In the Qur’an, the same Allah asks for help…
47:7 O you who believe ! if you help (the cause of) Allah, He will help you and make firm your feet. (Shakir),
You can find the same additions in Hilali Khan (the official Qur’an sponsored by the orthodox Sunnis of KSA), Yusuf Ali, Sher Ali and
Translitterated: Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo in tansuroo Allaha yansurkum wayuthabbit aqdamakum.
But just ignore the words inside brackets, they are not from Allah, they are an insertion made by translators in order to hide the fact that Allah needs help!!!
IHS
Muhammad said at least two lies: 1) that he had come only for the Meccans (6:92, 42:7) and that 2) he had only vome to admonish people that till then had not received a “warner” (see the post below). This would thus exclude Jews and Christians.
Before starting this discussion, I would like to highlight the fact that even if he didn’t do bad when he could have (when he entered
This was the first step that at the end brought the notino known as Mukawama; the Islamic doctrine of perennial warfare (Muslims can sign treatries and truces (called hudna in Arabic), but they are obliged, as soon as conditions are fine, to restart warfare. Armistices can have a maximal length of ten years, according to the example of Muhammad at Hudabiyah 628 aD, that in fact, after two years, was broken by Muhammad. From this fact on, this has been the typical Islamic conduct
Let’s start with the two lies:
In this paper I am not dealing with the truth or falsehood of Mohammed's claim to prophethood. I will only demonstrate here that according to the Qur'an Mohammed is a Warner only for
Following are my reasons supported by Qur’anic verses (see notes 1,2 and 3):
1) "(Mohammed) You are only a Warner and for every nation there is a guide." (13:7)
The principle given by the Qur’an here proves that as per his own standards Mohammed can only be a guide for his nation i.e. Arabs.
2) "And we have sent no messenger but with the language of his people, that he might make (the message) clear for them." (14:4)
This principle also proves that as per his own standards Mohammed can only be a guide for Arabic speaking people.
3) "He is (Allah) who has raised among the unlettered people a messenger from among themselves" (62:2)
So Mohammed claims only to be a prophet for "Umeen" the unlettered people of
4) "And this (Qur’an) is a blessed book which we have revealed, confirming that which was (revealed) before it, so that you (O prophet) may warn the mother of the cities (Makkah) and those around her." (6:92)
"And thus we have revealed to you an Arabic Qur’an, so that you may warn the mother of the cities (Makkah) and those around her." (42:7)
The above verses clearly show that Mohammed claims to have received a revelation in Arabic to warn people of Makkah and those living close to it, of course the Arabic speaking people.
5) "Then we gave Moses the book, complete for him who would do good, an explanation of all things, a guidance and a mercy, so that they might believe in the meeting with their Lord." (6:154)
"And this (Qur’an) is a blessed book which we have revealed, so follow it and fear Allah that you may receive mercy." (6:155)
"Lest you (pagan Arabs) should say: The book was sent down to the two sects before us (the Jews and the Christians) and for our part we were in fact unaware of what they studied (because that book was in a different language)." (6:156)
These verses claim that the book given to Moses was complete. The Qur’an was revealed because the book of Moses was in a language foreign to the Arabs and they could have made this as an excuse for not following the book of Moses.
6) "Verily, We made it a Qur’an in Arabic so that you may be able to understand" (43:3)
This verse is clear enough to prove that Qur’an is in Arabic so that Arabs can understand it. To say that this book is for non Arabic speaking people is as ridiculous as telling a Japanese person, "I have written this book in English so that you can understand."
In the following we will take a look at the scriptural support cited by the Muslim theologians who claim universality for Mohammed's Prophethood and the Qur’an.
But before examining their reasons I would present an analogy that I feel may be useful.
A person comes to
1) "Say (O Mohammed): O people! Verily, I am sent to you all as the messenger of Allah." (7:158)
"And we have not sent you (O Mohammed) except as a giver of glad tidings and a Warner to all people." (34:28)
"The month of Ramadan in which was revealed the Qur’an, a guidance for people and clear proofs for the guidance and the criterion" (2:185)
The above verses in the light of the above six points would mean that prophethood is for all people of
2) "This Qur’an has been revealed to me that I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach." (
This verse would mean those from
3) "Thus we made You a Just group, that you be witness over people and the messenger be a witness over you." (2:143)
Means that group of Muslims is witness over all people of
4) "You (Muslims) are the best group raised for the people." (3:110) Meaning for the people of
5) "Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His slave that he may be a warner for the Aalameen." (25:1)
"And we have sent you not but as a mercy for the Aalameen" (21:107)
"It (this Qur’an) is only a reminder for the Aalameen." (38:87, 12:104, 6:90, and 81:27)
These above verses are also quoted but are not useful as their force is dependent on the interpretation of the word "Aalameen".
In Arabic the root of "Aalameen" is "Ain", "Lam", and "Mem" meaning knowledge. In Arabic there is a form of noun known as "Ism-e-Aala" and it is formed on "Fa-Alunn" so from this root "Ism-e-Aala" is "Aalamunn" which means "Ma Uulamu behi" (Raghib) i.e. "The thing from which knowledge of another thing is obtained." Since it is thought that knowledge about God is obtained from the universe, it is known as an "Aalamunn." But then, the universe is a combination of so many things and knowledge of God is obtained from each one of them so they are all also individually called an "Aalamunn" and in this way the universe becomes a plural, i.e. "Aalameen". However, this plural is not always used for the entire universe only, it may also be used for a combination of any three or more "Aalamunn" (in Arabic plural is used for three or more).
In this way every human is also an "Aalamunn" as it is thought that the knowledge of God is obtained from the existence of each human being and therefore any three or more persons are "Aalameen". Raghib (died 502 Hijrah) in Mufridat-ul-Qur’an quotes Jaffer Sadiq (The Son of Zain-Ul-Abideen the son of Hussein the Son of Fatimah the Daughter of Muhammad) to agree with the same that every human is an "Aalamunn".
The restricted meaning of Aalameen is also used in the Qur’an, for example in:
"O Children of
Here "Aalameen" cannot encompass all people of all times (let alone the entire universe) since it would be in contradiction to:
"You (Muslims) are the best group." (3:110)
How can Muslims be the best group if "Aalameen" in
And "And Ishmael and Al-Yasa, and Jonah and
How can Ishmael and Lot be included in the "Aalameen" in 2:47 and if they are how can Children of Ishmael be included in the "Aalameen" here as they both are not from the Children of Israel?
For other examples of the restricted meaning of "Aalameen" see note 5.
Thus the context and overall coherence of the theme determines the meaning of "Aalameen" in any given passage.
In the light of the six points mentioned above, "Aalameen" in the above verses used by Muslim theologians would mean the people of
Thus you will note that in consideration of the six points presented above it is very clear that Mohammed claimed to be a Warner only for
Notes:
1) In many cases only part of the verse has been quoted and referred to in the text of the paper as "the verse", to avoid the tedious use of the phrase "part of the verse".
2) In the reference for the verses of Qur’an quoted, the first number is the chapter or surah number and after the colon is the verse number for example 7:158 would mean 7th chapter and 158th verse.
3) In the translation of the verses quoted the words or phrases appearing within parentheses are mine. They are added to explain the meaning of the verse as understood by me.
4) Islamic scholar Tamanna Ammadi is of the view that "Umeen" is a derivation from "Ummulqura (Makkah)" and would mean people of Makkah, for this discussion see pages 398 to 410 of his book "Ijaz-ul-Qur’an wa Ikhtilaf-e-Qirat".
5) For other examples of the restricted meaning of Aalameen see verse
In 29:10 Aalameen is restricted to those with breasts (cf. Thinking with your breasts?)
In 15:70 it has been used for only those who ever came in contact with
Source: http://www.answering-islam.org/Muhammad/warner.html
IHS
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