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In the name of All\u0101h,
\n<\/span>the Beneficent, the Merciful.
\n<\/span>Peace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.
\n<\/span>DEDICATED TO
\n<\/span>All\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,
\n<\/span>Lord of the worlds
\n<\/span>AND TO
\n<\/span>Mohammad\u2013who brought the world
\n<\/span>to our feet and eternity to our arms.
\n<\/span>*<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>It is claimed that the Prophet Mohammad \u201ccompromised his monotheism,\u201d initially, to make peace with the Makkans. This alleged \u201cincident\u201d is narrated in \u201cThe Satanic Verses.\u201d<\/i> In the Qur\u2019an we are told about three deities of the Idolaters, Lat, Uzzat, and Manat\u2013(Qur\u2019an 53:19-21). To this Muhammad Ali notes: \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVerses 19-21 are made the basis of the false story of what is called the \u201cLapse of Muhammad\u201d or \u201cCompromise with idolatry\u201d by Christian writers.
\nCertain reports narrated by Waqidi and Tabri are the sole authority for this charge against that incessant preacher against idolatry, every incident of whose life condemns it as a bare falsehood. Muir asserts that \u201cPious Muhammadans of afterdays, scandalized at the lapse of their Prophet into so flagrant a concession, would reject the whole story,\u201d as if the earlier Muslims were not as pious as the latter.
\nThe fact is that the story was quite unknown to the earlier Muslims. There is not a single trustworthy hadith that lends support to this story.
\nMuhammad ibn Ishaq, who died as early as 151 A.H., does not mention the incident, while Muir\u2019s earliest authority, Waqidi, was born more than forty years later.<\/span>
\nIt is stated in the Bahrain<\/i> that when questioned about it, Ibn Ishaq called it a fabrication of the zindeeqs. <\/i>And the famous Bukhari, the most trustworthy authority on the sayings of the Holy Prophet, was Waqidi\u2019s contemporary, and his collection of sayings contains no mention of the story.
\nAs regards Waqidi, all competent authorities entertain a very low opinion of his trustworthiness. The Mizan al-l\u2019tidal,<\/i> a critical work on the lives and characters of the reporters of Hadith, speaks of Waqidi as unreliable and even as a fabricator of reports. As regards Tabri, Muir himself represents him as guilty of \u201cindiscriminate reception\u201d.<\/span>
\nAs against these two unreliable authorities, \u201cthose who reject this story are highly learned men\u201d (Ruh al-Ma\u2019ani).
\nThe six collections of reports known as the Sahih Sittah<\/i> (or the Six Reliable Works) <\/i>do not mention it at all, and contain instead a report which essentially contradicts the story of the so-called compromise<\/i>.
\nInternal evidence, too, is wholly against the story. We are told that instead of verse 21 [of ch. 53] the Prophet read the words: Tilk al-gharaniq al-\u2018ula wa inna shafa\u2019atahunna la-turtaja<\/i>, i.e. \u201cThese are exalted females whose intercession is to be sought.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> But the insertion of these few words in a chapter which is wholly directed against idolatry is quite out of place: v. 23 condemns idols; v. 26 denies their intercession; v. 28 condemns the giving of names of female deities to angels, and so on.
\nIt is further asserted that 22:52 was revealed in connection with this change, but it should be noted that a period of at least eight years must have elapsed between the revelation of this verse and that of 22:52.
\nMoreover, if the Prophet had made any such compromise, it could not have been a sudden event, and traces of it would have been met with in other chapters revealed about the same time. But a perusal of these shows clearly that the Qur\u2019an\u2019s condemnation of idolatry was never marked by the slightest change. See further 62a.\u201d (Comm. 2382.\u00a0<\/span>62a will be discussed later\u2013NGBA<\/span>).<\/p>\n

And 22:52 of the Qur\u2019an (mentioned above) reads: \u201cAnd We never sent a messenger or a prophet before thee but when he desired, the devil made a suggestion respecting his desire; but Allah annuls that which the devil casts, then does Allah establish His messages. And Allah is Knowing, Wise.\u201d<\/span> The verse refers to the devil interfering with the intentions of all<\/span><\/i><\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>messengers. It is not stated that it is revelation that is interfered with by the devil; only that when these messengers desired, perhaps an act, the devil dissuades them; at which time All\u0101h instructs these messengers. Muhammad Ali comments: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSome careless commentators mention here the false story relating to what the Christian critics call \u201cthe Lapse\u201d of the Prophet. The Prophet, they say, on this occasion recognized that the idols worshipped by the Arabs could intercede with God on their behalf. That such a thing never happened is shown in 2382 (Qur’an 53:19-21 above).<\/span>
\nThis story has been rejected by all sound and reliable commentators. Thus Ibn Kathir says: \u201cMany commentators relate here the story of the Gharaniq<\/i>\u2026.but it is from sources not traceable to any companion\u201d.
\nAccording to Rz, commentators who aim at accuracy and truth say that this story is false and a forgery<\/i>. Bd makes similar remarks.
\n<\/span>The words do not, and cannot, mean that when a prophet recites a revelation, the devil introduces his own words into his recitation. It is absurd on the face of it, and the Holy Qur\u2019an belies it when it says: \u201cHe reveals not His secrets to any, except to him whom He chooses as a messenger; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him, so that He may know that they have truly delivered the messages of their Lord\u201d (72:26-28).<\/span> (See Yusuf Ali commentaries # 5751 and 5751-A).<\/i>
\nMoreover, it is absolutely inconceivable that such an important incident as the Prophet\u2019s having accepted the intercession of idols should have been mentioned in the Qur\u2019an eight years after it happened.<\/span>
\nThe 53rd<\/sup> chapter, in which the change is said to have taken place, was revealed before the fifth year of the Prophet\u2019s call, while this chapter was revealed on the eve of the Prophet\u2019s departure from Makkah. That more than half the Qur\u2019an should have been revealed during this long period without a single reference to the alleged story, and that it should then have been quite unnecessarily referred to in a surah where it is quite out of place, is alone sufficient to give the lie to this story.\u201d (M. Ali, comm. #1701).\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Regarding Lat, Uzzat and Manat of Qur\u2019an chapter 53, Ghulam Farid notes:
\n<\/span>\u201cIt may be, as stated by Qastalani and Zurqani and supported by some other eminent scholars, that when the Holy Prophet, during the recital of the present <\/span>Surah<\/i> before a mixed assembly of Muslims and disbelievers, recited these verses, some evil-minded person from among the disbelievers might have loudly interjected the above-mentioned words, as was the disbelievers\u2019 wont to create confusion by resorting to such low tactics when the Qur\u2019an was being recited (41:27).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

And 41:27 of the Qur\u2019an tells us: \u201cAnd those who disbelieve say: Listen not to this Qur\u2019an but make noise therein, perhaps you may overcome.\u201d<\/span>
\nThey create disturbance while the Qur\u2019an is recited, to annoy\/frustrate Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n

As noted above Muhammad Ali\u2019s commentary on this topic continues in verse 62 of chapter 53. This verse states: \u201cSo bow down in prostration before Allah and serve (Him).\u201d<\/span>
\nMuhammad Ali comments:<\/p>\n

\u201cHere is a command to prostrate oneself, which is literally obeyed by all Muslims when reciting the Qur\u2019an or hearing it recited; see 7:206a<\/em>.1\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>This chapter, when first revealed, was read in a large assembly, containing Muslims as well as disbelievers. When the Holy Prophet prostrated himself in obedience to the command, not only did the Muslims prostrate themselves, but even the idolaters were so overawed that they also prostrated themselves, with the exception only of Umayyah ibn Khalf, who raised some gravel to his forehead. This man was afterwards killed, dying a disbeliever, says the report, evidently implying that all the others were gradually converted to Islam (B. 17:1). It should be further borne in mind that the idolaters did not deny the existence of God the Supreme, Whom they believed to be above their idols, who were recognized only as minor deities, and therefore there is nothing strange in their joining the Muslims in their prostration.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is this simple incident which is connected with the story of the so-called \u201clapse\u201d and is adduced as proof of its truth. But it will be seen that the prostration was made in obedience to the direct Divine command of prostration and had nothing to do with the worship of idols. The incidents narrated before it, relating to the grandeur and majesty of Allah and to the destruction of the wicked, are so impressive that the idolaters could not resist prostrating themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

That Mohammad \u201ccompromised\u201d his monotheism, initially, to make \u201cpeace\u201d with the Makkans is sheer fabrication.
\n<\/span>There are no \u201csatanic verses\u201d in the Qur\u2019an!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n1. 7:206a. <\/em>(Qur\u2019an 7:206) reads: \u201cSurely those who are with thy Lord are not too proud to serve Him, and they glorify Him and prostrate themselves before Him.\u201d<\/span>
\nMuhammad Ali notes:
\n\u201cThe recital of this verse is followed by an actual prostration, so that the physical state of the body may be in perfect agreement with the spiritual condition of the mind. There are in all fifteen occasions<\/span> in the Qur\u2019\u00e5n where the believers are required to prostrate themselves, and the Prophet\u2019s practice was to prostrate himself when reciting such verses whether it was a recital during prayer service or on ordinary occasions. Other such verses are: (Qur’an) 13:15; 16:50; 17:109; 19:58; 22:18; 22:77; 25:60; 27:26; 32:15; 38:24; 41:38; 53:62; 84:21 and 96:19.\u201d<\/p>\n

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