Discover Who is the Real Author of the Quran? Hassan Cyrus authored this book to offer a unique perspective on Muhammad's life from his childhood to his death, a perspective that has enthralled a staggering two billion followers.
He lost his father before his birth in 570 CE in Mecca and his mother at the age of six. His uncle Abu Talib, who led the Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe, raised him without seeing the beauty of parental love. He traveled to Syria with his uncle at twelve and continued working with him until age twenty-five.
At age twenty-five, a significant event occurred in Muhammad's life. His uncle introduced him to a wealthy, famous, and politically connected middle-aged businesswoman, Khadija. Muhammad's job was supervising the transportation of Khadija's commodities to Syria. His excellent work and behavior influenced Khadija, leading her to offer him marriage. This pivotal moment would change the course of his life.
Khadija introduced him to her cousin Waraqah, an old, blind, converted Catholic who extensively mentored Muhammad for fifteen years and gave him a deep understanding of religious texts and traditions.
Muhammad faced difficulty after he received the first revelation. Waraqah encouraged him to preach to the public. He went to the public, but nobody listened to him. He was disappointed and traveled to Taif, away from Mecca; even there, he faced anger and forced him out, pelting him with stones and wounding his hands and feet. Muhammad was sad and disappointed because nobody listened to him. It appeared that he would retire after the death of Waraqah. For three years, Muhammad spent time in the cave of Mount Hira.
Muhammad also had a nervous disorder, which he inherited from his mother. Despite his health conditions, Muhammad was a steadfast and literary genius, an exceptional poet of his time, an eloquent speaker, an intelligent manipulator, and a good businessman. After three years of thinking, planning, and creating a group of supporters, he started to preach to the lowest class of Mecca. Muhammad compromised with the Meccans but had no success, and every door was closed to him. He lost the support of his only uncle, and he had no choice other than to leave Mecca for Medina.
He knew poetry was the best weapon for influencing people to listen to him and controlling his followers. He created rules and regulations and assigned one of his closest followers as his transcriber. Muhammad learned Judaism, Christianity, and Zarathustrianism from Waraqah and well-known people for fifteen years. His speech had knowledge, rhythm, rhyme, tone, and verse. For an ordinary person, this speech came from the supernatural or Allah. That is how the Quran was created.
One can find in the Quran identical verses in Psalms, repeated verses, mistakes, a lack of knowledge in cosmology, numerical errors in cosmology, the wrong resting place of the sun, the wrong reason for the creation of stars, mistakes in the creation of the universe and animal kingdom, Allah built the heavens into seven heavens in two days, and earth in five or six days, conflicting days, and many more mistakes.
Scholars believe the Quran is divided into two parts or books. The Older Quran, or the Meccan Phase, before the Hijra on July 16, 622 CE. This part contains almost thirteen years of revelation. The Later Quran, or the Medinan Phase, lasted from 622 CE to 632 CE and included nearly ten years of revelations.
The Older Quran's purpose was to convince and preach to a small audience, including Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians, with simple surahs of fear of hell and rewards in paradise. The Older Quran is all about spirituality, tranquility, tolerance, and expressing closeness to all religions and respect for them.
The Later Quran or Medinan revelations were a direct attack and critique of Jewish belief. The divine authorization came to Muhammad to kill the Jews and showed hatred toward the Jews and Quraysh. The Later Quran revelations were about occupation, killing, and showing the authority of God and Muhammad.
Muhammad arrived in Madina on June 28, 622 CE, a safe place, and Jewish tribes respectfully welcomed him. Jews were expecting Muhammad to bring peace as a mediator between Jewish tribes who had minor conflicts. They brought them food, clothing, and all means of survival, including a piece of land for building a prayer house. This building was named for the first time Mosque or masjid. Muhammad followed Jewish tradition. Muslims in Mecca didn't have communal prayer day or the direction of prayer. Muhammad copied Jewish tradition and selected Friday for communal prayer and Jerusalem for the direction of prayer. Jews continued assisting Muslims.
Muhammad and his followers started to turn into immoral actions like ghazu and bounty raids. As the leader of muslins, Muhammad enriched himself and the rest of his community with bounty raids of caravans from Mecca to Syria and from Syria to Mecca. Also, Muhammad and his followers raped women Jews. The relationship between Jews and Muslims deteriorated, and financial support for Muslims stopped. Muhammad changed the direction of prayer from Jerusalem to Mecca.
Allah, with all the power, allowed Muhammad and his followers to do bounty raids, ghanimah, looting, enslaving women and children, and atrocities on the Quraysh and Jewish tribes because they were not believers. Muhammad performed one hundred expeditions until his death.
The Quran became a significant tool for abusing and controlling his people. In the meantime, he eliminated those who expressed dissatisfaction with his method of governing. Most of the Quran's verses are incorrect and misleading to his followers. Muhammad in Medina was an absolute authoritarian and bloodthirsty to Jews, Christians, and even his tribe. In the meantime, he became a sexual maniac. He invaded a tribe, confiscated their properties, killed all the men, and enslaved the young girls, boys, and women, married or unmarried, for his and his followers for sexual use.
Muhammad advised in the Quran for Muslims to only take four women as wives. But his advice was for his followers, not for him. Here is a summary of Muhammad's sexual history that we know of:
1. Fifteen marriages, including marrying a nine-year-old.
2. Four concubines.
3. Fourteen engagements and broken contracts.
4. Ten refused proposals.
5. Four Afterlife Marriages.