It is the
accepted tradition that Angel Gabriel communicated the Quran to Muhammad in
pure Arabic from God. In other words, God sent down the Quran to Muhammad
through Angel Gabriel in Arabic. Actually, when Muhammad first got such
an experience, he thought he had been possessed by a ghost and thought of
committing suicide! But it was his wife Khadija who convinced him that He had
been chosen as a Prophet. This is another clear proof that Islam is not
from God. Had God sent an Angel, say Gabriel, to Muhammad to convey to
Quran, he would have made Gabriel convey this clearly to Muhammad instead of
making Muhammad think that he had been possessed by a demon and driving him to
the point of suicide. The very fact that his wife told him that He had become a
Prophet and Muhammad himself thought of suicide shows that Muhammad was not
chosen as God's Prophet.
But let us
assume that Angel Gabriel did indeed come to Muhammad, sent down by God to
reveal the Quran. The ordinary Meccans, Muhammad's own contemporaries, were
almost unanimous in dismissing his revelations as anything but divine. Barring
a handful of followers, not more than 70 or 80 people in 12 years of preaching
from AD 610 to AD 622, everyone dismissed Muhammad's claims of receiving
Divine messages. Here, if Angel Gabriel really did visit Muhammad for these 12
years, and he and God saw that people are ridiculing Muhammad and dismissing
his claims, Gabriel could have easily shown Himself to all Meccans and revealed
the Quran to all of them. Even one paranormal act could have been
sufficient in showing that Muhammad received Divine messages from God.
But Angel Gabriel showed Himself only to Muhammad and Muhammad dictated
the Quran! This clearly shows that there was absolutely nothing done
which could not have been done by humans. There is of course, no proof at all
that Angel Gabriel visited Muhammad carrying God's messages. It could be that
Muhammad genuinely believed what he felt. But if Gabriel went all the way from
God to Muhammad and back, he could easily have revealed the Quran to everyone,
instead of Muhammad.
The Hadith also mentions that Aisha, Muhammad's favorite wife also could not see Gabriel. Bukhari 4.440 says:
"Aisha said that the Prophet said to her "O 'Aisha' This is
Gabriel and he sends his (greetings) salutations to you." 'Aisha said,
"Salutations" ... and addressing the Prophet she said, "You see what I
don't see.""
As we have
seen Swami Dayananda Saraswati observe, the author of the Quran was not God, it
was not even any learned or intelligent person. It was someone with a very
limited knowledge and understanding. One who thought that God resides at a
particular location in this Universe and is not Omnipresent, that God needs
Angels to carry his messages.
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