Guillaume--Life of Muhammad.pdf - Radical Truth
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The Lzfe <strong>of</strong> l\luhammad<br />
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'\\T, did' and '\Ve commanded, ' "1 It IS on y a spec 'iatis. argument H' evo! 1 'as 0<br />
e , I t God lIe to 1m<br />
truth 'Say I have surrendered my purpose<br />
a one,<br />
0 h ' .: 1 the book and<br />
. . , . . \ d say to those W 0 rCCCIVC(<br />
have those who tollm\' me. j n. -' b k 'Have you surrendered? For<br />
to the gentile (converts) who h~~'~ ~o i O~tl" uided and if they turn their<br />
if thev have surrendered they wd e r gl' y g h e And God sees<br />
backs'" it is only incumbent on thee to de lver t e messag .<br />
(His) servants.'<br />
d eh ' (ans and reminded them <strong>of</strong><br />
'fl H' b'ned the Jews an ns I "' 'd'<br />
1cn c com 1 . . . " 'd' 'Those who disbelieve m Go s<br />
what they had newly mvcntedhand sal . f 11 and kill men \\'ho enjoin<br />
" 1 kll th prop cts wrong u y • , '<br />
revelatIOns an, I e I 'S ' 0 God possessor <strong>of</strong> sovereignty, I.e,<br />
J'ustice' as far as the wores, ,- ay, 1 d mong them 'Thou<br />
k' d d th King who a one ccrees a .<br />
Lord <strong>of</strong> man "In<br />
. " an t ,hom e T hou 'I d takest it av,ray from whom<br />
WI t an ,<br />
gn'est sovereignty a v. d b h m l'hou wilt· in Thy hand IS<br />
"fh It st an a asest w 0 ,<br />
Thou wllt. ~u exa e Th 'Thall canst do all things,' i.e. none<br />
good/ i.e. there IS n~ ?od but . ee. a d O\ver 'Thou causest the night<br />
but Th~u can do thIs In th~ :naJe~trh;an~ bri;gest forth the living from<br />
t o pass mto day and the day mto g h 'And 'fhou nurf<br />
h r'" 'bv t at power,<br />
the dead and the dead rom t g C I\.m ,.,;:. '1 as power to do that but<br />
l 'h 'I ,'thout stmt .... one 1 . ,<br />
turest whom ou \VI t \\ I " , h ' matters in virtue <strong>of</strong> w}uch<br />
' I I Jesus power 0\er t ose ,<br />
Thou; I.e. thoug 1 gave "th I ad healing the sick, creatmg<br />
they say that he is God ~uch as ralsmg I ~ta~e him thereby a sign to men<br />
birds <strong>of</strong> clay, and declanng th~~~~:';~vherewithI sent him to his people,<br />
and a confirmatIon <strong>of</strong> hIS prop I'" hh 1d from him such as appomt-<br />
M . t and power WIt e<br />
But some <strong>of</strong> y maJes y d d lacing them where I wished, and<br />
ing kings by a prophetIc comma; an lth day into night and bringing<br />
making the night to pass m~o ~y:nd defrom the living and nnrturing<br />
forth the living from the dea an t e cad d the evil man All that I<br />
""h'tbthtcgooan h ,<br />
whom 1 wtll \vIt out stm, 0 , " 't Have they not an<br />
J d ave hIm no po\\er over 1 • , ,<br />
withheld from csus an g, G d all t11at would be wlthm<br />
f that If he were a 0 <<br />
example<br />
his power<br />
and<br />
while<br />
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'd from kings and because <strong>of</strong> them<br />
, h t from town to town.<br />
hc moved about t e coun ry " b I' d sa'id' 'Say If \lOU<br />
' d d' d the e levers an . k , .J<br />
Then he admonIshe an warne . 1 t God and in glorifying Him<br />
' 'f h is true move 0<br />
lovc God,' I.e. 1 w at ~ou say "e au our sins,' i.e. your past<br />
'and follow me, God wIll love you anMdforgfl\ I y SyY Obc" God and His<br />
'" d G d Forglvmg erci u . a,.J "f<br />
unbelief. ,ll.n a IS, 1 fi 1 h' (mentioned) in your book. But 1<br />
I 'f . k ow him ant nt 1m . I' ,<br />
apost c, or yOU<br />
b k<br />
n b I' f 'G 1 loveth not the unbe levers.<br />
" to vour un e Ie , Ot , h J<br />
ovou turn ae', l' I.e. d -' t themhit ow W13 Godl'ntended to do \\'It esus<br />
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Then He<br />
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ame<br />
'd' 'God<br />
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chose J\(<br />
1"<br />
am<br />
d Noah and the family <strong>of</strong> Abraall<br />
d<br />
originatec an sal . • h' Ids Thev were descen ants<br />
'I f'l an ahove t e \\or. .J<br />
ham and the famI Y 0 mr K' Then he mentioned the<br />
d G i' Hearer a nO\ver. .<br />
onc <strong>of</strong> another an o( IS a , '.d' '1'vl lord 1 vow to Thee what IS<br />
affair <strong>of</strong> 'Imran's \vifc and ho\\' sffhe ~al ;.~ Y havdvo\ved him and made<br />
in my womb as a consecrated a enng, l.e. 1<br />
I<br />
u'ajhi.<br />
The <strong>Life</strong> <strong>of</strong> "~luhammad<br />
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him entirely devoted to God's service subservient to no worldly interest.<br />
'Accept (him) from me. Thou art the Seer the Knower. And \vhen she<br />
\vas delivered <strong>of</strong> him she said: 0 my Lord, I have given birth to a fcmale~<br />
and God knew best <strong>of</strong> \\'hat she \vas delivercd~and the male is not as the<br />
female,' i.e. the two were not the same when I vowed her to thee as a<br />
consecrated <strong>of</strong>fering, 'I have called her Mary and I put her in Thy keeping<br />
and her <strong>of</strong>fspring from Satan the damned.' God said; 'And her Lord<br />
accepted her \vith kindly acceptance and made her grow up to a goodly<br />
growth and made Zachariah her guardian' after her father and mother<br />
were dead (3 28),<br />
He mentions that she \vas an orphan and tells <strong>of</strong> her and Zachariah and<br />
what he prayed for and what He gave him \vhen He bestO\ved on him<br />
Ya1)ya. Then He mentions ~Iary and how the angels said to her, '0 l\Iary,<br />
God hath chosen thee and purified thee and chosen thee above the WOmen<br />
<strong>of</strong> the worlds, 0 Mary, be ohedient to Thy Lord and prostrate thyself and<br />
bo\v with those that bO\v', saying, 'That is some <strong>of</strong> the tidings <strong>of</strong> things<br />
hidden. \Vc reveal it to thee. Thou Wast not present with them,' i,e. thou<br />
wast not with them 'when they threw their aJ:rows to know which <strong>of</strong> them<br />
should be the guardian <strong>of</strong> 1\'1ary' (3 2<br />
9).<br />
Later her guardian \\'as Jurayj, the ascetic, a carp,enter <strong>of</strong> B. Isra'll. The<br />
arrow came out for him so he took her, Zachariah having been her guardian<br />
heret<strong>of</strong>ore. A grievous famine befell B. Isra'I1 and Zachariah was unable<br />
to support her so they cast lots to see who should be her guardian and the<br />
lot fell on Jura}]' the ascetic and he became her guardian. 'And thou wast<br />
not with them \vhen they disputed,' i.e. about her. He tells him about<br />
what they concealed from him though they knew it to prove his prophcthood<br />
and as an argument against them by telling them what they had concealed<br />
from him.<br />
Then He said: 'Then the angels said: 0 .\Iary, God giveth thee good<br />
tidings <strong>of</strong> a word from Him whoscnam,e is the :\Tessiah Jesus, Son <strong>of</strong> 2\Iary,'<br />
i.e. thus was his affair not as you say concerning him, 'illustrious in this<br />
world and the next,' i.e, with God 'and <strong>of</strong> those who are brought near. 1<br />
He will speak to men in his cradle and as a grown man, and he is <strong>of</strong> the<br />
righteous ones,' telling them <strong>of</strong> the phases <strong>of</strong> life through \vhich he would<br />
pass like the other sons <strong>of</strong> Adam in their lives young and old, although God<br />
marked him out by speech in his cradle as a sign <strong>of</strong> his prophethood and<br />
to show mankind where his pO\ver lay. 'She said, 0 my Lord, how can<br />
I have a child when no man hath touched me.' He said: Thus (it will be)<br />
God creates what He will,' i,e. He does what I-Ie wishes, and creates what<br />
He wills <strong>of</strong> mortal or non-mortal. "Vhen He decrees a thing He merely<br />
says to it Be' <strong>of</strong> what He wills and how He wills 'And it is' as I-Ie wishes.<br />
Then He tells her <strong>of</strong> His intention in regard to him: 'And He will teach<br />
him the book and the wisdom and the Torah' \\-hieh had been with them<br />
from the time <strong>of</strong> 1\10scs before him 'and the Gospel,' another book which<br />
J<br />
SC, 'to God' or 'by God'.