Some
Arabic
Texts
Critical pages from Abu Dawud's Kitab Al-Masahif - Why would a 'rightly guided' Caliph burn hundreds of the earliest copies of the Qur'an?
'Uthman's action was drastic, to say the least'
Some fascinating insights into
the convoluted codification of the final Qur'an by a reputable early
Arab historian
For the background see John Gilchrist's devastating and masterful little work:
In Arabic: Jam' Al-Qur'an
In English: Jam' Al-Qur'an
The complete text of Kitab Al Masahif in Arabic
The incident in question from Mohammed's earliest Muslim biographer, Ibn Ishaq.
- Is it proper to lie to defend something sacred?
- Is
it ever kind to deceive, or loving to mislead?
Mohammed's own act
of major shirk, according to the criteria of Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab
(according
to the criteria of chapter 14, conclusion 3, and chapter 17 of
his thesis on the Tauhid)
"Have you thought upon al-Lat and
al-Uzza and Manat, the third, the other?
Satan cast the words on his tongue,
"These are the high flying cranes; verily their intercession is
accepted with approval."
Narrated consistently by four
reputable Muslim historians - Al Waqidi, Ibn
Ishaq, Mohammed Ibn Sa'd*
and Imam Tabari*
- deceitfully airbrushed
away by modern Muslims - the dating argument is perhaps the
strongest for trying to pretend that four reputable historians
concocted this extremely damaging episode from rumours. This
problem is easily explained by allowing for earlier 'revelation'
of the pertinent parts of the Surahs in question, which were only
completed later. One can scarcely imagine why any self
respecting Muslim would want to record such an appalling episode
of compromise in the hagiography if their teacher and exemplar, if
it were mere gossip, yet no less than four dutifully and
specifically recount the main details.
Perhaps
this incident is the cause of the peculiarly Islamic view that
polytheism is always unforgivable - being an attempted
compensation for this most sinful and foolish compromise with
idolatry.
إِنَّ
اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ
لِمَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ فَقَدِ افْتَرَىٰ إِثْمًا
عَظِيمًا
Allah forgiveth not that partners should be set up with
Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He pleaseth;
to set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed.
(4.48)
How can a truly
inspired revelation so irrevocably condemn its own messenger?
How can a true
prophet of the God of Truth formally and publically declare so damnable a lie
as Truth?
Where is there any example of such a hideous 'mistake' in all
the Torah, Zabur or Injil?
On the contrary,
even the inspired but unregenerate prophet Balaam was compelled
to speak only the truth of God,
despite the strongest temptation to compromise. (Nu
22:18,38,
23:12)
'God is not a man,
that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and
shall he not make it good?'
(Num 23.19)
But the Word of
God was made flesh...and this sinful 'prophet' denies it.
His judgement will not linger.
(*Scans
of the original Arabic text are given here in the links)
Some explanation of the background from 'Answering
Islam'
Front page of At-Tabaqat Al-Kubra
by Mohamed Ibn Sa'd
Page
139
Page
140
Also available on line at:
This link (with thanks to Jobanx of FFI for his
helpful suggestions)
(Scroll down till you reach subtitle 'cause of return of
companions')
Title page of Comments on Sura
An-Nagm by Imam Tabari
First page
Second page
Third page
Fourth page
Some relevant comments by Bukhari
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