According to Baidawi in Tafsir “Anwar al-Tanzil wa Asrar al-Ta'wil”, Muhammad dictated verses starting at (Qur'an 23:12) that says;
"We created man of an extraction of clay" and when Muhammad reached the part that says, "... thereafter We produced him as another creature (23:14)",
Abdullah said, "So blessed be God the fairest of creators!" in amazement at the details of man's creation.
Thats an intruiging story Hupla. I've just found it on Wikipedia:
The prophet said, "Write it down; for thus it has been revealed." Abdullah doubted and said, "If Muhammad is truthful then I receive the revelation as much as he does, and if he is a liar, what I said is a good as what he said." After this incident, Abdullah repudiated Islam, left Medina and went to Mecca, spreading his belief that Muhammad composed the Qur'an himself without divine intervention.
Following the conquest of Mecca in 629 CE, Muhammad ordered that Abdullah should be executed but Uthman protected him. When conditions calmed, he was presented to Muhammad seeking pardon and offering the oath of loyalty. However, Muhammad withheld his hand and maintained silence. Uthman begged him to pardon Abdullah and on the third attempt Muhammad accepted Abdullah's oath of loyalty, effectively pardoning him.
Nevertheless, as soon as Abdullah had left, Muhammad turned to the Muslims who were in the room and asked: “Was not there a wise man among you who would stand up to him when he saw that I had withheld my hand from accepting his allegiance, and kill him?” The companions, aghast, responded: “We did not know what you had in your heart, Apostle of Allah! Why did you not give us a signal with your eye?” Muhammad said: “It is not advisable, for a Prophet to play deceptive tricks with the eyes.”
As far as Mohammed goes, I think he genuinely believed that he was receiving visions, at least in the early stages of his 'career', though admittedly I dont have anything to base this on other than my rosy view of human nature
Epilepsy may certainly have played a part, or he may have had schizophrenia or some form of psychosis. I have also toyed with the idea that he may have initially come across some sort of spiritual truth or vision during meditation that fired him up and filled him with ideas of revelation and formed the heart of whatever good teachings there are in the Quran, such as the parts about charity, social equality,good deeds etc... But then it probably never recurred and the rest of his so-called visions were either desperate attempts to call that back or just self-serving politically motivated fictions. Who knows, we'll probably never know why he did it, but ultimately I dont think has any importance besides making ourselves feel better at having been duped.
We should ask ourselves we think a true revelation should be and how it should manifest itself.
How is it possible for us to decide that? Thats assuming there is such a thing as revelation in the first place.
Topic: As an ex muslim what are your views on Mohammed now?