Muhammad Prophethood Reality or Myth pdf

Muhammad Prophethood Reality or Myth

MUHAMMAD PROPHETHOOD REALITY OR MYTH

Book introduction

Muhammad has become a target for Islam’s long-established adversaries and their armies of missionaries and orientalists who have aroused suspicions and propagated allegations against the Prophet of Islam and his Message.

 Their objective has always been to distort the image of the Prophet of Islam in the eyes of those who do not know him and consequently drive them away from studying Islam and contemplating it in a desperate attempt to lay obstacles in the path of Islam’s mission so as to impede its vital role in guiding humanity.

Many Muslim scholars have written to defend the Prophet since doing so is an honor and a duty for them. However, such efforts have been made either incidentally in answer to orientalists and missionaries, or in the course of speaking about the evidence of prophethood in Islam.

Furthermore, most of the writings were done by non-specialists, although the nature of the topic requires the knowledge of a number of aspects of Islamic philosophy, the history of religions, and western thought.

 All this made the present study an obligation dictated by the imperious need to introduce Islam as the only cultural alternative that is capable of convincing today’s civilized man.

So, Was Muhammd a prophet or an imposter? Did Moses really tell of his coming?

Did Jesus order future generations to follow him?

Does the bible describe him and his message?

All these are questions that the author is going to give answers in this book.

 The Evidence of Prophethood

The scholars have compiled many books about the evidence of prophethood and mentioned a lot of miracles and evidences including, the Prophet’s call for Islamic Monotheism, the signs shown by him and witnessed by his Companions, telling about the unseen that came true during his life, the prophecies about events that came true after his death, his Holy Book etc.

The Holy Qur’an

The Holy Qur’an is the greatest verification of the prophethood of Muhammad. It is the strongest proof and most specific sign for four reasons that had never come together in any other miracle or evidence of prophethood in the history of religion and humanity.

First of all, it contains the claimed Revelation and the miraculous proof of the prophethood.

The miracles of the former Prophets overpowered certain classes like the magicians at the time of Moses and the doctors at the time of Jesus.

However the Holy Qur’an overpowered a whole nation including eloquent orators, poets and all.

The miracle is also sent to each people according to their capacity of understanding. The miracles sent to the Children of Israel addressed their senses only, because they were known to be uncultured and uneducated.

There is nothing recorded in history about a famous philosophy or a renowned literary work from them.

 However the Qur’an was sent to the most eloquent people who had produced remarkable literary works, and that is why they were sent a miracle suitable to their understanding and which they would know by their natural astuteness.

Lastly the miracle of the Qur’an is eternal and more apt to spread world wide and that is why it is a strong proof and more truthful.