According to the Islamic traditions, Muhammad would tremble, foam at the mouth and snore or moan like a camel or a newborn calf, whenever he received the so-called revelations:
“Narrated Safwan bin Ya’la bin Umaiya from his father who said:
‘A man came to the Prophet while he was at Ji’rana. The man was wearing a cloak
which had traces of Khaluq or Sufra (a kind of perfume). The man asked (the
Prophet), “What do you order me to perform in my ‘Umra?” So, Allah inspired the
Prophet divinely and he was screened by a place of cloth. I wished to see the
Prophet being divinely inspired. ‘Umar said to me, “Come! Will you be pleased
to look at the Prophet while Allah is inspiring him?” I replied in the
affirmative. ‘Umar lifted one corner of the cloth and I looked at the Prophet who
was snoring. (The sub-narrator thought that he said: The snoring was like that
of a camel). When that state was over, the Prophet asked,
“Where is the questioner who asked about ‘Umra? Put off your cloak and wash
away the traces of Khaluq from your body and clean the Sufra (yellow color) and
perform in your Umra what you perform in your Hajj (i.e. the Tawaf round the
Ka’ba and the Sa’i between Safa and Marwa).”’” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 27,
Number 17 http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=27&translator=1&start=0&number=17)
Another thing to learn
Ibn Sa’d related that A’ishah said: “Whenever the Prophet
received Inspiration (al-wahy),
his head would twitch, HE WOULD FOAM AT THE SIDES OF HIS MOUTH, he
would feel cold in his incisors, and he would break into a sweat until it
flowed down like pearls.” (Imam Jalal-al-Din ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Suyuti, The Perfect Guide to the Sciences
of the Qur’an: Al-Itqan fi ‘Ulum Al-Qur’an (Great Books of Islamic
Civilization), translated by Professor Hamid Algar, Dr. Michael
Schub and Mr. Ayman Abdel Haleem, reviewed by Professor Osman S. A. Isma’il
al-Bili [Garnet Publishing Limited, UK 2011], Volume 1, p. 104; capital and
underline emphasis ours)
In the sahih collection
of Muslim, there is an account by Hammam b. Yahya, from ‘Ata’, from Ya‘la b.
Umayya, who is quoted as saying that,
“‘Umar said to me, ‘Would you like to look at the Messenger of
God while revelation is coming to him?’ He raised the edge of his robe from his
face while he was receiving revelation at al-Ji‘rana, and he was all flushed. And he
would moan like a newborn calf.” (Ibn Kathir, The Life of the Prophet Muhammad
(Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya), translated by Professor Trevor Le Gassick,
Reviewed by Dr. Ahmed Fareed [Garnet Publishing Limited, UK, First Paperback
Edition: 2000], Volume 1, p. 307; bold and italic emphasis ours)
We are further told that the buzzing of bees could be heard
around his face:
“Imam Ahmad stated that ‘Abd al-Razzaq related to him, quoting
Yunus b. Salim, who said that Yunus b. Yazid dictated to him, from Ibn Shihab,
from ‘Urwa b. ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Abd al-Qart who said, ‘I heard ‘Umar b.
al-Khattab say, “When revelation came down to the Messenger of God, it would be
heard like the buzzing of a bee near his face.”’” (Ibid., p. 306)
Perspiration the size of pearls would fall down from Muhammad’s
forehead, even if it were cold out. He would also hear the ringing of bells
that caused intense pain:
“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, Book 1, Number 2: http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=1&translator=1&start=0&number=2)
“… So,
there overtook him the same state which used to overtake him, (when he used to
have, on being inspired divinely). He was sweating so much so that the drops of
the sweat were dropping like pearls though it was a (cold) wintry day.
When that state of Allah’s Apostle was over, he was smiling and the first word
he said, ‘Aisha! Thank Allah, for Allah has declared your innocence.’ My mother
told me to go to Allah’s Apostle . I replied, ‘By Allah I will not go to him
and will not thank but Allah.’ So Allah revealed: “Verily! They who spread the
slander are a gang among you…” (24.11). (Sahih
al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 48, Number 829: http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=48&translator=1&start=0&number=829; –
see also Vol. 4, No. 438)
He would even suffer headaches and faint:
Abu Nu‘aym related, from a tradition of Qutayba that ‘Ali b.
Ghurab related to him, from al-Ahwas b. Hakim, from Abu ‘Awana, from Sa‘id b.
al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayra, who said, “When revelation came down to the
Messenger of God, he
would get a headache and would cover his head with the
henna plant.” (Ibn Kathir, The
Life of the Prophet Muhammad, Vol. I, p. 308; bold and italic
emphasis ours)
Abu Hurayrah narrated: “When the revelation came from Allah to
the Prophet it
was as if he had fainted.” (Abu Nu’aym). (As-Suyuti, Tahdhib al-khasa’is al-nabawiyyah
al-kubra (“The Awesome Characteristics of the Prophet”) [Iz
Publication, Istanbul 2003], p. 300; bold emphasis ours)
To top it off, Muhammad would often turn red and start to
breathe heavily:
“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, Book 61, Number 508 http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=61&translator=1&start=0&number=508)
Suffice it to say, no Biblical prophet ever experienced these
conditions during revelation. In fact, we find spiritists, mediums, diviners
and those in the occult experiencing these conditions. One such person was the
pagan Socrates who claimed that his philosophy was inspired by his Daimon (demon),
who was also the cause of Socrates’ seizures. It was in this condition that
Socrates received the ideas for the philosophical treatise he would eventually
produce, or so he claimed.
With that said, the Word of God reveals the true source of
Muhammad’s condition and supposed revelations:
“Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul and an evil spirit from the Lord
terrified him. So the servants of Saul said to him, ‘See, an evil spirit from God
troubles you. Let our lord now tell your servants,
who are before you, that they
might seek out a man experienced in playing the lyre. And it will come to
pass, when
the evil spirit from God is on you, that he will play with
his hand, and you will be well.’ Saul said to his servants, ‘Find me now a man
that can play well, and bring him to me.’ Then one from the servants answered,
and said, ‘I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is experienced in
playing music, a mighty man of valor, a man of battle, and skillful in words,
even a man of fine appearance. And the Lord is with him.’ Therefore Saul sent
messengers to Jesse, and said, ‘Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.’ Jesse
took a donkey laden with bread, a bottle of wine, and a young goat and he sent
them with his son David to Saul. David came to Saul, and stood before him. And
Saul loved him greatly and he became his armor bearer. Saul
sent to Jesse, saying, ‘Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my
sight.’ It
happened that when the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David would take the
lyre in his hand and play. So Saul was refreshed and was well, and the evil
spirit departed from him.” 1 Samuel 16:14-23
“When He came to His other disciples, He saw a great crowd
around them, and the scribes disputing with them. Immediately
when all the people saw Him, they were greatly amazed, and running to Him,
greeted Him. He asked the scribes, ‘What are you debating with them?’ One in
the crowd answered, ‘Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. Wherever it takes hold on him, it
dashes him to the ground. And he foams at the mouth and gnashes with his teeth
and becomes rigid. And I told Your disciples so that they
would cast it out, but they could not.’ He answered, ‘O faithless generation,
how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to Me.’
So they brought the boy to Him. When
he saw Him, immediately the spirit dashed him, and he fell on the ground and
wallowed, foaming at the mouth. He asked his father, “How
long has it been since it came to him?’ He said, ‘From childhood. Often
it has thrown him into the fire and into the water to kill him. But if You can
do anything, have compassion on us and help us.’ Jesus said, ‘If you can
believe, all things are possible to him who believes.’ Immediately the father
of the child cried out with tears, ‘Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief!’ When
Jesus saw that the people came running together, He rebuked the foul spirit, saying
to it, ‘You mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him, and
enter him no more.’ The spirit cried out and convulsed him greatly. But it
came out of him, and he was as dead, so that many said, ‘He
is dead.’ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and
he arose. When He had entered the house, His disciples asked Him privately,
‘Why could we not cast it out?’ He said to them, ‘This kind cannot come out
except by prayer and fasting.” Mark 9:14-27
The foregoing passages indicate that the symptoms which Muhammad
experienced were caused by a demon, an evil spirit, if not Satan himself. It
could not have been God’s Holy Spirit or one of his righteous angels that
brought upon these conditions which Muhammad underwent.
What makes this all the more interesting is that Muhammad
himself believed at first that he was being tormented and possessed by a jinn (demon-spirit):
“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
likewise 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.” (96.1-5)’
“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.’… 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. (Ibn ‘Abbas said regarding
the meaning of: ‘He it is that Cleaves the daybreak (from the darkness)’ (6.96)
that Al-Asbah means the light of the sun during the day and the light of the
moon at night).” (Sahih
al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 87, Number 111: http://searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=87&translator=1&start=0&number=111)
The very foster-mother of Muhammad, Halima, also believed he was
possessed:
‘Some months after our return he and his brother were with our
lambs behind the tents when his brother came running and said to us, “Two men
clothed in white have seized that Qurayshi brother of mine and thrown him down
and opened up his belly, and are stirring it up.” We ran towards him and found
him standing up with a livid face. We took hold of him and I asked him what was
the matter. He said, “Two men in white raiment came I and threw me down and
opened up my belly and searched therein for I know not what.”1 So we took him
back to our tent. His 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.” So we picked
him up and took him to his mother who asked why we had brought him when I had
been anxious for his welfare and desirous of keeping him with me. I said to
her, “God has let my son live so far and I have done my duty. I am afraid that
ill will befall him, so I have brought him back to you as you wished.” She
asked me what happened and gave me no peace until I told her. When she asked if I feared a demon
possessed him, I replied that I did. She answered that no demon
had any power over her son who had a great future before him, and then she told
how when she was pregnant with him a light went out from her which illumined
the castles of Busra in Syria, and that she had borne him with the least
difficulty imaginable. When she bore him he put his hands on the ground lifting
his head towards the heavens. “Leave him then and go in peace,” she said.’ (The Life of Muhammad: A
Translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction and
notes by Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press, Karachi, Tenth impression
1995], pp. 71-72; bold and italic emphasis ours)
And:
The following story connected with Muhammad’s stay with Halimah
is related by Abu ‘l-Fida’ (p. 64). When some time passed, Muhammad and his
foster-brother went out to a distance from the house, when Halimah’s son came
to his mother and said. “Two men clothed in white raiments have taken hold of
the Quraish boy, and have thrown him down and have ripped open his belly.” So
Halimah and her husband went to the place where the child was, but found him
standing on his feet. And they said, “What has happened to thee child?” And he
answered and said, “Two men came to me, and threw me down and ripped up my
belly.” Then Halimah’s husband said to her, “I greatly fear that this boy has
got the epilepsy.” So they took him to his mother Aminah. And Halimah said to
Aminah, “I am afraid
he is possessed of a devil.” But Aminah said, “What in the
world can Satan have to do with my son that he should be his enemy?” (T. P.
Hughes, Dictionary
of Islam, p. 368 https://answeringislam.net/Books/Hughes/m.htm;
bold and italic emphasis ours)
We again need to reiterate the fact that none of the biblical
prophets ever thought of jumping off a cliff after receiving inspiration. Nor
did Gabriel strike dread and terror into the hearts of the servants of God, but
actually comforted and strengthened them:
“When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought for the meaning.
Then there before me stood one who had the appearance of a man. I
heard a man’s voice between the
banks of Ulai, which called, and said, ‘Gabriel, make this man understand
the vision.’ So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was afraid and
fell upon my face; but he said to me, ‘Understand, son of
man, that the vision deals with the time of the end.’ Now as he was speaking
with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me
upright.” Daniel 8:15-18
“Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the
right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he
was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to
him, ‘Do not fear,
Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife
Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. You
will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For
he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor
strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his
mother’s womb. He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the
Lord their God. And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to
turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the disobedient to the
wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.’ Zechariah
said to the angel, ‘How shall I know this? For I am an old man and my wife well
advanced in years.’ The angel answered him, ‘I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God.
And I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.’” Luke 1:11-19
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of
Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose
name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. The
angel came to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is
with you. Blessed are you among women.’ When she saw him, she was troubled by his words, and
considered in her mind what kind of greeting this might be. But
the angel said to her, ‘Do
not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Listen,
you will conceive in your womb and bear a Son and shall call His name JESUS. He
will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will
give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over
the house of Jacob forever. And of His kingdom there will be no end.’ Then Mary
said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I do not know a man?’ The angel
answered her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest
will overshadow you. Therefore the Holy One who will be born will be called the
Son of God.’” Luke 1:26-35
This is totally unlike Muhammad’s “Gabriel” who struck fear and
terror into Muhammad’s heart, causing him to tremble, foam and sweat profusely.
A further indication of the occultic nature of Muhammad’s
revelations is seen by the following example from al-Waqidi who wrote that, “Muhammad had such a repugnance to
the form of the cross that he broke everything brought into his house with
that figure upon it.”
(Dictionary of Islam, p.
63 https://answeringislam.net/Books/Hughes/c.htm;
bold emphasis ours)
With that in mind, it is very hard to deny that, in light of the
biblical revelation, Muhammad was clearly demonized, and the source of his
revelations were demonic, in fact satanic.
All Scriptural citations taken from the Modern English Version
(MEV) of the Holy Bible.
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