The Truth about Muhammad - 1

(Was Muhammad a prophet of God?)

Rashid Alamir

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This booklet is dedicated to all Muslims worldwide

“May the Truth set you free………….” (John 8:32)

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 Table of Contents

Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 5
The Islamic Scriptures....................................................................................................... 11
The Quran...................................................................................................................... 11
Problems with Muhammad’s Quran ............................................................................. 12
The Sunnah.................................................................................................................... 16
How the Quran was revealed to Muhammad .................................................................... 20
Muhammad’s Suicide Attempts ........................................................................................ 27
Is there a logical Explanation? ...................................................................................... 29
Where does this all lead to?........................................................................................... 35
References ......................................................................................................................... 37
Our other E-books ............................................................................................................. 38
About Rashid Alamir ........................................................................................................ 39

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 Introduction

Islamic scholars lie to Muslims and non-Muslims alike by describing

Muhammad as the most noble man to set foot on earth. They claim that
Muhammad was the perfect role model for all time; a model of Truthfulness
and Trustworthiness. And all Muslims and non-Muslims believe these lies.
Many nominal Christians are converting to Islam thinking that Muhammad
was a great and holy man. All these lies should be exposed and brought to
light. Christians and Muslims should get to know the real Muhammad of
Islam as described in the Islamic Sunnah.

Muslims are commanded in the Quran to take Muhammad as their model,

and therefore Muhammad is considered the perfect and divinely endorsed
role model. Since the words and deeds of Muhammad are only found in the
Sunnah, it is important that the Muslims read the Sunnah. But most Muslims
hardly read the Sunnah. They believe whatever has been told to them by
their Imam.

The reason Muslims blindly believe what has been told to them is because
they have never read the Sunnah, the writings on the deeds of Muhammad,
the self proclaimed Islamic prophet. The Truth about Muhammad is told in
the Sunnah. The Problem with Muslims is that they are totally incapable of
thinking for themselves. No Muslims will ever challenge the Quran or
question the integrity of Muhammad. And there lies the cause of all problems
in Islam.

Take the vital question of Muhammad and his best selling book, the Quran.
Ask Muslims what is the proof of Muhammad’s prophet hood? Without
battling an eye lid they will say, the Quran. Then ask them, what is the proof
of the divinity of the Quran? The Muslims will reply God’s final and most
important prophet, Muhammad. Did you get the catch in the replies? The
proof of the Quran is Muhammad and the proof of Muhammad is the Quran.
And it was Muhammad who gave the Quran. This is circular reasoning and
leads to nowhere. You can I can come with a book which says the same
thing. It only goes to prove that Muhammad and his Quran are fake and not
of any divine origin. But Muslims who are habitually brainwashed with Islam
will not find any problem with such reasoning.

The fact is for hundreds of years Islam remained hidden from the civilized
world. Though many Non-Muslims came in contact with the Quran and other
Islamic scriptures, none took the trouble of exploring Islam to find its true
nature. Jews, Christians and other non-Muslims accepted whatever fables
were spread by the Muslims about Islam and Muhammad. But this has
started changing in the last 25 years. More and more non-Muslims have
started digging into the Islamic scriptures to find the truth about Muhammad,
Islam and Allah.

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And the truth has been devastating to Muslims and of much concern to the
non-Muslims. Muhammad has not been a blessing to Mankind as Islamic
preachers preach but the biggest curse that can ever befall mankind. A brief
reading of the Islamic scriptures will make this amply clear.

Muhammad was driven by only three things - A deep greed for wealth, a
desire to be known as a prophet by hook or by crook and lust for woman.
Each and every deed of his was ultimately to satisfy these three
Muhammedan desires. We will explore each one of his deeds as given in the
Islamic Sunnah to find out the true nature of this man, whom Muslims claim
to be blessing for the entire human race.

However there are many Muslims who have read the Sunnah and are aware
of Muhammad’s misdeeds. These Muslims deny the Sunnah entirely. They
call themselves the Quran only Muslims. The Sunnah depicts Muhammad
as a bandit, a pirate and a rapist. No wonder these knowledgeable Muslims
deny the Sunnah. But unfortunately for them as you will see in the next
section The Islamic Scriptures, the Sunnah is the heart of Islam; the Sunnah
gives meaning to the otherwise useless Quran. Without the Sunnah, Islam
has no meaning.
Ask any Muslims what was Muhammad’s profession? They will tell you that
he was a trader. Well that is partly true. Muhammad was a trader before he
married Khadija his first wife. What about after marriage?

In his childhood, Muhammed briefly worked as a shepherd and made a few

business trips on behalf of his ‘soon to be wife’ Khadija. After his marriage he
stopped working and roamed aimlessly around the city of Mecca. The Sunnah
narrates that he even visited some caves. In one of these caves he
encountered the spirit that revealed the Quran to him. After the death of his
wife, when Muhammad ran out of Khadija’s wealth, he took to looting,
kidnapping and slave trading and when he moved to Medina, he became a
professional mobster.

Muhammad’s eternal profession was looting innocent caravans and

settlements, killing the man, raping the captured woman for 2-3 days, and
then selling the captured woman and children in the slave markets for
money. Yes, Muhammad was a professional bandit and a slave trader. And
his business was blessed by none other than Allah who legalized the captured
wealth and woman (called booty in the Quran) for the enjoyment of Muslims.
It is all very well detailed in the Sahih (Authentic) Sunnah collections of Al-
Bukhari, Al-Tabari, Ibn Ishaq and Imam Muslim. Read it. If you are a Muslim
reading this material, then you should have a double reason for reading the
Sunnah. Because where you and your decedents will spend eternity will
depend on this.

Muslims would also tell you that Muhammad had an undying love for Khadija
and this helped him to refuse to marry any other woman until her death.
The truth is Muhammad married Khadija not for love but because of her
money. Khadija who was very wealthy married Muhammad because

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Muhammad was a handsome man in his youth. So on both sides the reason
for marriage was the gratification of the flesh. Muhammad lived on his wife’s
money and during her lifetime would not dare to marry any other woman
fearing the wrath of his wife.

Some Muslims even argue that Muhammad was an advocate of women's

rights. This is laughable. We will come to his feminist qualities later on, but it
enough for you to know that Muhammad was the killer of woman rights.
During his lifetime he ravished several women captured during the raids and
degraded woman to the worst extent possible. The very Quran which
Muhammad revealed to the world describes woman as “fields ready to be
ploughed by man whom man should plough whenever they can” (Quran
2:223). We will discuss in detail later on what Muhammad thought of woman.

Many Muslim Scholars who are aware of Muhammad’s raids defend all of
Muhammad’s actions by claiming that they were necessary to promote Islam.
They try to believe (and attempt to make others believe) that it was
necessary for Muhammed to fight with disbelievers, precisely those unclean
polytheists in order to establish Islam. These battles are projected as wars of
self defence. And most Muslims and some non-muslims too fall for this trick.
That is why I am saying examine the evidence for yourself. Read the
Sunnah. The Sunnah collections of Bukhari and the History of Islam by Tabari
are available in most government libraries as bound volumes. Read them
there if you do not own a copy of them personally.

Consider the Muslim excuse that Muhammad’s raids were necessary to

promote Islam. Can this be considered as a valid excuse for raiding a
settlement? Consider you are going on a vacation with your family. In a dark
alley, a bunch of hoodlums stop your car. They kill you and your son; steal
you car and belongings and rape your wife and sell her to a brothel. The chief
of the hoodlums who is 60 years old has developed a liking for you teenage
daughter. He rapes her and then marries her in true hoodlum’s ceremony.
Years later this group has developed into a huge mafia sort of gang. And
followers of this mafia group defend all the atrocities they did earlier by
saying that they were required for the formation of the mafia group. Will you
buy this argument? And yet this is the very thing that Muhammad and his
henchman did. Every time they raided a caravan/settlement they killed the
able bodied man, raped the woman (Sometimes Muhammad liked a teenage
woman and kept her as his wife after raping her) and then sold the woman
into slavery. It is all very nicely given in the Islamic Sunnah.

Coming to the main topic, the Muhammadan raids/fights were not aimed to
abolish polytheism and establish Islam as Muslims scholars teach. The raids
committed by Muhammed had one simple purpose - robbing? Let’s read one
of the hadiths to find the truth.

Narraeted Yahya: “Aisha said: A man from the polytheists accompanied the
Prophet to fight with him. He said Go back. We do not want any help from a
polytheist.” (2276, Sunan Abu Dawud)

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Strange! Do you see the problem? Muhammed supposedly fought with
polytheists, yet one of those polytheists wanted to accompany the prophet.
Though Muhammed refused to take the guy with him, why should a
polytheist dare to ask? Obviously, Muhammed’s adventures had nothing to
do with preaching Islam or subduing polytheists, but making money from the
raid. That’s why the polytheist wanted to join Muhammed and make some
easy money.

Most Muslims claim and believe a myth - ‘Muhammed only fought defensive
wars; he never harmed anyone unless he was attacked.’ Surprisingly, the
hadiths, Quran and Sirat Rasul Allah repeatedly prove otherwise. Here are a
few examples from Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasullah, out of many incidents.

“THE RAID ON WADDAN WHICH WAS HIS FIRST RAID: ….until he reached
Waddan, which is the raid of al-Abwa…” (page 281).

“THE RAID ON BUWAT: …Then the apostle went raiding in the month of
Rabiul-Awwal making for Quraish…” (285).

“THE RAID ON SAFAWAN, WHICH IS THE FIRST RAID OF BADR: The apostle
stayed only a few nights, less than ten, in Medina when he came back from
raiding Al-‘Ushayra….(286)

“THE RAID ON B.SULAYMAN IN AL-KUDR: The apostle stayed only seven

nights in Medina before he himself made a raid against B.Sulayman…” (360).

“THE RAID OF DHU AMARR: When the apostle returned from the raid of al-
Sawiq he stayed in Medina for the rest of Dhu’l-Hijja, or nearly all of it. The
he raided Najd…..” (362).

For those of you Muslims what is a raid, it is an armed robbery. Its sole
intention is to loot people. Muhammad was a master at that craft.

It is also important to know that Muhammed did not go out and fight with the
unbelievers; rather, his companions did most of the ugly work. However,
Muhammed had a responsibility to make sure that looted wealth was equally
distributed. He merely charged one-fifth of the looted goods, known as
Khumas, for his service, which of course was a sizable amount for his living.

Obviously, handy-dandy Allah was very helpful in legalizing the robbing

business. Muhammed, in fact, made his Allah involved in it, and had him
declare in the Quran,

“And know that whatever ye take as spoils of war, lo! a fifth thereof is for
Allah, and for the messenger…” (Quran 8:41).

“That which Allah giveth as spoil unto His messenger from the people of the
townships, it is for Allah and His messenger…” (Quran 59:7).

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Is it not amazing how Allah asked for his share of booty? How the heck a
god, supposedly an all merciful god, would do with the booty is the question.
It’s not only the Quran, but several Ahadith also confirm how Muhammed
took it upon himself to distribute the looted wealth.

“Abd Allah b. Amr said: When the Apostle of Allahs (May peace be upon him)
gained a booty he ordered Billal to make a public announcement. He made a
public announcement, and when the people brought their booty, he would
take a fifth and divide it…..”(2706, Sunan Abu Dawud).

Muhammed, as Muslims argue, fought defensive wars, meaning he only

combated to save his precious life. Yet he earned booty without a fight.
Apparently, enemies of Muhammed attacked him maliciously, but brought
their wealth with them, and delivered it to Muhammed upon defeat. They
even rewarded Muhammed with their own wives and children to become
slaves, while Muhammed was busy saving his life. Such belief, though, seem
absurd to any sane person. Muslims and the non-Muslims who are itching to
sacrifice themselves as dhimnies desperately cling to this kind of fallacy.

Let’s look at one of his defensive wars. At the end of Muhammed’s life, he
invaded Khyber where the Jewish tribe B. al-Nadr lived, and Kinana b. al-
Rabi was the custodian of all the treasures that the tribe had. When inquired
by the prophet of Islam, being a responsible person, he refused to disclose
the whereabouts of the treasure. Ibn Ishaq reports in Sirat Rasul Allah,

“When he asked him about the rest he refused to produce it, so the apostle
gave orders to al-Zubayr b. al-Awwam, ‘Torture him until you extract what
he has,’ so he kindled a fire with flint and steel on his chest until he was
nearly dead…” (Ishaq 515) .

Tabari, another famous historian, describes the same event with more
details:

“...the Messenger of God gave orders concerning him to al-Zubayr b. al-

Awwam, saying, ‘Torture him until you root out what he has.’ Al-Zubayr kept
twirling his fire stick in his breast until Kinanah almost expired...” (Tabari
123).

Oddly, the prophet of Islam knew when the world would fall apart, and he
had the ability to split the moon, yet he did not know where the treasure was
hidden. Besides his inability, he did not hesitate to order torturing an
innocent person. So much for defensive war!

In this series on Muhammad, we will discuss each and every unique deed
that Muhammad did. We will see how Muhammad was not a prophet but the
most evil man who ever lived. But before that we need to know about the
Islamic scriptures considered authentic and holy by Muslims. In evaluating
Muhammad, we will consider only these authentic scriptures held sacred by

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Muslims. Without a firm knowledge of the Islamic scriptures you would not
be able to understand much about Islam and their beliefs.

So let’s start……..

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 The Islamic Scriptures

Muhammad and the formation of Islam are completely unknown to secular

history. There is no mention of Muhammad anywhere in world history written
by Historians. Whatever we know about Muhammad today solely comes from
the Islamic sources.

Islamic Scriptures come in three flavors. Firstly there is the Quran. Then
there is the Sunnah (Islamic Traditions). And lastly we have the Hadiths.
Hadiths are reports and anecdotes of Muhammad from the mouth of his
wives, disciples and companions. Each Hadith features chains of reporters
(called isnad’s). The Sunnah comprises of authenticated Hadiths. That is the
Sunnah Hadiths have been traced via the isnad’s directly to Muhammad. In
this section we will concentrate only on the Quran and the Sunnah since they
are reliable source of information on Muhammad.

Muslims believe that the Quran is quite literally the Word of Allah, whereas
the Sunnah was inspired by Allah but the wording and actions are
Muhammad’s. This is the primary difference between the two flavors. Let us
check them out.

The Quran

Muhammad and his Quran are the center point of Islam. Muslims practically
worship Muhammad and his book. What Jesus Christ is to Christianity is the
Quran to Islam. Muslims claim that the Quran is the uncorrupted word of
Allah devoid of all errors. They argue that the Quran has not been expressed
using any human words. Its wording is letter for letter fixed by Allah.

The Quran is made up of 114 surahs (chapters) arranged in descending order

of length. Muslims claim that these surahs were allegedly revealed to
Muhammad by the angel Gabriel over a period of 20 years. The surahs are
differently named. For instance the 2nd Surah is named “The Cow” (al-
Baqarah), the 8th, “The Spoils of War” (al-Anfal) and the 54th, The Moon (al-
Qamar). Each surah is divided into verses called as ayat (singular ayah).
There are in total around 6600 verses in the Quran. Overall it is a very small
book. Formatted like the Bible, it is slightly smaller than the New Testament.

There are a number of English translations of the Quran. The Quran is named
according to the name of the person who has translated the Quran to
English. Hence we have Yusuf Ali Quran, Noble Quran, Pickthall Quran, the
Ahmed Ali Quran, Shakir Quran and so on. The texts of these Quran’s differ
slightly due to the different translations by the different translators (just like
in the case of the Bible).

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Problems with Muhammad’s Quran

While Muslims claim that the Quranic texts is word to word fixed by Allah and
proclaim it as a miracle from Muhammad, even a cursory reading of the
Quran exposes this myth. Let me explain what I mean.

The Quran claims for itself that it is "mubeen" or "clear" and written in pure
Arabic and Muslims will tell you so (actually lie to you). But the fact is that
roughly one fifth of Quran does not make sense in any language. In other
words, a fifth of the Quranic text is just incomprehensible. This means that
out of the 6600 Quranic verses, approximately 1200-1300 verses are
completely beyond the understanding of man. In Quran 3:7, Allah claims that
only he can understand them. That is not the end of it all. In the entire
Quran in total only 700 verses can be understood in their entirety. The rest
are partly understandable or are open ended leaving a lot to guesswork and
resulting in chaos and confusion for most Muslims who have the capability to
understand the Quran.

And this is what has caused the traditional anxiety regarding translation. If
the Quran is not comprehensible - if it can't even be understood in Arabic -
then it's not translatable. Mullahs and Islamic Scholars fear that. And since
the Quran claims repeatedly to be clear but obviously is not - as even
speakers of Arabic will tell you – Muslims do not want it translated out of the
religious Arabic it is written in. At most it can only be by hearted like a parrot
and that is what most Muslims are doing without actually understanding it.

The Quran reminds readers that it is "A Quran in Arabic, for people who
understand." Despite its repeated assertions to the contrary, however, the
Quran is often extremely difficult for contemporary readers - even highly
educated speakers of Arabic - to understand. One of the reasons is that the
Quran is written in a highly oldish form of Arabic which seems nice to hear
but it is very difficult to understand just like old Shakespearian English. Many
Muslims claim that this lack of understandibility as a divine miracle of Allah.
The actual fact is that Muslims are so blinded by faith that they can see
Miracles everywhere in the Quran.

Some more educated Muslims claim that Arabic is a very complex, artistic
and poetical language by nature! A single word can have a host of
meanings. So the Quran cannot be understood by even educated Arabs. I
refute their reasoning. The Torah is written in Hebrew, a language much
more complex and refined than Arabic. And yet the Torah has been
completely translated to English without loss of meaning by Jewish Rabbi’s.
What is stopping the Arabic Scholars from translating it from Arabic?

The reason for the Quranic lack of understandability is simple. It is not of

divine origin but was written by Arab Bedouins. One fifth of the Quran does
not make sense in any language. Many times there are dramatic shifts in
style, voice, and subject matter from verse to verse. Sometimes there is no
co-relation at all between two verses of a Surah. Their subject matter and

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style of presentation differ widely. Adjoining Surahs have no relationship at
all. The Quran lacks intelligent transitions between verses and also between
surahs. The best way to imagine the Quran is that some individuals wrote the
verses without numbering the pages and then they got blown away due to
the desert wind. These verses were collected together by some other
individual and joined to give rise to the Quran.

The inconsistencies in the Quran are extremely easy to find. God may be
referred to in the first and third person in the same sentence; divergent
versions of the same story are repeated at different points in the text; divine
rulings occasionally contradict one another. It defends these contradictions
by asserting the right to abrogate its own message ("God doth blot out or
confirm what He pleaseth") thereby proving that the God of Islam is a
whimsical fool who cannot make up his mind (or an Arabic Bedouin
depending on which you choose to believe).

Anyone who has read the Bible as well as the Quran will see the superiority
of the Bible over the Quran (unless you are intellectually blind). The Bible
claims to be inspired by God but written by Man while the Quran
claims that its every letter is fixed by Allah. So we would expect the
Quran to be far more superior to the Bible. But this is not so. Infact the
opposite is the case.

And that was just the appetizer. Let’s proceed to the main course about the
Quranic problems.

Another important things to note is the tone of the Quran. The Quran was
revealed in two phases – at Mecca thereby called the Meccan surahs and
then at Yathrib (present day Medina) called the Median surahs. The Meccan
surahs were revealed earlier to the hijra to Medina. The Meccan surahs by
and large preach peace and tolerance while the Median surahs are extremely
intolerant of other religions. When Muslims show you tolerant verses like,

“There is no compulsion in religion” (Quran 2:256)

Or

“Bring forth your argument, if ye are telling the truth” (Quran 2:64)

or Quranic verses affectionately calling Christians and Jews the people of the
book, be assured that they are purposely deceiving you. According to the
Quranic concept of abrogation or cancellation of the verses, most of the
peaceful verses in the Quran were considered "Mansuch' or cancelled by the
violent ones. Muslims know that but are purposely lying to you to save their
face.

All the peaceful verses in the Quran were revealed at Mecca when
Muhammad did not have an army at his disposal. A few years after the hijra
to Medina when Muhammad raised a army and accumulated a lot of wealth
by robbing innocent citizens through raids, he spewed up the violent Quranic
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verses which command Muslims to wage war and murder non-Muslims or
convert them to Islam either through marriage (for woman) or by force (for
men).

Since Muhammad could not remember many of the Quranic verses which he
had cooked up earlier (See Tabari I:299) he came up with a noble doctrine.
If a later Quranic verse contradicted a Quranic verse earlier revealed, then
that old verse was cancelled out by the new verse. This principle of Islam is
called as Abrogation and is one of the most important principles of Islam.
Though Abrogation is a fundamental principle of Islam, most Muslim scholars
have trouble pinpointing which are the exact verses abrogated in the Quran.
Each Muslim scholar will have a different list of verses abrogated.

Abrogation means to annul or cancel something with appropriate or legal

authority. The concept of "abrogation" in the Quran is that Allah chose to
reveal ayat (singular ayah – means a sign or miracle, commonly a verse in
the Quran) that supercede earlier ayat in the same Quran. The central ayah
that deals with abrogation is Surah 2:106,

None of Our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten, but We

substitute something better or similar: Knowest thou not that Allah Hath
power over all things? (Quran 2:106)

Of course people who think with their brains will struggle with the question of
how an eternal revelation of God could have such time-bound revelation in it.
It seemed at odds with the nature of God – the all-knowing, all-wise, creator
and sustainer of the universe; the eternal, self-existent one. But for muslims
such things do not count. They are totally brain dead when it comes to the
Islamic scriptures and will never question its integrity and numerous
contradictions.

Even among Muslims scholars there is total confusion as to what abrogation

covers. Most Muslim scholars hold to the concept that some ayahs in the
Quran abrogate other ayahs in the Quran. (But all of them do not hold to the
same set of abrogated and abrogating ayahs). Other Muslim scholars are of
the opinion that the Quran abrogates the Quran as well as the Sunnah (deed
or example of Muhammad). Some Muslim scholars hold that the Quran
abrogates all the previous scriptures, specifically the Torah and the Bible.
And some Muslim scholars, especially of recent times do not believe in the
concept of abrogation at all even though it is clearly indicated in the Quran
and the Sunnah.

The issue of abrogation is a very serious problem for the Quran and its claim
of divine origin. Which God could be so flimsy in mind that he had to change
his commandments? Note that the Quran was revealed to one person
Muhammad over a period of twenty years only. Yet according to some
Muslim scholars, more than 260 verses of the Quran have been abrogated
while many others claim only 5 verses have been abrogated. Compare that
to the Bible which was written down by around 40 authors over a period of

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1300 years and yet have none of its verses abrogated. The Question that
now arises is, Was Muhammad Lying? Or had God gone Nuts?

The problems with abrogation in the Quran is twofold. Firstly if the Quran is
the actual Word of God, then it is eternal and, is thus incapable of change.
The abrogation problem suggests that the Quran was created, and cannot be
the uncreated Word of God. Secondly if the Quran is the Word of God, it
should be perfect and no verse can be superior to another. Yet we find the
Quranic abrogation principle explained in Quran 16:101, 13:39, 2;106, 87:6-
7 and in 17:86. I have dealt with the problem of abrogation in the Quran in
my book titled “Is the Quran the word of God?”. You can read it in detail over
there.

To counter the problem of Abrogation in the Quran, some Muslims have

chosen to deny it altogether. Unfortunately for these Muslims Quranic verses
Quran 16:101, 13:39, 2;106, 87:6-7 and in 17:86 render their arguments
mute. Abrogation is one of the most important principles of Islam and is
found in the Quran.

Another important thing about the Quran is that the Surahs are not in
chronological order (like in the Bible for instance). They are randomly placed
in the Quran. Going through the Quran is not as easy as going through the
Bible. The Bible is ordered chronologically. In the Bible Abraham precedes
Moses and succeeds Noah. Similarly Jesus comes in a later part of the Bible
compared to Jacob and Isaiah. It is not so in the Quran. Verses are arranged
randomly without any relation to the preceding or succeeding verses. What
this means is that the 2nd Surah may not be revealed earlier than the 8th
Surah or the 54th one. Similarly it is extremely difficult to make out the
context of most statements in the Quran. It requires the utmost sense of
duty and attention on the part of Muslims to plough through the Quran to
search for relevant verses.

The Quran contains numerous fables. It mentions trees, stones and clouds
that can speak (Quran 41:11). It narrates stories of mountains that have fear
(Quran 33:72). Another curiosity is the mythical beings known in Islam as
Jinn. Jinns are found only in Arabian mythology. The Islamic Sunnah says
that Jinn stand on top of each other's shoulders all the way up to heaven,
and listen to what is being discussed. (So how far up is heaven exactly?)
They then pass on this information to soothsayers and oracles (Sahih Bukhari
Volume 9, Number 650). The Quran says that the stars were created to
defend heaven from such eavesdroppers (Quran 37:6-8), as well as saying
that the stars are used as missiles (projectiles) to drive them away (Quran
67:5). Further it incorporates mythical characters into its stories. It mentions
some Hud, Salih, Shu'ayb, Luqman, and others as prophets of God whose
origins are found only in Arabian lore. Most Muslims pass right by these
fables without even thinking twice about these myths.

There are hundreds of inconsistencies and scientific and historical errors in

the Quran. According to the Quran, Solomon the son of David could

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understand the speech of Ants (Quran 27:18-19). If the Quran was really the
work of God then author would have been knowing that ants cannot talk nor
make sounds. They communicate through chemical trails and smell not
sound.

The Quran further says that Alexander the Great was a Muslim prophet who
went in search of the setting place of the sun, and saw it setting in a muddy
spring. (Quran 18:85-86)

The Quran explaining about embryonic development states that a blood clot
is turned to bone and then God "clothes the bones with flesh" (Quran 23:13-
14). This is outright wrong. It is scientific fact that living tissue forms first,
and then bones grow at a later time, and continue to gain strength (by
building calcium) for many years after birth. So much for the divine origin of
the Quran.

The Quran states that Allah created the sky in layers. He created seven
heavens, and decked the lowest heaven with lamps (Quran 67:3-5) and
adorned it with the beauty of the stars (Quran 37:6). The Quran also states
that the moon is within these seven heavens (Quran 71:15-16). If the stars
(lamps) are in the lowest heaven, they are either closer to the earth than the
moon, or are at an equal distance from the earth as the moon. This is a
glaring error in the Quran as the stars are much farther away than the moon.

The Quran also lacks context. At many places it is very difficult to make out
who is talking to whom or what Allah is saying in the Quran. To help Allah
with what he is saying Muslims translators have introduced a lot of missing
words in the Quran. When you pick up a copy of Quran and start reading it,
notice the words inserted in circular brackets. These are not there in the
original Arabic Quran. They have been introduced by the translators to help
Allah with his language.

All in all, I will say that the Quran is the most pathetic piece of scripture ever
written. It is for those who have never warmed a bench in a school.

The Sunnah

Truly it can be said that the Quran is practically useless. But luckily for the
Muslims the Sunnah comes to the aid of the Quran. The Sunnah is mostly
made up of Hadiths. Hadiths are reports and anecdotes of Muhammad from
the mouth of his wives, disciples and companions. Each Hadith references a
verse in the Quran and hence they are extremely important in deciphering
the Quran. Muslims believe that the Hadith is divinely inspired scripture
directly from Allah. Each Hadith features chains of reporters.

The Quran contains hundreds of commands ordering Muslims to obey

Muhammad, to believe in him, to follow his example and so on. And these
lifestyle examples and deeds of Muhammad are found in the Sunnah.

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To realize how important is the Sunnah and the Hadiths to Islam, realize that
the five pillars of Islam are nowhere found in the Quran. They are found in
the Sunnah. In addition each Hadith is tied to a verse in the Quran. Since the
Quran lacks context and chronology, the hadiths are extremely important in
deciphering the Quran. They give meaning to the practically useless Quran.
Without the hadith collections, it is virtually impossible to make sense out of
the Quran. It can correctly be said that without the hadiths, the Quran is not
fit to be even toilet paper.

Theoretically speaking there are a number of books which detail incidents

about the life of Muhammad and hence form the Sunnah. But practically all
Muslim scholars agree on a few sources as the authentic and most trusted
sources on the life of Muhammad. The rest of the Sunnah sources either are
expoundations of these sources or are ones having no historical basis i.e. The
chains of reporters mentioned in the hadiths cannot be traced to any of
Muhammad’s companions or disciples.

The most trusted and reliable Sunnah sources are the history of Islam by Al-
Tabari called the Tarikh al-rulul wal-muluk (or the Tarikh), the biography
of Muhammad by Ibn Ishaq called the Sirat Rasul Allah (or the Sira) and
the hadith collections of Sahih Bukhari, Imam Muslim and Ibn Saad. Almost
99% of the history of Islam and the life of Muhammad can be derived from
these five Sunnah sources.

The most sacred of the Sunnah sources for Muslims is the "Sahih Al-
Bukhari". It comes in nine volumes, and contains thousands of Hadiths. It is
accepted by all Muslims as the authentic words of Muhammad and ranks as
the most accepted book of Islam after the Quran.

However Sahih Bukhari consists of arbitrary hadiths without chronological

aspects. Fortunately for Muslims, there are two Sunnah sources that provides
the chronology and the context that Islam so badly needs. They are the Sira
and the Tarikh. These two books provide the chronology and the context that
the Quran and the hadith sources lack. They alone give the Islamic timeline
from pre-Islamic times to the conquest of the world by Muslims. Even though
Muslims theoretically consider the Quran and the Sahih Al-Bukhari as the two
most important books of Islam, it is the Sira and the Tarikh which are the
lifeblood of Islam. Without these two books, Islam has no history and no
chronology.

Ibn Ishaq’s Sira is the earliest written book on Islam, written some 120
years after the death of Muhammad. It provides the lone account of
Muhammad’s life and the formation of Islam. The Sira’s chronological
presentation is similar in style to the Christian Gospels and this makes it
extremely important. Sadly we do not have a original version of this book
today. The only edition of Ibn Ishaq which has survived till today is that
which was edited and abridged by Ibn Hisham some 50 years later. And in
his abridged copy, Hisham wrote that he was omitting text that was
detrimental to the spiritual health of the prophet (Muhammad) and would

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hurt certain people. In other words he sanitized the behavior of the prophet
and removed all references which would hurt the projection of Muhammad as
a prophet of God. Thus Ibn Hisham removed most of Muhammad’s immoral
behavior; behavior that would immediately show the world what a immoral
person Muhammad was. Similarly were removed many of the controversial
actions of Muhammad; deeds that would crucify Muhammad’s claims as a
prophet of God.

And that is why the history of Al-Tarbari is extremely important. Al-Tabari

had a copy of the Sira when he compiled his monumental works and used it
for reference. The history of Islam by Al-Tabari (also called the Tarikh) is the
most comprehensive and detailed history of Islam and life of Muhammad
written some 250-300 years after the death of Muhammad. His works are
compiled in a number of volumes and are available in most government
libraries. The History of al-Tabari is formatted like the Bible. It begins with
Islamic creation and ends with the acts of Muhammad’s companions. The
history is a compilation of Hadith quotes and Quran passages. Just like the
Sira, the history of Al-Tabari is also comprised mostly of Hadiths and is set
chronologically. These narrative and chronological Hadith are extremely
important and are required to provide the Quran with the context of
circumstance, time, and place that it otherwise lacks. Since the Sira has been
edited and sanitized by Ibn Hisham we are heavily reliant on Tabari’s Tarikh
for the oldest uncensored narrative of Muhammad’s words and deeds, his
god and religion.

The works of Imam Muslim “Sahih Muslim” contain hadith collections like
that of Bukhari. Bukhari compiled his massive work The True Traditions
which is consisted of ninety-five books or sections, about 220 years after the
death of Muhammad. Muslim published his Hadith collection some five or six
years later.”

Apart from these there are a few other sources which are also referenced by
Muslims. One of them is Waqidi’s Kitab al-Maghazi, a compilation of
Muhammad’s raids. It is one of the earliest books written on Muhammad
being written some 160 years after the death of Muhammad. While
interesting, Waqidi doesn’t help explain Islam as he focused on battles and
invasions. He doesn’t even venerate Muhammad as a prophet. A “mughazi” is
an Islamic raid or invasion inspired by Muhammad, so Waqidi’s work is only
valuable if one is looking to judge Muhammad’s skill as a raider or bandit, not
a prophet.

Another Sunnah book held sacred by Muslims is the Kitab at-Tabaqat al-
Kabir by Ibn S’ad. Even though this book is held as authentic by Islamic
Scholars, One of the things to notice in this book is that the portrait of
Islam’s prophet as depicted in this book is especially vulgar and immoral.

Other than these there were a number of hadith collections and biographies
of Muhammad written by Muslims. But Islamic scholars consider them as of
secondary value as compared with the ones mentioned above. The reason is

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that these works are not primary sources, as they are themselves based on
the sources mentioned above.

In conclusion I will say that Quran is regarded as deficient due to its lack of
context and chronological order. Ishaq’s Sira is the oldest and most reliable
source, but sadly it’s composed only of oral reports a century removed from
their authors. Islam’s most comprehensive history, the Tarikh was written
some two and half centuries after the death of Muhammad. Moreover,
Bukhari and Muslim are additive but their lack of historical grounding, their
late date, and their constant contradictions render them considerably less
valuable. But as bad as these are, they are the best Islam has to offer to
know the formation of Islam and the life of Muhammad. But the worst news
is that these most trusted of Islamic Scriptures do not depict Muhammad as
a prophet of God, but a ruthless murderer, pervert and money grabber. They
do not show him up as a holy man, but as a bandit leading over 70 robbery
raids, a rapist, a sexual offender, a pedophile and a man who spewed up
“Scripture” to serve his own interests.

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 How the Quran was revealed to Muhammad

Many people know that the Quran was revealed to Muhammad. But what
people don’t know is how it was revealed to Muhammad. Here are some
hadiths reports on the same.

Narrated 'Aisha:
(the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham asked Allah's
Apostle "O Allah's Apostle! How is the Divine Inspiration revealed to you?"
Allah's Apostle replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed) like the ringing of a
bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of all and then this state
passes off after I have grasped what is inspired. Sometimes the Angel
comes in the form of a man and talks to me and I grasp whatever he says.”
‘Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet being inspired Divinely on a
very cold day and noticed the sweat dropping from his forehead (as
the Inspiration was over). (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 1 Number 2)

Narrated 'Aisha: (the mother of the faithful believers):

The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the

form of good dreams which came true like bright day light, and then the love
of seclusion was bestowed upon him. He used to go in seclusion in the cave
of Hira where he used to worship (Allah alone) continuously for many days
before his desire to see his family. He used to take with him the journey food
for the stay and then come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food like-
wise again till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in the
cave of Hira. The angel came to him and asked him to read. The Prophet
replied, "I do not know how to read.

The Prophet added, "The angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me

so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and
again asked me to read and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.'
Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I
could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to
read but again 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, and then
released me and said, 'Read in the name of your Lord, who has created (all
that exists) has created man from a clot. Read! And your Lord is the Most
Generous." (Quran 96.1-3) Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration
and with his heart beating severely. Then he went to Khadija bint
Khuwailid and said, "Cover me! Cover me!" They covered him till his
fear was over and after that he told her everything that had
happened and said, "I fear that something may happen to me."
Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you. You keep
good relations with your Kith and kin, help the poor and the destitute, serve
your guests generously and assist the deserving calamity-afflicted ones."

Note the salient points of this transaction,

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1. An angel visits Muhammad who tortures him by squeezing him half to
death.

2. The angel strikes dread and fear in Muhammad, instead of comforting him.

3. Muhammad thinks something terrible has happened to him.

Here are some more hadiths which describe how the Quran was revealed to
Muhammad,

“Ubida b. Samit reported that when wahi (inspiration) descended upon

Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), he felt a burden on that
account and the colour of his face underwent a change.” (Sahih
Muslim, Book 030, Number 5766)

... Zaid said, "Ibn-Maktum came to the Prophet while he was dictating to me
that very Verse. On that Ibn Um Maktum said, "O Allah's Apostle! If I had
power, I would surely take part in Jihad." He was a blind man. So Allah sent
down revelation to His Apostle while his thigh was on mine and it
became so heavy for me that I feared that my thigh would be broken.
Then that state of the Prophet was over after Allah revealed "... except those
who are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.) (Quran 4.95) (Sahih Al-
Bukhari, Volume 4, Number 85)

“... on the authority of Abu Arwa al-Dawsi; he said: I witnessed the

revelation coming to the Prophet, may Allah bless him, while he was riding
his beast, it screamed and contracted its fore-legs, and I thought they
would break. Sometimes it sat and sometimes it stood up straightening its
fore-legs till the burden of the revelation was gone and the (Prophet) got
down from it like a string of pearl.” (Ibn Sa’d, Kitab Al-Tabaqat, page 228)

Narrated Safwan bin Ya'la bin Umaiya:

Ya'la used to say, "I wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the time he is being
inspired Divinely." When the Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana and was shaded by a
garment hanging over him and some of his companions were with him, a
man perfumed with scent came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What is your
opinion regarding a man who assumes Ihram and puts on a cloak after
perfuming his body with scent?" The Prophet waited for a while, and then the
Divine Inspiration descended upon him. 'Umar pointed out to Ya'la, telling
him to come. Ya'la came and pushed his head (underneath the screen which
was covering the Prophet) and behold! The Prophet's face was red and he
kept on breathing heavily for a while and then he was relieved.
Thereupon he said, "Where is the questioner who asked me about 'Umra a
while ago?" The man was sought and then was brought before the Prophet
who said (to him), "As regards the scent which you perfumed your body
with, you must wash it off thrice, and as for your cloak, you must take it off;
and then perform in your 'Umra all those things which you perform in Hajj."
(Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 6, Number 508)

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According to some Muslim sources, Muhammad would sometimes foam
at the mouth when revelation dawned on him:

"The authoritative Hadith (Tradition) relate that Muhammad used to faint

whenever revelation came to him. It is claimed he used to act like a
drunkard (See Al-Sirah al-Nabawiya, by Ibn Hisham; chapter on how
revelation came). In his boo, Al-Qur’an al-Majid, Darwaza claims that
Muhammad was taken out of this world. Abu Huraira says that “whenever
Muhammad received revelation, he was overwhelmed by trembling.”
Another account says: “He became distressed, FOAMING AT THE MOUTH
and closing his eyes. At times he snorted like a young camel” (Ahmad b.
Hanbal I, 34, 464, VI, 163). (The True Guidance (Part Four): An Introduction
to Quranic Studies)

Ibn Ishaq says that, before the revelation first began to descend upon him,
Muhammad's friends feared that he was suffering from the evil eye:
and that, when it came upon him, almost the same illness attacked him
again. What this particular malady was we can perhaps infer from the
statements of the Traditionists. Ali Halabi, in his Turkish work entitled
Insanul Uyun, informs us that many people declared that Aminah,
Muhammad's mother, used a spell in order to recover him from the
influence of the evil eye. On the authority of Amr ibn Sharhabil it is stated
that Muhammad said to Khadijah, "When I was alone I heard a cry: O
Muhammad, O Muhammad." In tradition it is stated that he said, "I fear lest I
should become a magician, lest one should proclaim me a follower of the
Jinn"; and again: "I fear lest there should be madness (or demoniac
possession) in me". After an accession of shivering and shutting his eyes,
there used to come over him what resembled a swoon, HIS FACE
WOULD FOAM, and he would roar like a young camel:

Abu Hurairah says, "As for the Apostle of God, when inspiration descended
on him, no one could raise his glance to him until the inspiration came to an
end." In Tradition it is stated that "He was troubled thereat, AND HIS FACE
FOAMED, and he closed his eyes, and perchance roared like the roaring of
the young camel.” Umar ibnu'l Khattab said, "When inspiration descended on
the Apostle of God, there used to be heard near his face as it were the
buzzing of bees." (C.G. Pfander, The Mizan-Ul-Haqq (Balance of Truth), pp.
345-346)

Hmm! Foaming at the mouth. Does it sound familiar?

Christians would immediately remember the Apostle Mark's telling of Jesus

casting a demon out of a boy who was possessed. This demon-possessed boy
also showed this symptom of "foaming at the mouth":

"When they came to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them
and the teachers of the law arguing with them. As soon as all the people saw
Jesus, they were overwhelmed with wonder and ran to greet him. ‘What are
you arguing with them about?’ he asked. A man in the crowd answered,

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‘Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed BY A SPIRIT that has
robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, IT THROWS HIM TO
THE GROUND. HE FOAMS AT THE MOUTH, gnashes his teeth AND
BECOMES RIGID. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they
could not.’ ‘O unbelieving generation,’ Jesus replied, ‘how long shall I stay
with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy to me.’ So they
brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the boy
into a convulsion. HE FELL TO THE GROUND and rolled around,
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. Jesus asked the boy's father, ‘How long has he
been like this?’ ‘From childhood,’ he answered. ‘It has often thrown him into
fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help
us.’ ‘If you can'?’ said Jesus. ‘Everything is possible for him who believes.’
Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, ‘I do believe; help me overcome my
unbelief!’ When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he
rebuked the evil spirit. ‘You deaf and mute spirit,’ he said, ‘I command you,
come out of him and never enter him again.’ The spirit shrieked,
convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked so much like a
corpse that many said, ‘He's dead.’ But Jesus took him by the hand and
lifted him to his feet, and he stood up. (Mark 9:14-27)

According to Islamic scriptures, Muhammad continued to receive 'revelations'

which he claimed were directly from God. Sometimes he would foam at the
mouth, writhe in agony and lose consciousness during a revelation.

We know from Islamic historians that Muhammad's many wives did believe
he was a prophet of Allah, in part, because Muhammad would frequently go
into epileptic frenzies and foam at the mouth, while receiving his
"revelations". Also, unlike any of the true prophets of Israel, Muhammad
would go through prolonged periods of time when he himself thought he was
going mad, or that he was possessed by demons. The Hebrew prophets
never acted like this. The Hebrew prophets were certain that God (Yahweh)
was speaking to them. Muhammad himself was convinced that the
"revelations" he received in the Cave of Hira were evil, and from a demon
(Jinn). Muhammad's constant fits, foaming at the mouth and other
manifestations certainly fit in with that idea. This is how demon possessed
people are known to behave today, as they did in both the times of Jesus and
Muhammad. The Hebrew prophets never behaved like this. But all over the
world where demons are listened to (especially in India), you will find this
kind of behavior.

No prophet of God was ever subject to epileptic fits & uncertainty- like
Muhammad was. The Bible clearly preaches that Satan cannot possess true
believers in Christ nor can he torment them. Only a person who does not
have the spirit of God inside him will be subjected to demons:

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this
you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has

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come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is
not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming
and now is in the world already. Little children, you are from God and
have overcome them, for he who is in you IS GREATER than he who
is in the world." (1 John 4:1-4)

"We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on
sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, AND THE EVIL ONE
DOES NOT TOUCH HIM. We know that we are from God, and the whole
world lies in the power of the evil one." (1 John 5:18-19)

In the old Testament we read,

"Now the Spirit of the LORD DEPARTED from Saul, and an evil spirit
from the LORD TORMENTED HIM.” (1 Samuel 16:14)

It wasn’t until God’s Spirit left Saul that an evil spirit came to possess him,
which shows that Satan cannot possess those who truly have the Spirit.
David himself, after committing the sins he did with Bathsheba, feared that
God’s Holy Spirit would leave him because of his wickedness:

"Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from
me." (Psalm 51:11)

It should be noted that being under the power of the Spirit doesn’t mean a
person will not sin, since the person still has a sinful inclination and is the
reason why he/she sins in the first place. Therefore, to be under the power of
the Spirit means that a person is no longer under the control and power of
Satan, and that the Spirit will convict and discipline a person in case he/she
sins in order to lead the person back to repentance (See for Reference
Proverbs 3:11-12; 1 Corinthians 11:31-32; Hebrews 12:5-11; Revelation
3:19).

Let’s recap,

Whenever Muhammad got his revelation from the source, he got one or more
of the following symptoms:

1. He experienced ringing in his ears, like bells

2. Sweat would form on his forehead
3. His heart would beat rapidly
4. His face would go red
5. He would breathe heavily
6. He would suddenly fall down or lie down
7. He wanted to be covered by a blanket
8. He would fall down unconscious
9 . His lips would move rapidly
10. He would foam at the mouth

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In addition, Al-Waqidi recorded a very interesting Islamic tradition on the
behavior of Muhammad. According to Al Waqidi, Muhammad would break
everything brought into the house with a shape of the cross on it.

“It is there added that he (Muhammad) had such a repugnance to the form
of the cross that he broke everything brought into his house with that figure
upon it. This may, however, have been symbolical of his extreme aversion to
the doctrine of the crucifixion.” (K. Waqidi 741 – Translated by Muir, The Life
Of Mahomet, Volume III, Chapter Ten, p. 61, fn. 47)

Even though the Waqidi suggests that the probable reason for Muhammad’s
extreme aversion to the cross was because of his dislike of crucifixion, I
choose to differ on this point. Today, the most powerful symbol in the world
to drive out demons from persons (called exorcism) is the name of Jesus.
The second most powerful symbol is The Cross. Demons have a special
abhorrence for the cross. Demons tremble at the sight of the Cross. And I
feel that the behavior of Muhammad was because of the demon/s that had
possessed Muhammad. The similarities in the experiences of the demon
possessed boy healed by Jesus and Muhammad, especially their reaction in
the presence of Christ and his Cross, are quite remarkable to say the least. It
shows that Muhammad was under the control of Satan and was not a true
prophet of God. There really is no way around this and the implications are
rather clear. Muhammad was no prophet at all. He was an imposter
possessed by demon/s.

There are some Muslims who have tried to show that there are similar
symptoms of “epileptic or psychotic fits which they interpreted as "prophetic"
visions” (as Muhammad experienced/showed) shown by some Biblical
prophets. They have tried to show that the prophets namely Isaiah, Jeremiah
and Ezekiel showed the same symptoms as Muhammad. According to them it
seems that, Ezekiel heard "loud thundering noises" (Ezekiel 3:12f); Jeremiah
heard "sound of the trumpet" (Jeremiah 4:19); Isaiah heard loud and shrill
voices like "someone crying in the wilderness" (Isaiah 40:3); and Jeremiah
during his "prophetic experience appeared like a drunken man with all his
bones shaking (Jeremiah 23:9).

The answer is that Muslims will go to any extent to lie to prove that
Muhammad was a prophet when in reality he was one of the worst of
creatures who ever lived. Reading the Bible will give the clear cut image as to
what happened. The loud sound that Ezekiel heard was the wings of the
living creatures that he saw in his vision. (Ezekiel 3:12-15). Jeremiah’s
trumpet sound was God’s announcement of war and destruction upon
Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 4:11-31). Isaiah’s cry in the wilderness refers to a
herald of God, his messenger, who is sent ahead to prepare the way for the
coming of the Lord. (Isaiah 40:1-11). Jeremiah’s acting LIKE a drunken man,
and his bones shaking was due to the pain and anguish he experienced over
the lies and wickedness of the false prophets and priests. (Jeremiah 23:9-14
). It was nothing like Muhammad’s experience. Muhammad was in a trance-
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Muhammad experienced. Like the examples given above, Muslims will give
several experiences of Biblical prophets who experienced revelations and try
to tailor cut them to explain what Muhammad experienced. The idea is to
show that these prophets too experienced the same “phenomenon” as
Muhammad. But reading the relevant Biblical verses in light of the context
and comparing these to the experience of Muhammad will make it amply
clear that the experiences were not the same nor from the same source.

The fact is that Muhammad was a false prophet who was demon-possessed.
It is little wonder that he contradicted the true teachings of Christianity which
perfectly agree with and complete the Hebrew prophetic tradition. It must be
stated that God’s true prophets never confused the being that spoke to them
with either Satan or a demon, nor did they contemplate suicide after these
divine encounters. This is quite different from Muhammad’s experiences.
There is not even one passage in the Bible which shows us that the true
prophets and apostles of God were ever bewitched or came under the power
of sorcery like Muhammad did.

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 Muhammad’s Suicide Attempts

An extraordinary event occurs on the dusty road to Damascus. One strong,

grim, determined traveler encounters his enemy - the God he fights against.
Saul - a zealous, knowledgeable Jew, a Pharisee, is faced by Jesus Christ.
He hated those that followed Christ; he was a sword welded against the flesh
of the church. Upon his authority those that followed Christ were imprisoned.
He joined in their killing. Saul was a persecutor par excellence, and with all
his heart, soul, strength, and mind, he was going to destroy the Christians.
Now he was experiencing an event that would change his life forever; he
came face to face with his opponent...

"Meanwhile Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of
the Lord, went to the high priest and asked for letters to the synagogues at
Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women,
he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. Now as he was going along and
approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do
you persecute me?" He asked, "Who are you, Lord?" the reply came, "I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But get up and enter the city, and you will
be told what you are to do." The men who were traveling with him stood
speechless because they heard the voice but saw no one. Saul got up from
the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; so they
led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. For three days he was
without sight, and neither ate nor drank. Now there was a disciple in
Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." He
answered, "Here I am, Lord." The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the
street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus
named Saul. At this moment he is praying and he has seen in a vision a man
named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his
sight." But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this
man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem; and here he
has authority from the chief priests to bind all who invoke your name." But
the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is an instrument whom I have chosen to
bring my name before Gentiles and kings and before the people of Israel; I
myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." So
Ananias went and entered the house. He laid his hands on Saul and said,
"Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here, has
sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and his sight was
restored. Then he got up and was baptized, and after taking some food, he
regained his strength.
For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus, and
immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is
the Son of God." All who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this the
man who made havoc in Jerusalem among those who invoked this name?
And has he not come here for the purpose of bring them bound before the
chief priests?" Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded the
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Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Messiah." (Acts
9:1-22)

Another man had a similar experience. This experience also dramatically

changed his life,

Narrated 'Aisha:
The commencement of the Divine Inspiration to Allah's Apostle was in the
form of good righteous (true) dreams in his sleep. He never had a dream but
that it came true like bright day light. He used to go in seclusion (the cave
of) Hira where he used to worship (Allah Alone) continuously for many (days)
nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that (stay) and then
come back to (his wife) Khadija to take his food like-wise again for another
period to stay, till suddenly the Truth descended upon him while he was in
the cave of Hira. The angel came to him in it and asked him to read. The
Prophet replied, "I do not know how to read." (The Prophet added), "The
angel caught me (forcefully) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it
anymore. He then released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, "I
do not know how to read," whereupon he caught me again and pressed me a
second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked
me again to read, but again 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
and then released me and said, "Read: In the Name of your Lord, Who has
created (all that exists). Has created man from a clot. Read and Your Lord is
Most Generous...up to..... ..that which he knew not." (This became Quran
96:15)

Then Allah's Apostle returned with the Inspiration, his neck muscles twitching
with terror till he entered upon Khadija and said, "Cover me! Cover me!"
They covered him till his fear was over and then he said, "O Khadija, what is
wrong with me?" Then he told her everything that had happened and said, 'I
fear that something may happen to me." Khadija said, 'Never! But have the
glad tidings, for by Allah, Allah will never disgrace you as you keep good
relations with your Kith and kin, speak the truth, help the poor and the
destitute, serve your guest generously and assist the deserving, calamity-
afflicted ones." Khadija then accompanied him to (her cousin) Waraqa bin
Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul 'Uzza bin Qusai. Waraqa was the son of her
paternal uncle, i.e., her father's brother, who during the Pre-Islamic Period
became a Christian and used to write the Arabic writing and used to write of
the Gospels in Arabic as much as Allah wished him to write. He was an old
man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to him, "O my cousin! Listen to
the story of your nephew." Waraqa asked, "O my nephew! What have you
seen?" The Prophet described whatever he had seen.

Waraqa said, "This is the same Namus (i.e., Gabriel, the Angel 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 turn you out." Allah's Apostle asked,
"Will they turn me out?" Waraqa replied in the affirmative and said: "Never
did a man come with something similar to what you have brought but was

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treated with hostility. If I should remain alive till the day when you will be
turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days
Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while
and the Prophet became so sad as we have heard that he intended
several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains and
every time he went up the top of a mountain in order to throw
himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, "O
Muhammad! You are indeed Allah's Apostle in truth" whereupon his
heart would become quiet and he would calm down and would return
home. And whenever the period of the coming of the inspiration used
to become long, he would do as before, but when he used to reach
the top of a mountain, Gabriel would appear before him and say to
him what he had said before. (Sahih Bukhari, number 111).

Here are additional details from Ibn Ishaq's "Sirat Rasul allah" from
Guillaume's translation, "The Life of Muhammad", page 106:

"So I [Muhammad] read it, and he [Gabriel] departed from me. And I awoke
from my sleep, and it was though these words were written on my heart. I
thought, Woe is me poet or possessed - Never shall Quraysh say this of me!
I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I
may kill myself and gain rest. So I went forth to do so and then when
I was midway on the mountain, I heard a voice from heaven saying
"O Muhammad! thou are the apostle of God and I am Gabriel."

The "Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir", by Ibn Sa'd, translated by S. Moinal Haq,

page 225 has Muhammad saying:

"O Khadija, I see light and hear sounds and I fear I am mad".

The visitations from the spirit continued. Then they stopped for a time
believed to have been from 6 months to 3 years. Tabari records:

"The inspiration ceased to come to the messenger of God 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 the Prophet of
God." Thereupon his anxiety would subside and he would come back to
himself." (Tabari volume 6 page 76)

Is there a logical Explanation?

Muhammad's suicide attempts are well documented in several prominent

Islamic sources like the Hadith collection of Sahih Bukhari, Ibn Ishaq's "Sirat
Rasul Allah", Ibn Sa'd's “Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir", and Al-Tabari's "Tarikh
al-rulul wal-muluk".

But very few people are aware of Muhammad's suicide attempts. Following
his initial visitation by a spirit, that claimed to be Gabriel, Muhammad was

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frantic with fear and attempted suicide. He walked up to the top of a
mountain and intended to throw himself off a cliff. This same being that
caused his fear then intervened. Later, over the course of up to the next
three years, the visitations by this spirit became rare, and Muhammad would
then again attempt suicide in a like manner. Again, it was only due to the
intervention of this being that Muhammad did not kill himself.

Few Islamic leaders will teach this to their fellow Muslims because it casts a
stain upon Muhammad; it brings doubt to his credibility and the credibility of
his assumed "prophetic" experience. Some Muslims deny the sources of the
story. Other, more intelligent Muslims, knowledgeable about the sources,
respond by saying that the shock of the experience caused him to attempt
suicide.

However, the shock of the initial experience would have worn off over the
next few days, if not weeks, hardly cause for Muhammad's continued suicide
attempts over the next three years.

Examine both the above events. Both men had an unexpected encounter.
Paul was confronted by a Being that identified Himself as the Lord Jesus
Christ; Muhammad was visited by a spiritual force that claimed to be Gabriel.

Paul was face to face with the God of the people he was persecuting. He saw
a light, heard a voice, and suddenly knew whom he was really persecuting.
We read that Paul then understood that he experienced a confrontation from
God. We see that he was not terrorized, he did not panic with fear, and he
attempted no rash, desperate actions. And following the event, God directed
his people to minister to Paul; Paul was comforted, encouraged, and
strengthened.

If anyone had a reason and justification to commit a rash action it was Paul.
He was forced to realize that he was persecuting and killing God's people.
What type of punishment would be meted out to him? How could he be
forgiven for the crimes against God he had committed? Would there be any
peace or comfort to be found any place for the rest of his life?

Instead of acting crazed, Paul somehow began to know the God he was
confronted by. Paul knew that this God was not going to exact revenge for
the evil he had committed. Paul experienced God's forgiveness and having
been forgiven much now loved much. Because of his intimate, spiritual
experience, because he had tasted and seen that the Lord is good, he now
submitted to God, and was determined to serve Him as ardently as he had
persecuted Him.

Muhammad reacted quite differently. It is undeniable that something

distressing occurred. He returns back to his wife bewildered, terrorized,
"What's wrong with me?", he asks his wife. Just as children hide under the
covers when they are afraid of monsters in the dark, so Muhammad had his
wife wrap him in a blanket; he did not want to see the cause of terror again.

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Not satisfied with her comfort, he goes to the mountain instinctively knowing
that something evil had happened to him. The only way he knows how to
deal with it is the final solution: commit suicide. But on top of the mountain
this spirit intervenes, consoles him, strokes his ego, "O Muhammad, you are
God's apostle". Muhammad returns.

But it's not over. The terror, depression, and doubt Muhammad experienced
were too real, too persistent to shake. Soothing words are eroded by the
inward torments, doubts, and fears, "Woe is me poet or possessed...I will go
to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and
gain rest."

Unlike Paul's experience, Muhammad is not comforted by anyone but this

"spirit". Muhammad is left in the lurch. As time goes on, this spirit visits
Muhammad less often, the torments and depression return, and gain
strength. He again goes to kill himself. And, just in time, the spirit
intervenes, telling him, stroking his ego again and again, he is an apostle of
god. The bouts of depression continue over the next few years, the
suicide attempts follow, and the spirit persists to sooth him.
Muhammad begins to believe he is a messenger of god. A messenger
of a god who's influence caused him to attempt suicide.

Was Muhammad a prophet of God? Muslims will say yes. I will say a strong
No. Let us compare Muhammad's experience with Biblical men who had
experiences with God or angels. I am comparing Muhammad with Biblical
men because Muhammad claimed to speak on behalf of the same God as
these Biblical men.

Noah - Genesis 6: God speaks to Noah and tells him that He is going to
destroy the earth. Noah does not panic, become depressed, or driven by
fear. He knows that this God speaking to him, and there is no need for rash
action. Noah knows this is God, and Noah does not become irrational. Noah
knows that this God is not going to harm him.

Abraham - Genesis 12–18: God speaks to Abraham. Abraham does not

panic, Abraham is not bewildered, Abraham does not doubt or become
depressed, Abraham believes and obeys. God visits Abraham, yet neither he
nor Sarah attempts any rash actions.

Moses – Exodus 3–34: God appeared to Moses in the burning bush. Moses
was afraid to look at God but Moses does not act paranoid. He knew that this
God was not a God of terror. Moses did not run back to his family frightened
out of his mind. Moses did not become depressed over the event, thinking he
was possessed or bewitched. Instead, because Moses personally experienced
this God and knew he could trust this God, Moses knew and obeyed.

Isaiah - Isaiah 6: Isaiah had a powerful vision and experience of God. Yet
he did not lose his mind, he was not driven by dread of God. He feared God

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because of the sin in his heart, and the sinfulness of the people he dwelt
among, but he did not panic. During this experience he realized God had
forgiven him and accepted him. Because he experienced the real God, Isaiah
did not attempt suicide or any other rash action. His mind was sound, he did
not need to have a "spirit" continue to sooth him.

Mary - Luke 1: The real Gabriel also visited Mary. She too was perplexed
and afraid. But during her experience with Gabriel, she gained confidence
and strength. She knew God loved her. She did not become irrational or
depressed, and she did not run around frightened out of her mind. She did
not attempt suicide. Instead, because she experienced the living God, she
knew she was loved and accepted. She knew this God was real, and she had
nothing to fear.

Jesus - Mark 1: When Jesus Christ began His ministry, He was baptized in
water. The Holy Spirit descended upon Him. God spoke from heaven, and the
people there heard God speak, "This is my beloved Son, in Whom I am well
pleased." There were no panic attacks, depression, or doubt.

And, after Jesus was challenged by Satan in the desert. He was ministered to
by the angels. But Muhammad was ministered to by none. You get the
feeling that instead of ministering, those spirits haunted him. Satan told
Jesus "If you are the Son of God, throw Yourself down", the spirit told
Muhammad to not throw himself down - he was the apostle of Allah.

As I read the incidents about people in the Bible who encountered God I do
not find anything that resembles Muhammad's experience. These people
actually met God, while Muhammad's entire prophet hood rests only upon
what a spirit interface told him. These people were filled with a reverent fear,
but never became depressed as a result of their experience. These people
fellowshipped with God. Some walked with Him; to other's, He revealed
Himself. None of them contemplated suicide. But many times over a course
of up to three years, Muhammad tried to commit suicide, and each time this
"spirit" stopped him. What plans did this spirit have in store for him?

When we read the Bible the word of God, we come across other people who
tried to commit suicide.

Judas was one of them. Satan put it into his heart to betray Christ;
Satan entered Judas. And when Judas came to his senses he
committed suicide. When Muhammad had period of clear thought,
without the influence of a spirit, he attempted suicide. (Refer John 13
and also Acts 1).

Also when Jesus cast out demons from a man, the demons entered a
herd of pigs. What did the pigs do? They went mad and killed
themselves - running into the sea where they drowned. These demon
possessed pigs committed suicide!

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This leads us to the obvious question – Was Muhammad demon
possessed?

Even in the Quran, there are references that people believed that Muhammad
was possessed or influenced by demons:

"No, your compatriot [Muhammad] is not mad. He saw him [Gabriel] on the
clear horizon. He does not grudge the secrets of the unseen, nor is this the
utterance of an accursed devil." (Quran 81:22-25)

"It [the Quran] is no poet's speech: scant is your faith! It is no soothsayer's

divination: how little you reflect! It is revelation from the Lord of the
Universe.” (Quran 69:41, 42)

Here Muhammad is saying to his critics that he really saw an angel, and his
words are not from a devil, or from his own imagination. No doubt the people
living at that time thought he was inspired by a devil, so Muhammad spoke
these words, as the Quran, in self-defense.

Ibn Ishaq's in his biography of Muhammad narrates an experience

Muhammad had as a child. When Muhammad was a child a Bedouin woman
nursed him. During this time he had an experience with "two men in white
raiment". Here is the incident from W. M. Watt's translation of Ibn Ishaq's
biography of Muhammad, page 36:

"...two men in white clothes came to me with a golden basin full of snow.
They took me and split open my body, then they took my heart and split it
open and took out from it a black clot which they flung away. Then they
washed my heart and my body with that snow until they made them pure."

This event deeply disturbed the Bedouins and they returned Muhammad to
his mother. Here is the story told by Muhammad's wet-nurse, related in
Guillaume's translation of Ibn Ishaq, page 72:

"His [Muhammad's friend's] father said to me, "I am afraid that this child has
had a stroke, so take him back to his family before the result appears. .....
She [Muhammad's mother] asked me what happened and gave me no peace
until I told her. When she asked if I feared a demon had possessed
him, I replied that I did."

Even in his childhood, some people thought Muhammad was demon

possessed. Note that even Muhammad's wet-nurse believed he had been
demon possessed. One expects a degree of attachment between the two,
since she cared for and nursed him. And note it was Muhammad's mother
that brought up the possibility of him being demon possessed. So it is
peculiar that both the mother would suggest it and the wet nurse would
return Muhammad in those circumstances: Something alarming actually
occurred.

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What are the possibilities of whom and what these experiences can be
attributed? The things that come to mind are that:

1) Muhammad did indeed have a visit from Gabriel.

2) Muhammad was visited by a demon, or Satan himself.
3) Muhammad experienced some type of delusion.
4) Muhammad suffered from some type of epilepsy or other mental
problem.
5) Any combination of 2, 3, and 4.

Let's recap.

From his youth, some people close to him thought he was demon
possessed. Later in life, Muhammad's encounter with a spirit, the so-
called "Gabriel", deeply disturbs him, and he thinks he is demon
possessed. He becomes very depressed, filled with fear, and
attempts suicide. But he is stopped only when this spirit appears and
says he is an apostle. Later, when these visitations become
infrequent, he again goes and tries to commit suicide. Each time the
spirit intervenes. As time went on people continued to think
Muhammad was demon inspired.

The key point to remember is that Muhammad attempted suicide many

times. This was not simply a one shot affair because of a traumatic
experience he had. This was his state of mind for quite some time. Was this
the work of God? It is obvious that anyone who consistently attempts suicide
over a period of years is suffering from some type of mental illness. His
mental illness stemmed from the terrifying experience he had with that spirit.
Would God cause His chosen prophet to become mentally
imbalanced? We see that in the Bible, God always edified and
strengthened the people who first encountered Him. But in
Muhammad's case the opposite is true. Instead of being
strengthened, Muhammad was weakened. Instead of being full of
confidence, Muhammad was full of fear, instead of knowing the path,
Muhammad was left in doubt.

Wouldn't God's peace and love comfort Muhammad's heart so that

Muhammad did not need to continue to attempt suicide? What a horrible
track record for the Islamic God Allah? The Biblical God does not work that
way. The Bible says,

"God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound
mind" (2 Tim 1:7)

God's presence certainly did not cause Paul, Abraham, Noah, or Mary to
become depressed, lose hope, and commit rash acts. Even Paul, while being
physically beaten and imprisoned later in his life, did not lose hope, or give in
to depression, but rather, he praised the God he knew. (Acts 16:22-31).

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From the pre-islamic pagan history of Arabia, we are able to deduce
something about Muhammad's pre-Islamic faith: he did not know the true
God, and whatever faith he had was very weak. Had he a relationship with
God, or had a faith in the true God, he would have sought God and prayed to
Him for help. Instead Muhammad wallowed in deep suicidal depression for
some 3 years. Following his experience with the spirit, Muhammad became
suicidal. And as time went on he continued to be suicidal. All the while he
wondered, deep down, if he was demon possessed. A rational person would
judge that whatever happened to Muhammad had damaged his mental state.
If Muhammad was alive today he would be considered to be mentally
ill, given drugs, institutionalized, and considered dangerous to
himself.

Where does this all lead to?

Muhammad had a painful experience. It demented him. He suffered from the

experience. What is the real power behind an experience that causes a man
to become suicidal for up to three years?

Jesus predicted false prophets would arise and mislead many. If Jesus were
telling the truth, then we should expect such false prophets to rise up, and
be successful in misleading people.

"And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray." (Matthew
24:11)

Satan would seek out and try to use false prophets. Muhammad, as a false
prophet, was certainly successful. For people to choose to follow Muhammad
means they are rejecting Christ himself and the Salvation only he can offer.
They are rejecting the only way to Salvation. Without Christ, they are
doomed for an eternity in hell. Judging from Muhammad's experience, and
from what Muhammad later did and taught (you can read about this in the
later part of this booklet), it makes perfect sense to assume that it was a
Satanic power that affected and motivated Muhammad.

Further the Bible predicts that Satan will deceive a false prophet
masquerading as an angel. He will present a new gospel. This new gospel will
reject the deity of Jesus Christ and his ultimate sacrifice for the sins of
Humanity. The Bible says,

“And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades an angel of light” (2 Cor.

11:14)

“But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than
the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!” (Gal. 1:8)

This is exactly what happened to Muhammad. Go back to the description of

his "revelation" experience and check for yourselves. Just like the prophecies
of the ancient Jewish prophets fit Christ perfectly, this prophecy from St. Paul

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the great expounder of Christianity fits Muhammad, Satan and the book he
gave to Muhammad, the Quran perfectly. That is what I call a man of God.
St. Paul could make such exact prophecies because he walked in the
commandments of the true God.

When you summarize all the data that we have gone through till now, the
only rational conclusion we can draw from the above discussion is that
Muhammad experienced a demonic visitation and it damaged his mental
health. Satan or one of his demons appeared to Muhammad. This horrible
experience terrorized him, depressed him, and caused him to attempt
suicide. It made him mentally ill. However Satan protected his investment.
When Muhammad was left alone the truth about what really happened
depressed and frightened him. It would always surface in his mind. It was
only through Satan's deceptive influence that kept Muhammad from killing
himself. Finally, after a period of time, Muhammad's mind was seared. Satan
had won a prize. Jesus said that Satan was a murderer from the beginning.
As Muhammad went through the rest of his life, the more power he gained,
the more dominion and conquest he sought, the more innocent blood he
shed. All the while, he kept telling himself and others what Satan had told
him many years before, "I am the apostle of God."

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 References

1. The Quran (Various translations of the Quran)

2. The History of Islam by Al-Tabari
3. The Sirat Rasul Allah
4. The hadith collection of Sahih Al-Bukhari
5. The hadith collecion of Sahih Muslim
6. The Kitab al-Maghazi by Waqidi
7. Why I am not a Muslim, Ibn Warraq.
8. Prophet of Doom, Craig Winn.

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The Truth about Muhammad - 2
(Was Muhammad a prophet of God?)

Rashid Alamir

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Disclaimer: Religion is all about the Truth. Truth is God. It is my strong
belief that anything that does not conform to the truth when it comes to God
should be exposed and given the boot. If you are one of those who have
blind beliefs in your religion and its ways, whatever they are, then this article
is not for you. This article is for those for are in the search of the true God
and his ways.

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this article to as many people as you can so that people realize the Truth
before it is too late and come back to the true living God.

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This booklet is dedicated to all Muslims worldwide

“May the Truth set you free………….” (John 8:32)

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 Table of Contents

Preface................................................................................................................................. 5
Islam and the principle of Al-Takiyah ................................................................................ 7
The Tawhid – Oneness of Muhammad and Allah............................................................. 13
The Oneness of Muhammad and Allah in Islam........................................................... 13
Muhammad and Allah are one ...................................................................................... 15
Allah salutes Muhammad.............................................................................................. 15
Muhammad’s rulings are Allah’s rulings...................................................................... 17
Annoying Muhammad is annoying Allah ..................................................................... 19
Muhammad’s booty is Allah’s booty ............................................................................ 20
Muhammad and Allah had the same Tastes.................................................................. 20
Reject Muhammad and Allah, land in Hell................................................................... 21
Allah was desperate to please Muhammad ................................................................... 22
Was Muhammad Allah?................................................................................................ 23
The Truth about Allah and Muhammad........................................................................ 23
The Woman Muhammad had............................................................................................ 27
Muhammad’s Perverted Nature ........................................................................................ 30
Juwairiya ....................................................................................................................... 30
Safiyah........................................................................................................................... 31
Rayhanah....................................................................................................................... 32
Mariyah the Copt........................................................................................................... 33
Muhammad, Champion of Woman’s Rights?................................................................... 36
Women in pre-Islamic Arabia ....................................................................................... 36
Allah’s view of Woman ................................................................................................ 38
Muhammad’s high regard for woman........................................................................... 40
Woman in Paradise........................................................................................................ 42
Muhammad and Marriage ............................................................................................. 43
Appendix A – Strong and Weak Hadith............................................................................ 45
Appendix B - Salla ............................................................................................................ 47
References ......................................................................................................................... 48
Our other E-books ............................................................................................................. 49
About Rashid Alamir ........................................................................................................ 50

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 Preface

Muslims love Muhammad more they love themselves, their parents or their
children. As a former Muslim I am forced to say that the average Muslim’s
love for Muhammad exceeds the average Christian’s love for Jesus. Muslims
pray for Muhammad and lovingly say peace to him whenever the name of
Muhammad is remembered. For Muslims, Muhammad is Islam, and Islam is
Muhammad. Muhammad is the most important person in Islam. And any
attack on Muhammad is perceived as an attack on Islam. That is why there
are laws in Islamic countries that prescribe death for a person who insults
the prophet. That is why there was such a hue and cry raised over the
Danish cartoons. Compared to Muhammad, the alleged God of Islam, Allah,
is a distant second. Not surprisingly there are no laws proclaiming death for
insulting Allah.

Muslims unconsciously worship Muhammad in the guise of Allah. It is

Muhammad and Muhammad alone who is the central figurehead of Islam.
The first person a Muslim remembers when you mention Islam is not Allah or
his Quran but Muhammad. Without Muhammad there can be no Islam and
without believing in Muhammad no one can become a Muslim.

Most Muslims live in a mythical world where Muhammad is described to them

by their Imam’s as the best in morals and blessings to all people on earth.
Most Muslim woman are also conned into believing that Muhammad was a
feminist and a champion of woman’s rights. Muslims children are
brainwashed from a young age to believe that Muhammad was a living saint
and every word he uttered was God’s word and every deed he did was God’s
deed. Hence Muhammad could do nothing wrong. If he did something wrong
then there must be a very strong justification for it. By the time these
children become adults they simply refuse to believe the truth about
Muhammad. Tens of years of hogwash brainwashing cannot be wiped out in a
single moment of truth.

Muslims love for Muhammad has blinded them to the real nature of
Muhammad. And that is why they cannot see the flaws in
Muhammad’s character. If only Muslims would read their own
scriptures instead of blindly believing what their imams tell them,
they would find the truth about Muhammad.

The life and deeds of Muhammad are described in the Sunnah or Islamic
Traditions. (To understand what the Sunnah is, you need to read part 1 of
this booklet). The Sunnah does not depict Muhammad as a holy man but a
murderer who did everything he could to satisfy his lust for woman and
wealth. Murder, Rape, Pillage, robbery and looting were common every day
deeds for him. Yet Muslims deny these everyday actions of Muhammad even
though they are stated in the most authentic of Islamic sources accepted by
all Muslims. The reason is the vast majority of Muslims don’t really know
much about their own book, the Quran. They are just taught to memorize it.

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English speakers are even taught to memorize it in Arabic, when they
themselves don’t understand a word of it. The Sunnah fares even worse. The
Sunnah is Islam’s most important Scripture (though Muslims will swear that
it is of secondary importance compared to the Quran), yet few Muslims read
it. Those who do read it either abandon Islam like me or become terrorists
doing what Muhammad did best as described in the Sunnah.

Muslim Imams are too afraid to let Muslims ask questions about the Islamic
Scriptures. Muslims are taught from a young age to obey everything without
questioning however nonsensical it might sound. Total obedience is asked
for. And Most Muslims comply. That is the reason why Islam has survived to
this day.

Any Muslim who questions Muhammad’s behavior as given in the Sunnah

books is warned and if he/she persists, is tortured and murdered as a
heretic. Such honor killings are actually demanded by Muhammad in the
Sunnah. Muslim Imams blame unbelievers and heretics who are willing to
expose Islam by claiming that the verses they are citing are quoted out of
context. Some even go to the extent of claiming them as weak ahadith
(plural of hadith). Please see Appendix A to see the meaning of a weak
hadith.

Hopefully this booklet will teach you what your imam failed to tell you about
Muhammad. My advice is not to believe anything blindly. Check out the
relevant verses I have quoted, and verify for yourself what I am claiming is
true or not? Whether Muhammad was a charlatan or not? God has given
everyone the freedom and brainpower to find for himself/herself the Truth.
Still if you fail to research the truth and are convinced by mere hearsay from
the mouths of various people. Then I am sorry to say, you do not deserve to
be in heaven. And you won’t be in it either. Heaven is for those who seek for
the Truth and are not merely convinced by popular beliefs. One needs to be
born again spiritually in Truth to attain heaven.

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 Islam and the principle of Al-Takiyah

Before we start with Muhammad, you should know about an important

principle of Islam called as “Al-Takeyya” (also called Al-Takeyyah or Al-
Takiyah) in Islam.

There are many Jews and Christians who are fooled into believing (by the
Muslims) that Muhammad and Islam talk highly of Jews and Christians even
calling them the people of the book. They also proclaim to the non-Muslim
world that Islam wants to have cordial relations with them. These are all lies.
Islam allows Muslims to lie for religion. It is a binding principle of Islam and
is called “Al-Takeyyah” (Al-Takiyah). Muslims use this principle to lie to the
infidel unbelievers and tell that Islam is a religion of peace talking highly of
Christianity and Judaism. Let me explain it fully.

Like most religions, Islam in general, forbids lying. The Quran says,

"Truly Allah guides not one who transgresses and lies." (Quran 40:28).

However, unlike other religions, within Islam there are certain provisions
under which lying is not simply tolerated, but actually encouraged by Allah.

Al-Takeyyah is the Islamic principle of lying for the sake of Allah. Falsehoods
told to prevent denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to promote the
cause of Islam are sanctioned by the Quran, including lying under penalty or
oath, making distorted statements to the media such as claiming that Islam
is a religion of peace, and deceiving fellow Muslims when the one lying has
deemed them to be apostates. In such cases, lying is not only permitted but
actually encouraged or commanded by Allah. (This is another point why I am
saying that the God of Islam is not the God of the Bible. The Ten
Commandments state that you shall not lie. But Allah who is the anti-thesis
of Yahweh obviously thinks otherwise).

This point is proven by many incidences in the life of Muhammad. He often

lied and instructed his followers to do the same. He rationalized that the
prospect of success in missions to extend Islam's influence overrode Allah's
initial prohibitions against lying.

A good example of sanctioned lying is the account of the assassination of

Kaab Ibn al-Ashraf, a member of the Jewish tribe, Banu al-Nadir. It had been
reported that Kaab had shown support for the Quraishites in their battle
against Muhammad. This was compounded by another report that infuriated
Muhammad. It was alleged that Kaab had recited amorous poetry to Muslim
women. Muhammad asked for volunteers to rid him of Kaab Ibn al-Ashraf. As
Muhammad put it, Kaab had "Harmed Allah and His Apostle." At that time
Kaab Ibn al-Ashraf and his tribe were strong, so it was not easy for a
stranger to infiltrate and execute the task. A Muslim man by the name of Ibn
Muslima volunteered for the murderous project on the condition that
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Muhammad would allow him to lie. With Muhammad's consent, Ibn Muslima,
went to Kaab and told him fabricated stories that reflected discontent about
Muhammad's leadership. When he had gained Kaab's trust he lured him
away from his house one night and murdered him in a remote area under the
cover of darkness. This incident is given in Sahih Bukhari V4B52N270 (Vol 4
Book 52 Number 270) and also in the Sira (Ishaq:368) and Tabari VII:97.

A similar example can be found in the story of killing Shaaban Ibn Khalid al-
Hazly. It was rumored that Shaaban was gathering an army to wage war on
Muhammad. Muhammad retaliated by ordering Abdullah Ibn Anis to kill
Shaaban. Again, the would-be killer asked the prophet's permission to lie.
Muhammad agreed and then ordered the killer to lie by stating that he was a
member of the Khazaa clan. When Shaaban saw Abdullah coming, he asked
him, "From what tribe are you?" Abdullah answered, "From Khazaa." He then
added, "I have heard that you are gathering an army to fight Muhammad
and I came to join you." Abdullah started walking with Shaaban telling him
how Muhammad came to them with the heretical teachings of Islam, and
complained how Muhammad badmouthed the Arab patriarchs and ruined the
Arab's hopes. They continued in conversation until they arrived at Shaaban's
tent. Shaaban's companions departed and Shaaban invited Abdullah to come
inside and rest. Abdullah sat there until the atmosphere was quiet and he
sensed that everyone was asleep. Abdullah severed Shaaban's head and
carried it to Muhammad as a trophy. When Muhammad sighted Abdullah, he
jubilantly shouted, "Your face has been triumphant." Abdullah returned the
greeting by saying, "It is your face, Apostle of Allah, who has been
triumphant".

These pages from the Sunnah and similar passages from the Quran clearly
reveal that Muslims' unintentional lies are forgivable and that even their
intentional lies can be absolved by performing extra duties. It is also clear
that if forced to do so, Muslims can lie while under oath and can even falsely
deny faith in Allah, as long as they maintain the profession of faith in their
hearts.

The Arabic word, "Takeyya", means "to prevent," or guard against. The
principle of Al Takeyya conveys the understanding that Muslims are
permitted to lie as a preventive measure against anticipated harm to one's
self or fellow Muslims. This principle gives Muslims the liberty to lie under
circumstances that they perceive as life or religion threatening. Muslims are
permitted to utter any lie as long as the lie is uttered for the religion of
Islam. They can even deny the faith, if they do not mean it in their hearts.

Muslims will tell you that Al-Taqiyah is used only in self defence. But this is
not true. Its main aim is to fool unbelievers into accepting Muslims and
proving that Islam is a great religion. That is how Islam has survived 1400
years.

Al-Takeyya is based on the following Quranic verse:

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"Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than
believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by
way of precaution (prevention), that ye may Guard yourselves from them
(prevent them from harming you.) But Allah cautions you (To remember)
Himself; for the final goal is to Allah." (Quran 3: 28 )

According to this verse a Muslim can pretend to befriend infidels (in violation
of the teachings of Islam) and display adherence with their unbelief to
prevent them from harming him.

Under the concept of Takeyya, it is legitimate for Muslims to act contrary to

their faith. The following actions are acceptable:

Drink wine, abandon prayers, and skip fasting during Ramadan.

Renounce belief in Allah.

Kneel in homage to a deity other than Allah.

Utter insincere oaths.

The Implications of the principle of Al-Takeyya

Unfortunately, when dealing with Muslims, one must keep in mind that
Muslims can communicate something with apparent sincerity, when in reality
they may have just the opposite agenda in their hearts. Bluntly stated, Islam
permits Muslims to lie anytime that they perceive that their own well-being,
or that of Islam, is threatened.

In the sphere of international politics, the question is: Can Muslim countries
be trusted to keep their end of the agreements that they sign with non-
Muslim nations? It is a known Islamic practice, that when Muslims are weak
they will agree to anything. Once they become strong, then they negate what
they formerly vowed. This principle was first formulated by none other than
Muhammad. Here are the relevant words,

"The Prophet said, 'If I take an oath and later find something else better than
that, then I do what is better and expiate my oath.'" (Bukhari: V7B67N427)

Muhammad was a pioneer at breaking his oaths. When he was weak, he

accepted anything. When he became stronger than the enemy, he attacked
them without notice not caring for the peace agreements signed with them.

The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave
implications in matters relating to the spread of the religion of Islam in the
West. Muslim activists employ deceptive tactics in their attempts to polish
Islam's image and make it more attractive to prospective converts. They
carefully try to avoid, obscure, and omit mentioning any of the negative
Islamic texts and teachings. They project Muhammad as the savior of
mankind carefully avoiding his perverted ways and sadistic nature.

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An example of Islamic deception is that Muslim activists always quote the
passages of the Quran from the early part of Muhammad's ministry when he
was living in Mecca. These texts are peaceful and exemplify tolerance
towards those that are not followers of Islam. All the while, they are fully
aware that most of these passages were abrogated (cancelled and replaced)
by passages that came after he migrated to Medina. The replacement verses
reflect prejudice, intolerance, and endorse violence upon unbelievers.

The principle of “Al-Taqiyah” has come in handy for Muslims in four primary
areas - in marrying non-Muslims girls using deception, in harassing and
murdering infidels in Islamic countries, in proclaiming that Islam is a religion
of Peace and in killing apostates. Let me explain each of the points in detail.

The principle of “Al-Taqiyah” is used by Muslim Man to lure non-Muslims girls

to marry them. Muslims are permitted to lie when they are searching for a
non-Muslim wife. Many Muslims will proclaim that they are not interested in
religion. They will do deeds which show this belief in action. But after the girl
marries them then they start showing their true colors. Take for instance
what is happening in a country like Pakistan. Many Muslims will proclaim
themselves as having become apostates (left Islam). They will start
attending churches. The idea is to take advantage of the more liberal
Christian girls and enjoy them to the fullest without getting married to them.
Some even go to the extent of marrying Christian girls and then they revert
back to Islam within a few months. Since in Asian countries woman usually
are heavily dependent on their husbands financially and society looks down
on girls who have been left by their husbands, the girl is usually forced to
convert to Islam. The big Islamic idea is to enjoy the girls sexually without
actually getting married to them or convert them to Islam.

A similar line is being followed by Indian Muslims. In India for instance

Muslims have used “Al-Taqiyah” to marry Hindu girls and convert them to
Islam by the thousands. They hook innocent girls by pretending to be non-
religious and/or promising them freedom of religion after marriage; only to
go against their word later on. Now you know why so many of our Indian
Muslim film stars/cricketers are marrying Hindu girls. It is the principle of
“Al-Taqiyah” in action.

The principle of “Al-Taqiyah” has come handy in handy for Muslims to lie and
convict people for blaspheming the prophet of Islam. There is an existing law
in Pakistan used to humble the minorities called the TOHEEN-E- RASUL ACT
(Contempt of Prophet's Act), which prescribes death to anyone for insulting
the Prophet Muhammad. That the “anyone” has always been Christians or
Hindus in Pakistan is not surprising, after all the act was instigated to target
the minorities and bring them into the fold of Islam using harassment,
torture, rape and murder. Make a search on Google and see how many cases
of such death sentences are reported from Pakistan. Be sure that at least ten
times this number are never reported. Hundreds of Christians have been put
to death in the last few years using this act. If a Muslim wants to confiscate a
Christian’s/Hindu’s land or house, rape his wife or have his daughter then

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what does he do? He gets him out of the way using “Al-Taqiyah” by
proclaiming that he has insulted the prophet. Just one lie is enough to get
the infidel unbeliever arrested and put to death. There is no justice for
minorities in Islamic countries. A non-Muslims word does not hold up against
a Muslims in an Islamic country. Remember that according to God’s final
prophet Muhammad, this lie is not counted by the Islamic God Allah. The
situation is so bad that some time back a leading Pakistani Roman Catholic
bishop, John Joseph, shot and killed himself to protest a death sentence
given to an innocent Christian accused of blaspheming against Muhammad.
Every year hundreds of innocent Christians/Hindus are put to death under
the charge of blaspheming the prophet. This is the true face of the demonic
cult of Muhammad called Islam. Islam is about death to the unbelievers not
life. It is either conversion to Islam or death. Such cases are occurring not
only in Pakistan, but in all countries where Islam is the dominant religion. In
Islamic countries like Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sudan etc it is
very common for Muslim youths to kidnap Christian and Hindu girls in
common sight, gang rape them and then spread the story that they have
converted to Islam. The girls are never heard of again. Lodging a police
complaint is useless. It will only invite more harassment from the police and
top officials. Truly the plight of minorities in Islamic countries is worse then
the plight of swine’s and mongrels. The greatness of a religion is seen by the
plight of woman and minorities in areas where that religion dominates. And
in both these areas of consideration the Mohammedan cult of Islam is the
worst offender. Later on we will see how Islam is also the abuser of woman.
We will also see how Muhammad considered woman as nothing more than
objects of sex and Allah considered them as fields to be ploughed.

The third place where “Al-Taqiyah” comes in handy for Muslims is in

murdering hundreds of ”Apostates” every year. Apostates are Muslims who
have realized the Truth about Muhammad and left Islam. Usually these
Muslims will run away from home. So their family will publish big
advertisements proclaiming “All is Forgiven” and asking their child to come
back. They even promise freedom of religion to the Child. If the Child does
come back, then it is hell for him (Females rarely get the chance to leave
Islam) unless he reverts back to Islam. History is witness to the fact that
every year hundreds of Apostates are conned, tortured and murdered by
Muslims all using the deception of “Al Taqiyah” and honor killings as per the
rule laid down by Muhammad the prophet whom Muslims claim “never hurt a
fly”.

"The Prophet said, 'If a Muslim discards his religion, kill him.'"
(Bukhari:V4B52N2600)

Lastly “Al-Taqiyah” is used by Muslims to proclaim Islam as a peaceful

religion. Muslims are ready to utter any lie to fool the infidels (non-Muslims)
into believing that Islam is a religion of peace. The idea is for the infidels to
relax and accept the Muslims. Once the infidels accept the Muslims as one of
their own, that is when the Muslims will start acting and showing their true

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colors. The United Kingdom is one of the places where Muslims have started
showing their true colors. Currently there are less than 5% Muslims in the
United Kingdom. You need not be a soothsayer to realize what will happen
when the percentage of Muslims increases. The United States of America is
next on the hit list.

In conclusion, it is imperative to understand, that Muslims can use deception

to fool people. It is also important to know that what Muslim activists say to
spread Islam may not always be the whole truth. When dealing with Muslims,
what they say is not the issue. The real issue is what they actually mean in
their hearts.

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The Tawhid – Oneness of Muhammad and Allah

In Islam the concept of Tawhid refers to the oneness of the Muslim God
Allah. Muslims claim that Allah does not have partners (like in the case of the
Christian Trinitarian God). Unfortunately for these Muslims a closer
examination of the Islamic Scriptures and beliefs does prove beyond any
doubt that the Islamic deity is a duality. The Islamic deity consists of Allah
the alleged God of Islam, and his replica on earth Muhammad. Allow me to
explain.

In Islam, Muhammad and Allah are the dynamic duo. They are totally
inseparable, just like Laurel & Hardy, or the Thomson & Thompson twins of
the Tintin fame. Muhammad and Allah are the alpha and omega of the
Islamic world. One cannot survive without the other. Thus, Muhammad and
Allah are welded together in an inseparable bond in the Islamic Shahada.

Such is the power and authority that Muhammad commanded during his
lifetime, that the Islamic God Allah rushed to please Muhammad’s every
desire; he made stolen goods (called booty in the Quran) lawful to
Muhammad and made Muhammad’s pleasure, his pleasure. He bent all the
rules so that Muhammad could have sex with any woman he desired.
Muhammad could even abrogate any Quranic passage he forgot. As a final
gesture, Allah even coupled Muhammad’s name with his own name and
made Muhammad one of the two pillars of the Tawhid.

The Oneness of Muhammad and Allah in Islam

The foundation of Islamic belief is the Shahada or a declaration that No god

is to be worshipped except Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger (La
Ilah Ila Allah, Muhammadur Rasul Allah). This is the cornerstone of Islam.
Surprisingly there is no such passage found anywhere in the Quran which
includes both the parts in a single sentence. Muslims join Quranic verses
37:35 and 47:19 to verse 48:29 to come out with the Islamic Shahada.

To become a Muslim, a convert has to pronounce in the presence of two

Muslim witnesses, the Shahada. The catch here is that just reciting only the
first part of Shahada does not make a person a Muslim. To be a Muslim
he/she must declare the first and the second part of Sahada concurrently.
That is, just mere belief in Allah does not make one a Muslim. One needs to
believe in Muhammad as well. It is mandatory. Muslims should not only
believe in Muhammad, but also love him dearly. If a Muslim does not love
Muhammad, then he/she is not a Muslim. In the Sunnah, Muhammad is
quoted as saying that none will attain Paradise until he (Muhammad) is
dearer to him/her than himself/herself. Further a Muslim must love
Muhammad so intensely that he/she must be prepared even to murder his
parents, siblings, children and spouse just for the sake of Muhammad. If not,
then the wayward Muslim must endure the incredible torment which Allah
has reserved for him/her in this world and the next.
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Here it is important to know one thing - Muhammad claimed that his God
Allah was the same God as the God of the Jews and the Christians. And to be
a Jew, one need not believe that Moses was a prophet; to be a Christian one
need not believe in Peter and Paul. But to be a Muslim, one has to believe in
Muhammad. If one does not believe in Muhammad, one is not a Muslim even
if that person believes in Allah and the Quran. To become a Muslims it is
absolutely mandatory to believe in and love Muhammad intensely. (At this
juncture I would like to ask Muslims one question. Muslims claim that Islam
is the true religion and Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus were all Muslims.
Can these Muslims tell me how the prophets were Muslims? Did Adam,
Abraham, Moses and Jesus believe in Muhammad?)

The oneness of Muhammad and Allah is seen in the Quranic verses where
Allah warns of torture and torments to Muslims if anyone dares to believe in
him (Allah) but not in Muhammad. Here are the relevant verses,

“Verily, those who disbelieve in Allâh and His Messengers and wish to
make distinction between Allâh and His Messengers (by believing in Allâh and
disbelieving in His Messengers) saying, "We believe in some but reject
others," and wish to adopt a way in between. They are in truth
disbelievers. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating
torment.” (Quran 4:150-151)

Also notice the umpteen verses in the Quran that include both Allah and his
messenger. It is as if Allah is totally incompetent without his messenger.
Here are a few of these verses,

“Ye who believe! Put not yourselves forward before Allah and His
Messenger; but fear Allah: for Allah is He Who hears and knows all things.”
(Quran 49:1)

“The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is:
execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite
sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy
punishment is theirs in the Hereafter” (Quran 5:33)
“Say (O Muhammad): "Obey Allâh and the Messenger (Muhammad)." But if
they turn away, then Allah does not like the disbelievers.” (Quran 3:32)

”O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger, and make not vain
your deeds!” (Quran 47:33)

“So obey Allah, and obey His Messenger: but if ye turn back, the duty of Our
Messenger is but to proclaim (the Message) clearly and openly.” (Quran
64:12)

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These verses prove beyond any doubt that the messenger of Allah was at
least as important as Allah himself if not more.

Muhammad and Allah are one

According to the Islamic scriptures, Muhammad’s orders were at par with

Allah’s orders and both their names came side by side in decision making as
well as authority to be obeyed. Muhammad and Allah ruled together. The
message of the Islamic scriptures is crystal clear, “Obey Allah and obey
Muhammad”. The Tawhid of Muhammad and Allah is clearly seen here.

The Quran says that all matter is decided by Allah and Muhammad together
and no one should question their decision,

“It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been
decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their
decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a
clearly wrong Path. (Quran 33:36)

So according to the Quran, the Islamic God needs mortal help to decide on
matters. He is totally incapable of deciding matters on his own.

The Quran says, If Muslims love Allah then follow Muhammad and Allah will
forgive your sins. So in Islam, sins are forgiven by following Muhammad,
Say (O Muhammad to mankind): "If you (really) love Allâh then follow
me, Allâh will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allâh is Oft-
Forgiving, Most Merciful."(Quran 3:31).

Allah salutes Muhammad

Most people will find it impossible to believe that such a verse exists, not in
hadiths, not in Sunnah, not in Sira, but right in the Quran. Yes, Allah is so
much indebted to Muhammad that He had to salute him! The verse says that
Allah salutes Muhammad but the spies and conspirators salute Muhammad
differently; the spies and the double dealers will face the penalty of hell
fire...

“Turnest thou not thy sight towards those who were forbidden secret
counsels yet revert to that which they were forbidden (to do)? And they hold
secret counsels among themselves for iniquity and hostility, and disobedience
to the Messenger. And when they come to thee, they salute thee, not
as Allah salutes thee, (but in crooked ways): And they say to themselves,
"Why does not Allah punish us for our words?" Enough for them is Hell: In it
will they burn, and evil is that destination!” (Quran 58:8)

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Allah and Angels Worship Muhammad

Probably the most controversial verse in the Islamic scriptures is Quran

33:56. The verse says that Allah and his Angels worship/pray to Muhammad.
Since this verse is of vital importance I will give several translations of it.

“Allah and His angels praise and venerate the Prophet. Believers, praise and
venerate him and pronounce peace upon him in abundance.” (Qaribullah
Quran 33:56)

“Allah sends His Salat (Prayers, Salutations, Honors, Blessings) on the

Prophet (Muhammad SAW) and also His angels too (pray to Allah to bless
and forgive him). O you who believe! Send your Salat on (ask Allah to bless)
him (Muhammad SAW), and (you should) greet (salute) him with the Islamic
way of greeting (salutation i.e. AsSalamu Alaikum).” (The Noble Quran
33:56)

“Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send
ye blessings on him, and salute him with all respect.” (Yusuf Ali Quran
33:56)

This is one of the most controversial parts of the Quran. Translators have
given their own meanings of what the verse means. But those of you’ll who
know Arabic can translate the verse and check for yourself. In Arabic a word
can have several meanings. But the context gives the correct meaning of the
word away. This being the case, the correct translation of the ayah is,

“Allah and his Angels pray peace to Muhammad, all Believers too pray for
him and salute him”

In this context, the translations by Qaribullah and Hilali/Khan (The Noble

Quran) are closer to the meaning of the original verse in Arabic. Since
worship of Muhammad by Allah is unthinkable from the Islamic perspective,
most translators get around this massive problem by translating the phrase
as “blessings” when actually it should be “prays peace” or “venerates”.

But the translation by Qaribullah hits the nail on the head. The dictionary
meaning of Veneration is worshipping. So according to the Quran, Allah
and his Angels worship Muhammad.

The other meaning of the phrase is “prays peace”, which is the same as
veneration. The meaning of Prays Peace is “paying allegiance or homage to”
or “Acknowledging the superiority of someone over himself/herself”.
Example, Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord
under feudal law. Thus taking the second translation into account, Allah and
the angels come under Muhammad’s subjection which results in their paying
homage to him, much like the vassal kings did to their conquerors. In either
case, it is Muhammad who is the God and Allah is his sub-ordinate.

Further the Quran says that Allah prays,

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“Upon them shall be prayers (salawatun) from their Lord and mercy, and
they are the rightly directed.” (Quran 2:157)

“He it is who sends PRAYERS on you (Arabic- yusallii alaykum), as do His

angels ...” (Quran 33:43)

Since these verses all clearly say that Allah literally prays, and since prayer
requires an object, we must therefore ask to whom does Allah pray? Muslims
claim that Allah is a singular entity, there being no plurality of persons within
his Being, which means that Allah cannot be praying to himself. Perhaps
there is a Muslim out there who can explain to us how can Allah pray if he is
a singularity-within-unity Deity?

Some Muslims try to redefine words by saying that prayer here doesn't
literally mean prayer, but actually means blessings, that Allah is sending
down his blessings. And so many translators have translated the phrase
“prays peace” as “blessings” for Quran 33:56. The problem with this
explanation is that there is an Arabic word for blessing, baraka, which does
not appear in the above citations. Rather, the passages use the words
salawatun, yusallii, yasalluuna and salluu, all of which are derivatives of the
word salah. And the word salah means that one is praying to or invoking a
deity, the emphasis being on prayer and invocation. (Please see Appendix B
for more details on Salah)

Some Muslims question the deity of Jesus Christ by saying that Jesus too
prayed. They forget; Jesus prayed to the Father. In Christianity it makes
perfect sense. i.e. Jesus the son praying to the Father. But in Islam it does
not - a singular Monad praying to himself. According to the Bible, God the
son proceeded from God the Father, and God the Holy Spirit proceeded from
God the Father and God the Son. So it makes perfect sense for God the Son
praying to God the Father; but not so in Islam. Allah is a singular deity and
praying to oneself does not make any sense. Unless Allah was praying to
Muhammad!

Coming back to the original topic, the Quran speaks of Allah performing salla
for or on Muhammad. Thus Allah, who is absolute, prays TO HIMSELF on the
prophet. If Allah and his angels in heaven are praying on the prophet, and
on earth Muslims are praying on the prophet, then Mohammed is the center
of worship in heaven and on earth. This is also the conclusion arrived at by
some intellectual Muslims. The implication of Quran 33:56 is that Muhammad
becomes the very object of worship. This is not surprising when you know
that in any Islamic inscribed sign, you will read the name "Allah" at
the same level of the name "Muhammad."

Muhammad’s rulings are Allah’s rulings

Allah made obeying Muhammad tantamount to obeying Himself and he

placed obedience to Himself alongside obedience to His Messenger. Allah

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promises that doing this will result in an abundant reward and threatens a
severe punishment for opposing it. He made it obligatory to obey the things
that the Prophet commanded and to avoid those he prohibited.

“It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been
decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision:
if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong
Path.” (Quran 033:036)

Muhammad’s doings were Allah’s doings; Muhammad’s killings were Allah’s

killings. It is not that Muhammad was a murderer, Allah was the murderer.
In Quran 8:17 we read,

“You killed them not, but Allah killed them. And you (Muhammad) threw not
when you did throw but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by a
fair trial from Him. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower.” (Quran 8:17)

Elsewhere we read in the Quran that it is not Muhammad who led the
terrorist attacks against the infidel unbelievers, but Allah himself led them
along with his angels.

Obeying Muhammad is obeying Allah

The Quran and the Sunnah state that obeying Muhammad is obeying Allah.
Quran 4:80 tells us that obeying Muhammad is obeying Allah. Quran 48:10
tells that pledging allegiance to Muhammad is pledging allegiance to Allah.
Here are the relevant verses,

“He who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allah, but he
who turns away, then we have not sent you (O Muhammad) as a watcher
over them.” (Quran 4:80).

“Verily, those who give pledge to you (O Muhammad) they are giving pledge
to Allah. The Hand of Allah is over their hands. Then whosoever breaks his
pledge, breaks only to his own harm, and whosoever fulfils what he has
covenanted with Allah, He will bestow on him a great reward.” (Quran 48:10)

Further Quran 33:71 states that obeying Allah and Muhammad is the sure
way for being saved from hell fire.

“He will direct you to do righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins.
And whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger he has indeed achieved a
great achievement (i.e. he will be saved from the Hell-fire and made to enter
Paradise)” (Quran 33:71)

In Sahih Bukhari we read that whoever obeys Muhammad obeys Allah,

whoever disobeys Muhammad disobeys Allah,

Narrated Abu Huraira: That (sic) heard Allah's Apostle saying, "We are the
last but will be the foremost to enter Paradise)." The Prophet added, "He

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who obeys me, obeys Allah, and he who disobeys me, disobeys Allah.
He who obeys the chief, obeys me, and he who disobeys the chief, disobeys
me. The Imam is like a shelter for whose safety the Muslims should fight and
where they should seek protection. If the Imam orders people with
righteousness and rules justly, then he will be rewarded for that, and if he
does the opposite, he will be responsible for that." (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4,
Book 52, Number 204)

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever obeys me, obeys
Allah, and whoever disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and whoever obeys
the ruler I appoint, obeys me, and whoever disobeys him, disobeys me."
(Sahih Bukhari Volume 9, Book 89, Number 251)

All this has put a serious doubt in my mind. Is Allah = Muhammad and
Muhammad = Allah?

Annoying Muhammad is annoying Allah

In the Quran, Allah stipulated that if anyone annoyed Muhammad, it was as

if he had annoyed or insulted Allah. Affirming that insulting/criticising (even
mild) Muhammad was indeed tantamount to debasing Allah, He legislated
terrible punishment for those who dared to indulge in uttering any words
which might offend Muhammad.

In Quran 33:57, Allah curses those who annoy Muhammad; there is a

humiliating punishment for annoying Muhammad (death for blaspheming
Muhammad).

“Those who annoy Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this
World and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them a humiliating
Punishment.” (Quran 33:57)

Quran 49:2 commands people not to raise their voice above the voice of
Muhammad; do not shout at him; it is like shouting at Allah. Quran 49:3
says Allah forgives those who talk to Muhammad in a lower voice.

“O ye who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor
speak aloud to him in talk, as ye may speak aloud to one another, lest your
deeds become vain and ye perceive not.” (Quran 49:2)

“Those that lower their voices in the presence of Allah's Messenger,- their
hearts has Allah tested for piety: for them is Forgiveness and a great
Reward.” (Quran 49:3)

Here is how a Christian or a Jew receives Islamic punishment, if he/she dares

to revile Muhammad in the mildest manner. When they revile Muhammad,
they actually revile Allah. This will explain why there was such mayhem in
the Islamic world when the infidels dared to publish a few cartoons of

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Muhammad. What the cartoonists did was unpardonable to Allah. They
actually disparaged Allah.

“Ibn Kinana said in Al-Mabsut that any Jew or Christian who reviles the
Prophet can be burned by the Imam. If he likes he can kill him and then burn
his body. If he likes he can burn him alive.”

“Abu’l Mus’ab said, “A Christian was brought to me who said, ‘By the One
who chose ‘Isa (Jesus) over Muhammad’. There was a dispute about him
before me. So I beat him until I killed him, or he lived for a day and a night.
I commanded someone to drag him by the feet and throw him onto a dung
heap and the fogs ate him.”

These excerpts from the most authentic Islamic sources should explain why
the Iraqi Jihadists kill the American infidels and burn them, sometimes after
beheading. This is Allah’s retribution for the Christians who dare to reject
Muhammad and his message.

Muhammad’s booty is Allah’s booty

The term booty in the Islamic scriptures refers to stolen goods like wealth,
animals and babes (woman) procured during a raid. Allah legalized booty for
Muhammad and Muhammad was free to raid any caravan, settlement or
town he wanted for babes and wealth.

Here are Quranic verses where Allah claims one fifth share of the booty
captured during a raid for himself and Muhammad. Yes, according to the
Quran Allah is not only a terrorist like Muhammad, he is also a thief like him.
Allah claims that the share of plunder designated for Allah and the Messenger
is one and the same,

”What Allah has bestowed on His Messenger (and stolen) from the people of
the townships,- belongs to Allah,- to His Messenger and to kindred and
orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; In order that it may not (merely)
make a circuit between the wealthy among you. So take what the Messenger
assigns to you, and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you. And
fear Allah; for Allah is strict in Punishment.” (Quran 59:7)

“And know that out of all the booty that ye may acquire (in war), a fifth
share is assigned to Allah,- and to the Messenger, and to near relatives,
orphans, the needy, and the wayfarer,- if ye do believe in Allah and in the
revelation We sent down to Our servant on the Day of Testing,- the Day of
the meeting of the two forces. For Allah hath power over all things.” (Quran
8:41)

Muhammad and Allah had the same Tastes

Muhammad likes and Allah’s likings had strange similarities. Muhammad liked
Woman, so did Allah. Muhammad liked Perfume, so did Allah. There are

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hadiths (ahadith) wherein it is stated that on the Resurrection Day Allah will
wear very powerful perfume to bemuse the Muslims. Muslims would
recognise Allah from such a delightful perfume.

Ibn Sa’d writes that Muhammad liked three worldly objects—perfume,

women and food. He obtained women and perfumes but did not get food
(Ibn Sa’d, Translated S. Moinul Haq, 1972 p 1.469). Ibn Sa’d even writes
that Muhammad was recognised by perfume when he came out of his
residence - exactly the way Allah will be recognised when He comes out of
His abode. (Ibn Sa’d, Tr. S. Moinul Haq, 1972 p 1.470).

Imam Ghazali, whose position, many Islamists consider next to Muhammad,

writes that three items were dear to Muhammad: perfume, women, and
prayer (Ghazali, Tr. Fazl-ul- Karim p 2.27). Ghazali also writes that on the
Resurrection Day, Allah will wear such a perfume that its fragrance will beat
even the fragrance of the musk (Ghazali, Tr. Fazl-ul- Karim p 4.322).

Just like Muhammad, Allah’s obsession with women as sex objects, to fulfill
Muhammad’s carnal desire knows no bounds. In the Islamic scriptures it is
noteworthy to note Allah’s fixation with young, sexy, and attractive women,
especially His meticulous attention to these women’s private parts. We must
understand the sex-starved Bedouin Arabs attitude towards women if we
were to gauge Allah’s craving for women’s private parts. It is not surprising
that Allah and Muhammad had the same tastes after all both were residents
of Arabia.

Reject Muhammad and Allah, land in Hell

Believe in Muhammad and you are in Paradise, otherwise Allah sends you to
hell. Here are a few sample verses which say that if anyone rejects
Muhammad and Allah he/she will be thrown into hell–fire. On the other hand,
whoever obeys Muhammad and Allah will reside in Paradise.

“And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for
those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!” (Quran 48:13)

“No blame is there on the blind, nor is there blame on the lame, nor on one
ill (if he joins not the war): But he that obeys Allah and his Messenger,-
(Allah) will admit him to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; and he who
turns back, (Allah) will punish him with a grievous Penalty.” (Quran 48:17)

The following hadith in Sahih Bukhari tells us beyond a shadow of doubt, that
whoever believed in Allah and Muhammad will be in Paradise.

Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: The Prophet said, "The people of Paradise will
look at the dwellers of the lofty mansions (i.e. a superior place in Paradise) in
the same way as one looks at a brilliant star far away in the East or in the
West on the horizon; all that is because of their superiority over one another
(in rewards)." On that the people said, "O Allah's Apostle! Are these lofty
mansions for the prophets which nobody else can reach? The Prophet

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replied," No! "By Allah in whose Hands my life is, these are for the men who
believed in Allah and also believed in the Apostles." (Sahih Bukhari,
Volume 4, Book 54, Number 478)

Allah was desperate to please Muhammad

Do not laugh when you read the above caption. It was not the duty of
Muhammad to please Allah, it was the other way around - Allah rushed to
please Muhammad. Whenever Muhammad need to get rid of his opponents,
commit rape, incest or adultery, plunder a caravan or settlement, confiscate
land or goods, break an oath or pledge, or lie for the heck of it, Allah was
quick in whispering a verse to Muhammad. Only Muhammad heard these
whisperings which he claimed to be revelations from God.

According to Quran 33:51, Muhammad could change his rotation system with
his 9-11 wives as he wished; he was free to have sex with any women whom
he had previous separation. Allah bent all these rules just to please
Muhammad.

“You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom
you please, and whom you desire of those whom you had separated
provisionally; no blame attaches to you; this is most proper, so that their
eyes may be cool and they may not grieve, and that they should be pleased,
all of them with what you give them, and Allah knows what is in your hearts;
and Allah is Knowing, Forbearing.” (Quran 33:51)

This urgency of Allah to please his master Muhammad was once noticed by
his child wife Aisha who sarcastically said “O Allah's Apostle! I do not see,
but, that your Lord hurries in pleasing you”.

Narrated Hisham's father: Khaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who
presented themselves to the Prophet for marriage. 'Aisha said, "Doesn't a
lady feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?" But when the Verse: "(O
Muhammad) You may postpone (the turn of) any of them (your wives) that
you please,' (33.51) was revealed, " 'Aisha said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I do not
see, but, that your Lord hurries in pleasing you.' " (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7,
Book 62, Number 48)

The Quran says that Allah was so much enamoured with Muhammad that He
remitted all his past, present and future sins. This meant that after
Muhammad’s past and current calumnies, Muhammad had Allah’s license to
commit in future whatever sins/crimes/murder/loot/plunder/rape he wished.
There was no necessity for any contrition on whatever evils Muhammad
planned to do. Almighty, Allah, Himself was the guarantor of His forgiveness.

“That Allah may forgive thee thy faults of the past and those to follow; fulfil
His favour to thee; and guide thee on the Straight Way;” (Quran 048.002)
Sahih Muslim says that Allah had forgiven Muhammad’s past and future sins;
it was because Muhammad feared Allah most,
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Umar b Abu Salama reported that he asked the Messenger of Allah (may
peace be upon him): Should one observing fast kiss (his wife)? The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said to him: Ask her (Umm
Salama). She informed him that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) did that, where upon he said: Messenger of Allah, Allah pardoned thee
all thy sins, the previous and the later ones. Upon this the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) said: By Allah, I am the most God conscious
among you and I fear Him most among you. (Sahih Muslim, Book 006,
Number 2450)

There are several such situational scripture verses in the Quran where Allah
was quick in whispering a verse to tide over Muhammad during his time of
discomfiture. One of the best instances is when one of Muhammad’s wife
caught Muhammad in bed with a slave Girl (discussed later on). But Allah
was quick in revealing a Quranic revelation that would absolve Muhammad of
all guilt. Allah also revealed verses when Muhammad needed to get rid of his
opponents, commit rape, plunder a caravan or settlement, confiscate
something, break an oath or pledge but did not have a proper excuse to
commit the deed. It is all given nicely in the Islamic Sunnah.

Was Muhammad Allah?

This brings us to the most important question. Was Muhammad Allah? Let us
review whatever we have discussed so far to see if our assumption holds any
air.

Without belief in Muhammad it is not possible to become a Muslim.

The names of Allah and Muhammad always come together in the Quran

Allah and Muhammad decide all matters together

If one follows Muhammad, Allah will wipe out his/her sins.

Allah Salutes Muhammad

Allah and his Angels worship Muhammad

In Islam, the names "Muhammad" and "Allah" occur at the same level

Muhammad’s rulings are Allah’s rulings

Obeying Muhammad is obeying Allah

Disobeying Muhammad is disobeying Allah

Annoying Muhammad is annoying Allah

Muhammad’s booty is Allah’s booty

Muhammad and Allah had the same tastes. Both were crazy about
perfume, woman and their private parts.

Allah was desperate to please Muhammad

So was Muhammad, Allah? Or was he someone greater than Allah? The truth
can be found out in the Islamic scriptures constituting the Sunnah.

The Truth about Allah and Muhammad

It should not come as a surprise that the word "Allah" was not something
invented by Muhammad or revealed for the first time in the Quran. There are

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several Sunnah hadiths where we find the Muslims and the Pagans swearing
in the name of the same God - Allah. When Muhammad got his first visit
from the unknown source (which he claimed to be the Angel Gabriel) in the
cave of hira and came running to his wife, she consoled him by saying,

Khadija replied, "Never! By Allah, Allah will never disgrace you.

Notice she uses the word “Allah”. How did Khadija who was a Christian know
about Allah when Muhammad had not yet told her? Neither did the unknown
source tell the name of his Lord to Muhammad. So how did Khadija know
about the name of Muhammad’s future god? (See part 1 of this booklet,
section How the Quran was revealed to Muhammad to know what transpired
during the revelation of the Quran to Muhammad)

We can know the truth about Allah from the Sunnah books especially the
sections of the Sunnah narrating the life in Arabia before the birth of
Muhammad. The truth is Allah was a well known god of the Meccans.
Muhammad himself was an Allah worshipper. All the Sunnah books tell that
Muhammad's father’s name was Abd-Allah which means slave of Allah. And
who was Allah?

The word "Allah" comes from the compound Arabic word, al-ilah. Al is the
definite article "the" and ilah is an Arabic word for "god." Allah is a purely
Arabic term used in reference to an Arabian deity. The name Allah was used
as the personal name of the moon god. Allah, the moon god, was married to
the sun goddess. Together they produced three goddesses who were called
"the daughters of Allah." These three goddesses were Al-Lat, Al-Uzza, and
Manat.

Allah and his three daughters were considered as the "high" gods. That is,
they were viewed as being at the top of the pantheon of Arabian deities. The
Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (I:61) tells us that along with
Allah, the Arabians worshipped a host of lesser gods and "daughters of Al-
lah".

The well-known Middle East scholar H.A.R. Gibb has pointed out that the
reason that Muhammad never had to explain who Allah was in the Quran is
that his listeners had already heard about Allah long before Muhammad was
ever born (Mohammedanism: A Historical Survey, New York: Mentor Books,
1955, p.38).

Dr. Arthur Jeffery, one of the foremost Western Islamic scholars of modern
times and professor of Islamic and Middle East Studies at Columbia
University, notes:

"The name Allah, as the Quran itself is witness, was well known in pre-
Islamic Arabia. Indeed, both it and its feminine form, Allat, are found not
infrequently among the theophorous names in inscriptions from North Africa"

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(Islam: Muhammad, and His Religion, New York: The Liberal Arts Press,
1958, p. 85).

The Quraysh tribe into which Muhammad was born was particularly devoted
to Allah, the moon god, and especially to Allah's three daughters who were
viewed as intercessors between the people and Allah. The Sirat-Rasul-Allah
and the History of Islam by Tabari, two of the most important Sunnah books
of Islam describe in detail, how during pre-islamic times, the pagan Arabs
worshipped the Moon-god Allah by praying toward Mecca several times a
day; making a pilgrimage to Mecca; running around the temple of the Moon-
god called the Kabah; kissing a black stone (a fallen meteor); killing an
animal in sacrifice to the Moon-god; throwing stones at the devil; fasting for
the month which begins and ends with the crescent moon; giving alms to the
poor, etc. All this was going on for centuries before Muhammad was even
born.

When Muhammad came on the scene he started proclaiming himself as a

prophet of God. During those pagan days the people of Yemen used to
worship another deity whose name was Ar-Rahman. Muhammad, for a while,
adopted the name Ar-Rahman for God. (Today Muslims falsely claim that Ar-
Rahman is one of the 99 names of Allah. Please note that nowhere in the
Quran or the Sunnah, Allah says that He has 99 additional names including
Ar-Rahman. It is Muslims who have put forward this idea.). Nevertheless,
this attempt was a failure. When Muhammad declared himself to be the
messenger of Ar-Rahman, the Meccans, were too confused, too reluctant to
accept his new God. So he wanted to be politically correct;—not to rock the
boat too much. Therefore, in the end, he selected the Allah of the pagans as
his God, with the exception that his Allah was the only God to be worshipped.
Muhammad’s god had competitors, and they ranged from puny local rock
idols like Allah’s daughters Manat, Al-Uzza, and Al-Lat to Yahweh the God of
the Jews and the Christians. Thereby by selecting Allah as the only God,
Muhammad did away with the competition of the pagan gods.

This was certainly a very cunning move, for; the pagans would readily accept
Allah, because they were already wont to worship Him as their supreme
deity. Apart from totally banning other Gods, Muhammad kept intact,
virtually almost all the pagan rituals. The pagan symbols were also kept
intact. Is it any surprise today that the symbol of Islam is the crescent
moon? That a crescent moon sits on top of their mosques and minarets? That
a crescent moon is found on the flags of Islamic nations? That the Muslims
fast during the month which begins and ends with the appearance of the
crescent moon in the sky? Most Muslims have no idea what this crescent
moon stands for. The crescent moon was the symbol of Allah the Arabian
moon god which Muhammad hijacked to start a new religion.

The other important amendment he made was that the name of

Muhammad must be invoked whenever Allah is mentioned. By doing
this he made his name virtually indistinguishable from that of Allah.

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The first part was readily acceptable to most of the Meccans, but not the
second part. To become a Muslim, mere invocation of allegiance to Allah was
not acceptable, as Abu Sufyan, the Meccan leader found out to his horror. To
be a Muslim, according to Muhammad’s specification, one must also affirm in
the apostleship of Muhammad — as Allah’s last Messenger.

Projecting himself as the prophet of Allah, allowed Muhammad to wield

control over everyone's life by telling him/her that he is the representative of
God, and what he says is what God has ordained. To keep everyone under
control, Muhammad projected the god of the Muslims (Allah) as tyrant who
demanded Muslims and all others to submit to Muhammad. In doing so, he
became a ventriloquist and Allah became his dummy. Now Muhammad could
get what he wanted using the name of Allah. And he did use it effectively to
grind his axe especially with regard to wealth and woman. Several situational
Quranic verses were revealed to get the wealth and sex he craved for.
Anyone who refused to comply with his wishes was butchered or murdered
deceptively. Several such incidents are given in the Sunnah collections.

But there was a major problem in this script. Allah never spoke. So it was left
upto Muslims to follow Muhammad’s orders which Muhammad the
ventriloquist acting as Allah gave. So the meccans started making fun of him.
To provide substance to his religion, Muhammad claimed that the God of
Islam was the God of the Jews and the Christians. But the Jews and the
Christians too refused to believe in this charlatan. And the Jews and
Christians had to pay for this disbelief with their lives. Muhammad looted,
pillaged and murdered thousands of Jews and Christians during his lifetime.
The carnage of Christians and Jews continues to this very day in
countries/regions where the Mohammedans form the majority.

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 The Woman Muhammad had

Muhammad had a major weakness for woman. Whenever he saw a pretty

woman he could not control himself. He was crazy about sex. In the Sunnah
ahadith, we find the Jews criticizing Muhammad's appetite for women,
alleging that he had nothing to do except taking wives".

Since polygamy was practiced in the Old Testament by such patriarchs as

Abraham, the mere fact that Muhammad had more than one wife is not
sufficient in and of itself to discount his claim to prophet hood. But this does
have historical value in terms of trying to understand Muhammad as a man.

It also poses a logical problem for Muslims. Because the Quran in 4:3 forbids
the taking of more than four wives, to have taken any more would have been
sinful for Muhammad.

“If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry
women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not
be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your
right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing
injustice.” (Quran 4:3)

Muslims defend Muhammad using the following arguments,

"Muhammad was sinless. The Quran makes taking more than four wives a
sin. Therefore Muhammad could not have taken more than four wives. Why?
Because Muhammad was sinless."

The problem is that Muslims approach any questions on Muhammad and the
Quran based on blind faith and not on the basis of the historical and literary
evidence. The truth is the exact opposite of what Muslims believe.

The Quran makes taking more than 4 wives a sin for Muslims. But the God of
Islam was ever willing to bend the rules (the first time God bended his rules
for anyone in recorded history) for Muhammad. Muhammad was given the
privilege of having any number of wives he wanted apart from having sex
with slaves and other woman who wanted one nights stand with him. (Note
that these special privileges by Allah for Muhammad were heard by
Muhammad alone). As a result Muhammad went on a marrying spree even at
an advanced age.

Muslim scholar and statesman Ali Dashti gives the following list of the 22
women in Muhammad's life. Dashti based much of this on an earlier list in the
History of Al-Tabari vol.9 p.126-241.

The following is the list of his 16 wives.

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1) Khadija
2) Sawda
3) Ayesha
4) Omm Salama
5) Hafsa
6) Zaynab (of Jahsh)
7) Jowayriya
8) Omm Habiba
9) Safiya
10) Maymuna (of Hareth)
11) Fatema
12) Hend
13) Asma (of Saba)
14) Zaynab (of Khozayma)
15) Habla
16) Asma (of Noman)

Islamic scholars say that Ali Dashti missed at least nine possible other wives.

Zaynab of Jahsh was Muhammad's adopted son's wife, whom Muhammad

married after Allah gave a divine revelation (Quran 33:36-38). The fact that
Muhammad took her for himself has been problematic to many people,
Muslims included.

Ayesha was a 6 year old girl Muhammad married. He took her to bed when
she was 9 and he 56. According to the Sunnah, she was still playing with her
dolls. This facet of Muhammad's sexual appetite is particularly distressing to
Westerners. While in Islamic countries a eight-or-nine-year-old girl can be
given in marriage to an adult male, in the West, most people would shudder
to think of an eight-or-nine-year-old girl being given in marriage to anyone.

This aspect of Muhammad's personal life is something that many scholars

pass over once again because they do not want to hurt the feelings of
Muslims. Yet, history cannot be rewritten to avoid confronting the facts that
Muhammad had unnatural desires for little girls.

Apart from his wives Muhammad had two sex slaves or concubines with
who Muhammad indulged in sex regularly. These were,

1) Mary (the Copt)

2) Rayhana

Mary, the Coptic Christian, refused to marry Muhammad because she would
not renounce Christianity and embrace Islam. She bravely chose to remain a
slave rather than convert.

There were another 4 women as noted by the Sunnah writers who were
neither wives nor concubines of Muhammad, but devout Muslim women who
"gave" themselves to satisfy Muhammad’s sexual desires. And Muhammad

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was not one to miss out on such opportunities. The woman who indulged in
one Nights stands with Muhammad were,

1) Omm Sharik
2) Maymuna
3) Zaynad (a third women)
4) Khawla

Apart from these, Muhammad raped quite a number of young girls. Allah’s
Quran permits Muslims to have unlimited concubines and sex with "women
their right hands possess". (Quran 23:5-6; 33:50,52; 4:24; 70:29-30). The
women the right hand possesses are the slaves and woman captured during
raids on caravans and settlements.

Every time Muhammad savaged a settlement (Remember Muhammad

authorized 86 raids on caravans and settlements), he took for herself the
prettiest captive. If he found her satisfying after one night, he made her his
wife; else the girl was sold as a slave. Yes, quite a playboy was the prophet
of Islam.

There were also many woman who turned Muhammad down. Muhammed
asked to marry Ghaziyyah on account of her beauty, but she declined. (Al-
Tabari vol.9 p.136). Layla clapped Muhammed’s shoulder from behind and
asked him to marry her. Muhammed accepted. Layla’s people said, "’What a
bad thing you have done! You are a self-respecting woman, but the
Prophet is a womanizer. Seek an annulment from him.’ She went back to
the Prophet and asked him to revoke the marriage." (Al-Tabari vol.9 p.139).
Mohammed also proposed marriage to Jamrah bint Al-Harith. Her father
falsely claimed she was suffering from something to turn down Muhammad.
(Al-Tabari vol.9 p.139). The Prophet also proposed marriage to Duba’ah bint
‘Amir and Umm Habib bint al-‘Abbas but both gave some excuse and backed
out. There were a couple of other kids whom Muhammad wanted to marry when
they grew up but he died before they could grow up.

The documentation for all the women in Muhammad's harem is so vast and
has been presented so many times in the Sunnah that only the intellectually
blind can afford to ignore it or object to it.

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 Muhammad’s Perverted Nature

Muslims love to say that Muhammad their “holy prophet” married many
woman out of compassion. That is not true. Most of Muhammad’s wives were
captives of war and were young, gorgeous and in the prime of their life.
Muhammad married them because they were sex bombshells and he desired
them in bed with him. As far as women were concerned Muhammad did not
believe in compassion. Here is what Muhammad had to say about woman
and marriage.

The prophet said that, "the woman can be married for religion, her fortune,
or her beauty. So marry one for the religion" (Abu Issa al-Tarmidi, Sunan al-
Tarmidi, Medina n.d., p.275, B: 4, H:1092)

Therefore, according to the Prophet of Islam, a woman is either a creature

who will be subjected to brutal conversion to Islam, a golden goose or a
sexual plaything. Her virtues, intelligence or personality do not matter. But
Muhammad did not stop there. He recommends all Muslims to marry "one for
the religion". Now what does this mean? It means to use the institution of
marriage to convert non-Muslim girls to Islam. Now you know why so many
Muslim men marry non-Muslims girls and convert them to Islam. It also
shows what high regard Islam has for the sacred institution of Marriage.

Now does it make it clear what perverted views Muhammad had with regard
to woman and marriage? Muhammad married Khadija for her fortune. She
was a wealthy woman. Muhammad married six year old Aisha for her firm
tender body. Muhammad married his adopted son’s wife for her beauty. He
married the rest of the woman for sex and for religion. Is there any doubt
about it now? We will discuss a couple of incidents regarding Muhammad and
his perverted nature in relation to his wives.

Juwairiya

The following incident describes how the prophet got the Jewish girl
Juwairiya.

Ibn Aun has narrated: “I wrote a letter to Nafi and Nafi wrote in reply to my
letter that the Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without
warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being
watered at the places of water. Their fighting men were killed and their
women and children were taken as captives; the Prophet got Juwairiya on
that day. Nafi said that Ibn 'Umar had told him the above narration and that
Ibn 'Umar was in that army.” (Bukhari 3.46.717)

The same incident is also given in Muslim 019.4292.

Muhammad sent one of his companions; Bareeda bin Haseeb, to spy on the
Bani al-Mustaliq and after assessing the situation he ordered his men to
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attack. Muslims came out of Madina on 2nd Shaban of 5 A.H. and encamped
at Muraisa, a place at a distance of 9 marches from Medina.

Juwairiya was one of the captives during the raid of Banu Mustaliq. When all
the prisoners were made slaves and distributed among the victorious Muslim
soldiers, Juwairiyah fell to the lot of Thabit bin Qais. She was the daughter of
Haris, the leader of the clan.

She was the daughter of the leader of the clan, and therefore, very much felt
the discomfiture and disgrace of being made slave of an ordinary Muslim
soldier. Therefore, she requested him to release her on payment of ransom.
Thabit agreed to this, if she could pay him 9 Auqias of gold. Juwairiyah had
no ready money with her. She tried to raise this amount through
contributions, and approached the Holy Prophet also in this connection. She
said to him "0' Prophet of Allah! I am the daughter of Al Haris bin Zarar, the
Lord (chief) of his people. You know that it is by chance that our people have
fallen captive and I have fallen to the share of Thabit bin Qais and have
requested him to release me considering my status, but he has refused.
Please do an act of kindness and save me from humiliation". The Holy
Prophet was moved and asked the captive woman if she would like a thing
still better. She asked as to what was that thing. He said that he was ready
to pay her ransom and marry her if she liked. She agreed to this proposal. So
the Holy Prophet paid the amount of ransom and married her.”

Picturize this, First the “Holy Prophet” raids a population without warning
because they were easy targets and wealthy. As usual he kills the unarmed
able-bodied men, plunders their belongings, then enslaves the rest. The
narrator says, “According to the prevailing practice all the prisoners were
made slaves and distributed among the victorious Muslim soldiers.”
Prevailing practice? Didn’t Muhammad come to show people the right way?
Why should he follow the evil prevailing practices of a people whom he called
ignorant? By doing so, he set the example and those evil practices became
standard practices of the Muslims for ever.

The narrator says that upon seeing Juwairiyah the Prophet was “moved”.
I think that movement must have happened in his male organ because his
heart seems to have remained cold and unmoved. Although Muslims call this
marriage, I call it rape.

Safiyah

Safiyah was a beautiful 17 years old Jewish woman who was captured when
Muhammad’s troops raided Kheibar. She was the daughter or Huyeiy Ibn
Akhtab, the chief of the Banu Nadir, a Jewish tribe of Medina, whom
Muhammad had beheaded two years earlier along with the men of Banu
Quriaza. The tribe of Banu Nadir had been already banished from Medina and
their properties were confiscated.

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Safiyah was married to her cousin Kinana, who was a young Jewish leader of
Kheibar. When Muhammad raided that fortress, he killed its unarmed men
and captured the rest. A Jewish traitor, to gain Muhammad’s favor and be
spared from death, told him that Kinana was the treasurer of the town and
that he used to hide the money in some ruins. Muhammad ordered Kinana to
be tortured to reveal the whereabouts of the treasures and killed him.

Then he asked the prettiest woman from amongst those captives to be

brought to him. Ibn Ishaq writes: "The apostle occupied the Jewish forts one
after the other, taking prisoners as he went. Among these were Safiya, the
wife of Kinana, the Khaibar chief, and two female cousins: [sisters of Kinana]
the apostle chose Safiya for himself. The other prisoners were distributed
among the Muslims. Bilal brought Safiya to the apostle, and they passed the
bodies of several Jews on the way. Safiya's female companions lamented
and strewed dust on their heads. When the apostle of Allâh observed this
scene, he said, 'Remove these she devils from me.' But he ordered Safiya to
remain, and threw his reda [cloak] over her. So the Muslims knew he had
reserved her for his own. The apostle reprimanded Bilal, saying, 'Hast thou
lost all feelings of mercy, to make women pass by the corpses of their
husbands?'”

Safiyah was taken to Muhammad’s tent. Muhammad wanted to have sex with
her on that very night, only hours after torturing to death her husband. She
resisted his advances. That night Abu Ayyub al-Ansari guarded the tent of
Muhammad. When, in the early dawn, Muhammad saw Abu Ayyub strolling
up and down, he asked him what he meant by this sentry-go; he replied: "I
was afraid for you with this young lady. You had killed her father, her
husband and many of her relatives, I was really afraid for you on her
account". (Ibn Ishaq, p. 766)

The next day Muhammad covered Safiyah with his mantle, an act signifying
that she is now his. Safiyah was groomed and made-up for Muhammad by
Umm Sulaim, the mother of Anas ibn Malik and was taken to Muhammad
who married her in a mock marriage ceremony and raped her that night.
Muslims call this marriage. I call that rape. I am certain not many young
women would like to jump into bed with an old man who happens to be the
murderer of their father and husband and many other relatives. That poor
woman had no choice; therefore that marriage was nothing but a mockery of
this sacred institution. At that time Muhammad was close to sixty years old.

Rayhanah

Another victim of Muhammad was Rayhana, a 15 year old Jewish girl from
the tribe of Banu Quraiza. Muhammad massacred all the men of that tribe.
Then women were brought to him to pick and he chose Rayhana. Rayhana
never married Muhammad and unlike Juwairiyah and Safiyah never feigned
being a Muslim to have an easier life. She preferred to remain a sex slave
rather than the wife of the murderer of her father, brothers and uncles.

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Mariyah the Copt

The following is Muhammad’s scandalous love affair with Mariyah the Copt
(Egyptian Christian) who was one of the prophet’s wives’ maids. Muhammad
slept with her without any ceremony, which caused uproar among his wives
and finally was settled by Divine intervention. This story is recorded in an
authenticated Hadith and is reported by Omar.

One-day Muhammad goes to his wife Hafsa’s (the daughter of Omar) house
and finds her maid Mariyah attractive. He sends Hafsa to Omar’s house,
telling her that he wanted to see her (Muhammad lied to Hafsa so that he
could have his way with Mariyah). When Hafsa leaves, Muhammad takes
Mariyah to bed and has intercourse with her. Meanwhile Hafsa, who finds out
that her father was not expecting her, returns home much sooner than
expected, and to her chagrin finds her illustrious husband in bed with her
maid.

She becomes hysteric and forgetting the station of the prophet she shouts
and causes a scandal. The prophet pleads with her to calm down and
promises not to sleep with Mariah anymore and begs her also not to divulge
this secret to anyone else.

However, Hafsa would not control herself and relays everything to Aisha who
also turns against the prophet and jointly with his other wives cause him
much anguish. So the prophet decides to punish all of them and not sleep
with any one of his wives for one month. Depriving one’s wives sexually is
the second grade of punishment recommended in Quran. The first level is
admonishing, the second level is depriving them of sex and the third level of
punishment is beating them. (Quran 4:34)

Of course when a man decides to punish a wife with sexual deprivation he

can satisfy himself with his other wives. But Muhammad’s anger had made
him make the oath not to sleep with any of them for one month. That of
course would have been too much of hardship for the beloved messenger of
God, therefore God in his mercy came to the aid of his prophet and revealed
Quran Surah 66. In this Surah Allah rebukes Muhammad for being hard on
himself and for depriving himself from what he really likes and has been
made lawful for him, in order to please his wives.

This is the text of Quran 66:1-5,

1. Prophet! Why do you ban (for yourself) that which Allâh has made
lawful to you, seeking to please your wives? And Allâh is Oft-Forgiving,
Most Merciful.
2. Allâh has already ordained for you (O men), the dissolution of your
oaths. And Allâh is your Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.) and
He is the All-Knower, the All-Wise.
3. And (remember) when the Prophet (SAW) disclosed a matter in
confidence to one of his wives (Hafsah), so when she told it (to

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 another i.e. 'Aishah), and Allâh made it known to him, he informed
part thereof and left a part. Then when he told her (Hafsah) thereof,
she said: "Who told you this?" He said: "The All-Knower, the All-Aware
(Allâh) has told me".
4. If you two (wives of the Prophet SAW, namely 'Aishah and Hafsah turn
in repentance to Allâh, (it will be better for you), your hearts are
indeed so inclined (to oppose what the Prophet SAW likes), but if you
help one another against him (Muhammad SAW), then verily, Allâh is
his Maula (Lord, or Master, or Protector, etc.), and Jibrael (Gabriel),
and the righteous among the believers, and furthermore, the angels
are his helpers.
5. It may be if he divorced you (all) that his Lord will give him instead of
you, wives better than you, Muslims (who submit to Allâh), believers,
obedient to Allâh, turning to Allâh in repentance, worshipping Allâh
sincerely, fasting or emigrants (for Allâh's sake), previously married
and virgins. “

Although Muhammad gave his word to Hafsa, not to have sex with her maid
he could not resist the temptation. Especially now that he had taken another
oath not to sleep with all of his wives. It was a difficult situation and no one
but Allah could help him. Well, nothing is impossible when you are the
prophet of Allah. Leave everything in the hands of the Almighty and let him
take care of it. And that is exactly what happened. Allah himself intervened
and gave him the green light to follow his heart's desire. In Quran 66, God
licensed his beloved prophet to have his flings and not pay attention to his
wives. What can a prophet ask more? Allah was so concerned about
Muhammad's carnal pleasures that he even allowed ALL MEN to break their
oaths as a bounty. Alhamdulillah! AllahuAkbar! Subhanallah. Isn't Allah
great?

It is also worthy of mention that Muhammad who came to know that Hafsa
did reveal the secret to Aisha, lied to her by pretending that it was Allah who
told him so (Ayat 3) while he actually learned it from Aisha. But of course
Muhammad is not the author of the Quran. It is Allah himself who is lying for
his prophet.

In reaction to the above verses, Aisha, who was not only young and pretty
but also clever, is reported to have said to Muhammad, "Your God indeed
rushes in coming to your aid!"

The above story must have been embarrassing for Muhammad’s followers
even when they gobbled mindlessly everything he told them that they made
other hadiths to explain away those verses of the Quran that were already
explained by Omar.

There are some Muslims who say that the hadiths about Muhamamd’s
conduct with Mariyah the copt are forged and added later on. The fact is that
this incident is reported by all the Sunnah writers including Ibn Sa’d in his
Tabaqat and also by Waqidi, one of the two earliest Islamic historians. The

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real reason about the forgery has come out because Muslims felt
embarrassed about the actions of their prophet. However the hadiths about
Muhammad sending Hafsa out so he could have sex with Mariyah makes
perfect sense. It is in accordance with the Quran and in conformity with
Muhammad's depravity of conduct. It was not unusual for Muhammad to
solicit sex from women whom he found attractive.

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 Muhammad, Champion of Woman’s Rights?

There are many Islamic scholars who claim today that Muhammad was a
great feminist who was responsible for bringing equality among the sexes in
Arabia. For those of you’ll who don’t know who a feminist is, a feminist is a
person who has a strong belief in the social, political, and economic equality
of the sexes. A feminist is one who has high regard for woman and treats
them with the highest respect and dignity. There are others who claim
Muhammad was a champion of woman’s rights. They claim that the prophet
championed the movement that gave women protective rights and respect in
a culture that treated them as inferior. But is that true? Is that how the
Islamic scriptures portrays Muhammad? Or is the truth radically different?

In this section we will discuss two aspects of Muhammad and Islam. They are
1. Was Muhammad responsible for bringing equality among the sexes and
improving the status of woman in Arabia? Or did he degrade their
standings in society?
2. How did Muhammad feel about Woman and their rights

Women in pre-Islamic Arabia

When Islamists refer to the time before the advent of Islam, they describe
that time as the Jahiliya which means the time of ignorance. There is not a
lot known about pre-Islamic Arabs since most of their lore was oral and they
did not put much into writing, except for their poetry which survived Islam.

So what was life like for women in Arabia before Islam? Was it as bad as
Islamists portray today? And most importantly did Muhammad and Islam
improve the status of women as Muslim apologists claim? Or, were women
worse off after Islam! To find out we need to look at historical sources, which
describe life during the time of Muhammad. Two of Islam’s noted historians
Ibn Ishaq and Tabari describe many incidents which portray the life of
woman in Arabia before Islam.

According to the “Sirat Rasul Allah” by Ibn Ishaq, translated by Muhammad b.

Yasr, there were many tribes that inhabited Arabia during the time just prior to
Muhammad. These tribes had diverse customs and cultures. In some, women
had low status, in others women enjoyed much freedom and independence
which was curbed later by the imposition of Islamic laws by Muhammad and
Co.

Page 59 of the “Sirat” tells us of a woman by the name of Salma d. ‘Amr. On

account of the high position she held among her people she would marry on
condition that she should retain control of her own affairs. If she disliked a
man, she left him.

On page 68, a woman proposes marriage to Abdullah: “If you will take me
you can have as many camels as were sacrificed in your stead”. If pre-
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Islamic women were mere chattels with no rights they would not have owned
camels nor would they have been allowed to propose marriage. In most
Islamic countries today, women cannot get married without permission from
their male guardian.

Khadijah, Muhammad’s first wife, was a wealthy merchant woman who hired
men to work for her. Muhammad started out as Khadija’s employee and
eventually Khadijah proposed marriage to Muhammad. It’s worth noting that
during his marriage to Khadijah, Muhammad did not take other wives. The
reason was obvious. Muhammad lived like a parasite on Khadijah’s weath
and if he had married then she would have disinherited him from her wealth.

On page 313 we are told that before revelation, Muhammad never opposed
Khadijah. Khadijah doesn’t sound like a downtrodden or worthless woman to
me! In fact when Islamists want to impress western feminists they always
mention Khadijah – what they keep quiet about is the fact that she lived
most of her life before Islamic laws were imposed.

On Page 73 we are told that Abdul Muttalib knew that death was at hand and
summoned his six daughters and said to them: “Compose elegies over me so
that I may hear what you are going to say before I die”. If daughters were so
despised in those times why would this man allow them all to live and then
ask them to compose eulogies for his death? Today most Muslim women are
not permitted to attend funerals, let alone give eulogies in public.
On pg 446, we have a man with seven daughters. Surely, if daughters had so
little value, these men would not have allowed so many of them to live!

Once two men had a dispute [pg 196]…over a hundred camels, and they
appointed an Arab woman diviner arbitrator and she gave judgment in his
favor... It sounds that this woman was a judge, yet in the year 2005
Islamists insist that women are not fit to be judges and their testimony is
worth half of that of a man’s. Before Islam, women were fit to be judges,
after Islam a woman’s testimony became half of that of a man’s.

On page 665 we are told that Muhammad sent Zaid with forces to attack and
rob the B.Fazara tribe. Zaid killed some of them and captured others as
prisoners, amongst them a very old woman by the name of Umm Qurfa. He
ordered one of his men, to kill her and he did so in a very cruel manner: he
tied her legs to two camels and drove them apart so that the unfortunate
woman was sliced in two. We are told that this woman held a position of
honor among her people and the people used to say: "Had you been more
powerful than Umm Qirfa you could have done no more." Why did Zaid felt
so much threatened by an old woman that he had to have her executed in
such a cruel manner? Was it because she was highly respected by her people
and he wanted to make an example of her, lest Muslim women get the idea
of demanding status and respect?

In page 651 we are told of a sermon Muhammad made about woman: "You
have rights over your wives and they have rights over you. You have a right

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that they should not defile your bed and that they should not behave in open
unseemliness. If they do, God allows you to put them in separate rooms and
to beat them but not with severity. If they refrain from these things they
have a right to their food and clothing with kindness. Lay injunctions on
women kindly, for they are prisoners with you having no control of their
persons."

Today's Muslims do not bury their daughters alive in the physical sense; they
bury them alive in the social and intellectual sense. Parents prefer boys, girls
receive less education and women are restricted in every aspect of their
lives.

The Truth is that prior to Muhammad’s time most of the tribes highly
regarded woman. They were not considered as domestic animals to be
beaten, fields to be ploughed, baby producing factories or sexual objects for
the entertainment of man. It was Muhammad who introduced these ideas via
the Quran and the Sunnah. The plight of woman was much better in those
days than that of Muslim woman today. Yet the Islamic apologists portray
the Jahiliya in poor light to explain Muhammad’s perverted views on woman.
During the Jahiliya everyone of different religions lived at peace with others.
It was after Muhammad created Islam that the Arabs tried to conquer the
world for Islam. There is no doubt that the Jahiliya must have been heaven
for the Arabs compared to what Islam had/has to offer.

Allah’s view of Woman

According to Allah, women are like tilth to be ploughed by man. A tilth is a

field which is ready for cultivation. One can but help notice the sexual
connotation of this quranic verse. Put in plain English it means woman are
sexual objects created by Allah for the enjoyment of man, so that they can
enjoy them as per their lust.

The Quran says,

Your women are a tilth for you (to cultivate). So go to your tilth as ye will.
(Quran 2:223)

Can you imagine the alleged God of this universe saying such a statement in
his final scripture to mankind? If that was bad, then this is worse.

Allah, the God of the Universe tells Muslims not to rape their slaves or to
force their slaves into prostitution. But if they do (rape their slaves or force
them into prostitution) then there is no blame on the Muslims as Allah is a
very merciful and forgiving God.

"Force not your slave-girls to whoredom (prostitution) if they desire chastity,

that you may seek enjoyment of this life. But if anyone forces them, then
after such compulsion, Allah is oft-forgiving." (Quran 24:34)

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In plain English it means do not commit rape but in case you do commit
rape, then Allah is very forgiving to the rapists provided the rapists are
Muslims and the raped woman are non-Muslims.

(And to think that Muhammad claimed that Allah was the same as the God of
the Jews who claimed Thou shall not murder, thou shall not commit adultery.
How is that the god of the Jews did not frame his commandments like this:
Thou shall not murder. But in case you do God is very forgiving. Thou shall
not commit adultery. But in case you do, God is of forgiving….and so on)

Next Allah states that Men are superior to women and it instructs men should
control their women through brutal violence and fear.

“Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to
excel the other. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them
and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them.” (Quran 4:34)

In the next Quranic passage Allah proclaims that for women any sort of
sexual exploration is punishable by death. Whereas for a man, any form of
perversion is pardoned by the all merciful Allah.

“If any one of your women is guilty of lewdness ...confine them until death
claims them. If two men among you commit indecency (sodomy) punish
them both. If they repent and mend their ways, let them be. Allah is
forgiving and merciful.” (Quran 5:15-16)

Yes Indeed. Allah is all merciful, a great feminist and a wonderful defender of
woman’s rights.

Next Allah in the Quran claims women are unclean and polluted — worse
than dirt. Please note that woman should not mind this. It is the alleged
creator of the world (and of woman) speaking.

“Believers, approach not prayers with a mind befogged or intoxicated until

you understand what you utter. Nor when you are polluted, until after you
have bathed. If you are ill, or on a journey, or come from answering the call
of nature, or you have touched a woman, and you find no water, then
take for yourselves clean dirt, and rub your faces and hands. Lo! Allah
is Benign, Forgiving.” (Quran 4:43)

Yes, according to Allah, for Muslim man their sisters, mothers and daughters
are worse then dirt. If you happen to touch them then you should wash your
hands with dirt to clean them.

In general in Islam the testimony of four people is required to convict a

person of any offence. But the merciful Allah makes an amendment here for
doubting husbands. Allah gives husband’s divine sanction to easily accuse his
wife (or wives) and eventually sentence her to death by merely declaring

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four times that the accusation is true. On the other hand, women have no
such right in Islam.

"And for those who launch a charge against their wives, accusing them, but
have no witnesses or evidence, except themselves; let the testimony of one
of them be four testimonies, (swearing four times) by Allah that he is the one
speaking the truth." (Quran 24:6)

So Muslim brothers next time you get tired of your wives and feel like having
some younger stock, you can use Quran 24:6 to clear your way of the older
stock.

There are several such verses in the Quran in which the Islamic God
degrades woman. For Allah, women are nothing more than sexual objects to
be enjoyed by man and baby producing factories to be used to produce more
and more Muslims who will take part in Jihad against the world.

Those were Allah’s thoughts on woman. Now let us see what Muhammad the
alleged feminist and champion of woman’s rights had to say about woman.

Muhammad’s high regard for woman

Muhammad considered woman as equivalent to domestic animals and as

objects for sexual enjoyment. He explicitly claimed that the sole purpose of
woman’s existence was to satisfy the sexual desires of men.

"Allah permits you to shut them in separate rooms and to beat them, but not
severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat
women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess
nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies
lawful in his Quran." (Tabari IX:113)

What a privilege and honor for Muslim woman to be compared to domestic

animals. At a time when women are competing with men, becoming CEO’s
and heads of major institutions and companies, the prophet of Islam
degraded woman to the lowest level possible.

So that Muslims are not confused as to which domestic animals he was

comparing woman to, Muhammad in one of the later ahadith clarified the
confusion.

Narrated 'Aisha: The things which annul the prayers were mentioned before
me. They said, "Prayer is annulled by a dog, a donkey and a woman (if they
pass in front of the praying people)." I said, "You have made us (i.e. women)
dogs." (Bukhari:V1B9N490)

In many Islamic countries, donkey is an insulting word, which refers to a

brainless idiot. According to Muhammad, Muslim women are not only
donkeys they are dogs too! Dogs are very friendly and favorite pets in the

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western world but it's one of the most degraded animals in Islamic countries.
Calling someone a dog is an extremely offensive demeanor and may ignite a
fistfight. Muhammad considered women, dogs and donkeys to belong to the
same class.

Muhammad never had high regard for women's intelligence. According to

Muhammad, Women were dumb and stupid, a disrespectful attitude
perceived by many Mohammedans until today.

Allah said, 'It is My obligation to make Eve bleed once every month as she
made this tree bleed. I must also make Eve stupid, although I created her
intelligent.' Because Allah afflicted Eve, all of the women of this world
menstruate and are stupid." (Tabari I:280)

According to Muhammad, hell is full of woman not demons. A fine champion

of woman rights was he.

"The Prophet said: 'I was shown the Hell Fire and the majority of its dwellers
were women who are disbelievers or ungrateful.' When asked what they were
ungrateful for, the Prophet answered, 'All the favors done for them by their
husbands.'" (Bukhari:V1B22N28)

"'O womenfolk, you should ask for forgiveness for I saw you in bulk amongst
the dwellers of Hell.' A wise lady said: Why is it, Allah's Apostle, that women
comprise the bulk of the inhabitants of Hell? The Prophet observed: 'You
curse too much and are ungrateful to your spouses. You lack common sense,
fail in religion and rob the wisdom of the wise.' Upon this the woman
remarked: What is wrong with our common sense? The Prophet replied, 'Your
lack of common sense can be determined from the fact that the evidence of
two women is equal to one man. That is a proof.'" (Muslim:B1N142)

And who do you think gave the idea that the evidence of two women is equal
to one man? It was Muhammad himself. Thus it would take the testimony of
two women to offset the testimony of one man. Imagine what this would do
to women who were molested by a man or a gang of man? They would never
be able to prove the charge. And this indeed is the case in Islamic countries.
Scores of woman who are raped every year in Islamic countries are tried for
adultery for lack of “equal evidence”. Though there are a handful of Muslim
woman who have made it big, by and large the overwhelming majority of
woman in Islamic countries live under the finger of man.

Anyway it does not matter. Most Muslim woman whether those living in the
remote areas of Islamic countries - those who never see the light of
civilization, never know freedom, are used only for sex and producing babies,
and who like obedient slaves sacrifice their whole life in treating their
husbands Or those educated ones living in western societies – those that
fast, pray and recite the Quran with chilling dedication are all destined for the
same place according to Muhammad – Allah’s hell.

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Muhammad the feminist considered woman as deficient in mind compared to
a man.

"The Prophet said, 'Isn't the witness of a woman equal to half of that of
a man?' The women said, 'Yes.' He said, 'This is because of the
deficiency of a woman's mind.'" (Bukhari:V3B48N826)

Here are a few more quotes as to what Muhammad thought of woman.

“Tell the men with you who have wives: never trust a woman.” (Ishaq:584)

“In hell I saw women hanging by their breasts. They had fathered bastards.”
(Ishaq:185)

"The Apostle said, 'Every wailing woman lies except those who wept for
Sa'd.'" (Ishaq:469)

Woman in Paradise

Perhaps the most degrading picture of women is that the Islamic Paradise
will have beautiful women chained to different corners, whose only purpose is
to satisfy the sexual urges of men. i.e Beautiful women restrained [i.e.,
chained] in pavilions. (Quran 55:72).

Allah's Apostle said, '''In Paradise there is a pavilion made of a single hollow
pearl sixty miles wide, in each corner there are wives who will not see those
in the other corners; and the believers will visit and enjoy them.''' '

According to the Quran when a man enters paradise, he will get 72 Houris
(virgins) and 28 young pre-pubescent boys. But what about muslim woman?
What will a woman have when she enters paradise? According to
Muhammad, most women won’t enter heaven. Only those women will enter
heaven who were extremely devoted to their husbands and who allowed their
husbands the enjoyment of their bodies as per the fancies of their husbands.

Can you digest such stuff from God’s alleged final prophet? The truth is that
Muhammad knew that sex would sell very well among the group of his
lecherous followers who were motivated to fight battles by the promise of sex
slaves and booty. By constantly emphasizing to his followers that they would
get untouched virgins in Paradise, Mohammed clearly expressing his "high"
opinion of the institution of marriage and his fairness to women. Once the
followers go to heaven, they could conveniently ditch their wives for the
fresher and more pleasurable sexual encounters with 'Houris' (beautiful
virgins). Not only that, the poor wives who gave up their virginity for the
pleasure of their husbands would not get even one Male Sex Bomb. But wait,
Allah is all merciful! He would give the wives the rare honour of watching
their husbands deflower those 72 Houris (virgins) and 28 young pre-
pubescent boys. Isn’t Allah great?

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After giving a fair description of the beauty and purity of the virgins in
Quranic verses 78:31, 37:40-48, 44:51-55, 52:17-20, 55:56-58, 55:70-77
and 56:7-40, Muhammad in the Sunnah went one step further and expanded
the promise of virgins to include a free sex market where there was no limit
of the number of sexual partners. Women and young boys would be on
display as if in a fruit market where you can choose the desired ripeness. The
book "Al-Hadis", or "mishkat al masabih," which is a popular collection of
assorted ahadith reports,

Ali reported that the Apostle of Allah said, "There is in Paradise a market
wherein there will be no buying or selling, but will consist of men and
women. When a man desires a beauty, he will have intercourse with them."
(Al Hadis, Vol. 4, p. 172, No. 34)

And that is not all. Apart from untouched virgins, each follower of
Muhammad will get "rewarded" by 28 untouched virginal youths so that they
can commit sodomy with them. The relevant verses from the Quran are
52:24, 56:17 and 76:19.

Muhammad and Marriage

The crux of Islam does not promote unconditional love, mutual respect and
understanding between a man and a woman; it's all about, unquestionable
obedience and using women as a tilt (Q-2.224) to breed more Muslims,
which is a form of sexual slavery. When a religion permits a man to sleep
with four women and captive women, love does not exist. It's an animal
world - one bull many cows, one rooster many chicken. Muhammad himself
slept with numerous women and his ideology, endorsed by his invented God
Allah, never conceived the beauty of love.

"If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphans, marry
women of your choice who seem good to you, two or three or four; but if you
fear that you shall not be able to do justice (to so many), then only one, or
(a slave) that you possess, that will be more suitable. And give the women
their dower as a free gift; but if they, of their own good pleasure, remit any
part of it to you, eat it with enjoyment, take it with right good cheer and
absorb it (in your wealth)." (Quran 4:3)

Remember that Muslims claim that the words of the Quran are the exact
words spoken by God to Muhammad.

Probably verse 2.230 of the Quran is the most perverted religious decree out
of all religions.

This verse demands,

"If a husband divorces his wife, He cannot, after that, re-marry her until after
she has married another husband and He has divorced her (after having
intercourse with her)".

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It's the man who divorces his wife but the woman will have to sleep with
another man in order to remarry. I don't see any difference between this
creed and the swingers of western countries, who voluntarily exchange their
wives for one night. Muslims find this type of idea highly immoral but they
don't see any flaw in their own system. What a double standard!

Some Muslim commentators and translators put the words “for the third
time” in braces to save the embarrassment for the Quran, Muhammad and
Allah. The Quranic verse now becomes,

“If a husband divorces his wife (for the third time), He cannot……….”

But these words are not there in the original Arabic Quran. Muslims use such
antics and deceptions to save the day for Allah and the Quran. Else as I said
earlier, the Quran on its own is not fit to be even toilet paper.

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 Appendix A – Strong and Weak Hadith
The life and deeds of Muhammad are found in the hadith collections. Some of
the most valued collections of hadith were those collected by Bukhari,
Dawud, and Muslim, who were ancient traditional Muslim scholars. Their
extensive collections provide detailed information on the thoughts and
actions of Muhammad. However, when one examines these accepted hadiths,
one finds many accounts in which Muhammad displays unfavorable/perverted
behavior. This behavior is an embarrassment to many Western Muslims who
seek to defend Muhammadanism in the Western world. Often, these Muslims
seek to minimize these historical accounts by claiming that these hadiths are
weak; and, therefore, they should be ignored in discussion of Muhammad’s
religion.

Muslims use this weak hadith defense to explain Muhammad's perverted

behavior. Muslims claim many of these ahadith that depict immoral behavior
on the part of Muhammad as non-authentic. What they forget is that these
hadiths form the Sahih sunnah collections. The Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih
Muslim collections are considered to be authentic historical records by all
Muslims. They are authentic Islamic scripture. The Sahih Al-Bukhari is
considered to be next to the Quran in standings. So, a weak hadith defense
is not justified. You cannot say that the entire book is sacred but many
verses inside are not authentic. Either the full book is authentic or it is not.

The "strength" or "weakness" of any hadith refers to the isnad and the matn.
The isnad refers to the completeness of the chain of narrators and the
reputation of each individual narrators within the chain of oral tradition that
goes back to the eye witness of the act or saying of Muhammad. The matn
refers to the text or content of narration. The grading of all of the
transmitters in each isnad and matn would determine the status of the
hadith, whether it is sahih (strong), hasan (fair), daif (weak), munkar
(denounced), or maudu (forged). And the hadith collection of Bukhari and
Muslim are treated as Sahih collections, hence the name Sahih Bukhari and
Sahih Muslim.

Muslims also reject a hadith on the basis of its matn or text. What we like or
dislike is not an appropriate standard to judge past history. Present-day
beliefs don't determine the events of the past. Yet Muslims tend to do so
when it comes to Muhammad.

For Muslim apologists, a strong hadith is one which talks positively of

Muhammad. A weak hadith is one which describes perverted behavior of
Muhammad. These Muslims use the weak hadith defense, because they
approach Muhammad with their own wishful presuppositions (that
Muhammad was a holy man who could not do any bad deed). So, they
automatically reject any hadith that does not meet the standard of their
uncritical assumptions. Our beliefs should be grounded in historical reality:
not wishful assumptions. The weak hadith argument is a convenient ploy to

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such should be promptly rejected.

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 Appendix B - Salla

SAW
SAS
SAWS
SAAWS
S

are all abbreviations found in Muslim writings and represent the same Arabic
phrase, salla Allahu alaihi wa-sallam. In English, Muslims often use the
acronym "PBUH" instead.

"SAW" represents the Arabic phrase salla Allah alaihi wa sallam, meaning
"may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him." (PBUH). It is a standard
Muslim expression of love and respect for the Prophet. When the name of
Prophet Muhammad is mentioned or written, a Muslim is to respect him and
invoke this statement of peace upon him. The meaning of it is: "May the
blessings and the peace of Allah be upon him (Muhammad)".

However, a number of important aspects get lost in these inaccurate

translations of the phrase. Salla and sallam are both verbs not nouns as the
above rendering "blessings" and "peace" may suggest. Salla and sallam are
verbs in the perfective aspect. This form of the verb can be used for both
past tense (something accomplished), future perfective (like English "he will
have done" etc.) and wishes that something may be accomplished.

The main meaning for salla, as every dictionary will show, is "to pray" and
salla ala means "to pray for".

Thus, at a literal level, the following translations for salla Allahu alaihi wa-
sallam are all possible:

"Allah prayed for him and saluted him" (past tense, a statement of
fact).
"(May) Allah pray for him and salute him!" (a wish).
"(May) Allah pray for him and save him!" (a wish).

Context/usage will have to determine what the actual meaning of it is (in

each instance). Whatever it is, the key points to note here are that Allah
prays for Muhammad and Allah salutes Muhammad.

It is important to know that "PBUH" is used by western Muslims for all

prophets in Islam, but in Arabic, "SAW" is reserved for Muhammad only.

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 References

1. The Quran (Various translations of the Quran)

2. The History of Islam by Al-Tabari
3. The Sirat Rasul Allah
4. The hadith collection of Sahih Al-Bukhari
5. The hadith collecion of Sahih Muslim
6. The Kitab al-Maghazi by Waqidi
7. Why I am not a Muslim, Ibn Warraq.
8. Prophet of Doom, Craig Winn.

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