IS MUHAMAD A PROPHET OF GOD?

 SESSION 10 

Main Focus Summary 

PART 9: IS MUHAMAD A PROPHET OF GOD? 

Chapters 33-36 

"Providing a portrait of Muhammad's life that had passed down to me through generations, I started by telling everyone that Muhammad lived a very meek and humble childhood. His father died before he was born, his mother died shortly thereafter and he lived most of his childhood as an orphan. He grew to become a trusted and respected young merchant, ultimately marrying a widow fifteen years his elder instead of a youthful maiden. Muhammad was thus a very noble young man uninterested in worldly attractions even before receiving his prophetic call" (243-244). 

"For these reasons, not just one Muslim scholar but many scholars doubt the traditional origins of Islam and even the existence of Muhammad, at least as the early Islamic records describe him. According to them, the truth about the origins of Islam is unfortunately veiled. There is almost nothing we can know with certainty about the historical Muhammad" (263). 

What severe conflict did this pose for Nabeel as he was assessing Islam and Christianity