Reposted. Muhammad: The Real Allah of the Muslims by Mohammed Asghar Ever since I started reading the Quran some twenty years ago, I have been trying to find out the true identity of the Allah, who had revealed its contents to Muhammad. This question arose in my mind because I found Him describing Himself as I, He, Me and We in the Quran. My wonderment came to an end when I stumbled on a verse in Sura Az-Zumar, or the Crowds while writing my commentary or Tafsir of the Quran. From the contents of the verse, I concluded that the Muslims’ Allah is none but Muhammad himself. My commentary is reproduced hereunder. I am sure readers will agree with my finding, but should they come across any discrepancy in it, I will like to know about it so that I may be able to correct myself after a thorough discussion. 39: Sura Az-Zumar, or the Crowds Az-Zumar, “The Crowds” or “The Troops” takes its name from a “peculiar word” [1] that occurs in verse 71, and again, in verse 73. It is a Meccan Sura, but some authorities think verses 53 and 54 were revealed in Medina. The entire Sura consists of 75 verses. The Sura opens with a declaration from Muhammad on the Quran, saying: “The revelation of this Book is from Allah, the Exalted in Power, full of Wisdom.” [2] He followed it by emphasizing: “Is it not to Allah that sincere devotion is due?” But those who take for protectors others than Allah (say): “We only serve them in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah.” Truly Allah will judge between them in that wherein they differ. But Allah guides not such as are false and ungrateful.” [3] As we know, the Quraish polytheists believed in Allah, whose symbol they preserved in Ka’aba in the form of a statue. They believed that it was Allah who created the heavens and earth and subdued the sun and the moon. [4] Because they thought He was beyond their reach, they needed the help of some other deities to bring Him nearer to them. That is why they prayed to al-Lat, al-Manat and al-Uzza – supposedly His daughters – to intervene on their behalf and bring Him nearer to them. The Quraish polytheists’ attempt to reach their deity was not, in actuality, any different from the basic, but unpronounced, concept of Islam. Muslims need to follow in toto what Muhammad has said in the Quran to save themselves from the difficulties of their earthly lives. It is only by following his directives, as he gave them through the Quran, will they be able to avoid the Fire of Hell in the world hereafter. In other words, Muslims can earn the pleasure of Allah, if He is some one other than Muhammad himself, by following Muhammad’s words and deeds. This they have inferred from the Quran. This inference has led them to make Muhammad synonymous with Allah. That is why they repeat umpteen times in their lives that he is Allah’s Prophet in order for them to remain Muslims. That is why they invoke his name, along with Allah’s, in most of their prayers. That is why they pay more respects to him than to Allah. That is why they flock to his grave in Medina to earn his blessings.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 21:28:16 +0000
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