So, I read the Quran. I read the story of Muhammad. Now, I could be very wrong and stupid to perceive what I did the way I did.(feel free to call me wrong and stupid.) But What I read basically said that Muhammad was a rich and powerful young man who traveled a lot. He was very fond of Christianity and Judaism. He was a follower of both religions. One day he comes scurrying out the woods saying an angel of God told him a new prophecy that rules Jesus out as the Son of Man. No miracles, no proof. Just the advantage of his majesty that if you don’t believe this you will be stoned to death or beheaded. (That still works today in the middle east). I don’t think he way lying about the angel telling him the prophecy, only I don’t believe It was an angel sent by God. Please tell me what I’m missing.
I know how honest Muhammad was. That’s why I said I don’t believe he was lying about the prophecy. Only I think he was manipulated by an angel of the darkness. He actually died a Christian, little do people know.
I highly doubt if Muhammad would have made people slaves only to gain power. He was only doing what he was believed to be right. If "God" or an "angel" actually spoke to me or you (before we knew about schizophrenia) we would have most likely believed it to be true.
I said I read the Quran. I didn’t say I got my facts from it. The prophet Muhammad is a historical figure.
I didn’t say I don’t believe it because it goes against my religion. I didn’t even say I had a religion. I wasn’t being literal when I said "woods". And the prophecy DID SO say that men where to be slaves. So interested? READ CAREFULLY.
And Muhammad was a rich 12 year old.
Tell Satan I said *u*k you.
The Prophet Muhammad, Peace and Blessings be upon Him, was not rich and powerful as you claim. Rather the Tribe He was from are powerful and a prominent Tribe. They are called the Quraysh.
You probably got confused somewhere. His first wife, Lady Khadija (May God raise her exalted rank) was a wealthy business woman and had a high status among the people. She hired the Prophet to work for her in doing trades. Usually the "rich and powerful" dont need to work and make money.
And He was never fond of christianity or judaism. You probably meant that He was fond of Prophets Moses and Jesus (peace and blessings be upon them). All Prophets taught Islam. All of their beliefs were the same but some of their rules differed slightly. The Law of the most recent Messenger is the only valid one to follow. Each time a Messenger came with a new Book or Law, then that Law abrogates the Previous Laws or Books.
The Prophet Muhammad was Muslim all His life. He did not follow 2 religions. How can someone follow 2 religions? Seriously, that would not make sense. People back then used to worship idols like statues, Jesus, rocks, sun, moon, stars, etc. but the all the Prophets rejected these fake "gods" and all the Prophets throughout their whole lives believed in God, Who is One without a Partner, The Eternal and Everlasting, the Creator of everything, Who is not similar or like any of His creations. They never had doubt in this.
Muhammad was 40 years old when He first recieved revelations. He is known to be illiterate. Majority of the people of that time and place were illiterate.
The Angel Gabriel was a Messenger to the Messengers. His duty is to convey the Messege to the Prophets. The Holy Qur’an was revealed in parts and not all at once. The Holy Qur’an is a miracle in itself. Of course it says Jesus is not the so – called son of man. It teaches the truth about Prophet Jesus. All the Prophets taught that God is not a man, a light, a spirit or anything created. He is not comparable to His creations in any way. He exists without a place and is not bound by directions or time. He is not in the "7th heaven" as alot of people falsely claim. If that was so, then He would be a creature with a form or body and limitations and every creation has needs and is subject to change. God is clear of having these attributes and He is clear of any imperfection and weaknesses. The one who needs something is imperfect and the imperfect does not deserve to be worshipped.
The Prophet Muhammad had thousands of miracles. The Holy Qur’an was just one of them. The Prophet challenged the people to come up with at least one verse like it, just one verse and the people failed. Their were some people at the time who are masters of the language and poetry and they themselves failed. Some even become Muslim after seeing the beauty, the eloquence, language of the Qur’an. Information that was recently discovered in early parts of the 20th century were present in The Qur’an which was revealed in the 7th century. And He had many more miracles. All the Prophets had miracles to convince the people that they are Highly Righteous servants of God and take heed to their Messege.
You said :
" Just the advantage of his majesty that if you don’t believe this you will be stoned to death or beheaded. (That still works today in the middle east)."-
If that was true, there wouldnt have been jews or christians living amongst the muslims even when the Prophet was there. In fact, jews and christians had to flee spain which was christian ruled at the time. They were treated harsh and unjust. SO guess where they fled to?
The ottoman empire. Muslim ruled Ottoman empire.
