Rebuttal to Craig Winn "Prophet of Doom: Chapter 7" article:
This article is a rebuttal to Craig Winn's article that is located at: http://www.prophetofdoom.net/chapter7.html.
Important Note to the Reader:
Craig Winn purposely twisted and modified the English translations that he used! He changes words in translations and uses non-Muslim ones. I've noticed this a lot through his translations of the Noble Verses that he used from the Noble Quran.
Please visit:
List of Craig Winn's fabricated lies and deliberate alteration of quotes, WITH CLEAR-CUT PROOFS!
Before we get into the detailed rebuttal of this article, let's look at the following from his Bible:
Aisha in Islam: Let's discuss the age of Aisha being 9 when she married our Prophet (CLICK HERE): 1- See proofs, in the "Aisha being 9" article, from the Bible about little girls as young as 9 were married off and even sold off by their fathers as slave girls to men who were even older than their fathers. 2- See also irrefutable proofs that pedophilia and terrorism exist in the Bible. During the Mosaic times in the Bible's Old Testament, 3-year old slave girls were literally forced into sex under Moses' Orders and Command. You sometimes have to read things twice to believe them! See also: Maiming of the enemies' bodies in the Bible. Cutting the hands and feet of the enemies in the Bible, and hanging their live bodies on trees until they DIE. *** Killing of innocent children in the Bible. *** X-Rated Pornography in the Bible. *** Fathers sticking their fingers into their daughters' vaginas before marriage in the Bible.
Marriage for young girls was widely practiced among Arabs back then, and even today in many third-world non-Muslim and Muslim countries. Also visit: Why Muta (temporary) Marriage was allowed and why it was discontinued. |
Having said all of that, let us now proceed:
He wrote:
CHAPTER 7
WITH WHOM AM I SPEAKING?
“I am afraid that something bad has happened to me.”
The Qur’an starts off no better than Muhammad himself. The prophet’s first revelation is a fiasco. But so as not to prejudice the historic beginnings of Islam, I shall let the first Muslims do it for me.
Let’s begin with what Allah has to say in his inaugural Qur’an address. This treasure isn’t the first surah. It isn’t even inscribed in the first fifty. It’s buried near the end of the book. 096.001 “Read in the name of your Lord who created man out of clots of congealed blood. Read, for your Lord is the most generous. He who taught the use of the pen that man might be taught that which he did not know.” That’s the whole shebang. The moment of moments: the birth of Islam. An unnamed spirit, representing an unidentified entity, reveals itself to Muhammad, and all we get is this.
Why would an all-knowing deity ask an illiterate man to read? Why does the spirit tell us that man was created from blood clots when it’s not true? If this spirit “taught by the pen what men did not know,” where are those words? And why digress to an oral recital when written testimony is superior? Why gloat, saying he’s generous—in what way and to whom? But the real question is: if this spirit “taught by the pen what men did not know,” where are those words?
My response:
You mentioned three points:
1- "Why would an all-knowing deity ask an illiterate man to read?"
2- The sequential ordering and chronology of the Noble Verses and Chapters in the Noble Quran.
3- Embryology.
Here is my refutation to them:
1- In regards to "Why would an all-knowing deity ask an illiterate man to read?", Allah Almighty Wills as He Wishes. His Divine Wisdom was to teach Muslims that education is vital and sacred:
"....Are those equal, those who know and those who do not know? It is those who are endued with understanding that receive admonition. (The Noble Quran, 39:9)"
"...Those truly fear God, among His Servants, who have knowledge: for God is Exalted in Might, Oft-Forgiving. (The Noble Quran, 35:28)"
Also, the illiterate Prophet receiving Revelations was prophecied in the Bible. Since the articles are too long to paste here, I'd like to ask the reader to read them carefully:
From www.answering-christianity.com/predict.htm:
In the Book of Isaiah:
In the Book of Isaiah: Isaiah in the Bible foretold the story of "Al-alak" that is in the Noble Quran about Muhammad. Isaiah in the Bible foretold the story of "Al-alak" in the Noble Quran which happened to Muhammad and never happened to any other Prophet. It is the story where the Angel Gabriel repeatedly commands the Prophet to read, and the Prophet (i.e. Muhammad) repeatedly replies "I can't read".
Isaiah 42-54 predicts Islam, and the removal of GOD Almighty's Covenant from the people of Israel.
Prophet Muhammad was foretold in Isaiah 42.
Muhammad in the Bible, (Isaiah 60), Pilgrimage to Mecca..!
Islamic Fasting was predicted by Isaiah in the Bible.
In other Books in the Bible, and other Biblical Prophets proving Islam:
Deuteronomy 18:18's Prophet is non other than Prophet Muhammad.
The "great nation" of Ishmael and its definition in the Bible.
The story of King Heraclius of the Byzantine and the foretold Prophet (Muhammad) in the Bible. See how he was convinced that Prophet Muhammad of Arabia was indeed the foretold Prophet that Jesus predicted to come.
The emigration of the Muslims to Madina was foretold in the Bible.
The story of the 10,000 Muslims who liberated Mecca (Paran) in the Bible.
Pilgrimage of Ezekiel to Mecca.
See the Proof that "Paran" in the Bible is "Mecca". Paran in the Bible is Mecca today - See the Archeological discoveries that prove Mount Sinai is in Saudi Arabia.
Muhammad in the Bible; Standing upon Mount Arafat.
A great site that also shows Muhammad being foretold in the Bible.
Prophecy about Muhammad in Song of Songs 5:16. Exposes the deliberate mistranslation of the Verse to disprove the coming of Muhammad peace be upon him.
Muhammad in the Old and New Testaments.
Muhammad in the Bible, by Sheikh (Minister) Ahmed Deedat.
Jesus' Sacred place among Muslims. By the Christian Scholar Michael Wolfe.
Prophecies from Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Also please visit Muhammad's (peace be upon him) life, prophecies and responses to all of the false charges against him.
2-
As to the chronological order of the Noble Verses and Chapters of the Noble Quran,
as I explained in my previous rebuttal, the Noble Quran was
sent in stages to the Prophet, and the Prophet was inspired the chronological order of the
Noble Verses and Chapters:
"We send down (stage by stage) in the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but loss after loss. (The Noble Quran, 17:82)"
"(It is) a Quran which We have divided (into parts from time to time), in order that thou mightest recite it to men at intervals: We have revealed it by stages. (The Noble Quran, 17:106)"
"And thus have We, by Our Command, sent inspiration to thee: thou knewest not (before) what was Revelation, and what was Faith; but We have made the (Quran) a Light, wherewith We guide such of Our servants as We will; and verily thou dost guide (men) to the Straight Way,- (The Noble Quran, 42:52)"
"High above all is God, the King, the Truth! Be not in haste with the Quran before its revelation to thee is completed, but say, "O my Lord! advance me in knowledge." (The Noble Quran, 20:114)"
"Those who reject Faith say: "Why is not the Quran revealed to him all at once? Thus (is it revealed), that We may strengthen thy heart thereby, and We have rehearsed it to thee in slow, well-arranged stages, gradually. (The Noble Quran, 25:32)"
To the reader, please visit: History of the Noble Quran's Preservation and Compilation.
3- As to the false information in embryology, it is you who lacks a great deal of knowledge about science. To the reader, please visit:
From www.answering-christianity.com/sci_quran.htm:
Non-Muslim Scientists embraced Islam after discovering the Miracles of the Noble Quran!
Allah Almighty Said:
"We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and INSIDE THEIR SELVES, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
Very Important Discovery:
A new star forming out of a cloud of gas and dust (nebula), which is one of the remnants
of the "smoke" that was the origin of the
whole universe. (The Space Atlas, Heather and Henbest, page 50)
Allah Almighty said: "Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke...(The Noble Quran, 41:11)"
The Noble
Quran on the Origin of the Universe
Only Islam claims that the universe was originated from Dust
and Hot Gas, or Smoke.
Another Very Important Discovery:
Allah Almighty Said: "And when
the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh ROSY LIKE RED HIDE - (The Noble Quran, 55:37)"
What Allah Almighty is Saying here is that when
Galaxies explode, they form a red-rose-shaped explosion. He
is also telling us that the Universe will all turn into red exploded galaxies
looking like red or reddish roses when the Day of Judgement
happens.
"This
web site has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun
Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. His books have attracted great attention
both in Turkey and worldwide. In the 90's especially, the works of Harun Yahya have been a
means of intellectual awakening for many Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, in the face of
the illusions of the modern age. In other words, the name Harun Yahya is an invitation to
the truth.
....................
The books of Harun Yahya and thus this web site seek to recall various
crucial facts, which people are led to disregard and even deny under the influence of the
turmoil of the modern age. One of these basic facts is that of creation, that the
universe, living things and man, are not self-existing entities, but the artifacts of God,
the Supreme Creator. We are all created by Him and to Him we will all return. The
allegedly "scientific" challenges to this fact — like Darwinism and other
materialistic dogmas — are nothing but deceptions, as explained in this site."
(http://www.harunyahya.com/m_about_site.php)
Dr. Zahlool Al-Najjar is a great Muslim
Geologist and Scientist who wrote many
books, publications (131 publications as shown on his
resume in English), and
10s of journals and reports proving many of the Noble Quranic Geological and
Scientific Claims to be accurate through Modern Science and Technologies.
He is well known in the
Scientists community of Geology in both the US and
Europe, because much of his work and research, especially during his early
days of scientific research, was done in these countries while he
resided and
studied in them.
Science in Islam:
The sub sections here are:
1- Life originated from water and dust
in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins.
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation, and Creation from the time of sexual
intercourse to the time of birth.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals.
7- Psychology.
8- Great Web Sites and Online Books. More great resources and web site are available online.
9- Rebuttals.
10- Prophecies.
1- Life originated from water and dust in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins:
Life originated from water in the Noble Quran.
Science and Existence of Plant's pairs - The Noble Quran claimed it 1500 years ago!
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology:
The Motion of Earth in the Noble Quran.
The Noble Quran confirms that the earth is rotating around its axle.
Allah Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped".
The reduction of earth's size in both the Noble Quran and Science!
The Earth is round according to Islam.
Faults on earth in the Noble Quran and Science!
The Black Sea and
Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
| The amazing creation of earth and
iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space,
and the Noble Quran mentioned it. The 7 properties of earth in the Noble Quran and Science. Read the first section of the article. Rebuttal to the "Heaven" and "Stars in the lower Heaven" in Noble Verses 37:6 and 65:12. Read the "Rebuttals" section in the article. This was an attempt to refute the fact that Allah Almighty Claimed that He Created 7 Ozone Layers as well as 7 different Heavens. The dead turning into Fossils and Iron. The Noble Quran Claimed it, and Science today Confirmed it!
http://www.universalunity.net/iron.htm This article shows the Mathematical Codes of Iron in the Noble Quran and Science, and shows how Science confirmed Allah Almighty's Divine Claim in Noble Verses 17:49-50 about the dead converting into rocks and iron. In case the web site is down, you can access the article on my site. http://www.universalunity.net/iron2.htm More elaborations on Noble Verses 17:49-51. In case the web site is down, you can access the article on my site. |
Living Creatures were
sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The amazing creation of earth and mountains in the Noble Quran. Science confirms that mountains prevent the earth from shaking while it is revolving around itself, and that they are like pegs rooted in it. The Noble Quran made a similar claim.
Mountains prevent the earth from shaking - The Noble Quran claimed it and Science confirmed it!
Geology in the Noble Quran - See the Scientific confirmation.
Oceanology in the Noble Quran - See the Scientific confirmation. The barriers between waters in both science and the Noble Quran.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles:
The fault line and crack (split) of the moon in Noble Quran!
The amazing creation of earth (its 7 properties from
atmospheric and inner layers) and iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space, and the Noble Quran mentioned it.
Seven Atmospheric Layers in the Noble Quran confirmed by Science!
Living Creatures were sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The Speed of Light in the Noble Quran - A superb article by a Muslim Mathematician!
The Noble Quran and Astronomers both claim that the Universe is 18 billion years old.
The Big Bang Theory and the Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him predicted around the time when the Cosmic Crunch occurs, the Sun would rise from the West.
The Noble Quran on the Origin of the Universe. This article has pictures and quotes from Western scientific books that accurately confirm the astronomical claims of the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran was the only book that claimed that the universe originated from Hot Gas or Smoke. Science proved that this claim is true.
Comparison between Allah Almighty's claims about His Creation, and the scientific discoveries that 100% agree with Him. Claims such as: The universe is expanding, the existence of the sun's orbit, the protective atmosphere to the earth, Embryology and many more.
Allah Almighty said in the Noble Quran that He is "Expanding" the Universe. Scientists already proved this claim to be true.The "Clot" and the Creation of the Universe in the Noble Quran.
Is there mention of U.F.Os or other Human Planets in the Noble Quran?
Einstein's time relativity in the Noble Quran.
Time Relativity in the Noble Quran.
UFOs and Space Shuttles were explicitly mentioned in the Noble Quran! Even the communication with UFOs was prophesied in the Noble Quran.
Aliens and UFOs in the Noble Quran.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by Science.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation and Creation from the time of sexual intercourse to the time of birth:
The Noble Quran on Human Embryonic Development.
Embryology in the Noble Quran. The three stages of the fetus formation in the Noble Quran and Science.
Abortion in Islam is a crime! The fetus is a human child in Islam.
The Noble Quran on the Cerebrum: Lying is generated from the person's forehead.
The region in the brain that controls our movements - In Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.
Sex determination and human creation in Islam. Allah Almighty and Prophet Muhammad both claimed that the human gender is determined by the male's ejaculated semen.
Were human cloning and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?
Why does the Noble Quran, while speaking about determination of the identity of the individual, speak specifically about finger tips? The Noble Quran recognized that finger tips (finger prints) are unique!
The blood circulation and the production of milk in the Breast: In the Noble Quran and Science.
Breastfeeding for 2 years in the Noble Quran. Science had confirmed Islam's Divine Claims.
Thinking with the heart besides the brain in the Noble Quran was proven by Science.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran:
The Miracle of the number 19 in the Noble Quran. Yes, the number 19 is miraculous in the Noble Quran and was proven to be essential in many of the Scientific Theories and Discoveries. But it doesn't at all support Rashad Khalifa's removal of two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran, and his claim to be GOD Almighty's Messenger.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals:
Animals' urine and it's relationship to medicine in Islam.
Camels could help cure humans.
Honey was proven to be healing for humans as was mentioned in the Noble Quran.
Scientific Miracles in the Quran Regarding Mary.
The fly insect and its cure: Mentioned in Islam and confirmed by Science (Bacteriophages).
7- Psychology:
The psychological Wisdom of Prayers in Islam was proven in Science and Psychology.
The Wisdom of the age of 40 in the Noble Quran, which had been Scientifically and Psychologically proven to be True. See why Allah Almighty is more forgiving to those who are under the age of 40, and how Science and Psychology proved that people under 40 are less mature and tend to make more irresponsible decisions (i.e., mistakes and sins).
8- Great Web Sites:
http://www.geocities.com/thetruebook/index.htm A great web site by a Muslim sister. Her name is Sundus.
http://www.it-is-truth.net/ This is an awesome web site that has Western scientific information that accurately confirms the Noble Quran's claims about astronomy, biology, geology and other sciences.
http://www.universalunity.net/universe.htm A great site with excellent articles that are backed quotes and proofs about science in the Noble Quran.
This web site is rich with irrefutable scientific facts and details that match many of the
Noble Quran's Verses. He has done a wonderful job in explaining things in good
details and providing detailed OBJECTIVE analysis that prove the Noble Quran's Scientific
Miracles. http://www.rationalreality.com.
Warning: This is a Hadith-rejector web site.
A great book that contains several articles backed by good Scientific references that
prove several of the Noble Quran's Scientific Miracles. http://www.islam-guide.com/.
http://www.harunyahya.com/
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_darwinism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_atheism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_design_nature.php
Miracles of the
Noble Quran. Video files.
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_miracles_quran.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_quran_archaeology.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_myth_called_matter.php
The Bible, the Quran and Science. Written by Dr Maurice Bucaille. In his work, Dr. Baucille proves that the Quran correctly stated scientific facts unknown at the time of the Prophet - showing its divine origin!
A web site for the number 19 miracle in the Noble Quran.
Evaluating Islam as a Religion based on Divine Revelation.
Quran Prior to Science and Civilization, Astro, Islam, Mlivo.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by Science.
9- Rebuttals:
Does the Noble Quran support "The Earth moves around the Sun" theory? Rebuttal to Mr. Avijit Roy's challenge.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does the Quran support the Earth moves around the Sun theory" response.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does Quran have any Scientific miracles?" article.
The Black Sea and Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
A Muslim response to criticism of
Embryology in the Noble Quran. By Nadeem Arif Najmi.
Allah Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped". Rebuttal to the Christian "Answering Islam" team about "dahaha" in the Noble Quran.
My rebuttal to Jochen Katz' "The Qur'an and the flight of birds" article.
Did the Noble Quran really plagiarize Greek Embryology? A very nice article.
10- Prophecies:
Please visit The Noble Quran section, and read the "Prophecies" sub section to see the great Prophecies that were fulfilled only in the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran also made mention and promised the discovery of lost ancient cities and people's bodies, and these promises were all fulfilled today.
He wrote:
It’s not
a very auspicious beginning for a religion capable of ensnaring a billion souls. There
must be a cogent explanation. Yet the Qur’an makes no attempt to explain the nature
of the meeting or the meaning of the message.
There are but a handful of “credible” accounts of what
happened that night. Let’s turn to al-Bukhari first. In his Book of Revelation we
find a Hadith narrated by Aisha, Muhammad’s child wife. She was the daughter of Abu
Bakr, the man who became the first Caliph. She had yet to be conceived when this event
occurred. Bukhari:V1B1N3-V6B60N478 “The commencement of divine inspiration to Allah’s
Messenger was in the form of dreams that came true like a bright light. The Prophet loved
the seclusion of a cave in Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet
replied, ‘I do not know how to read.’ The Prophet added, ‘Then the angel
caught me forcefully and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He released
me and asked me to read. I replied, “I do not know how to read.” Thereupon he
caught me again and pressed me till I could not bear it any more. He asked me to read but
I replied, “I do not know how to read or what shall I read?” Thereupon he
caught me for the third time and pressed me, “Read in the name of your Lord who has
created man from a clot. Read! Your Lord is the most generous.” Then the Apostle
returned from that experience; the muscles between his neck and shoulders were trembling,
and his heart beating severely. He went to Khadija and cried, ‘Cover me! Cover
me!’ She did until his fear subsided. He said, ‘What’s wrong with me? I am
afraid that something bad has happened to me.’ Khadija replied, ‘Never! By
Allah, Allah will never disgrace you….’”
Allah’s name wasn’t mentioned in the first Qur’an surah.
In fact, Muhammad’s god remained an unnamed “Lord” throughout the first
seventeen Qur’an revelations. When the Lord was finally identified, his name was
Ar-Rahman. It’s curious then that this crucial Islamic Hadith elected to contradict
the Qur’an and call god Allah. Equally curious, why did Muhammad’s wife, the
pagan Khadija, swear by Allah when the god who bore that name was one of many rock idols?
The answers are simple, different, and revealing. Aisha, the source of this Hadith,
didn’t reveal it until after the prophet’s death—long after
Ar-Rahman’s name had been incorporated into Allah’s character. As for Khadija,
Allah held the keys to something she and her husband coveted.
The accounts of what happened this night are consistently inconsistent.
And while that’s bad as it relates to creation and patriarchs, those were events from
another time, another people, another place, and another religion. Now Muslims are without
excuse. Islam began in their midst, on their watch, and through their clan. We aren’t
dealing with events that occurred two to four thousand years B.C. This is 610 A.D.
Contradiction is now condemning, for it forces us to recognize that all Islamic scripture
was preserved in like fashion —through oral transmission. If these recollections
aren’t reliable, nothing is.
The second version of the first revelation is found in Tabari and
Muslim: Tabari VI:67 “Aisha
reported: ‘Solitude became dear to Muhammad and he used to seclude himself in the
cave of Hira where he would engage in the Tahannuth [pagan religious rites performed in
Ramadhan that included fasting] worship for a number of nights before returning to Khadija
and getting provisions for a like period, till truth came upon him while he was in a cave.
The first form of revelation was a true vision in sleep. He did not see any vision but it
came like the break of dawn.’” Muslim
C74B1N301 “‘The truth came
unexpectedly and said: “Recite,” to which he replied: “I am not
lettered.” The Apostle said, “He took hold of me, and pressed me, till I was
hard pressed. He let me off and said: ‘Recite.’ I said: ‘I am not
lettered.’” It continues on as before until the Tabari Hadith
picks up the nightmare with this line: Tabari VI:67
“‘Muhammad, you are the Messenger.’” What
follows is convoluted, out of order, and conflicting.
“The Prophet said, ‘I had been standing, but fell to my knees; and crawled away,
my shoulders trembling. I went to Khadija and said, ‘Wrap me up! When the terror had
left me, he came to me and said, ‘Muhammad, you are the Messenger of Allah.’
Muhammad said, ‘I had been thinking of hurling myself down from a mountain crag, but
he appeared to me as I was thinking about this and said, ‘I am Gabriel and you are
the Messenger.’ Then he said, Recite!’ I said, ‘What shall I recite?’
He took me and pressed me three times. ‘I fear for my life.’ She said,
‘Rejoice, for Allah will never put you to shame.”
While there are significant differences between these versions, and
insights worth examining, I want to focus on the most incriminating details. In the first
version an unnamed angel nearly pressed the life out of Muhammad. In the second, Gabriel
is said to have kept Muhammad from jumping to his death. In the third, Gabriel is named
again but he does not appear until after Muhammad is comforted in Khadija’s bed. Yet
the Qur’an says nothing of Gabriel during the first twelve years of Muhammad’s
mission. We are not introduced until the first surah in Yathrib, which was the 91st
chronologically. Since Muhammad alleges that Gabriel was the source of his godly
revelation, these inconsistencies devastate his credibility.
That said, I’d like to share the most “esteemed” version
of Islam’s initial revelation. It’s a bit more colorful and comes courtesy of
Ishaq’s biography, compiled a hundred years before the other sources. Ishaq:105 “Aisha said that when Allah desired to honor
Muhammad, the first sign of prophethood was a vision in brightness of day shown to him in
his sleep. [In other words, he was dreaming.] He liked nothing better than to be alone.
When he left Mecca and there was no house in sight, every stone and tree that passed by
said, ‘Peace be unto you, Allah’s Apostle.’ Muhammad would turn around and
see naught but trees and stones. [In other words, he was stoned.] He stayed seeing and
hearing things as long as it pleased Allah. Then Gabriel came to him with the gift of
Allah’s grace [the spiritual beating] while he was on Hira in the month of Ramadhan.
The Apostle would pray in seclusion on Hira every year for a month to practice Tahannuth
as was the custom of the Quraysh in the heathen days. [In other words, Muhammad was a
heathen and the Islamic Pillar requiring Ramadhan fasting was pagan.] Tahannuth is
religious devotion [to pagan idols]. After praying in seclusion, he would walk around the
Ka’aba seven times. [The centerpiece of the Hajj Pillar is pagan as well.]”
Ishaq:106 “The
Prophet set off to Hira with his family. When it was night, Gabriel brought him the
command of Allah. ‘He came to me,’ the Apostle said, ‘while I was asleep,
with a coverlet of brocade whereon was some writing, and said, ‘Read.’ I said,
‘What shall I read?’ He pressed me so tightly that I was near death. Then he let
go and said, ‘Read!’” This happens
twice more, then…“When I thought I was
nearly dead I said, ‘What shall I read; only to deliver myself from him, lest he
should do the same thing to me again. He said, ‘Read in the name of your Lord who
created man of blood coagulated. Read! Your generous Lord taught by the pen.’”
Then the illiterate man said, “So I read it, and he
departed from me. I awoke from my sleep. These words were written on my heart.”
Ishaq reports: “None of Allah’s
creatures was more hateful to me than an ecstatic poet or a man possessed. I thought,
‘Woe is me, I’m a possessed poet.’” The worst thing
that can befall a man or woman is to be possessed by the devil. He or she loses all sense
of decency. To his credit, Muhammad recognized what had happened. To his shame, he damned
three billion souls along with his own.
Ishaq:106
“I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself
and be at rest.” There was no doubt in his mind. During the violent
encounter with the spirit in the darkness of that cave, Muhammad had been possessed by the
Devil. He wanted to commit suicide—something that Satan could not allow. He had big
plans for his prophet. Ishaq:106 “So I climbed to the mountain to kill myself when I heard a
voice saying, ‘Muhammad, you are Allah’s Apostle.’ I raised my head to see
who was speaking and lo, I saw Gabriel in the form of a man with feet astride the
horizon.” How, pray tell, would our terrified and possessed poet
distinguish between Gabriel and Lucifer? And since the first revelation was sinister,
that’s a problem. Bukhari:V9B87N113 “The Prophet said, ‘A good dream is from Allah, and a bad dream
is from Satan.’” By his own account, this was a bad dream.
Ishaq:106 “I
stood gazing at him and that distracted me from committing suicide. I couldn’t move.
Khadija sent her messengers in search of me and they gained the high ground above Mecca so
I came to her and sat by her thigh. She said, ‘O Abu’l-Qasim, where have you
been?’ I said, ‘Woe is me. I am possessed.’ She said, ‘I take refuge
in Allah from that Abu’l-Qasim. Allah would not treat you that way. This cannot be,
my dear. Perhaps you did see something,’” Khadija said, wheels
of commerce turning in her head. “‘Yes, I
did,’ I said,” playing along. “I told her of what I had seen [while I was
asleep]. She said, ‘Rejoice, son of my uncle, and be of good cheer.
Verily, by Him in whose hand is Khadija’s soul, I have hope that you will be the
prophet to this people.’” With that, the Profitable Prophet Plan
was born. “She gathered her garments and went to her
cousin Waraqa bin Naufal [the Hanif], who had become a Christian. He read the scriptures
and learned from those who followed the Torah and the Gospels.”
Tabari provides some additional insights: Tabari
VI:70 “He went to Khadija and
said, ‘I think that I have gone mad.’ ‘No, by Allah,’ she said.
‘Your Lord would never do that to you. You have never committed a wicked act.’
Khadija went to Waraqa and told him what had happened. He said, ‘If what you have
said is true, your husband is a prophet…. After this Gabriel did not come to him for
a while and Khadija said, ‘I think that your Lord must hate you.’” This
is followed by yet one more variant: Tabari VI:70 “In the beginning of the Messenger’s prophetic mission
he used to spend a month every year in religious retreat on Hira. This was part of the
practice of Tahannuth in which the Quraysh used to engage during the Jahiliyyah. Tahannuth
means self-justification.’” That’s intriguing. Muhammad
practiced a Jahiliyyah ritual rite, an ignorant pre-Islamic form of pagan worship.
What’s more, the very definition of Tahannuth—self justification—became
synonymous with the prophet’s personal agenda.
So much for Muhammad’s claim of having being prevented from doing
any pagan act by Allah. Islam began in the midst of a pagan ritual.
The deeper we dig into Islam’s initial salvo the worse it gets. So
hold your nose if you must, because it’s time to poke around. We know that Muhammad
was a recluse—a wannabe prophet who preferred solitude to people. The fact he spent
so much time alone in caves instead of at home being a parent and husband or at work being
productive is troubling. Yes, he was being religious, but even that is problematic. As an
idolater, he practiced the heathen Tahannuth rituals—fasting, self-justification, and
meditation—during the pagan holy month of Ramadhan. He disappeared into caves for
spiritual awakening, calling out to a Black Stone named Allah. And he was ultimately
possessed.
The “read” versus “recite” debate is interesting in
itself. Modern Muslims, in trying to solve the obvious problem of why an all-knowing
spirit would ask an illiterate man to read, say that the word really means recite. But
that’s worse. Why would Muhammad say he didn’t know how to recite, especially
when that was what he was best at? And why would the spirit of Islam ask a man to recite
if he taught by the pen? Even the word “recite-read” is prickly. The original
word is qara, from which Qur’an was derived. It was first used by the Syrian
Christians to mean preach, not read. Even the Arabic words ma aqrau can mean either
“I can’t read,” or “what shall I read.” But that’s still a
problem because Muhammad wasn’t given a scroll to read.
Since we have discussed Allah’s ignominious inaugural address,
let’s move on to the Prophet’s less than heroic response. According to every
account, he was scared spitless. Imagine that: you’ve just invested the month of
Ramadhan hanging around in a cave for the express purpose of communing with the spirit
world and one comes and scares you to death. In the earliest versions he is said to have
been so distraught he wanted to commit suicide. The whole encounter not only sounds
demonic, the wannabe prophet said he was possessed.
The revelation over, the newly minted messenger slid down the barren
slopes west of Mecca, scurried across two miles of desert dunes, and entered the narrow
valley town, where he immediately cuddled up to mama (and make no mistake, his wife was
the closest thing to a mother he’d ever known). Panicked and tormented, the
forty-year-old Muhammad cried out to his sixty-year-old wife, “Cover me,”
crawling into a fetal position against her thigh. He thought he’d been molested by a
jinn, possessed by a demonic spirit, in the dark of night. He said,
“I do not know what has happened to me. I fear for myself.” “He poured out
his mental confusion,” and according to Ibn Ishaq, said, “I’m afraid I’m going out of my mind and being
possessed by an evil spirit.” Score another point for those who say
that Islam is Satanic.
In my opinion, what Khadija did next set the forces in motion that
ultimately condemned three billion souls, enslaved over a billion women, and plunged the
world into chaos. She founded Islam. Yes, Khadija was the founder of Islam. Muhammad was
her first convert. In a twist of sadistic irony, the most liberated and prosperous woman
in Islamic literature built the cage in which all Muslim women are trapped.
Calming her husband and employee down she said,
“Rejoice, cousin, and be of good cheer. You will be the Prophet. Allah will not bring
you to shame….” Muhammad thinks he’s just gone mano-a-mano
in a wrestling match with a demon and Khadija says it isn’t so. “It can’t be. Be happy. I swear by Allah that He shall
never humiliate you.” “I hope that you may be the prophet of this
community.”
Allah was just one of 360 stones gathering dust in the Ka’aba.
Together with Hubal, Manaf, and the gang, they were the mustard on Mecca’s hotdog. No
Ka’aba, no hajj. No hajj, no festival. No festival, no money. Khadija was a
businesswoman—in business to make money selling her wares to the pilgrims who piled
into Mecca each year to visit their gods. She wasn’t going to let anything foul that
up. Not only did she tell her employee/husband that he was wrong, that it was not a demon,
she said that her god, the pagan lunar deity, the biggest and blackest stone in the
Ka’aba, would never allow him to be molested by an angry spirit—no way! Then, in
anticipation of what was to come, she began her public relations campaign. She told her
recluse husband that he was a swell guy, charitable, sociable, and trustworthy. He was the
perfect candidate to be the Social Chairman of a Fraternity.
Bright and successful, Khadija was on a mission. She came up with a
profitable prophet plan. She had prospered in a man’s world, but had no real power.
In fact, she was embarrassed. Having been widowed twice, she had proposed marriage to
Muhammad, an employee half her age. It was scandalous.
To gain permission, she had had to get the patriarch of her family
drunk at the betrothal feast. Once he was successfully intoxicated, Khadija was able to
coerce the consent she required. The odd couple was married, but all was not a bed of
cactus flowers. Their sons died in infancy. It was a terrible stain in a culture that,
like Islam, attributed misfortune to godly disdain. Khadija’s husband was an absentee
parent to their remaining daughters, and AWOL when it came to working in the family
business. He was an illiterate recluse with a penchant for lone vigils in barren, dusty,
lightless caves, which in a small town of perhaps 5,000, was gossip fodder. He was hardly
making her look good. You just know that the girls were talking behind her back.
So to turn the tables on them, Khadija tells her husband that he’s
the prophet of his people—Allah’s guy. As “God’s Messenger,”
he’s important, and so is she. The lucrative custodianship of the Ka’aba, the
even more lucrative administration of the hajj, the religious tax, was Muhammad’s
birthright, she implied, but fate had dealt him a savage blow. Now, Khadija knew,
opportunity was knocking. She and he could have it all, everything they
coveted—prestige, money, power. All they had to do was convince the Meccans that
Muhammad was Allah’s Messenger. Since Allah was just a rock, no one would ever be
able to dispute their claim. What was Allah going to do—roll over, crumble, actually
speak? “No way. It can’t be. Be happy. I swear by
Allah that He shall never humiliate you.” Khadija even tells her
hubby that he’s prefect for the job: truthful, generous with her money, and for a
loner, he’s caring and entertaining. But it must not have been enough. Prophet Man
just laid there quivering.
My response:
You mentioned two points:
1- The Prophet received some Revelations in dreams.
2- The Prophet tried to commit suicide.
Here is my refutation to your points:
1- As to the Revelations of the Noble Quran, Allah Almighty Sent the Divine Revelations of the Noble Quran in several ways all through Angel Gabriel: (1) Through Inspirations; (2) Person to person contact; (3) Dreams. Since you don't speak Arabic, it is not possible to show you the Miracle of the Noble Quran's Literature in Arabic, but Allah Almighty did Make it possible to explain to non-Arabic speaking people, especially in the technologically advanced world, the Miracles of the Noble Quran.
I'd like to share with the reader some of the Inner and Everlasting Miracles and Fulfilled Prophecies in the Noble Quran that live until today and further prove that the Noble Quran was indeed Allah Almighty's Holy and Divine Revelations:
From www.answering-christianity.com/sci_quran.htm:
Non-Muslim Scientists embraced Islam after discovering the Miracles of the Noble Quran!
Allah Almighty Said:
"We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and INSIDE THEIR SELVES, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
Very Important Discovery:
A new star forming out of a cloud of gas and dust (nebula), which is one of the remnants
of the "smoke" that was the origin of the
whole universe. (The Space Atlas, Heather and Henbest, page 50)
Allah Almighty said: "Then He turned to the heaven when it was smoke...(The Noble Quran, 41:11)"
The Noble
Quran on the Origin of the Universe
Only Islam claims that the universe was originated from Dust
and Hot Gas, or Smoke.
Another Very Important Discovery:
Allah Almighty Said: "And when
the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh ROSY LIKE RED HIDE - (The Noble Quran, 55:37)"
What Allah Almighty is Saying here is that when
Galaxies explode, they form a red-rose-shaped explosion. He
is also telling us that the Universe will all turn into red exploded galaxies
looking like red or reddish roses when the Day of Judgement
happens.
"This
web site has been developed with the aim of promoting and publicizing the works of Harun
Yahya, a prominent Turkish thinker and author. His books have attracted great attention
both in Turkey and worldwide. In the 90's especially, the works of Harun Yahya have been a
means of intellectual awakening for many Muslims, and non-Muslims alike, in the face of
the illusions of the modern age. In other words, the name Harun Yahya is an invitation to
the truth.
....................
The books of Harun Yahya and thus this web site seek to recall various
crucial facts, which people are led to disregard and even deny under the influence of the
turmoil of the modern age. One of these basic facts is that of creation, that the
universe, living things and man, are not self-existing entities, but the artifacts of God,
the Supreme Creator. We are all created by Him and to Him we will all return. The
allegedly "scientific" challenges to this fact — like Darwinism and other
materialistic dogmas — are nothing but deceptions, as explained in this site."
(http://www.harunyahya.com/m_about_site.php)
Dr. Zahlool Al-Najjar is a great Muslim
Geologist and Scientist who wrote many
books, publications (131 publications as shown on his
resume in English), and
10s of journals and reports proving many of the Noble Quranic Geological and
Scientific Claims to be accurate through Modern Science and Technologies.
He is well known in the
Scientists community of Geology in both the US and
Europe, because much of his work and research, especially during his early
days of scientific research, was done in these countries while he
resided and
studied in them.
Science in Islam:
The sub sections here are:
1- Life originated from water and dust
in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins.
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation, and Creation from the time of sexual
intercourse to the time of birth.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals.
7- Psychology.
8- Great Web Sites and Online Books. More great resources and web site are available online.
9- Rebuttals.
10- Prophecies.
1- Life originated from water and dust in the Noble Quran, Plants and their origins:
Life originated from water in the Noble Quran.
Science and Existence of Plant's pairs - The Noble Quran claimed it 1500 years ago!
2- The Earth's rotation, formation, Mountains and Oceanology:
The Motion of Earth in the Noble Quran.
The Noble Quran confirms that the earth is rotating around its axle.
Allah Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped".
The reduction of earth's size in both the Noble Quran and Science!
The Earth is round according to Islam.
Faults on earth in the Noble Quran and Science!
The Black Sea and
Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
| The amazing creation of earth and
iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space,
and the Noble Quran mentioned it. The 7 properties of earth in the Noble Quran and Science. Read the first section of the article. Rebuttal to the "Heaven" and "Stars in the lower Heaven" in Noble Verses 37:6 and 65:12. Read the "Rebuttals" section in the article. This was an attempt to refute the fact that Allah Almighty Claimed that He Created 7 Ozone Layers as well as 7 different Heavens. The dead turning into Fossils and Iron. The Noble Quran Claimed it, and Science today Confirmed it!
http://www.universalunity.net/iron.htm This article shows the Mathematical Codes of Iron in the Noble Quran and Science, and shows how Science confirmed Allah Almighty's Divine Claim in Noble Verses 17:49-50 about the dead converting into rocks and iron. In case the web site is down, you can access the article on my site. http://www.universalunity.net/iron2.htm More elaborations on Noble Verses 17:49-51. In case the web site is down, you can access the article on my site. |
Living Creatures were
sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The amazing creation of earth and mountains in the Noble Quran. Science confirms that mountains prevent the earth from shaking while it is revolving around itself, and that they are like pegs rooted in it. The Noble Quran made a similar claim.
Mountains prevent the earth from shaking - The Noble Quran claimed it and Science confirmed it!
Geology in the Noble Quran - See the Scientific confirmation.
Oceanology in the Noble Quran - See the Scientific confirmation. The barriers between waters in both science and the Noble Quran.
3- The Universe, Time, Astronomy, UFOs and Space Shuttles:
The fault line and crack (split) of the moon in Noble Quran!
The amazing creation of earth (its 7 properties from
atmospheric and inner layers) and iron in the Noble Quran. Iron came from space, and the Noble Quran mentioned it.
Seven Atmospheric Layers in the Noble Quran confirmed by Science!
Living Creatures were sent down from space. Science confirms the Noble Quran's Claim.
The Speed of Light in the Noble Quran - A superb article by a Muslim Mathematician!
The Noble Quran and Astronomers both claim that the Universe is 18 billion years old.
The Big Bang Theory and the Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran. Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him predicted around the time when the Cosmic Crunch occurs, the Sun would rise from the West.
The Noble Quran on the Origin of the Universe. This article has pictures and quotes from Western scientific books that accurately confirm the astronomical claims of the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran was the only book that claimed that the universe originated from Hot Gas or Smoke. Science proved that this claim is true.
Comparison between Allah Almighty's claims about His Creation, and the scientific discoveries that 100% agree with Him. Claims such as: The universe is expanding, the existence of the sun's orbit, the protective atmosphere to the earth, Embryology and many more.
Allah Almighty said in the Noble Quran that He is "Expanding" the Universe. Scientists already proved this claim to be true.The "Clot" and the Creation of the Universe in the Noble Quran.
Is there mention of U.F.Os or other Human Planets in the Noble Quran?
Einstein's time relativity in the Noble Quran.
Time Relativity in the Noble Quran.
UFOs and Space Shuttles were explicitly mentioned in the Noble Quran! Even the communication with UFOs was prophesied in the Noble Quran.
Aliens and UFOs in the Noble Quran.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by Science.
4- Embryology, Human Anatomy, Formation and Creation from the time of sexual intercourse to the time of birth:
The Noble Quran on Human Embryonic Development.
Embryology in the Noble Quran. The three stages of the fetus formation in the Noble Quran and Science.
Abortion in Islam is a crime! The fetus is a human child in Islam.
The Noble Quran on the Cerebrum: Lying is generated from the person's forehead.
The region in the brain that controls our movements - In Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.
Sex determination and human creation in Islam. Allah Almighty and Prophet Muhammad both claimed that the human gender is determined by the male's ejaculated semen.
Were human cloning and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?
Why does the Noble Quran, while speaking about determination of the identity of the individual, speak specifically about finger tips? The Noble Quran recognized that finger tips (finger prints) are unique!
The blood circulation and the production of milk in the Breast: In the Noble Quran and Science.
Breastfeeding for 2 years in the Noble Quran. Science had confirmed Islam's Divine Claims.
Thinking with the heart besides the brain in the Noble Quran was proven by Science.
5- The number 19 code in the Noble Quran:
The Miracle of the number 19 in the Noble Quran. Yes, the number 19 is miraculous in the Noble Quran and was proven to be essential in many of the Scientific Theories and Discoveries. But it doesn't at all support Rashad Khalifa's removal of two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran, and his claim to be GOD Almighty's Messenger.
6- Medicine, Insects and Animals:
Animals' urine and it's relationship to medicine in Islam.
Camels could help cure humans.
Honey was proven to be healing for humans as was mentioned in the Noble Quran.
Scientific Miracles in the Quran Regarding Mary.
The fly insect and its cure: Mentioned in Islam and confirmed by Science (Bacteriophages).
7- Psychology:
The psychological Wisdom of Prayers in Islam was proven in Science and Psychology.
The Wisdom of the age of 40 in the Noble Quran, which had been Scientifically and Psychologically proven to be True. See why Allah Almighty is more forgiving to those who are under the age of 40, and how Science and Psychology proved that people under 40 are less mature and tend to make more irresponsible decisions (i.e., mistakes and sins).
8- Great Web Sites:
http://www.geocities.com/thetruebook/index.htm A great web site by a Muslim sister. Her name is Sundus.
http://www.it-is-truth.net/ This is an awesome web site that has Western scientific information that accurately confirms the Noble Quran's claims about astronomy, biology, geology and other sciences.
http://www.universalunity.net/universe.htm A great site with excellent articles that are backed quotes and proofs about science in the Noble Quran.
This web site is rich with irrefutable scientific facts and details that match many of the
Noble Quran's Verses. He has done a wonderful job in explaining things in good
details and providing detailed OBJECTIVE analysis that prove the Noble Quran's Scientific
Miracles. http://www.rationalreality.com.
Warning: This is a Hadith-rejector web site.
A great book that contains several articles backed by good Scientific references that
prove several of the Noble Quran's Scientific Miracles. http://www.islam-guide.com/.
http://www.harunyahya.com/
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_darwinism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_refutation_atheism.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_design_nature.php
Miracles of the
Noble Quran. Video files.
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_miracles_quran.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_quran_archaeology.php
http://www.harunyahya.com/c_myth_called_matter.php
The Bible, the Quran and Science. Written by Dr Maurice Bucaille. In his work, Dr. Baucille proves that the Quran correctly stated scientific facts unknown at the time of the Prophet - showing its divine origin!
A web site for the number 19 miracle in the Noble Quran.
Evaluating Islam as a Religion based on Divine Revelation.
Quran Prior to Science and Civilization, Astro, Islam, Mlivo.
Black Holes and Piercing Stars in the Noble Quran were confirmed by Science.
9- Rebuttals:
Does the Noble Quran support "The Earth moves around the Sun" theory? Rebuttal to Mr. Avijit Roy's challenge.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does the Quran support the Earth moves around the Sun theory" response.
My rebuttal to Avijit Roy's "Does Quran have any Scientific miracles?" article.
The Black Sea and Dark Waters in the Noble Quran!
A Muslim response to criticism of
Embryology in the Noble Quran. By Nadeem Arif Najmi.
Allah Almighty said that the earth is "egg-shaped". Rebuttal to the Christian "Answering Islam" team about "dahaha" in the Noble Quran.
My rebuttal to Jochen Katz' "The Qur'an and the flight of birds" article.
Did the Noble Quran really plagiarize Greek Embryology? A very nice article.
10- Prophecies:
Please visit The Noble Quran section, and read the "Prophecies" sub section to see the great Prophecies that were fulfilled only in the Noble Quran. The Noble Quran also made mention and promised the discovery of lost ancient cities and people's bodies, and these promises were all fulfilled today.
2-
As to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him trying to commit suicide, some detailed rebuttals
to Silas were written. Since they're too lengthy to paste here, I would like to ask
the reader to read them:
Response by MENJ: http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/Muhammad/fatrah.htm.
Response by me: http://www.answering-christianity.com/fatrah_rebuttal.htm. Actually, it is Jesus in the New Testament that was proven to be suicidal as I clearly showed in the article.
Response by me: http://www.answering-christianity.com/muh_magic.htm.
He wrote:
What little we have heard thus far makes no sense when
attributed to a divine revelation. However, it makes perfect sense when we view the
Qur’an in the context of a self-aggrandizement scheme—the self-justification of
the Tahannuth. If I’m right and Khadija was trying to proselytize Muhammad, recruit
him into her Profitable Prophet Plan, what do you suppose she’d do next? Get someone
“religious” to validate her claim, perhaps? Yes indeed. Let’s return to the
Hadith. Bukhari:V1B1N3 “Khadija
then took Muhammad to Waraqa bin Naufal. He was the son of Khadija’s uncle [and the
brother of a sorceress]. He was the only man in town who had embraced Christianity in the
pre-Islamic Days of Ignorance. He used to write the writing with Hebrew letters. He would
write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished him to write. He was very old and
had lost his eyesight.
“Khadija told Waraqa, ‘Listen to the story of your nephew, my
cousin!’ Waraqa asked, ‘Nephew, what have you seen?’ Muhammad described
whatever he had seen. Waraqa said, ‘This is the same one who keeps the secrets whom
Allah had sent to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your
people would expel you!’ Muhammad asked, ‘Will they drive me out?’ Waraqa
replied, ‘Yes, anyone who came with something similar to what you have brought was
treated with hostility.’ A few days later, Waraqa died and the divine inspiration was
paused for a long while.”
Ishaq tells us that Khadija went alone to Waraqa. Ishaq:107 “When she related to him what Muhammad told her he had seen
and heard, Waraqa cried, ‘Holy! Holy! If you have spoken the truth, Khadija [And what
are the chances of that?], there has come unto him the Namus, the spirit who appeared long
ago to Moses. Tell Muhammad to be of good cheer, for he is to be the Prophet of his
people.’ So Khadija returned to her husband and told him what Waraqa had said. As a
result, his fears were somewhat calmed.”
Tabari’s account is presented in Muhammad’s voice: Tabari
VI:68 “Then she took me to Waraqa
and said, ‘Listen to your brother’s son.’ He questioned me and I told him
what had happened. He said, ‘This is the Namus [from the Greek word “law”]
which was sent down to Moses, son of Abraham….’” The dialog
repeats that found in Bukhari until this line, spoken by Muhammad: “The
first parts of the Qur’an to be revealed to me after Iqra were: ‘By the pen and
that which they write. You are not a madman. Yours will be a reward unfailing, and you are
of a great nature. You shall see and they shall see.” Muhammad’s
quotation is an incomplete variant of the 68th surah. But the Islamic scholars who have
reordered the Qur’an chronologically believe that the 68th was the fortieth surah
handed down, not the second. Montgomery Watt, the translator of this volume, agrees,
saying, “The 68th
surah was unlikely to be early, since it implies that Muhammad had been charged with being
a madman possessed by jinn.” This error by Muhammad at the very outset of his
Qur’anic career is horrendous. It means that even he couldn’t remember when his
“revelations” were given to him.
That aside, I have a bone to pick with Waraqa. Moses met directly with
Yahweh, not some cave-loving rascally spirit named Namus. Moses asked, “Whom should I
tell the Israelites is sending me?” My Bible says that God answered him directly and
said, “Yahweh,” which means “I Am.” In fact, the Bible never mentions
Allah, a word that means “oak tree” in Hebrew. And Yahweh’s name is
repeated 6,868 times—something that would be hard to miss if old Waraqa actually knew
Hebrew. But what did Waraqa know about this? It’s irrational to think someone would
translate the Gospels (which were written in Greek) into Hebrew, a dead language at the
time. Aramaic maybe. Or Arabic, if it existed in written form in Mecca, but not Hebrew.
Besides, Moses is chronicled in the Torah, not the Gospels—so it was the wrong book.
And Waraqa was the wrong guy to be translating the written word; he was
blind. But blind or not, the old man, a mere seventy-two hours from death, served
Khadija’s purpose. She used him to convince her fellow Meccans that Allah had a
messenger. Her man was the next Moses, a prophet to her people. So how does a new religion
spring to life on such shaky ground? If the facts are so obviously fallacious, how could
the revelation be truthful?
What I’m going to say next will appear scandalous at first blush.
I believe Muhammad murdered Waraqa. The Hanif was the most revered holy man in Mecca.
After Khadija had used him, he became a liability—someone who could and would profess
that Muhammad’s claims were untrue. When you finish Prophet of Doom and discover how
many men Muhammad assassinated for the same reason, I believe you’ll share my view.
Next we learn that even Khadija was troubled by Muhammad’s dark
adventure into the spirit world. Tabari VI:73/Ishaq:107 “‘Cousin, can you tell me when this visitor
comes to you?’ Muhammad replied, ‘Yes.’ She said, ‘Tell me then, when
he comes.’ Gabriel came to him as before, and Muhammad said, ‘Here is Gabriel
who has just come to me.’ She said, ‘Yes? Come, cousin, and sit by my left
thigh.’ He came, and she said, ‘Can you see him?’ ‘Yes.’
‘Move around and sit by my right thigh.’ He did so and she said, ‘Can you
see him?’ ‘Yes.’ She said, ‘Sit in my lap.’ He did so, and she
said, ‘Can you see him?’ He replied, ‘Yes.’ She was grieved, and flung
off her veil and disclosed her body while the Apostle was sitting in her lap.” Alternate
one says, “Khadija put the Messenger inside her shift
next to her body.” Alternate two proclaims: “I heard that she made the Apostle come inside her
shift.” Both end with: “Then she said, ‘Can you see him?’ ‘No.’
At that she said, ‘Rejoice cousin. By Allah, this spirit is an angel and not
Satan.’”
The implication is that the mystery spirit was an angel, not a devil,
because he was too modest to look upon an old woman’s body. But angels don’t
lust, and pre-Islamic women didn’t wear veils. Yet in fairness, Khadija was a
sixty-year-old desert dweller—a peek under her shift might have frightened the Devil.
Khadija wasn’t the only one who couldn’t see Muhammad’s
shy spirit. Bukhari:V4B54N440 “The
Prophet said, ‘Aisha, this is Gabriel. He sends his greetings and salutations to
you.’ Aisha replied, ‘Salutations and greetings to him.’ Then addressing
the Prophet she said, ‘You see what I don't see.’” And he
would have been hard to miss. Bukhari:V4B54N455 “The Prophet informed us that he had seen
Gabriel and he had 600 wings.”
The identity of Muhammad’s dark spirit aside, there was another
nagging problem—radio silence. There were no visions, dreams, demonic encounters, or
wrestling matches—nothing for nearly three long years. The menacing cave critter was
nowhere to be found. Every day Muhammad went to visit the spirit at the Ka’aba but
the mighty Allah couldn’t even muster a simple “howdy,” or
“read,” or whatever rocks are inclined to say when their pen pals stop by for a
visit. It was embarrassing. He was a messenger without a message. Anguished, Muhammad
contemplated suicide a second time. So what do you think happened next? Right you are:
ProphetVision.
Muslim:C74B1N304/Bukhari:V4B54N461 “While talking about the period of pause in revelation, the
Prophet said, ‘While I was walking, all of a sudden I heard a voice. I looked and saw
the angel who had visited me at the cave sitting on a chair in the sky. I got scared of
him and ran back home and said, “Wrap me in blankets, Khadija.” And then Allah revealed the Verses of the Qur’an to me.
‘O Muhammad, the shrouded one, wrapped up in garments, arise and warn the people
against the Lord’s Punishment, and abandon the idols.’ [This candidate for
revelation number two is a divergent recital of Qur’an 74:1.] After this the
revelation started coming strongly, frequently, and regularly.”
The second revelation is found in the 93rd surah, not the 74th. It
speaks specifically of the multi-year hiatus in divine inspiration. How are we supposed to
believe anything Islam’s prophet says when he can’t keep his own story straight?
Further, there are two “enwrapped” surahs, not one, and neither is consistent
with Muhammad’s recollection. Besides, if Gabriel was sitting on the floating chair,
why did Muhammad run home? We’re told that he was suicidal because Gabriel was
nowhere to be found. He shows up and his messenger flees? No way. And if it really were
Gabriel, why do we have to leave Mecca and endure ninety surahs before we’re
introduced to the alleged source of these recitals? The Qur’an’s legitimacy is
entirely dependant upon its source.
Then it gets worse. We are asked to believe that Allah, who has been
too busy being the top dog of the Ka’aba to chat with our hero, finally tracks the
panicked prophet down. He tells a grown man, hiding under the covers, that he wants him to
go out and warn people. And why is Allah so angry? Why does he need to punish all the
little blood clots? He and his prophet are just getting warmed up. We haven’t even
been introduced. If this is God speaking, why doesn’t Muhammad know his name?
Remember, all of the early surahs use the title “Lord.” And when the spirit
finally gets around to introducing himself, he says that he’s Ar-Rahman.
Maybe we’ve got the story wrong. Let’s check out another
Hadith to be sure. Muslim:B1N307/Tabari VI:74 “I asked Abu Salama what was revealed first from the Qur’an. He
said: ‘The shrouded one enveloped in the cloak.’ But I knew better and said:
‘Wasn’t it “Recite?”’ Jabir said: ‘I am telling to you what
the Messenger told me. He said: “I stayed in the cave for one month and when my stay
was completed, I came down and went into the valley. Somebody called me. I looked but I
did not see anybody. I was again called but saw nothing. I raised my head, and there on
the Throne in the atmosphere he was sitting. I began to tremble because I was afraid of
him.’ These were [Caliph] Uthman’s words, but the correct version is, ‘I
was terror-stricken by him. Then I came to Khadija and they threw water on me and Allah
sent down this: ‘You who are shrouded, arise and deliver a warning, your Lord
magnify, your clothes cleanse.’”’” At this point all
we know for certain is that Muhammad was a pathological liar, he had a poor memory, he was
depressed and suicidal, and that he claimed to be demon possessed.
Maududi, one of the most famous Qur’an commentators, explains: “After this first Revelation, no Revelation came down to the
Prophet for quite some time. The long suspension was such a period of deep grief and
distress for him that he started going early to the tops of the mountains to throw himself
down from them. But whenever he stood on the edge of a peak, the Angel Gabriel would
appear and tell him that he was Allah’s Prophet. This would console him and restore
his peace of mind.” As the author of an esteemed Qur’an
commentary, I have elected to place his comments in bold to clearly distinguish orthodox
Islamic thought from my own.
The Hadith upon which this embarrassing confession is found proves that
Islam’s lone prophet was suicidal. Tabari VI:76
“The inspiration ceased to come to the Messenger for a
while, and he was deeply grieved. He began to go to the tops of mountain crags, in order
to fling himself from them; but every time he reached the summit of a mountain, Gabriel
appeared to him and said to him, ‘You are Allah’s Prophet.’ Thereupon his
anxiety would subside and he would come back to himself.” Muhammad
explains: “I was walking one day when I saw the angel
who used to come to me at Hira. I was terror-stricken by him.” If he
was comforted by Gabriel every time he wanted to commit suicide, why did his image terrify
him? Why didn’t the spirit impart a message if he met with his messenger on these
occasions? And why are none of these encounters mentioned in the Qur’an?
Let’s open our Qur’ans to the 73rd surah and see what
Islam’s spirit had to say. 073.001 “O you who have been wrapped in your garments! Who said,
‘Cover me, cover me. I’m afraid of the angel.’ Keep watch all night except
a little. And recite the Qur’an as it ought to be recited, in slow, measured rhythmic
tones. Surely We will soon entrust you with Our weighty Word. Surely the night is the most
devout way when the soul is most receptive and the words most telling. During the day you
already have a busy schedule, an occupation with ordinary business duties.”
Muhammad’s spirit friend wants him to spend the night reciting the Qur’an. Since
eighty words have been revealed thus far, that’s a pace of eight words an hour. But
that is trivial compared to nocturnal devotion. The Qur’an was revealed in darkness,
and