Muhammad the Greatest

by Ahmad Deedat

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recorded in his Bible the Quran.  Perhaps Grotius was
inspired into this fairy-tale from his reading of his own Holy
Scriptures:

'Then, Jesus, when he had been
baptized (by John the Baptist in the Jordan
River), came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were
opened to him, and he saw the
Spirit  of God  Descending  Like A
Dove and alighting upon him.
(Emphasis added) Matthew 3:16

WHERE'S THE AUTHORITY
Pococke, another respected intellectual of the time, like
"doubting Thomas" (John 20:25), wanted proof about
Muhammad (pbuh), the pigeons, and the peas?  Grotius
answered "THAT THERE WAS NO PROOF!"

He just felt like inventing this story for his audience.  To
him and his audience the "pigeons and peas" theory was
more plausible than that of the Archangel dictating to
Muhammad (pbuh).  These falsities wringed the heart of
Carlyle.  He cried:

"THE LIES, WHICH WELL-MEANING ZEAL HAS
HEAPED ROUND THIS MAN, ARE DISGRACEFUL TO
OURSELVES ONLY."
Thomas Carlyle

THE HERO PROPHET
Carlyle was a man of genius and God gifted him with
the art of articulation.  In his own way, he wanted to put the
records straight.  He planned to deliver a lecture and he
 
  

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