*In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful* ** *Assalaamu alaykum,* ** *I had received a request from a friend to give an effective response to Sina's challenge. Sina is an apostate, and he has taken upon himself the task of slandering Islam. The Challenge consists of numerous allegations, but here I have taken up his first allegation to respond to. Click here<http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge/narcissist.htm>to refer to his full article making that allegation. Herein below I give my comments in green font on the specific Qur'aanic quotations he cites as supporting his allegations (in black font)* **
Apart from thinking he was the anointed messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, (Q.33:40) The problem with Sina is that he is an incorrigible and stubborn non-believer. He does not believe in God, and he does not believe in anyone being anointed a messenger of God. Verse 33.40 of the Qur’aan, declaring Muhammad to be the Messenger of God and the Seal of the Prophets, was meant only for the believers – not for non-believers like Sina. His lack of faith made him think that it was all a narcissist thought of Muhammad himself. Sina fails to understand that he himself is a narcissist. He believes that the millions, who have affirmed their faith in Muhammad being what the above Verse declares him to be, are all fools, and that he is a wise one to leave the company of such fools. Muhammad regarded himself as *Khayru-l-Khalq* �Best of Creation,� an �excellent example,� (Q.33:21) Verse 33.21 states: You certainly have, in the Messenger of Allah, an excellent example for the one who seeks Allah and the Hereafter and who remembers Allah much. No question then that for a narcissist like Sina, who seeks neither Allah nor the Hereafter and does not ever remember Him, Muhammad can ever be the excellent example. For thirteen long years, Muhammad bore the severest opposition from his own people to stand firmly on the principles he advocated. He then, in the next ten years, united the warring and non-descript Arab tribes into the most potent force that in course of time influenced the history of the entire mankind. It is the excellent example of such a man that the said Verse cites. How can a narcissist like Sina understand it? and explicitly or implicitly hinted to be �exalted above other prophets in degrees.� (Q.2:253) The narcissist in Sina makes him use Muhammad as a mirror to look at his (Sina’s) own image and think it is Muhammad’s. For, there is nothing in Verse 2.253 for Muhammad to hint, explicitly or implicitly, that he is exalted above others in rank. The Verse, on the other hand, speaks of some aspects in which other Prophets/Messengers were exalted above Muhammad. And the Qur’aan elsewhere (in Verse 4.152) does implicitly or explicitly prohibit believers from distinguishing between any of the Messengers. The Qur’aanic Verses are provably divine, but the stubborn *kufr* in Sina makes him think that these were authored by Muhammad. He claimed to be �the preferred one,� (Q.17:55) The Verse 17.55 simply says that some of the Prophets have been favoured over others in certain respects. The favour that this Verse alludes to is the bestowal of divine books. Not all the Prophets had been favoured thus. The Prophet mentioned here as one of those favoured thus is David who had been given *Zaboor* (The Psalms). Muhammad was only one of the many other Prophets who were thus preferred. But Sina mischievously twisted the meaning of the Verse to make it appear as if Muhammad was the only one preferred over all others in bestowal of a divine book. In the divine scheme of things it was not necessary for every Prophet to have had a distinct divine book. Most of them had been sent just to remind people of the earlier still uncontaminated divine Message in the prehistoric age when it was not possible for everyone to have a copy for one’s own use. Sina’s overpowering anxiety to show Muhammad in bad light made him, wittingly or unwittingly, lose sight of this historic perspective. to have been sent as a �Mercy to the worlds,� (Q.21:107) Everything that Allah has sent down for mankind is a mercy from Him without which human life would be difficult – nay, impossible - on the earth. Allah favoured human beings with a high level of intellect – a mercy from Him. All the Prophets/Messengers of Allah sent for guidance of mankind are mercies from Allah. The very fact that Sina has been created by Allah as a human being is a mercy from Him, giving Sina a chance to live an everlasting good life in the Hereafter. But, it seems, he is bent on not only wasting that chance, but utilising it for preparing for himself an everlasting extremely tortuous life in Hell. And, as part of this foolish preparation, he is spreading an obvious falsehood among the people that the Verse 21.107 is not divine, but fabricated by Muhammad to give himself a megalomaniac status. There is nothing in the Verse to lend support to this false allegation. The Verse only reiterates that Muhammad has been sent as a mercy. But he is not the only mercy sent by Allah; there are mercies galore bestowed by Him to all the worlds. This allegation therefore proves nothing but that Sina himself is an egoist falsely and irrationally attributing his own egoism to Muhammad (peace be upon him). to have been risen �to a praised estate,� (Q.17:79) a station which he said none but he would receive and this is the Station of Intercession at the right hand of the Almighty next to his Glorious Throne. In other words, he would be the person who would advise God as to who should he sent to Hell and who should be admitted to Heaven. Verse 17.79 asks Prophet Muhammad to keep awake during parts of the night studying the Qur’aan so that the Lord raises him to an honourable position. History is witness to the fact that Muhammad had indeed been raised to an eminent station among his fellow human beings. He had revolutionised entire mankind. To attain to that high position, Muhammad had to put in extra efforts. That was what he was asked to do in the above Verse. He had to be well-versed in the Qur’aan, the work of propagating which was assigned to him. The rest of what Sina states above are just fictitious. The Verse – or any other Qur’aanic Verse, for that matter – lends no support at all to anything he has mischievously added here. Allah has already given Muhammad, in truth, a very high position in the history of mankind. And Sina cannot bring him down with his falsehoods. These are just some of Muhammad�s megalomaniac claims about his own lofty station, reported in the Qur�an. As shown herein above, none of the Qur’aanic quotes are even remotely suggestive of any megalomaniac claims by Muhammad. Their patently false and irrational interpretation by Sina does only reflect his (Sina’s) sick and perverse mind, bent upon denigrating Muhammad falsely and thus preparing for his own abode in Hell. The following two verses express vividly Muhammad�s sense of self importanceand grandiosity. Truly, All�h and His angels send praise and blessings [forever] upon the Prophet. O you who believe! Praise and bless the Prophet with utmost laud and blessing. (Q.33:56) In order that you (O men) may believe in All�h and His Messenger, that you may assist and honor Him, and celebrate His praise morning and evening. (Q.48:9) Verse 33.56 states that Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. The words ‘praise’ and ‘[forever]’ above are Sina’s mischievous interpolations to support his false charge that Muhammad had an undue sense of self importance and grandiosity. A few Verses earlier in the same Chapter 33, Verse 43 tells us that Allah and His angels send blessings on the believers. So, what is so unique about Muhammad getting the blessings? Without divine blessings, nothing can sustain on earth. And what’s wrong in the believers being asked to send blessings on the Prophet? Blessings from the believers mean nothing but wishing the Prophet well and praying to Allah for the success of his mission of propagating Islam among mankind. But the sick mind of Sina makes him see in this the mirage of Muhammad’s ‘sense of self importance and grandiosity!’ Verse 48.9 is in continuation of Verse 48.8, which tells us that Muhammad had been sent as a witness, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And Verse 48.9 gives us the purpose for sending Muhammad as such: to inculcate belief in Allah and His Messenger, to garner support for the divinely approved way of life (Islam) for mankind, to educate people on the need to hold the Lord of the universe in the highest esteem and honour and to sing His praises morning and evening. An incorrigible *kafir* like Sina won’t understand this at all. He therefore irrationally quotes this Verse also as depicting Muhammad’s ‘sense of self importance and grandiosity!’ Let him be content with his irrationality till he gets thrown into Hell-fire. We should not allow ourselves to be drawn by him into that irrationality. He was so impressed with himself, that he put the following words in the mouth of his sock puppet deity: �And you (stand) on an exalted standard of character� (Q.68:4) and are �a lamp with spreading light.� (Q.33:46) Here, let us first consider Verse 68.4. This Chapter 68 of the Qur’aan contains Verses that were some of the very first revealed to the Prophet. Even before he was divinely proclaimed a prophet, he was known as *Ameen*(the trustworthy) among the people. He had lived for 40 years among them and had proved himself to be of an exceptionally good character in the generally corrupt social atmosphere then. But when he started proclaiming the monotheistic principles of Islam to his polytheist people, they called him mad. Imagine the condition of a man who was thus being denigrated day in day out by almost the entire populace including his own close relatives! It was in such a situation that Allah Almighty reassured the Prophet through the above Verse, among others in that Qur’aanic Chapter, that he was indeed of an exalted character. I am not saying this to Sina – he is beyond reform. I am saying this to Muslims lest they get unduly influenced by the canards being spread by that *kafir*. Now, about Verse 33.46. Like Verse 48.9 referred to above, this Verse too is in continuation of the Verse preceding it. Verse 33.45 also tells us that the Prophet was sent as witness, giver of glad tidings and warner, and Verse 33.46 mentions two other capacities in which he was sent, viz., as one who invites people to Allah by His leave and as a lamp spreading light. History is witness to the fact that Muhammad did indeed serve as a lamp enlightening a nondescript tribal people that in turn became torch-bearers, in all fields, for the entire world. But for the megalomaniac Sina historical facts have no meaning. For him, the falsehoods he himself spreads are the truth, and nothing but the truth. The despicable *kafir* denigrates not only Muhammad, but also his (Sina’s) own Creator - who created him out of nothing - by calling Him Muhammad’s ‘stock puppet deity’. Sina goes on to quote from the *ahaadeeth* in his relentless attempts at slandering the exemplary character of Muhammad, but I refrain from commenting thereon as I do not consider *ahaadeeth *to be an unquestionably authentic source of Islam. Mohammad Shafi ** -- Keep us on the Right Path, Allah! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Asalam o Alaikum, You Are Receiving This Message, Because You Are A Member Of FOCUS ON ISLAM, A Google Group [..:: The Best Group For Nice Islamic Mails ::..] \/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<<<<>>>>\/<>\/ You can Post Your Comments and Suggestions to Me [Moderator of this Group] on this email address: [email protected] To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.google.com/group/focusonislam/ To post messages/mails to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Please forward our Mails to Your friends, and convence them to join our Group. 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