Submitted by MOHAMAD NOZZI (Singapore), May 3, 2009 at 21:35
I have browsed through many web-site about the history of Prophet Muhammad and I have found that all the stories are more or less identical and it proves to the fact the the history of Prophet Muhammad that I have furnished should not be wrong.
You are right when you mention that Adam, Ismail and etc. are muslims. However, it is mentioned in the history of Prophet Muhammad that Khadijah, Muhammad's wife was the first convert. Not only that all the surrounding people that lived with Prophet Muhammad were pagans and they were idolatry.
However, you have to bear in mind that you are not born at the time when Prophet Muhammad was alive and you and I could not comprehend many things that occurred during that period.
How do you know that whether muslims had been ceased for several years after the conversion of Adam, Ismail, and etc. due to the wickedness of muslims in dolatry and that would caused nobody to become muslims for many years. If that is true, Allayh might have turned away from the people of this world and leaving no muslim in this world. Muslim began to exist at the time when the angel, Gabriel, came to show him the revelation of Allah. If that is the case that Muslim's religion should have ceased as a result of the rebellion of muslims in the past as a result of idolatry, it is is justifiable for the history of Prophet Muhammad to mention that Khadijah was the first convert then since she was the first convert after the cessation of the true religion, muslims, in the past.
To what I see, your argument is nonsensical since you and I do not really know what happen in the past especially at the time when Prophet Muhammad was on the earth.
Indeed, we know that ismail and Jesus being a muslim, that lived before Prophet Muhammad worshipped Allah and Ismail and Jesus should have lived a distance not far from Arab, especially Jesus lived in Israel, quite near to Arab.. Do you find it surprise that the histroy of Prophet Muhammad mentions that the surrounding people were pagans? As there were pagans srruoudning Prophet Muhammad, it implies that muslims should have ceased long before the coming of Prophet Muhammad since they had abandoned their religions to idolatry. As a result, Allah sent Prophet Muhammad to restore muslim religion and that caused Khadijah to be the first convert then.
You, Hindu, was born many year, especially now is year 2009 after the birth of Prophet Muhammad, how could you comment the history of Prophet Muhammad is erroneous?
You, Hindu, was not even born after the death of Prophet Muhammad, there is no justification for you to prove our religion is wrong since you would not know whether they are any changes of the world, such as many have repented to turn to God then!
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