EVIDENCE FROM SAHIH HADITH THAT MUHAMMAD SPOKE THE SATANIC VERSES There are references to the event found in Bukhari. Although the actual Satanic verses are not recorded by Bukhari, part of the event is related: 6.385 Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet performed a prostration when he finished reciting Surat an-Najm, and all the Muslims and pagans and Jinns and human beings prostrated along with him. What is of note here is that the Hadith states that after Muhammad spoke The Star, the pagans prostrated. This is exactly what the four biographers state. Remember, the pagans were totally opposed to Muhammad. They disliked him; he frequently insulted their faith. Yet here, something Muhammad said, caused them to prostrate with him and the Muslims, in one accord. Muhammad had said something persuasive to move them to bow in worship. Of course it was the Satanic verses. There is no allusion to anything else in the biographical material. Neither is anything specifically recorded in Sahih Hadith or the Quran that refers to other than the Satanic Verses event. Note again how this Hadith lines up with the four biographies. FROM THE QURAN There are three passages in the Quran that reference the event. These passages are recorded in the biographical material. The first is the actual passage found in chapter 53, called The Star, (An-Najm), verses 19 through 26 or so. This passage has already been mentioned. The second passage is in chapter 22, called The Pilgrimage, (Al-Hajj), verses 52, 53: Never have We sent a single prophet or apostle before you with whose wishes Satan did not tamper. But God abrogates the interjections of Satan and confirms His own revelations. God is all-knowing and wise. He makes Satans interjections a temptation for those whose hearts are diseased, whose hearts are hardened ... The third passage is chapter 17, called The Night Journey, (Al Isra), verses 73 - 75: They sought to entice you from Our revelations - they nearly did -hoping that you might invent some other scripture in Our name, and thus become their trusted friend. Indeed had we not strengthened your faith, you might have made some compromise with them and thus incurred a double punishment in this life and in the next. Then you should have found none to help you against Us. All of these verses are mentioned in the biographical material. All of them were revealed in relation to Muhammad speaking Satans words. Note how Tabari records Muhammads admittance of sin and repentance after Gabriel confronted him with his error. Afterwards, God supposedly comforts Muhammad with the verses from chapters 17 and 22. Ibn Sad records the same sequence of verses. After he admitted his sinful error, Muhammad was comforted by Gabriel. Who was this Gabriel?
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