The evangelists say: “This ‘Allah’ was the Moon-god according to the archeological evidence. Muhammad thus attempted to have it both ways. To the pagans, he said that he still believed in the Moon-god Allah. To the Jews and the Christians, he said that Allah was their God too. But both the Jews and the Christians knew better and that is why they rejected his god Allah as a false god.”
Response
Finding evidence for these truly unbelievable arguments is much harder for the Jews and Christians of the world than the impossible task of finding the original copies of their ‘holy books’ in their original language, signed by their original authors with their full names printed.
Prophet Muhammad spent the first thirteen years of his twenty-three-year mission being Allah’s Messenger, in Makkah. Makkah had a handful of Christians and Jews during that era. The overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of Makkah were Arab pagans. The Prophet Muhammad belonged to the dominant Arab tribe in Makkah, the Quraish.
The Prophet Muhammad never promoted a two-faced message. It didn’t happen that one message was designed to appeal to the pagans and another designed to appeal to the Jews and Christians. Not even the Jews or the Christians who were his contemporaries, and indeed his bitter enemies, made such a ludicrous claim about the Prophet Muhammad.
If what the evangelists claim here is true then where are the manuscripts that prove this claim? Where is this earlier or different Quran that was meant for Arab pagans to appease their idol-worship? Are there any sentences in existence that belong to this imaginary pagan Quran that support this claim? More specifically, where are the specific documents unearthed by the specific so-claimed archeological discoveries that specifically state that the Prophet Muhammad specifically said to the pagans of Makkah, “Allah is the moon-god”?
Had Prophet Muhammad told Arab pagans that he worshipped their very own moon-god, whose name happened to be Allah, then why did Arab pagans disbelieve in Muhammad, peace be on him, if he only called them to their pagan deities? Why did Arab pagans so violently resist, oppose, and fought against the Prophet Muhammad and his message?
Modern-day evangelists just don’t make sense. The Quran is found worldwide in multiple languages. So, where is this alleged appeasement of pagan Arab deities which Prophet Muhammad made in the Quran? Have they even bothered to read the Quran before they made such claims that not only Muslims, but also numerous non-Muslims would dismiss as blatant lies!
As stated, after being sent as Allah’s Last and Final Prophet and Messenger, Muhammad, blessings and mercy on him, remained in Makkah, his hometown, for thirteen years residing among his tribe, the pagans of Quraish. The Quranic chapters revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during this era are called, ‘Suwar Makkiyyah (Makkan [Quranic] Chapters).’ At the time, Makkah, one of the biggest towns in Arabia, had but a handful of Jews and Christians.
Here are a few ayat (statements) from the Quran wherein is found the topic of Allah vs. the moon. We should note here that there are 114 chapters in the Quran.
- Surat Al-Anbiyaa (Chapter: The Prophets) was revealed in Makkah. Here is the thirty-third ayah (sentence, verse) in this surah: {And He (Allâh) it is Who has created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon, each in an orbit floating} (21:33).
- Surat Nu`h (Noah), was also among the Quranic chapters revealed in the early Islamic era in Makkah. Here are the fifteenth and the sixteenth ayat (verses, sentences) of this surah: {See you not how Allâh has created the seven heavens one above another? And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?} (71:15-6).
After remaining in Makkah for thirteen years, Prophet Muhammad was forced to migrate to Madinah where he spent the last ten years of his life. Madinah had a majority of Arab pagans, a large minority of Jews, and a handful of Christians.
Here is the Quranic message on the topic of Allah vs. the moon found in Surat Al-`Hajj, which was revealed in Madinah, {See you not that whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the mountains, and the trees, and AdDawâbb [living creatures, beasts], and many of humankind prostrate themselves to Allâh?} (22:18)
Therefore, Allah has clearly stated in the Quran, both in Makkah and later in Madinah, that He has created the sun and the moon. Meanwhile, the evangelists call him the moon-god! How ingenious!
What do evangelists know about the Creator of all things?
What do evangelists, who worship a man who used to eat, sleep, and answer the call of nature, know about ‘God’? And yet they dare say that Allah is a false god!
Well, read how Allah is described in the Quran and compare the magnificent Quranic description of Him, being the Creator of all things, to the silly arguments of modern-day evangelists mentioned here, {Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He), Al-`Hayyu Al-Qayyum (the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists). Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His Permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter. And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills. His Kursî (literally a footstool or chair) extends over the heavens and the earth, and He feels no fatigue in guarding and preserving them. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.} (2:255)
Jalal abualrub (www.IslamLife.com)
September 1, 2019