Muhammad's life can be divided into two parts- the tolerant years in Mecca and the aggressive years in Medina. The Quran reflects those two parts, and that is why at times someone will point out a teaching in the Quran that seems to indicate that Islam teaches its adherents to live at peace with their enemies. When Muhammad began to preach his revelations from Allah to the people, he believed that a peaceful religion was a good strategy for attracting people, especially the Jewish people, to the teachings of Islam.
When Muhammad saw that his attempts to win over the Jews through peaceful coexistance were not successful, he "launched a new strategy based on power. This is when he declared jihad and went out to convert nonbelievers to Islam by the sword. Muslims today are tought to interrupt the Quran through a principle of progressive revalation known as nasikh. any contradiction in the Quran is solved by using the newest revelation. True or False???
2007-01-03 11:54:06 · 13 answers · asked by chris z 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you have some interest in Islam, that's good.
i suggest you read more and try to find out which is real and which is fiction.
better yet, use your knowledge for creating peace and harmony instead of chaos and hatred.
2007-01-03 14:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Quran indeed reflects these "2 parts" in Muhammad's life, but it is not EXPLICIT, ie the verses from these "2 parts" are mixed together and jumbled up throughout the 114 suras. You can't read the Quran like you read the Bible. The bible is like a story providing context and has chronology. The Quran however contains a list of revelations from the prophet Muhammad, that lacks context or chronology. Which is why it is very easy for ignorant people to mis-interpret or mis-represent many quranic verses.
2007-01-03 12:01:32 · answer #2 · answered by ali 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True at first Muhammad was trying to be peaceful and do the right thing only for his own glory. Every new revalation was just pawned to get new followers. I believe the first teaching to be true but then tried to alter after not being able to gain followers. In the name of attention and power he changed his teachings making them contradictory.
2007-01-03 12:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by Peppie 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) declared "jihad" he meant to fight off the "whisperer" (Satan) from within you: This means not to indulge in "the bad" that Satan "whispers" to you but rather to listen to your conscience which tells you "right". And the 'verse of the sword' has been interpreted in many different ways but to most Shi'a Muslims it means not to settle for tolerance but to force acceptance of everybody no matter what their beliefs may be so as to live in unity as a single human race.
2007-01-03 12:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yawn. Who says we don't know our religion? You? If you knew the history of Jews and how Allah tried and tried to show them and it was ignored you would not be talking such drivel. How is it that non Muslims think they know better than us. When we are the ones who live Islam. Conversion is not part of our faith. Have you ever had a Muslim come to your door saying they want to spread the word of Allah? No. So get your facts right.
2007-01-03 12:03:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gary is right, maximum individuals of any faith are ignorant of their own faith. What little awareness they have is according to what others have informed them and not from examining a e book or going to somebody with stable awareness. maximum individuals are additionally cultural in that they savour their cultural way of life and faith does not continuously believe some cultural stuff and so those human beings want to stick to the custom of their lack of expertise and defiance fairly then the religion. you could not truly stress them into something, ultimate wager is to proceed to communicate to them on faith and take them with you once you bypass to academic seminars and what no longer.
2016-11-26 01:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FALSE. There is no compulsion in religion and it clearly states that in Quran. The Jews were hostile against him and attacking in only allowed in self-defense.
2007-01-03 11:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by A fan 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The same way that atheists don't see the inconsistencies of their view...the same way Christians don't understand the problem of free will.
2007-01-03 11:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by Jerry 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
if you want to know the real biography of the prophet mohamed ask alazhar (the islamic organization)
www.alazhar.org
2007-01-03 12:11:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
That theory sounds right...I buy it anyway.
Needless to say, the end result, is easily the most hatefilled intolerant nasty absurd belief system in the world.
2007-01-03 11:57:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋