Was He Insane?
Someone who has dealt with mentally ill
knows people can be identified by their symptoms. Muhammad displayed
no symptom of insanity at any time in his life No friend, wife, or
family member suspected or abandoned him due to insanity. As for the
effects of revelations on the Prophet, such as perspiration and the likes,
it was due to the intensity of the Message which he had to bear and not
due to any epileptic fit or instance of insanity...
Quite to the contrary, Muhammad preached
for a long time and brought a Law unknown in its completeness and
sophistication to ancient Arabs. If the prophet was insane, it would
have been obvious to those around him at one point in a period of twenty
three years. When in history did an insane man preach his message to
worship One God for ten years, three of which he and his followers spent
in exile, and eventually became the ruler of his lands? Which insane
man has ever won the hearts and minds of people who met him and earned the
respect of his adversaries?
More so, his closest companions, Abu Bakr
and Umar were recognized for their abilities, nobility, skills, and
finesse. They were willing to sacrifice anything for the religion he
brought. On one occasion, Abu Bakr, brought all his material
possessions to Muhammad, may God praise him, and when asked what he left
for his family, responded, ‘I left for them God and His
Messenger!’
Abu Bakr, a merchant by profession, after
being elected the ruler of all of Arabs after Muhammad, spent a mere two
dirham on himself and his family!
Umar became the ruler of Arabia after Abu
Bakr and conquered Syria, Egypt, and subdued the Persian and Roman
Empires. He was a man known for his scrupulous justice. How
can someone suggest these people were following a mentally deranged
individual?
God suggests: stand before God without bias
or pre-conceived beliefs, and discuss it with another person or think
about it yourself, this prophet has no madness, he is as stable today as
you had known him for forty years.
“Say: ‘I counsel you one thing only: Be
(ever conscious of) standing before God, whether you are in the
company of others or alone; and then bethink yourselves (that) there is no
madness in (this prophet,) your fellow-man: he is only a Warner to you of
suffering severe to come.’” (Quran 34:46)
The Meccans of old rejected his call out of
tribal partisanship, and they were not truthful in their accusations of
his insanity. Even today, many people refuse to accept Muhammad as a
prophet simply because he was an Arab and self-gratify themselves by
saying he must have been insane or worked for the devil. Their
hatred for Arabs translates into their rejection of Muhammad, even though
God says:
“Nay, but he (whom you call a mad poet) has
brought the truth; and he confirms the truth of (what the earlier of
God’s) message-bearers (have taught).” (Quran 37:37)
Although the pagan Arabs knew Muhammad all
too well, but they still through accusations of insanity at him, for they
considered his religion a sacrilege against the tradition of their
forefathers.
“And when our verses are recited to them as clear
evidences, they say, ‘This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from
that which your fathers were worshipping.’ And they say, ‘This is
not except a lie invented.’ And those who disbelieve say of the
truth when it has come to them, ‘This is not but obvious magic.’ And
We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had
not sent to them before you, (O Muhammad), any Warner. And those
before them denied, and they (the people of Mecca) have not attained a
tenth of what We had given them. But they (i.e., the former peoples)
denied My messengers, so how (terrible) was My reproach.” (Quran
34:43-45)
Was He A Poet?
God mentions their accusation in the Quran
and responds to it:
“Or do they say (of you), ‘A poet for whom we
await a misfortune of time?’ Say, ‘Wait, for indeed I am, with you,
among the waiters.’ Or do their minds command them to (say) this, or
are they a transgressing people? Or do they say, ‘He has made it
up?’ Rather, they do not believe.” (Quran 52:30-32)
God describes the poets of that time so the
Prophet can be compared with them:
“And as for the poets - (they, too, are prone to
deceive themselves: and so, only) those who are lost in grievous error
would follow them. Art thou not aware that they roam confusedly
through all the valleys (of words and thoughts), and that they (so
often) say what they do not do (or feel)? (Most of them are of this
kind -) save those who have attained to faith, and do righteous deeds, and
remember God unceasingly, and defend themselves (only) after having
been wronged, and (trust in God’s promise that) those who are bent on
wrongdoing will in time come to know how evil a turn their destinies
are bound to take!” (Quran 26:224-227)
Arabian poets were the furthest from the
truth, speaking of wine, womanizing, war, and leisure, unlike the Prophet
who invites to good manners, serving God, and helping the poor.
Muhammad
followed his own teachings before anyone else unlike the poets of old or
philosophers of today.
The Quran which the Prophet recited was
unlike any poetry in its style. The Arabs of the time has strict
rules in regards to rhythm, rhyme, syllables and endings to each verse of
poetry. The Quran did not conform to any of the rules which were
known in the time, but at the same time, it surpasses any type of text
which the Arabs had ever heard. Some of them actually became Muslims
after hearing only a few verses of the Quran, due to their certain
knowledge that the source of something so beautiful as it could not be any
created being.
Muhammad was never known to have composed a
poem before Islam or after prophethood. Rather, the Prophet had a
sever dislike for it. Compilations of his statements, called Sunna,
have been diligently preserved and are completely different in its
literary content than the Quran. The store-house of Arabic poetry do
not contain any couplets by Muhammad.
Was He A Sorcerer?
Prophet Muhammad never learned or practiced
sorcery. On the contrary, he condemned the practice of sorcery and
taught his followers how to seek protection against it.
Sorcerers have a strong relationship with
the devil. Their partnership allows them to deceive people.
Devils propagate lies, sins, obscenities, immorality, evil, and they
destroy family's. The Quran clarifies those upon whom the devils
descend:
“Shall I inform you upon whom the devils
descend? They descend upon every sinful liar. They pass on
what is heard, and most of them are liars.” (Quran 26:221-223)
Prophet Muhammad was known and recognized
to be a man of integrity true to his word who was not known to have ever
lied. He commanded good morals and fine manners. No sorcerer
in world history has brought a scripture like the Quran or a Law like
his.
