been understood as Trinitarian but the context is about Revelation to men as he explains. That he Ultimately has the same Message as Jesus That comes from God.

John 16:15 is not there in P66 (the Earliest Manuscript of John). And it is also not there in GA 01 (Codex Sinaiticus)

Also in John 16:7 the Part about Jesus sending the Paraclete (If I go, I will send him to you) is absent in the Earliest Manuscript (P66)

The NA28 mentions also this that the original Reading of P66 doesn't have "but if I go, I will send him to you" and it mentions that this omittion is highly Probable.

John 15:26 speaking about the Paraclete and the disciples. One may say 'Come from the Father' is a divine attribute. But the disciples are also not of this world Just as Jesus isn't acc to John 17:16.

I rest my Case....

And God says that he will make the Jews Jealous by a Foolish Nation.
This can only fit the Arabs because even the mother of the Jews (Sarah) was jealous of the Mother of The Arabs (Hajar). And the Arabs were idolaters at that time and Illiterate (Surah 62:2)

Since I made my Case, I just want to Recap if the Argument wasn't clear enough...

Biblical Scholars have noted that John 15 to 17 were inserted as a block between Chapters 14 and 18. Here are their reasons for thinking this:

1- at the end of John 14 at verse 30-31, Jesus anticipates that the one who were about to arrest him are drawing close and he says....

"I Shall no longer Speak much with you, Rise let's leave here"

But They don't leave until Chapter 18:1 and Jesus starts a new discourse in John 15:1. So why does he say that he will no longer Speak with them and says let's leave, but they don't leave for three whole Chapters?

This indicates that Chapters 15 to 17 were inserted. Scholars like Ehrman, Raymond Brown have noted this.

2-Contradiction between Chapters 13 with 16

Jn13:36 Peter asks Jesus where he is Going, but in Jn16:5 Jesus complains none of his disciples are asking him where he is going

3- A Contradiction in the Paraclete sayings, in John 14:17 Jesus says the Paraclete is already with the disciples and Is in them (Read the NIV footnotes) while John 16:7 Says that The Paraclete will only Come after Jesus Leaves.

So once we recognize that John 15 to 17 were inserted by a later redactor into the Gospel, we can understand that they can be read differently from John 14.

"We must insist that this does not mean that the Meterial of Ch. 16 is necessarily Later, since the redactor was preserving and adding Johannine material from all Periods, Early and Late.... the Two Collections must be examined verse by verse."

(Raymond Brown, commentary on The Gospel according to John Chapters 13-21, Pg 594)

we established that John 15 to 17 is a different version of the Farewell discourse

With this, we can examine the Paraclete sayings in John 15 and 16.

Jn 15-16. They clearly describe a Prophet, one who will come after Jesus, and he will Speak what he hears, and discloses the future and Testify about Jesus etc, the things that a Prophet does.

Spot on Subhanallah!

Ehrman says that there is repetition between Ch 14 and Ch 16 because they were in fact two accounts of the same event, joined together. Moreover, he says noone asks me where are you going (jn16:5) because in this source (Jn 15 to 17) noone had asked him where he is going

(the Bart Ehrman blog, blog named "the most intriguing evidence John used source").

if we think about it, which is more likely? that Jesus was originally speaking about the HS but someone turned it to a Prophet, or that it was originally about a prophet and it was turned to HS?

The latter is much more likely.....

As you can see, The Original Reading of P66(125-174) says "He Is in You"(Present Tense) in Jn 14:17. It says this also in P75 (175-199)

Therefore the Present tense is more Likely to be Original.

So Spirit can refer to a Prophet

Hebrew Nabi means "One who is Called (by God)" and Paraclete means one who is Called to the side of.

Sensing this meaning, Steven byington translated Paraclete in his translation (bible in living English) as 'Spokesman' which is also the meaning of a Prophet.

Brown Identifies Paraclete as a spokesman, Mediator, Intercessor.

This also applies to a Passage in the OT in Exodus 7:1 where God says to Moses 'I have made you as god to pharaoh and Aaron as your prophet (Nabi)'

I.e Aaron is the mediator, the spokesman of Moses.

This is a dictionary published by Oxford University Press. And it defines Nabi as "One who announces, Person Called by God...."

Paraclete (One who is Called to the side of) and Nabi (One who is Called "By God")

Brown and living English translation Identifiy Paraclete as a Spokesman.

Nabi and Paraclete both can be translated as spokesman.

So if we take Spokesman.

It applies to the Passages in John 16 definitely.

How is the HS a Spokesman?

Christians say the HS inspired the Gospel Authors.

But he didn't become a Spokesman but a Prophet is definitely a Spokesman no doubt.

Raymond Brown says that The Gospel of John went several stages of editing before it reached its final form. Different materials were added etc.

..brings me to my point.

That several Scholars before Brown said that the Paraclete was originally A Man.

That solidifies my point.

It is also notable that the pronoun used in Greek in that context is "He" (NMS which stands for nominative Masculine Singular).

This is not normally used for the Holy Spirit.

So this is not a Muslim Argument. It has been discussed by many academics before that A Male Salvific Figure will come After Jesus. And it actually fits, because the Job Description of the Paraclete actually fit Muhammad PBUH.

More appealing Piece of evidence if we recognize this distinction between John 14 and John 15-16 since 14 doesn't flow with 15-17.

John 16:13 Says he will Speak what he hears not from himself.

Deuteronomy 18:18 says that God will put the words in the Prophet's Mouth

So John 16 fits with the description in Deut 18 about a Prophet who will also foretell the future (John 16:13 with Deuteronomy 18:20-22)

In addition, Deut 18:18 says "a Prophet Like You (Moses)"

So connect the dots...