Was He Insane?
Someone who has dealt with mentally ill knows people can be
identified by their symptoms. Muhammad displayed no symptom of insanity
at any time in his life No friend, wife, or family member suspected or
abandoned him due to insanity. As for the effects of revelations on the
Prophet, such as perspiration and the likes, it was due to the intensity of the
Message which he had to bear and not due to any epileptic fit or instance of
insanity...
Quite to the contrary, Muhammad preached for a long time and
brought a Law unknown in its completeness and sophistication to ancient
Arabs. If the prophet was insane, it would have been obvious to those
around him at one point in a period of twenty three years. When in
history did an insane man preach his message to worship One God for ten years,
three of which he and his followers spent in exile, and eventually became the
ruler of his lands? Which insane man has ever won the hearts and minds of
people who met him and earned the respect of his adversaries?
More so, his closest companions, Abu Bakr and Umar were
recognized for their abilities, nobility, skills, and finesse. They were
willing to sacrifice anything for the religion he brought. On one occasion,
Abu Bakr, brought all his material possessions to Muhammad, may the mercy and
blessings of God be upon him, and when asked what he left for his family,
responded, ‘I left for them God and His Messenger!’
Abu Bakr, a merchant by profession, after being elected the
ruler of all of Arabs after Muhammad, spent a mere two dirham on himself and
his family!
Umar became the ruler of Arabia after Abu Bakr and conquered
Syria , Egypt , and
subdued the Persian and Roman Empires. He was a man known for his
scrupulous justice. How can someone suggest these people were following a
mentally deranged individual?
God suggests: stand before God without bias or pre-conceived
beliefs, and discuss it with another person or think about it yourself, this
prophet has no madness, he is as stable today as you had known him for forty
years.
“Say: ‘I counsel you one thing only: Be (ever conscious of)
standing before God, whether you are in the company of others or alone; and
then bethink yourselves (that) there is no madness in (this prophet,) your
fellow-man: he is only a warner to you of suffering severe to come.’” (Quran
34:46)
The Meccans of old rejected his call out of tribal
partisanship, and they were not truthful in their accusations of his insanity.
Even today, many people refuse to accept Muhammad as a prophet simply
because he was an Arab and self-gratify themselves by saying he must have been
insane or worked for the devil. Their hatred for Arabs translates into
their rejection of Muhammad, even though God says:
“Nay, but he (whom you call a mad poet) has brought the
truth; and he confirms the truth of (what the earlier of God’s) message-bearers
(have taught).” (Quran 37:37)
Although the pagan Arabs knew Muhammad all too well, but
they still through accusations of insanity at him, for they considered his
religion a sacrilege against the tradition of their forefathers.
“And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences,
they say, ‘This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your
fathers were worshipping.’ And they say, ‘This is not except a lie
invented.’ And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to
them, ‘This is not but obvious magic.’ And We had not given them any
scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, (O
Muhammad), any warner. And those before them denied, and they (the people
of Mecca ) have
not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they (i.e., the
former peoples) denied My messengers, so how (terrible) was My reproach.”
(Quran 34:43-45)
Was He A Poet?
God mentions their accusation in the Quran and responds to
it:
“Or do they say (of you), ‘A poet for whom we await a
misfortune of time?’ Say, ‘Wait, for indeed I am, with you, among the
waiters.’ Or do their minds command them to (say) this, or are they a
transgressing people? Or do they say, ‘He has made it up?’ Rather,
they do not believe.” (Quran 52:30-32)
God describes the poets of that time so the Prophet can be
compared with them:
“And as for the poets - (they, too, are prone to deceive
themselves: and so, only) those who are lost in grievous error would follow
them. Art thou not aware that they roam confusedly through all the
valleys (of words and thoughts)[1], and that they (so often) say what
they do not do (or feel)? (Most of them are of this kind -) save those
who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and remember God
unceasingly, and defend themselves (only) after having been wronged, and
(trust in God’s promise that) those who are bent on wrongdoing will in time
come to know how evil a turn their destinies are bound to take!” (Quran
26:224-227)
Arabian poets were the furthest from the truth, speaking of
wine, womanizing, war, and leisure, unlike the Prophet who invites to good
manners, serving God, and helping the poor.Muhammad followed his own teachings
before anyone else unlike the poets of old or philosophers of today.
The Quran which the Prophet recited was unlike any poetry in
its style. The Arabs of the time has strict rules in regards to rhythm,
rhyme, syllables and endings to each verse of poetry. The Quran did not
conform to any of the rules which were known in the time, but at the same time,
it surpasses any type of text which the Arabs had ever heard. Some of
them actually became Muslims after hearing only a few verses of the Quran, due
to their certain knowledge that the source of something so beautiful as it
could not be any created being.
Muhammad was never known to have composed a poem before
Islam or after prophethood. Rather, the Prophet had a sever dislike for
it. Compilations of his statements, called Sunna, have been diligently
preserved and are completely different in its literary content than the
Quran. The store-house of Arabic poetry do not contain any couplets by
Muhammad.
Was He A Sorcerer?
Prophet Muhammad never learned or practiced sorcery.
On the contrary, he condemned the practice of sorcery and taught his followers
how to seek protection against it.
Sorcerers have a strong relationship with the devil.
Their partnership allows them to deceive people. Devils propagate lies,
sins, obscenities, immorality, evil, and they destroy familys. The Quran
clarifies those upon whom the devils descend:
“Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? They
descend upon every sinful liar. They pass on what is heard, and most of
them are liars.” (Quran 26:221-223)
Prophet Muhammad was known and recognized to be a man of
integrity true to his word who was not known to have ever lied. He
commanded good morals and fine manners. No sorcerer in world history has
brought a scripture like the Quran or a Law like his.
Footnotes:
[1] The
idiomatic phrase is used, as most of the commentators point out, to describe a
confused or aimless - and often self-contradictory - play with words and
thoughts. In this context it is meant to stress the difference between the
precision of the Quran, which is free from all inner contradictions, and the
vagueness often inherent in poetry.
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