Koran Muhammed Prophet
The Koran's Reflection of Muhammed
The Koran, written somewhere between 610 and 632, was written by a man called Muhammed. In my opinion, the Koran is a paraphrased version of the Bible with a few changes that reflects the true character and personal view of Muhammed himself. Muhammed's history of struggle and heartache became a factor in his role as a believer and a deliverer of God's plan. My belief is that Muhammed may have been a prophet, however, he saw himself as better than most of the other prophets. He told some of the same stories as earlier prophets, but added his own little twist. He chose to write his own version of what were to be, God's words to the people, but made it a little more to his own liking. Muhammed's stories seemed to contradict themselves, and sometimes just plain didn't make sense.
Muhammed lost his mother and then his father both at young age, so his grandfather took over the responsibility of raising him. After losing his grandfather, his uncle stepped in to raise him. I believe his hardships as a child furthered his wanting to be accepted. He not only lost his parents one by one, but he also lost his grandfather after the fact. His need for acceptance and wanting others to stand by him is what I regard as his later thinking in wanting immense power. And it worked.
He worked as a merchant most of his life. He then met a very wealthy woman, fell in love , and married. Followed by all of this it is said that he went to a cave in the mountains to meditate and reflect on life. He declared to have spoke with an angel by the name of Gabriel, and she gave him the words from God that he was to recite to others. Hence, this is where the name Koran comes into play.
Some of the stories are very close to those in the Bible, however, he seems to just reword them a bit. All the Koran did for me is to validate that these stories that we have learned about in the bible are real. He just seemed to have his own translation of them. For example, the story of Jonah has the same primary understanding, however it is just told from a different point of view, which is true of all stories. Moreover, in the story of Joseph, there is a small part that was added which was never mentioned in the Bible. Since, the Islamic religion does not accept the idea of original sin, Zuleikha gets a chance to explain the reasoning behind her transgression and tells the other ladies that they would have done the same, if they were in her shoes. She goes on to describe how handsome he was and that it was just pure lust that she could not ovecome.
Where Muhammed really seems to get off the path of the truth is by portraying Jesus as nothing more than a prophet. How does he explain the cross, the tomb, and the resurrection? Oh, I guess that part wasn't in the Koran. At least it wasn't in the parts that I read. In the Bible, it is stated numerous times by a large number of different people, not just prophets, that Jesus was and is the son of God. I believe that Muhammed just wanted to be celebrated as a higher power than Jesus, which is not viable. He couldn't be accepted as the greatest prophet if someone like Jesus could die on the cross and then be risen. Another example of his taking away from the glory of the son of God is in the disbelief of immaculate conception. The Islamic religion does not believe that Jesus was born of a virgin. They believe that Mary was the mother of Jesus, but they doubt that he was given to Mary by God to be raised by her and then given back to God to teach the people. I guess that part was just made up in the Bible. How convenient for him to revolutionize the birth of Jesus. A quote from the Koran states “They say he has begotten a son. God forbid! Self sufficient is he. He is all that the heavens and earth contain. Surely for this you have no sanction. Would you say of God what you know not?”
With so many inconsistencies in the Koran, I can't understand why people couldn't see right through Muhammed. The contradictions were not hidden within the text. They were very blatant and forthright. It was odd to me that the Koran spoke of a merciful God so often. However, this merciful God chose who he wanted to forgive and who he didn't. He blessed only who he wanted to and I guess just when he had the time and energy. I guess that he just flipped a coin when he wanted to bless someone and whoever won the coin flip was in luck. A merciful and munificent God should treat everyone the same. The God they are speaking of in the Koran doesn't come anywhere close to doing this. In one passage it states “As for those you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in their beds apart, and beat them.” How is this being merciful and munificent? Showing mercy is by no means admonishing and beating someone who you fear disobedience from. This sounds a little paranoid to me. I would interpret this as meaning if you think your wife is cheating on you, but you don't really know for sure, you may beat her. I don't see the rhyme and reason in that at all. This could just be a discrepancy in the translation or maybe even in my translation, but I will say that nothing about that seems merciful or munificent.
In closing, I say this. Muhammed was a prophet, and possibly a great prophet, who let the demands of this life and his unappealing roots challenge his thinking as a man of God. Although his life on Earth may not have been one of great admiration, he found a way to become a powerhouse and a truly loved man who will never be forgotten on this Earth.
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