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The''' Satanic Verses''' (also the ''Gharaniq incident'') was an incident where Prophet [[Muhammad]] acknowledged Allat, Manat, and al-Uzza, the goddesses of the [[Paganism|Pagan]] Meccans in a [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] [[revelation]], only to later recant and claim they were the words of the Devil. | The''' Satanic Verses''' (also the ''Gharaniq incident'') was an incident where Prophet [[Muhammad]] acknowledged Allat, Manat, and al-Uzza, the goddesses of the [[Paganism|Pagan]] Meccans in a [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] [[revelation]], only to later recant and claim they were the words of the Devil. | ||
The | ==Account== | ||
The following text is taken from Sir William Muir's "The Life of Mahomet", which summarizes the [[Satanic Verses]] incident. | |||
{{Quote|1=|2=On a certain day the chief men of Mecca, assembled in a group beside the Kaaba, discussed, as was their custom, the affairs of the city. Mahomet appeared and, seating himself by them in a friendly manner, began to recite in their hearing Sura LIII. The chapter opens with a description of the first visit of Gabriel to Mahomet (already known to the reader);<sup>1</sup> and then unfolds a second vision of that angel, at which certain heavenly mysteries were revealed. The passage is as follows:-- | {{Quote|1=|2=On a certain day the chief men of Mecca, assembled in a group beside the Kaaba, discussed, as was their custom, the affairs of the city. Mahomet appeared and, seating himself by them in a friendly manner, began to recite in their hearing Sura LIII. The chapter opens with a description of the first visit of Gabriel to Mahomet (already known to the reader);<sup>1</sup> and then unfolds a second vision of that angel, at which certain heavenly mysteries were revealed. The passage is as follows:-- | ||
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<sup>3</sup><small>Tradition tells us that Mahomet was consolled by the following passage in Sura XXII., which, however (from the reference to former apostles and prophets), must have been revealed at a somewhat later period: ''And We have not sent before thee any Apostle, nor any Prophet, but when he longed, Satan cast suggestions into his longing. But God shall cancel that which Satan suggesteth. Then shall God establish His revelations (and God is knowing and wise);--that He may make what Satan hath suggested a trial unto those whose hearts are diseased and hardened...''</small><ref>Muir, Sir William. (1878). [http://books.google.com/books?id=-jxbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The Life of Mahomet'']. (pp. 86-88). London: Smith, Elder & Co</ref>}} | <sup>3</sup><small>Tradition tells us that Mahomet was consolled by the following passage in Sura XXII., which, however (from the reference to former apostles and prophets), must have been revealed at a somewhat later period: ''And We have not sent before thee any Apostle, nor any Prophet, but when he longed, Satan cast suggestions into his longing. But God shall cancel that which Satan suggesteth. Then shall God establish His revelations (and God is knowing and wise);--that He may make what Satan hath suggested a trial unto those whose hearts are diseased and hardened...''</small><ref>Muir, Sir William. (1878). [http://books.google.com/books?id=-jxbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlinks_s#v=onepage&q=&f=false ''The Life of Mahomet'']. (pp. 86-88). London: Smith, Elder & Co</ref>}} | ||
==Historicity== | |||
The Satanic Verses incident has been recorded in four early major [[Sirat Rasul Allah|biographies of Muhammad]]; al-Waqidi, Ibn Saad, al-Tabari,<ref>Al-Tabari (838? – 923 A.D.), The History of al-Tabari (Ta’rikh al-rusul wa’l-muluk), Vol. VI: Muhammad at Mecca, pp. 107-112. Translated by W. M. Watt and M.V. McDonald, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 1988, ISBN: 0-88706-707-7, pp. 107-112.</ref> and Ibn Ishaq.<ref>Ibn Ishaq, The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah, Translated by A. Guillaume, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, (Re-issued in Karachi, Pakistan, 1967, 13th impression, 1998) 1955, p. 146-148.</ref> It is also indirectly and in part referred to in al-Tirmidhi and [[Sahih]] Bukhari, where it is recorded that Muhammad performed a prostration when he finished reciting [[The Holy Qur'an: An-Najm (The Star)|Surat-an-Najm]], and all the Muslims and pagans prostrated along with him.<ref>"''Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet performed a prostration when he finished reciting Surat-an-Najm, and all the Muslims and pagans and Jinns and human beings prostrated along with him.''" - {{Bukhari|6|60|385}}</ref> Since in today's Qur'an, the pagans goddesses are attacked in that particular [[Surah]], pagans and Muslims prostrating together would only make sense if the account of the Satanic Verses incident were true. | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||