Was Mohammad sure he got a divine revelation? How long did it take for him to feel sure?

Answer 1

The first day he thought he was going mad and was about to commit suicide. But God reinforced His divine revelation with the Angel Gabriel. When Muhammad (s) went back to his wife Khadija (as) and told her want happen, she knew Muhammad (s) was a man of honor and noble purpose and believed that God chose him to be a prophet. Because Khadija (as) believed in him, he felt reassured. Then as time passed and the angel Gabriel visited him again and again, he became certain and all doubts were gone.

Answer 2

He convinced in a short time after he received or got divine revelation because Gabriel angel informed him that he would be appointed as prophet and the messenger of Allah.Muhammad pbuh religion before Islam was monotheism just as the religion of Abraham prophet.and Ismael.

Answer 3

this is what Allah told Mohammad his responsibilities

O Prophet! Truly We have sent thee as a Witness, a Bearer of Glad Tidings, and Warner,-
And as one who invites to Allah’s (grace) by His leave, and as a lamp spreading light.
Then give the Glad Tidings to the Believers, that they shall have from Allah a very great Bounty.
And obey not (the behests) of the Unbelievers and the Hypocrites, and heed not their annoyances, but put thy Trust in Allah. For enough is Allah as a Disposer of affairs

Answer 4

The first word of the Holy Qur'an revealed was the command, "Read!"

Unlike previous revelations to previous prophets, the circumstances of revelation of each part of the Qur'an are well documented. Read more at the links below.

History of the Qur’an

http://www.themodernreligion.com/basic/quran/quran_proof_preservation.htm

http://www.sunnipath.com/Resources/PrintMedia/Books/B0040P0000.aspx

http://www.islamworld.net/UUQ/2.txt

http://www.theinimitablequran.com/index.html

http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Articles/quran/scriptq.htm

Answer 5

Ask Yourself how plausible is this.
Jesus tells the Samiratan woman at the well " YOU worship what YOU do not know; we worship what we know, because salvation originates with the Jews. ( John4 :22)
Suddenly God Changes His Mind 600 plus years later and Seeks Out An Arabian Pagan and issues him a NEW book of Events that Took Place In Palestine.
I think Not.

Answer 6

Muhammad was always afraid of his revelations because they were caused by epileptic seizures . . . which nobody understood in those days. Everybody thought the affected person was possessed by a demon (jinn). His first wife convinced him that the revelations were divine -- not demon possessions. That's right, Muhammad's wife was the first believer . . . Muhammad was the second.

The first indication we have of Muhammad's epilepsy (which triggers spiritual experiences in the "God Module" of the brain) is when he was 5 years old. His guardians pawned him off on other relatives because they were afraid he was possessed by a jinn.

I know Muslims won't like to read this . . . but it's the truth.

Check out the Source(s) link below . . .

Answer 7

Was Mary sure she saw an angel? Would you ask that?

Talking about errors what about the bible. it aint no perfect story either. we should still be sacrifising animals and stoning bad kids if we really followed it.

Answer 8

About the same time it took the leader of the religion in Utah to get his story straight.

In the US we have a religion just like Islam, it is called Mormonism. The believers of that religion say that Joseph Smith is a prophet, just like the Islamists say about Muhammad. And the most striking similarity is this, they both believe that Gabriel talked to their spiritual leader. And get this, there is no witness to what these men said they heard and saw. They have no one who saw what they saw. No one. If O.J. Simpson had one witness I would believe he was innocent. But with these two religions the followers believe it hook, line and sinker. Without one witness. At least Jews and Christians have many witnesses to the accounts they give.

Answer 9

The Basics

The first thing to understand about the Quran is its form. The Arabic word, ‘Quran,’ literally means both ‘recitation’ and ‘reading’. Similarly, the Quran was both recited orally and written down in book form. The true power of the Quran remains in the oral recitation, as it is meant to be read aloud and melodiously, but still the verses were written down on available materials as an aid to memorizing and guarding it, and these were collected and ordered in book form both privately and, at a later stage, institutionally. The Quran was not meant to tell a chronological story, and thus, the Quran should not be viewed as a sequential narrative like the book of Genesis. The Arabic book that goes by the name Quran is about as long as the New Testament. In most editions it is about 600 pages in length.

In contrast to the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, the Quran issued from the mouth of a single person, who recited what he heard from the angel Gabriel. On the other hand, both the Jewish and the Christian scriptures are collections of many books that were written down by a large number of human beings, and opinions differ as to their status as revelation.
How Is The Quran Organized?

The Quran is composed of 114 parts or chapters of unequal length. Each chapter is called a surah in Arabic and each sentence or phrase of the Quran is called an aaya, literally ‘a sign.’ Like the Bible, the Quran is divided into discrete units, referred to as verses in English. These verses are not standard in length or meter, and where each begins and ends was not decided by human beings, but dictated by God. Each one is a discrete act of locution of closed signification, or ‘sign’, denoted by the word aayah in Arabic. The shortest of the surahs has ten words, and the longest surah, which is placed second in the text, has 6,100 words. The first surah, the Fatihah (“The Opening”), is relatively short (twenty-five words). From the second surah onward, the surahs gradually decrease in length, although this is not a hard and fast rule. The last sixty surahs take up about as much space as the second. Some of the longer aayahs are much longer than the shortest surahs. All surahs, except one, begin with Bimillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim, ‘In the Name of God, the Most-Merciful, the Compassionate.’ Each surah has a name that usually mentions a key motto within it. For example, the longest surah, Surah al-Baqara, or “The Cow”, is named after the story of Moses commanding the Jews to offer a sacrifice of a cow, which begins by God saying:

“And remember Moses said to his people: ‘God commands that you sacrifice a cow…’” (Quran 2:67)

Since the various chapters are of various lengths, the Quran was divided by scholars of the first century after the death of the Prophet into thirty roughly equal parts, each part is called a juz’ in Arabic. This division of the Quran was done in order for people to memorize or read it in a more organized fashion, and it has no influence on the original structure, as they are mere marks on the sides of the pages denoting the part. In the Muslim month of fasting, Ramadan, one juz’ is usually recited every night, and the entire Quran is completed in the thirty days of the month.
Translations of Quran

A beginner should know a few points about Quran translations.

First, there is a distinction between the Quran and its translation. In Christian view, the Bible is the Bible, no matter what language it may be in. But a translation of the Quran is not the word of God, for the Quran is the exact Arabic words spoken by God, revealed to Prophet Muhammad by Gabriel. The word of God is only the Arabic Quran as God says:

“Indeed, I revealed it as an Arabic Quran.” (Quran 12:2)

A translation is simply an explanation of the meanings of the Quran. That is why one modern English translation has been titled “The Meaning of the Glorious Quran”: it strives only to give the meaning, but falls short, as any translation must, of reproducing the form of the Holy Book. The translated text loses the inimitable quality of the original, so be aware of the degree to which a translation reflects the original message at every level of meaning, and that it will probably not match it.. For this reason, all which is regarded as ‘recitation’ of the Quran is to be done in Arabic, such as the recitation of the Quran in the five daily prayers of the Muslims,

Second, there is no perfect translation of the Quran, and, being human works, each almost always has errors. Some translations are better in their linguistic quality, while others are noted for their exactness in portraying the meaning. Many inaccurate, and sometimes misleading, translations that are generally not accepted as reliable renditions of the Quran by mainstream Muslims are sold in the market.

Third, while a review of all the English translations is out of the scope of this article, some translations are recommended over others. The most widely read English translation is by Abdullah Yusuf ‘Ali, followed by that of Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, the first translation by an English Muslim. Yusuf ‘Ali’s translation is generally acceptable, but his footnote commentary, useful at times, can be odd and unacceptable. Another widespread translation is done by Dr. Hilali and Muhsin Khan called ‘Interpretation of the Meaning of The Noble Quran.’ Although it is the most accurate, the many transliterated Arabic terms and endless parentheses makes it hard to follow and confusing for a beginner. A newer version with more flowing text has been published by Saheeh International, and this is probably the best translation, as it combines both exactness in translation and readability.

Answer 10

If you notice, muhammad's so called "revelations" benefited him in some way.