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==Analysis== | ==Analysis== | ||
Many verses like the following verse are indirect proofs that the people of Mecca used to call Muhammad mad.Otherwise why the Qur'an would contain statements like "Muhammad is not mad"? | Many verses like the following verse are indirect proofs that the people of Mecca used to call Muhammad mad. Otherwise why the Qur'an would contain statements like "Muhammad is not mad"? | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|68|2|6}}|Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed. | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|68|2|6}}|Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed. | ||
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See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!}} | See what kinds of comparisons they make for thee! But they have gone astray, and never a way will they be able to find!}} | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran-range|15|6|8}}|They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)! | {{Quote|{{Quran-range|15|6|8}}|They say: "O thou to whom the Message is being revealed! truly thou art mad (or possessed)! | ||
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"Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?" | "Why bringest thou not angels to us if it be that thou hast the Truth?" | ||
We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! No respite would they have! | We send not the angels down except for just cause: if they came (to the ungodly), behold! No respite would they have!}} | ||
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The above chapters are in chronological order. The summary is that no sane Meccan in pre-Islamic Arabia believed that Muhammad is receiving the word of God through an angel. People themselves were asking him to show an angel, which he was unable to show or he refused to show. They were rationalists who did not buy his claims of prophethood. | The above chapters are in chronological order. The summary is that no sane Meccan in pre-Islamic Arabia believed that Muhammad is receiving the word of God through an angel. People themselves were asking him to show an angel, which he was unable to show or he refused to show. They were rationalists who did not buy his claims of prophethood. | ||