꾸란의 계시: 불일치와 무함마드의 예언자적 지위

### 꾸란의 계시: 무함마드와 가브리엘의 만남에 대해 살펴보기
* 📖 꾸란은 신자들에게 그 일관성에 대해 생각해 보라고 도전하며, **알라가 아닌 다른 사람에게서 온 것이라면 모순을 포함**하고 있을 것이라고 제안합니다.
* 🤔 이 본문은 무함마드가 성경을 참고하라는 지시를 받은 구절을 언급하며 **성경이 진리의 기준**이 된다는 것을 암시하는데, 이는 꾸란의 주장에 의문을 제기합니다.
* 👤 무함마드는 히라의 동굴에서 신의 계시를 구하다가 **천사 가브리엘을 만나 책을 읽으라고 권유**하는 천사를 만나면서 예언자의 길을 걷기 시작했어요.
* 😨 가브리엘과의 첫 만남은 무함마드를 겁에 질리게 만들었는데, 이는 **성경 기록에 나오는 가브리엘의 온화하고 안심시키는 모습**과는 대조적이었습니다.
* 📜 이 이야기는 가브리엘이 마리아에게는 **예수를 하나님의 아들이라고 긍정**하면서 왜 무함마드에게는 같은 믿음을 정죄했는지 의문을 제기하며 가브리엘의 메시지에 불일치가 있음을 암시합니다.
* 🧠 무함마드는 만남 이후 두려움과 혼란으로 인해 아내 카디자와 그녀의 사촌 와라카에게 확인을 요청했는데, **가브리엘을 모세에게 말한 천사**로 잘못 알아본 것입니다.
* 💔 굳건한 태도를 유지했던 선지자 다니엘과 달리 무함마드는 **계시의 압도적인 내용 때문에 자살을 고민**하는 등 심각한 정서적 고통을 겪었습니다.
* 🕊 본문은 두 선지자의 경험을 극명하게 비교하면서 **무함마드의 고난이 다니엘과 같은 진정한 선지자의 계시와 다른 성격**을 가지고 있음을 시사하며 마무리합니다.

꾸란의 불일치는 그 신성한 기원에 도전하며 무함마드의 계시에 대한 의구심을 불러일으킵니다.

and Nissa 82. Do they not then reflect on the Quran? Had it been revealed from anyone other than Allah, they would have certainly found in it many inconsistencies. In our last video, we discussed the Islamic dilemma. We looked at verses in the Quran which openly declare that it is the Bible that stands in judgment over the Quran. In fact, the prophet Muhammad was told by Allah, If you are in doubt concerning what we have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the book, that is the Bible, before you. It is the truth that has come down to you from your lord, so never become one of those who doubt. If Allah openly declares the book, The Bible, as being the truth, then why would the Quran contradict itself by saying so? Believe in Allah and his Messengers and do not say trinity. Stop for your own good. Allah is only one God. Glory be to him. He is far above having a son. This in itself is the Quran's greatest inconsistency. No one can refer to the

Bible as being the truth, then turn around and say there is no Trinity. Therefore, according to the words of Anissa 82, the Quran is certainly filled with inconsistencies, which means that it had to have been revealed to Muhammad by somebody other than Allah. And if that's the case, we have to ask who. Who really revealed the Quran to Muhammad? The only way to answer these questions is to thoroughly examine the way in which Muhammad received his Revelations. Many of our Muslim friends believe that Muhammad received his Revelations word for word directly from Allah himself. It is Allah himself then who is the author of the Quran, and this makes Muhammad his messenger, who was relaying the words of Allah to us. This is why Muhammad is called rasulullah, meaning messenger of Allah. But how did Muhammad's prophethood really begin? 69 82. He Muhammad used to go in seclusion to the cave of Hira, where he used to worship Allah alone continuously for many days and nights. He used to take with him the journey food for that stay.

and then come back to his wife Khadijah to take his food. Likewise, again for another period to stay till suddenly the truth descended upon him while he was in the cave of Hira. Muhammad used to go on multiple day journeys to Hira, where he would stay in a cave hoping that a divine revelation would come to him in his sleep. He did this several times until one day the angel Jibril, or Gabriel, came to him in the cave and asked him to read. The prophet replied, I do not know how to read. The prophet added, The angel caught me forcefully and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and again asked me to read, and I replied, 'I do not know how to read.' Whereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it anymore. He then released me and asked me to read, but again I replied, 'I do not know how to read or what shall I read.' Thereon he caught me for the third time and pressed

me and then released me and said, Read in the name of your Lord who has created all that exists. It was supposedly the angel Gabriel who would come and visit Muhammad and slowly reveal the Quran to him over the course of about 23 years. Now, there is much debate on what Muhammad meant when he said, The angel caught me forcefully and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore. Some say this implies the angel Gabriel squeezed Muhammad with an overwhelming embrace, much like a very tight hug. Others will argue that this actually means the angel Gabriel violently strangled Muhammad. But I want to turn our focus to something more significant. The angel Gabriel appears several times in both the Bible and the Quran, so let's compare this forceful encounter that Muhammad supposedly had with Gabriel to the times the prophets of the Bible encountered Gabriel themselves. The Prophet Daniel encountered the angel Gabriel in Daniel chapter 8. We are told that Daniel was so afraid when Gabriel appeared to him that he passed out and fell on his face. So he came near where I

Stood, and when he came, I was afraid and fell on my face. But he said to me, Understand, son of man, that the vision refers to the time of the end. Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright. In the Bible, the Angel Gabriel gives Daniel a gentle touch, but in the Quran, Gabriel supposedly meets Muhammad with a forceful embrace. The angel Gabriel also appeared to Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, and when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel Gabriel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John. The angel Gabriel reassured Zacharias by telling him to not be afraid. He did the same thing with Mary. Now, in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, and

having come in, the angel said to her, Rejoice, highly favored one. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women. But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Throughout the Old and New Testament, the angel Gabriel is a calming, reassuring spirit of God, known for his gentle touch and his uplifting words. Do not be afraid. But in Muhammad's story, this supposed Angel is borderline violent, and when speaking to Muhammad, all he can do is yell, Meaning recite. This just doesn't fit the description of Gabriel at all. And above all, why would the angel Gabriel tell Mary that she will give birth to Jesus, who is the Son of God, but later say to Muhammad that the Christians will be condemned for calling Jesus the son of God? At this point, we can conclude that the angel Gabriel was certainly not the one communicating with Muhammad. So who was? To find the answer, we need to look no

further than Muhammad's own testimony. Then Allah's messenger returned with the inspiration, his neck muscles twitching with terror, till he entered upon Khadijah and said, Cover me, cover me. They covered him till his fear was over, and then he said, What is wrong with me? Then he told her everything that had happened and said, I fear something may have happened to me. Muhammad returned home absolutely horrified by what he had experienced and was convinced that something had happened to him. Now, in fairness, the Prophet Daniel was also troubled when the angel Gabriel spoke to him, but here's the difference between a true prophet like Daniel and a false prophet like Muhammad. Khadijah then accompanied him to her cousin Waraka, who was the son of her paternal uncle, i.e., her father's brother. Khadijah said to him, Oh my cousin, listen to the story of your nephew. Waraka asked, Oh my nephew, what have you seen? The prophet described whatever he had seen. Waraka said, This is the same namus, Gabriel, the angel who

keeps the secrets whom Allah had sent to Moses. Muhammad's wife takes him to see one of his uncle-in-law. Muhammad told his uncle about his experiences, claimed that Muhammad had been interacting with the same Angel Gabriel who had spoken to Moses. This truly shows us just how much Muhammad's family knew about God, considering the fact that there is no record in the Torah of the angel Gabriel ever speaking to Moses. But that's okay, because after a few days died and the divine inspiration was also paused for a while, and the prophet became so sad. As we have heard, that he intended several times to throw himself from the tops of high mountains. And every time he went up to the top of a mountain in order to throw himself down, Gabriel would appear before him and say, O Muhammad, you are indeed Allah's messenger in truth. Whereupon his heart would become quiet, and he would calm down and would return home. You see, unlike Muhammad, the Prophet Daniel didn't try to kill himself. Daniel's prophethood began at about the

age of 15 when he and the rest of Judah were carried away to Exile in Babylon. It finally ended when he died peacefully at about the age of 80 during the first year of King Cyrus. That's about 65 years of being a prophet. On the other hand, Muhammad's prophethood only lasted about 23 years, during which he made several attempts to end his own life because of the unrelenting spiritual torment that he suffered from. Woe is me, POET or possessed. Never shall the Quresh say this of me. I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest. In his own mind, Muhammad was either poet or possessed, neither of which he could live with. Until next time, Salaam.

Muhammad - prophet or possessed?

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꾸란은 알라가 아닌 다른 사람에게서 온 것이라면 모순이 있을 것이라며 반성을 촉구합니다.

꾸란은 공개적으로 성경을 진리로 선언하고 꾸란을 판단하여 그 메시지에 모순이 있다고 주장합니다.

무함마드는 히라 동굴에서 고독을 추구하며 여러 날 밤낮으로 알라를 경배하며 예언자 생활을 시작했습니다.

히라 동굴에서 본 무함마드의 계시

무함마드는 히라 동굴에서 며칠을 보내며 신의 계시를 구했습니다.

천사 가브리엘이 그에게 나타나 무함마드의 항의에도 불구하고 꾸란을 읽으라고 강요했습니다.

이 만남을 계기로 가브리엘은 23년에 걸쳐 무함마드에게 꾸란을 점진적으로 계시하기 시작했습니다.

종교 텍스트에서 천사 가브리엘의 역할

가브리엘 천사는 성경에서 다니엘을 부드럽게 어루만지고 사가랴와 마리아를 안심시키는 등 차분하고 안심시키는 존재로 묘사됩니다.

반면, 꾸란에서는 가브리엘과 무함마드의 상호작용을 강압적이고 폭력적으로 묘사하여 가브리엘의 성격에 대한 일관성에 의문을 제기합니다.

예수의 신성에 관한 서로 다른 메시지는 이야기를 더욱 복잡하게 만들어 무함마드와 대화한 천사가 가브리엘이 아닐 수도 있다는 결론에 이르게 합니다.

무함마드와 신성한 영감의 곤란한 만남

무함마드는 천사 가브리엘을 만난 후 두려움에 떨며 집으로 돌아왔고, 자신에게 무슨 일이 생긴 것은 아닌지 걱정했습니다.

카디자는 그를 사촌 와라카에게 데려갔고, 와라카는 무함마드가 모세와 대화했던 천사와 같은 천사와 대화하고 있다는 사실을 확인했습니다.

신의 영감이 잠시 멈춘 후 무함마드는 괴로워하며 자살을 고려했지만 가브리엘이 반복해서 나타나자 알라의 사자로서 자신의 역할에 대해 안심하게 되었습니다.

유다 출신의 선지자는 15세에 바빌론으로 유배되어 80세에 평화롭게 죽을 때까지 약 65년 동안 봉사했습니다.

반면 무함마드의 예언자 기간은 23년에 불과했으며, 그 기간 동안 그는 극심한 정신적 고통에 시달리며 자살을 고민하기도 했습니다.

무함마드는 내적 갈등으로 인해 시인인지 귀신 들린 사람인지 자신의 정체성에 의문을 품게 되었고, 이로 인해 큰 괴로움을 겪었습니다.