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We have been told that this series on 'Muhammad' (or rather MHMD) is not only too long, but is too complicated for anyone to follow. So, Mel and I decided to record a summary of all of the material on the Muhammad of the 7th century in one video. And here it is, all in a little under an hour.
So, put you pens down and just watch.
To begin with, it seems that we've been looking for the wrong man, because the Muslim's prophet, referred to as "Muhammad", could have never existed in written form like that. The reason, that Muhammad requires 3 vowels in order to read it, a dhamma (or 'u' sound) above the first mim, a fatah (or 'a' sound) above the following ha, and another fatah (or 'a' sound) above the second mim.
Yet, there weren't any vowels in Arabic in the 7th century.
Take a look at any of the 6 earliest Qur'anic manuscripts and you will see that they don't have any vowels, and hardly any dots as well.
So, how could there have been anyone named "Muhammad" that early? They were all created much later, in the 8th - 9th centuries.
All they had in Arabic in the 7th century were 16 consonants, with no vowels.
So, when you remove the 3 vowels, you are left with 4 consonants...MHMD, which when pronounced out loud was simply MAHMAD.
Now, suddenly the word makes sense, because there were many MHMDs all over that area and in that time! In fact that word has a long history, beginning way back in 1400 BC.
-1400 BC: This word was first introduced at this time in Ugaritic, and meant "The Desired One", or "The Precious One". So, from the very beginning it was a title, not a name.
-1000 BC: The Hebrews borrowed this word and introduced it into the Old Testament 11 times. For instance in Song of Solomon 5:16 the word MHMD is "The altogether Lovely One", referring to Solomon, but also referring to the future Messiah. So, it was a Messianic term for the Jews.
In Psalms 68:16 and Proverbs 12:12 we find this MHMD is "Desired", or "Desires", or "Desirable", all referring to the coming Messiah.
-300 AD: The Christian father St. Ambrose, referring to Song of Solomon 5:16 stated that this 'Altogether lovely' one was indeed the Messiah, Jesus Christ, who would return a 2nd time. So, from then on all the Christians speaking Aramaic and Syriac considered the MHMD was Jesus Christ.
-523 AD: A Jewish inscription referring to the Jewish Exilarch Mar Zutra's death in 520 AD calls him the MHMD, or the Messiah.
-617 AD: The Exilarch Nehemiah ben Husiel, who conquered Jerusalem in 614 AD, but then was killed in 617 AD is renamed as the MHMD ben Joseph (the suffering one of Israel). The next Exilarch, his brother Salman al-Farsi, is given the title MHMD ben David (the conquering King of Israel), and considered the Messiah.
According to Chinese sources from that time, there were between 5 - 12 different Jewish exilarchs in Iraq who took on the title MHMD. Notice, none of these Jewish MHMDs are in the central part of Arabia called the Hijaz, where Mecca and Medina are located, because there is no WATER there to give them life. They are all 1000 miles further north, where there's plenty of water.
-660 AD: The Caliph Muawiya (whom Muslims believe was a good Muslim) mints coins in 660s AD with his image on it, holding a cross in both hands, with a cross above his head, and another cross on the reverse side. Below it on the reverse side is the word MHMD in Arabic, clearly stating that this was the Messiah Jesus Christ.
-663 AD: We know he was a Christian because of an inscription with his name, and refers to himself as the "Abdallah", which means "The servant of God", who is the "Commander of the believers". But which believers? At the upper left side of the inscription is a cross; thus, he is the commander of the Christians. So, both the coins and the inscriptions clearly state that this MHMD is Jesus Himself, the anointed one, the Messiah.
-7th century: Meanwhile the Jews claimed that their exilarchs (the Jewish Arab authorities in what is today Iraq) were the Messiahs whom they were waiting for.
-8th Century: The Abbasids come to power, but they don't have their own prophet, nor their own revelation. So, they then introduce a 3rd MHMD, who is their prophet, their Messiah, as a fulfillment of the Jewish and Christian MHMDs; and thus he becomes "The Seal of the Prophets". The Chinese claim this happens in 756 AD.
Once they have their own MHMD, who they call 'Muhammad'; he then needs a revelation. That is why all of the Qur'ans begin to appear at this time, and his "Back-story" (the Sira, Hadith, Tafsir & Takhrigh) are written and codified a century later, in the 9th - 10th centuries.
CONCLUSION: The Muhammad of Islam is a complete phantom, created in the Abbasid period to fulfill the earlier Jewish and Christian MHMDs (Messiahs), who is yet to appear.
© Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, July 3, 2024
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