kashif_nazeer
~~~Alhamdulillah~~~
So subtle that I didn't even know I was writing them!
I meant no insult to you or your beliefs. I thought that this forum aimed to correct common misconceptions about Islam. Surely this affair is one of the commonest, so it is understandable why I would bring it up.
I do not understand why it is that Muslims cannot bear their beliefs to be parodied, while other religions are much less sensitive. The Satanic Verses deals with a topic that many non-Muslims find persuasive. They are unlikely to believe the supernatural claims about the writing of the Qu'ran and would suspect that Muhammed wrote it himself based on the other Abrahamic holy books.
This clip of Rushdie reading from The Satanic Verses deals another widely held view that the some of the Qu'ran was written to justify Muhammed doing things that would otherwise be frowned upon in his society.
I don't know enough about this subject and I am interested to learn what Muslims think. That's why I asked the question.
[video=youtube;v20VvP19kCI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=v20VvP19kCI[/video]
Astaghfirullah!May Allah have mercy on us and forgive us,if the potty mouthed Salman Rushdie is referring to the companion Salman the Persian or Salman Al Farsi(radi allhu anhu),then here is his true story >> Salman The Persian
Salman Al Farisi[video/audio]
What he has written is a peice of fiction and has nothing to do with reality,as there is no such record from Salman Al Farsi(radi allhu anhu).It's amazing how he fabricated this story and how the audience is fooled into believing it is true without even investigating it.
It's obvious that this person hates to follow rules and wants to follow his desires ,as is obvious from his write.
The allegation of satan throwing in a verse is as baseless,
in The Biography of prophet in ArRaheeq al mkahtoum (The sealed nectar) this incident has been mentioned and the reason for the arising of various dhaeef(weak) and maudhoo(forged) narrations has also been provided,which people like to call "disagreement"there is no diasagreement that this is a forged incident.:
In Ramadan of the same year, the Prophet (Peace be upon him) went into the Holy Sanctuary where there was a large host of Quraish polytheists, including some notables and celebrities. Suddenly he began reciting Sûrah An-Najm (Chapter 41 — The Star). The awe-inspiring Words of Allâh descended unawares upon them and they immediately got stunned by them. It was the first time for them to be shocked by the truthful Revelation. It had formerly been the favourite trick of those people who wished to dishonour Revelation, not only not to listen to it themselves but also to talk loudly and insolently when it was being read, so that even the true listeners may not be able to hear. They used to think that they were drowning the Voice of Allâh; in fact, they were piling up misery for themselves, for Allâh's Voice can never be silenced, "And those who disbelieve say:"Listen not to this Qur'ân, and make noise in the midst of its (recitation) that you may overcome." [41:26].
When the unspeakably fascinating Words of Allâh came into direct contact with their hearts, they were entranced and got oblivious of the materialistic world around them and were caught in a state of full attentiveness to the Divine Words to such an extent that when the Prophet (Peace be upon him) reached the stormy heart-beating ending:
"So fall you down in prostration to Allâh and worship Him (Alone)." [53:62]
The idolaters, unconsciously and with full compliance, prostrated themselves in absolute god-fearing and stainless devotion. It was in fact the wonderful moment of the Truth that cleaved through the obdurate souls of the haughty and the attitude of the scoffers. They stood aghast when they perceived that Allâh's Words had conquered their hearts and done the same thing that they had been trying hard to annihilate and exterminate. Their co-polytheists who had not been present on the scene reproached and blamed them severely; consequently they began to fabricate lies and calumniate the Prophet (Peace be upon him) alleging that he had attached to their idols great veneration and ascribed to them the power of desirable intercession. All of these were desperate attempts made to establish an excusable justification for their prostrating themselves with the Prophet (Peace be upon him) on that day. Of course, this foolish and iniquitous slanderous behaviour was in line with their life-consecrated practice of telling lies and plot hatching.
Also refer to my previous posts where I have provided link for science of hadith and related topic to get a basic idea of how hadith has been preserved.Also read the replies of brothers and sister here,who have said how the incident is a fabrication,has been proved.