The
Qur'an Challenge You
- Not A History Book -
- Not A History Book -
If
one assumes that the Qur'an is the product of a man's mind, then one would
expect it to reflect some of what was going on in the mind of the man who
"composed" it. In fact, certain encyclopedias and various books clam
that the Qur'an was the product of hallucinations that Muhammad underwent. If
these claims are true - if it indeed originated from some psychological
problems in Muhammad’s mind - then evidence of this would be apparent in the
Qur'an. Is there such evidence ? In order to determine whether or not there is,
one must first identify what things would have been going on in his mind at
that time and then search for these thoughts and reflections in the
Qur'an.
It
is common knowledge that Muhammad had a very difficult life. All of his
daughters died before him except one, and he had a wife of several years who
was dear and important to him, who not only proceeded him in death at a very
critical period of his life. As a matter of fact, she must have been quite a woman
because when the first revelation came to him, he ran home to her afraid.
Certainly, even today one would have a hard time trying to find an Arab who
would tell you, "I was so afraid that I ran home to my wife." They
just aren't that way. Yet Muhammad felt comfortable enough with his wife to be
able to do that.
That's how influential and strong woman she
was. Although these examples are only a few of the subjects that would have
been on Muhammad’s mind, they are sufficient in intensity to prove my point. The
Qur'an does not mention any of these things - not the death of his children,
not the death of his beloved companion and wife, not his fear of the initial
revelations, which he so beautifully shared with his wife - nothing; yet, these
topics must have hurt him, bothered him, and caused him pain and grief during
periods of his psychological reflections, then these subjects, as well as
others, would be prevalent or at least mentioned throughout.
By
Gary Miller