A supposed "madman" and a supposed "false god" somehow not only showed supreme confidence in predicting the eventual victory of Islam but in actually carrying out in achieving it. What kind of madman with not an iota of support goes about making fantastical claims about the uprooting of a multi-millennial society and then is successful doing so.
When Abu Jahl and his gang threatened to kill the Prophet (SAWS) if they saw him prostrating again, Allah commanded his prophet who had nothing more than a rabble of slaves and teenagers following him in Mecca that
"Then let him call his associates;
We will call the angels of Hell.
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near" (96:19)
We know what happened to Abu Jahl...
When at the outset of his prophecy, with not an iota of support except his dignified wife Khadija (RA), Abu Lahab cursed him as the Arabs dispersed from the Mountain of Uhud around him, Allah informed him that
"May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained" (111:1-2)
Abu Lahab died of horrible sores and his wealth did nothing to bring about his ruin, the ruin of his legacy, and the ruin of the paganism he fought so hard to protect..
When they began to call the Prophet a madman in Mecca and say "let's just wait till his madness runs its course". Allah boldly declared
"Or do they say, “A poet—we await for him a calamity of time”?
Say, “Go on waiting; I will be waiting with you.”"52:30-31.
We know who won the outcome of the waiting game.
When the Meccans made their hosts and declared that they and their slave girls would drink wine over the top of Muhammad (SAWS)'s body and his small band and that they would stamp Islam out in Medina, Allah gives them a premonition of their doom and says
"Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]."
(54:44 -45)
We know what happened to their assembly of hasidness to try to stamp out the Prophet's message.
When the Prophet was in Mecca, when no logical person would give him any hope of having any success of spreading his message and being remembered as anything other than an ancient Jim Jones, Allah gave him glad tidings of the Story of Yusuf and finished it off with a powerful reminder and let him know that
"[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals" (12:110)
and Allah let him know that "Allah has decreed, "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might." (58:21)
Finally, when the Meccans began fortifying themselves in Mecca and preparing for one last push against the Muslims and there was no inkling that the Muslims would ever perform their rites in Mecca, Allah declares that
"Certainly has Allah showed to His Messenger the vision in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram, if Allah wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened, not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand]" (28:27)
If this is the track record of a lunatic, then I am proud to be a lunatic with him.
When Abu Jahl and his gang threatened to kill the Prophet (SAWS) if they saw him prostrating again, Allah commanded his prophet who had nothing more than a rabble of slaves and teenagers following him in Mecca that
"Then let him call his associates;
We will call the angels of Hell.
No! Do not obey him. But prostrate and draw near" (96:19)
We know what happened to Abu Jahl...
When at the outset of his prophecy, with not an iota of support except his dignified wife Khadija (RA), Abu Lahab cursed him as the Arabs dispersed from the Mountain of Uhud around him, Allah informed him that
"May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he.
His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained" (111:1-2)
Abu Lahab died of horrible sores and his wealth did nothing to bring about his ruin, the ruin of his legacy, and the ruin of the paganism he fought so hard to protect..
When they began to call the Prophet a madman in Mecca and say "let's just wait till his madness runs its course". Allah boldly declared
"Or do they say, “A poet—we await for him a calamity of time”?
Say, “Go on waiting; I will be waiting with you.”"52:30-31.
We know who won the outcome of the waiting game.
When the Meccans made their hosts and declared that they and their slave girls would drink wine over the top of Muhammad (SAWS)'s body and his small band and that they would stamp Islam out in Medina, Allah gives them a premonition of their doom and says
"Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]."
(54:44 -45)
We know what happened to their assembly of hasidness to try to stamp out the Prophet's message.
When the Prophet was in Mecca, when no logical person would give him any hope of having any success of spreading his message and being remembered as anything other than an ancient Jim Jones, Allah gave him glad tidings of the Story of Yusuf and finished it off with a powerful reminder and let him know that
"[They continued] until, when the messengers despaired and were certain that they had been denied, there came to them Our victory, and whoever We willed was saved. And Our punishment cannot be repelled from the people who are criminals" (12:110)
and Allah let him know that "Allah has decreed, "I will surely overcome, I and My messengers." Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might." (58:21)
Finally, when the Meccans began fortifying themselves in Mecca and preparing for one last push against the Muslims and there was no inkling that the Muslims would ever perform their rites in Mecca, Allah declares that
"Certainly has Allah showed to His Messenger the vision in truth. You will surely enter al-Masjid al-Haram, if Allah wills, in safety, with your heads shaved and [hair] shortened, not fearing [anyone]. He knew what you did not know and has arranged before that a conquest near [at hand]" (28:27)
If this is the track record of a lunatic, then I am proud to be a lunatic with him.
