THE BOOK
DISCOURSE 44
THE “SPLIT” IN ISLAM
EVEN BEFORE THE PROPHET’S
DEATH:
THE BATTLE FOR “SUCCESSORSHIP” IN HIS
“EARTHLY” FAMILY
Reader: With this Title being plain enough, we won’t waste many words about it, but simply quote Mohammed’s rising concerns as he desperately tries to ensure that his teachings would remain as he had given them to the Arabian peoples.
So: From the “Akashic Chronicle” about the later part of the Prophet’s life; here we learn more of how Ali, Mohammed’s appointed successor, reveals both his non-understanding of Mohammed’s mission, and his growing reluctance to implement the Prophet’s instructions. Firstly, from page 200:
“We must still have patience, my son,” (Abdallah) appeased the father (Ali). “Mohammed has used up his strength prematurely, because he has never considered himself. He will not live much longer. Afterwards we can do as we please. Why quarrel beforehand about what will happen quite of its own accord later on?”
Abdallah yielded, and (Prophet) Mohammed was glad of the peace. But Ali’s keen eyes had seen aright; the Prophet’s physical strength was used up. ...
It really was Said’s desire to understand it all (i.e., Mohammed’s teachings) better than the others, so that after Mohammed’s death there would be one more who had recognised the Truth. ...
Nowhere else did Mohammed feel himself so understood. Said had lost much of his heaviness through his marriage to Aisha. If the younger Mohammed also joined them, with his quick grasp and his glowing heart, then it seemed as if the power from above streamed down upon them almost visibly.
The school founded by the grandson Mohammed had received a great impetus. Everywhere in the country helpers proficient in languages were needed. ...
But besides teaching languages, he had made it his most important task to instruct the people in the pure religious doctrines. ...
So he trained a closely united band of young men who were convinced of the truth of Islam as Mohammed taught it, and who lived according to the moral laws. ...
But Ali noted it with alarm. Many an unpleasantness could develop later on for him out of this group, which he would have like to render harmless well before that. But he did not know how. Once he was Prince he could close this inconvenient school; for the time being he must still tolerate it.
Because Ali was Mohammed’s appointed successor, they met each morning to discuss ‘what had taken place the day before’, or ‘what had become known to him through messages’. Mohammed would then direct what had to be done. Sometimes Mohammed learned that Ali had not obeyed his directives. ‘If he remonstrated with him, Ali talked himself out if it’. From page 202:
He received the reply that it was more important to strengthen the knowledge of Divine Truth in the people than to enforce external governmental measures.
Thereafter Mohammed continued to work undisturbed in the old way. But he never forgot to admonish and to reprove Ali anew when his remiss and autocratic actions came to his knowledge.
The more uncomfortable this became for his representative, the more cautiously he went to work. Gradually he spun a fine web of lies around the Prince, so cleverly that even Said’s love and (the younger) Mohammed’s zeal could not grasp, much less tear it.
One day the news of Ali’s secret marriage reached the Prince. He was indignant. ...
‘...if he desired a second wife, why did he not openly make her his wife’.
Ali denied everything. It was slander. They had been mistaken in his character. The Prince was disgusted with his successor, and he prayed to God not to let Ali become ruler.’
Ali hypocritically announces his intention to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. In his eyes, by doing so, he would be ‘proving his innocence’. By now however, more and more members of Mohammed’s extended family were seeing Ali’s true nature. From page 203:
And while the Prince dismissed all cares and became even more deeply absorbed in his spiritual work, Said and Mohammed the younger had many a painful conversation about Ali’s absence.
How much harm can he cause through his journey!” sighed Said...
But Mohammed agreed with him and said:
“He will be introducing himself as the future Prince. I wish Grandfather had never said anything about his successor, and were still free to choose now.”
“Whom should he propose then?” Said asked with concern. He knew of no one who could have filled the place.
“You!” replied Mohammed quickly.
When Said explained to him that the people would not accept him because of his humble birth, Mohammed said plaintively:
“Then even Abu Bekr would still be better than Father (Ali). He is at least upright and true.”’
Now we get to a period in the life of Mohammed that reveals the present-day Islamic narrative about him and those closest to him as the greatest supporters of the new religion as just plain myth. We learn that Mohammed the younger asks permission of the Prophet to ride out to meet his Father, Ali, in order to undermine any further actions he might take against Mohammed. The Prophet is surprised, but gladly consents.
Riding out with a small escorting troop, the ‘Younger’ crossed the boundary into Syria, where he unexpectedly met Abu Bekr with his Army. After exchanging greetings, Mohammed emphasised that he was in a hurry to find his father. He is very surprised at General Abu Bekr’s reply.
Abu Bekr explained to Ali’s son that he felt compelled to return to Medina by way of Syria, for there he had heard rumours that Ali, the ‘Prince of Great Arabia’, was everywhere having homage paid and the oath of allegiance sworn to him. ‘He declared that Mohammed was dead and that he, Ali, was ruler in his place’. At that Abu Bekr arrested him forcing him to return with him to Medina. The young Mohammed is horrified. From page 205:
“Indeed can I not?” laughed Abu Bekr loudly. “He has made himself guilty of treachery against our Prince! I have caught him in the act, overpowered him and taken him captive. As my prisoner I can take him wherever I wish.”
The representative of the Prince your prisoner?” cried Mohammed, horrified. “I am afraid, Vizier, that your loyalty and determination have played a nasty trick on you. You certainly cannot lead the chief servant of the Prince captive about the country!”
“Can I not, little son?” roared Abu Bekr, who was beginning to get heated. “But he can lie and swindle, and deceive the Prince! So he can do that? Then, believe me, I can also deal with him as he deserves!”
Mohammed shook his head. ... He was not concerned about his father. ... But he was concerned about the successor and representative of the Prince! How could the people have respect for him if, convicted of a crime, he had been dragged through the country as the Vizier’s prisoner?
Let us pause in these revelations from Islam’s “Book of Life” and bluntly comment on what has always been the problem for followers of all Prophets and Truth-Bringers. And let us try and understand why the human race is so stupid, so conceited, so thick and obtuse that, collectively, it is not able to see that every Teaching of Truth ever gifted to us is now just a terribly distorted mess of what it once was.
Reader, why are we even bothering with this, again?
The very history of the world over thousands of years clearly shows us that few peoples to whom a Prophet and Teaching came ever kept that Teaching in its pristine state. It never happened, people! That is precisely why the world is in such a dire mess!
So here is the key question! It is one which personally sickens me! Why does this religion of Islam, with its too-many rabid adherents of an appalling “Myth” of some kind of perfect, “verbatim from God” teaching where firstly the family and close associates of Mohammed 1,400 years ago --- and from then on every single Muslim since --- all very dutifully and very carefully supposedly preserved everything about Islam exactly as Mohammed gave it, without deviation, and even without questioning any part of it?
What makes you Muslims so arrogant that of all the billions who have initially followed their Prophet and the Truth gifted to them, and then always distorted it; only you are somehow “so perfect” that everyday human frailty and fallibility does not apply to you? Your religion has been splintered and fractured right from the Prophets time. It is not a late development caused by the West!
Why can you not see and understand this? Your Koran is flawed! It is not the original Teaching of Mohammed. Here you are learning that some of the so-called pure servants of Mohammed, especially during his last years, were deceitful liars, cheats and too full of ambition for earthly power after Mohammed’s death.
What we are reading from Creation’s Pages of Time about the beginnings of Islam --- post Mohammed --- is akin to a David Attenborough wildlife documentary showing a flock of vultures picking at a corpse!
THAT is your religious Truth! THAT is your today-reality! It is a carefully nurtured fantasy about a “perfection of religion” that simply does not exist! Any objections or differing views to that Islamic narrative is always met with targeted vitriol against what you call unbelievers, infidels; like a spoilt child throwing a tantrum --- except that you threaten death to all, even to those who can awaken you to your terribly distorted religious narrative.
When will you people, as a religion, finally develop “the Guts” to face up to your terrible and ongoing lie? You will not, of course, for like Judaism and Christianity, there is not sufficient humility “across-the-board” whereby all of you of proud, “monotheistic righteousness”, would even deign to bow your collective heads to The LORD’s TRUTH!
Well: We are going to learn more about how appallingly-bad Mohammed’s tragic saga really was at the hands of treacherous, “good believing Muslims” just before he died --- and later again, in the Aftermath of his death!
This unfolding tragedy for the future viability of Islam really begins from the time that Abu Bekr tells Ali that when he arrives in Medina he will inform the Prophet of what he had done, and why it was done, leaving him to decide on Ali’s “punishment” for faithlessness and treachery.
Ali, who had been wounded, was carried on a litter on the back of a camel. When they eventually arrive at their destination, they learn that the Prophet is dangerously ill. It was decided that Mohammed could not be told of his appointed successor’s arrest, so the prisoner was taken to Abu Bekr’s city palace where he was placed under guard.
Now on his death bed, Prophet Mohammed issues instructions about matters of State, and asks to see all the members of his family to say farewell!
DISCOURSE 45
MOHAMMED’S FINAL
INSTRUCTIONS AND FAREWELLS
BEFORE HIS DEATH:
MOHAMMED IS “CALLED HOME”!
The appointed Prophet of God for the Arabian peoples --- Nathaniel-Mohammed --- lies dying, his energy spent, his great mission at a close for him. The treachery of Ali means that the Prophet must reconsider his earlier choice of successor, so various new posts and appointments must be made while he still has the strength to do so.
Because he is nearing death, his ‘spiritual faculties” are becoming increasingly sharpened; to the point where he is able to predict the outcome for greater Arabia and its peoples after his death. He therefore issues further instructions accordingly, especially to the women of his family. We join Mohammed during his last days on earth. From pages 207-211:
He asked Ibrahim to assume the office of Sheik in the Mosque at Medina, the Mosque of the Prophet.
“...Speak to the people as long as I remain on earth. They will become accustomed to you, and will not want to do without you when I am gone. But it is so important that just here, where unfortunately there are so many opposing currents, the Truth should be taught in its purest form.”
Ibrahim wanted to raise objections, but something held him back. He promised to carry out the wishes of the Prophet, who became visibly calmer.
Now it is time for Mohammed to address the problem of a suitable successor. Of course, we should not kid ourselves here. In the case of an actual successor to the Prophet, that would not be possible in its fullness. It can only mean one who can administer “Affairs of State” efficiently, but also ensure that Mohammed’s teachings are kept exactly as the Prophet intended them.
“Ali is no longer worthy to be my successor. You must pass judgement on him in secret.
“Abu Bekr, be Prince over Great Arabia in my place! In you the Truth will have a friend and protector. But never forget that a Prince is to build up and not to destroy, to heal and not to wound. If you have to take up arms, then choose a commander who will act in your place. Promise me that.” ...
The Prince thanked Said for his unswerving loyalty and filial love.
“You have made it easy to forget that you are not really my son. God will reward you for it. I cannot. You will have to experience hardship when I am gone, I would gladly spare you this; but I see clearly that it must be.
“You will stand like a bulwark against the waves of unbelief, of heresy, of treason. God’s power will always be with you, as long as you ask for it, and as long as God still needs you on earth...”
“Mohammed, for you it will be hardest. I would gladly take you with me when I now leave this earth. But God has ordained it otherwise. Be the mainstay of the weak women whom I have to leave behind. Be their helper until quiet times return. There will be war; war in the cities and in the realm. Blood will flow and the innocent will be killed. Protect the women for this time! Then ask God for other work...”
Abdallah had been summoned. He came unwillingly, and did not wish to see how ill the Prince was. Impetuously he asked for his father. Before a reply could be given he demanded to know why Ibrahim had been called to the Mosque.
The physician and Abu Bekr told him to restrain himself. He was with a dying man.
Abdallah was startled for a moment; but then he turned and left the room without a word. ...
The dying Mohammed now asked that the women be brought to him, one at a time, as he wished to say farewell. All now saw that his life really was about to end. Aisha came with her daughters. Because Said had now to devote his strength and time to the realm, she, along with Alina, Fatima and his daughters had to go to a safe place, far outside Medina. Then Mohammed asked to be left alone with Alina.
“I have requested that all you who are attached to me through the bond of love shall go into hiding somewhere, until the times of insurrection which must now come have blown over. My grandson Mohammed is to be your guardian and protector.
“Do as I advise, for it is necessary that you should save yourself for our people. God Himself wills it so! May His blessing be with you. We shall see each other again!”
These were the last words that Mohammed spoke to a human being out of earthly concern. From now on all his thoughts were with God. When he spoke it was to reveal what he was allowed to see.
By virtue of being the Prophet “Called by God” for the Arabian peoples, Mohammed’s far-clearer vision of what would come to pass stands in so-stark a contrast to the tens of thousands of Islamic scholars and Imams who, for over a millennium, have obviously all believed they knew the Prophet’s teachings at least as well as he did.
Otherwise, why would they continually debate it and even produce new Korans with different interpretations of the verses? And then produce endless commentary on what the nonetheless altered verses are now supposed to mean?
And then continually try to enforce on the whole world that: “Every word of the Koran is verbatim from God”.
As we have said many times now, such is the way of all the followers of the Teachers of God; all believing they knew better at the relevant times in their history; and know better today. How positively inane!
Now, however, you have the God-Willed benefit of an “appointed seer” who, in the living presence of The Son of Man while He was on earth, was permitted to look back into the past, into Creation’s Book of Life, to bring you the Truth about your Prophet. What will you do with this new knowledge now? Will you hate “the messenger”, or will you have the inner greatness and humility of spirit to finally let go the impossible scenarios you have fabricated just to fit an impossible narrative about Mohammed, a true Servant of God?
Are all you Muslims also ‘servants of God’ in the same way? If you now, from this moment on, continue to hold to your “stories’ about the Prophet that do not, and cannot, accord with The Divine Laws of Creation that you all now know about; then no, you are not ‘servants of God’! For by your ongoing intransigence, you stand in dangerous opposition to His True Will, and thus to His Living Word!
Now, Islam: From that long-distant past, we will hear the very last words of Mohammed --- but addressed to his God --- and then the profoundly-sublime Message from out of the “Highest Heights” to a truly faithful Servant of The Almighty!
Obviously, the words will speak very clearly for themselves, not just to Islam, but to Judaism too. In order to hammer home this Divinely-Ordained Truth of Mohammed’s final minutes on earth; unlike previous excerpts in smaller font, this you now read in enlarged format, and Mohammed’s exclamation of God before leaving his earthly cloak, in BOLD CAPITALS!
THE “FINAL” WORDS TO THE PROPHET,
MOHAMMED:
“O Gracious Son of God, I had forgotten. Never again needst Thou speak to a stiff-necked people who will not hear Thee, and when they do hear Thee distort Thy Holy Words and drag them down. Master, Thou art with God! ‘I and the Father are one’ hast Thou proclaimed to us! Now it has been able to become truth for Thee. Thou art One again with Thine Eternal Father. I thank Thee that I have been allowed to proclaim Thee!”
For a long time Mohammed was silent, suddenly he sat up as if he were seeing something infinitely exalted. He raised his weak arms:
“World Judge, Son of God! In deep humility I bow down before Thee and implore Thee: Let me serve Thee when Thou art come to judge!”
The Prophet was silent, as if he were listening. Then his features became even more radiant.
“Thanks be to Thee, Thou Eternal One! So I shall be allowed to serve Thee up there. Thou wilt need me no longer when Thou settest foot on the earth? But I may continue my work above? I thank Thee for Thy great Grace!”
Again there was a long silence. One or other of those present stepped quietly to the bed to hear if he was still breathing.
Mohammed seemed to be sleeping peacefully. But it only seemed so. His soul was released without grief, without pain. Luminous beings helped it. They also surrounded his physical body, so that it felt no pain through this severance. Mohammed the younger was allowed to see them. He was also blessed to hear what was said to the dying man:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
“Return home, my servant Mohammed. You have been a faithful instrument at all times. It is not your fault if that which you were permitted to bring to the world again sinks into the dirt thrown up by the Darkness. You were to be a Truth-bringer. You have been that! You have conquered yourself; you have lived only for others. Thereby you have served your god!“Return home! The eternal homeland awaits you!”
Unearthly radiance shone above the bed of the dying man. For one final moment Mohammed opened his eyes, and called out in a loud voice:
“GOD!”
There was such triumph, such happiness in the one word that those who heard it never afterwards forgot it. It helped them through the hardest hours of their lives, it upheld them when they were about to stumble, this one word:“GOD!”
DISCOURSE 46
THE TRAGIC AND
“UNPARDONABLE”
AFTERMATH”!
NOT THE “FINAL RELIGION” FOR “THE WORLD”
Reader: Our last Discourse brought us to the end of Mohammed’s amazing life. Of course, in terms of a new religion and Teaching gifted to a formerly tribal, pagan people in just one lifetime --- and despite Mohammed’s monumental efforts to anchor the Truth of it strongly into the psyche of the Arabian peoples --- the people were not able to hold it as firmly as the Prophet taught it and thus was Divinely-Ordained to be!
This he knew, as we now know; hence his warnings to his family and close associates that there would be strife, war and bloodshed after his departure. So there was a tragic “aftermath” to Mohammed’s death that very obviously “was not willed by God”!
The truly strange paradox emanating from the Muslim “religious ethos” globally is that despite the “factional history” of the religion from the very earliest times, “hard-edged” Islam would still have us believe that all was well, and that “serious trouble” did not really happen too much after Mohammed’s death. Well, we have learned that Mohammed actually prophesied it from his death-bed!
The problem with all “religions” today --- including and especially Islam --- is that all are based to a greater or lesser degree, if not solely on untruths --- to put it charitably --- but also on outright and calculated distortion and deceit. So let us find out what really happened in the “aftermath”!
Now it was time to fulfil Mohammed’s instructions, so that confusion could not set in. The men conferred. The women were instructed to prepare the Prophet for burial in secret. Abu Bekr had difficulty grasping the fact that he was to succeed Mohammed, and doubted he could fulfil the task. Said and Ibrahim looked to Mohammed for clarification, from whom they expected help. From the Appendix, page 215 – 237:
It was all so understandable that confidence and calm entered the man’s soul. He stood up and addressed the others:
“Hearken, the Prince once more gives you commands through me; these we must faithfully carry out. His death must not become known until the traitor Ali has been rendered harmless. Within the next few days, therefore, judgment must be passed on him in the name of the Prophet.
“Only then may Mohammed’s death be made known, and Abu Bekr announced successor. If we neglect this, civil war will be the inevitable consequence. Ali will never willingly allow the power which he has even now usurped to be contested.
“Now since the earthly cloak of our Prince cannot remain so long above ground, he instructs us to bury him tonight in the garden of this palace. It must be done in the utmost secrecy. That is clear.
“Later we are to bury him in the Mosque of the Prophet. To this end we must place him today in such a way that he can be easily exhumed.
“He begs you not to think of this as a desecration of his remains, but is prompted by love for his people.”
“Yes, love for his people!” said Said, almost weeping. “He keeps it even after his death. Nothing did he ever desire for himself. Now he even forgoes the honourable funeral which is his due, and lets himself be secretly buried like a criminal, rather than have war break out on his account!”
“Are you agreed that we should obey Mohammed’s command?” The younger Mohammed asked urgently. They all assented.
Now begins the task of fulfilling Mohammed’s commands. His body is buried in secrecy that night and on the following morning a meeting of the officials of the Prince is convened in the hall of his palace. Abu Bekr, Said and Mohammed proceed there also. Abu Bekr informs those present of Ali’s guilt. All had heard of Ali’s treacherous actions.
Before the verdict could be passed, however, Ali had to be confronted by his accusers, so the prisoner was duly sent for. His cell was found empty, and the guards confessed that Priest Abdallah had visited his father. The guards were dismissed without punishment, and the officials were instructed to search for the fugitive.
All were glad of the fact that they had followed Mohammed’s instructions to the letter. Several days later, Said announced the death of the Prophet whose body was exhumed and placed in a “magnificent coffin”. ‘Because of the exceptional heat of the day it did not seem surprising that the coffin was closed before being borne in state to the Mosque’.
A deeply-moving ceremony in the Mosque preceded the interment. Ibrahim, who had to take up his office immediately, since Abdallah had disappeared, spoke to the people. He described how throughout his life Mohammed had wanted to be nothing but God’s servant, how all the laws which he had enacted had issued only from the Will of God, how the teachings he had brought had flowed to him from God’s Kingdom.
In glowing words he besought the people to bear this in mind, and hold fast to the Truth.
“Mohammed himself has often said in later years: “All Truth-bringers were permitted to proclaim God’s Eternal Truth. Then came men who began to quibble about it, dragging it down to their level, and distorting it until the Truth had become falsehood!’
“Arabs, believers of Islam, do not let this holiness be taken from you! Let not a word be distorted or removed. Be guardians of the treasure entrusted to you.”
Islam: Take extra note of what is underlined! The following day Abu Bekr accepted his new office as Mohammed’s successor. One of his prime tasks was to collect and collate the writings of Mohammed. Creation’s Book of Life has recorded these words of Abu Bekr!
He kept his word. Diligently he collected everything that Mohammed had written, and compiled the various Suras anew. It is due to him that the Koran, Islam’s Book of Faith, could be handed down to posterity as a whole.
The question that strikes us most here is: if Abu Bekr faithfully collated and preserved all that Mohammed spoke and wrote, where are Mohammed’s Proclamations about The Son of God, The Son of Man, and The Trinity that we now know he not only stated, but that he was actually raised in that knowledge?
In addition, why in the Koran is there no mention of his recognition that he was Nathaniel, an especial disciple of Jesus in that former life? And why is there no mention in the Korans of today of the great Creation Law of Rebirth that Mohammed made known and, as we are told, wrote down?
For that is a Divine Ordination inherent in The Eternal Laws of Creation for us human beings of Subsequent Creation! Mohammed’s recognition of that great Law was not just for Muslims, but was a decisive furthering step in the knowledge of Creation-Law for all of global humanity! That was the purpose of the chain of Truth-bringers --- in which Mohammed was an essential link to the eventual arrival of The Spirit of Truth, The Son of Man, in the 20th century!
In this narrative of Ordained Truth about Mohammed’s life and Mission, that is what Abu Bekr is now doing, collecting. and collating the writings of Mohammed! Yet those clear Proclamations of the Prophet are nowhere to found in them!
M.M. Ali’s long INTRODUCTION to his Koran has some interesting things to say about this collecting and collating business. From the Section:
Revealed piecemeal but collected and arranged from the first.
The Qur’an was revealed piecemeal (25:32) during a period of 23 years, the shorter chapters generally, and some of the larger ones, being revealed entire and at one time, while the revelation of the majority of the larger chapters and some of the shorter chapters extended over many years. The practice was, as will be shown later on, that when a chapter was revealed in parts, the Holy Prophet specified, under Divine guidance, the place of the verse revealed, and thus the arrangement of verses in each chapter was entirely his work. Similarly, later on when a considerable portion had been revealed, the arrangement of the chapters was also the work of the Holy Prophet himself. (*) It is in one of the earliest revelations that the Holy Qur’an speaks of its collection as well as its revelation as being a part of the Divine scheme. “Surely on Us rests the collecting of it and the reciting of it.” (75:17). (**) The collection of the Holy Qur’an --- which means the arrangement of its verses and chapters --- was, therefore, a work performed by the Holy Prophet himself under Divine guidance, (*) and it is a mistake to think that either Abu Bakr or Uthman was the collector of the Koran, though both of them did important work in connection with the dissemination of the written copies of the sacred text. Abu Bakr made the first written copy, by arranging the manuscripts written (***) in the time of the Holy Prophet, in the order of the oral recitation (***) of the Prophet’s time. ‘Uthman’s work on the other hand, was only the ordering of copies to be made from the written manuscript of Abu Bakr’s time and the placing of these copies in the various centres of Islamic learning, so that those who wrote the Holy Qur’an might be able to follow the standard copy. The text of the Holy Qur’an has thus been safeguarded from all alterations or corruptions in accordance with the Divine promise contained in one of the earliest revelations: “Surely We have revealed the reminder, and surely We are its Guardian” (15:19). (**) The subject of the purity of the text of the Holy Qur’an has been fully discussed further on.
As a much respected Koranic “scholar”, M.M. Ali’s position on how the Koran in its present form came into being probably largely represents the across-the-board Muslim narrative. We, however, call into serious question much of what ‘Ali’ implies. For on the one hand we have his version of what was supposed to have taken place, and on the other we have the sure reality of Mohammed’s life and work forever imprinted on Eternity’s “Book of Life”. Reader, if you just happen to be a Muslim, only one is right by Divine guidance here, so do not “choose poorly”.
(*) With this first asterisked point comes the first disconnect. Either Mohammed arranged the chapters himself or, as the Akashic Record states, it was done so by Abu Bekr after the Prophet’s death. We now know it to be the latter! The verse, 75:17, --- “Surely on Us rests the collecting of it and the reciting of it.” --- stands as an absolute impossibility!
For what does that obviously imply, reader? Well: According to some koranic scholars, the application of He, We, Us, means an immediate association with God. Therefore, the overall thrust of Ali’s interpretation is that The Almighty, at His unreachable and unknowable Level above The Creations --- along with Mohammed --- together collected the bits and pieces of the Koran and put it all together --- we suppose as it stands today.
(**) In truth, the two places in the text that this second point refers to makes no sense in terms of just plain logic when it comes to Divine Knowledge gifted to us --- The Creator then collecting it, and subsequently reciting it?
Such things are of the earth, not of The Divine Realm. So how can HE also be its “guardian” from then on? Why would the “Giver” of such knowledge afterwards say that, would, from then on, forever be its “guardian”? Why would such verses even be in the Koran? Think on that very carefully, reader.
For once it is “given out” --- even through an Ordained Prophet --- it can no longer be protected by God, for it is now in the hands of very fallible and sometimes devious human beings, who, by the way, possess the free will to do whatever they wish with the “Given Knowledge”.
So it cannot be protected by Divine Power “down here” any longer. That is a very foolish and very dangerous notion, for it implies that whatever Koranic “scholars” might determine in their interpretation of the verses in the Book, their take on it must also be “equally protected” by that same Power! Illogical, unworkable, dangerous in the extreme!
Islam, why do you constantly attempt to elevate yourselves to some kind of mythical level where you, and only you, believe you have this special and close relationship with The Creator of All the Worlds?
You are actually no different to most Christians who believe that they can somehow have a “personal relationship” with A Son of God! Did you not take notice of the Discourse on the “extent” of the World of Matter and its seven universes? Our “human knowledge” only recognises just the one incomprehensible expanse of our universe, which we cannot even understand anyway! You Muslims are no different to the rest of us lowly, earthly humans. So stop kidding yourselves!
(***) ‘Abu Bakr made the first written copy, by arranging the manuscripts written in the time of the Holy Prophet, in the order of the oral recitation of the Prophet’s time.’
Reader: I have underlined the key words in M.M. Ali’s interpretation of Koranic history. The underlined words in just that one sentence reveal what we have been saying for over 1,300 pages. You can surely work that one out.
The next order of business in the “aftermath” of the Prophet’s death was the removal of the women of Mohammed’s household from Medina to a country estate some distance away, which was duly carried out. Abu Bekr sent messengers to the twenty-seven Administrators to inform them of Mohammed’s death. Most accepted him as the Prophet’s successor, though some who had been influenced by the traitor, Ali, tried to stir up a rebellion in the whole country. Musailima, a friend of Ali, invaded from the north against Abu Bekr. With the army successful in defeating all insurgents, he became ‘more deeply engrossed in the doctrines of the faith. Unfortunately, in wanting to do more for the spreading of Islam, Abu Bekr, without being conscious of it, ‘sometimes employed wrong methods’. From page 222:
Ibrahim, hearing of this, remonstrated with him.
“How can you say such things, which you think out yourself, Prince Abu Bekr?” he asked urgently. “We must add nothing to the Truth that is not derived from the Truth.”
“What harm could it do if with such descriptions I spur on the people to pay better attention to what they are to fulfil down here? Where can the harm be if by this means I help them to live according to God’s commandments?”
“You urge them on with untrue promises. Every untruth comes out of the Darkness, and is thus an enemy of the Light. You cannot have men walking in the Light if you veil their paths in darkness.”
“Ibrahim, it really is not quite as bad as you are painting it now. I ask you again: what does it matter if they arrive in the beyond and then find that old Abu Bekr has promised them something which is not quite so. Then they will surely understand that he has wanted to help them!” ...
It was impossible to make clear to him what harm he was causing.
Despite his good but seriously misguided intentions, Abu Bekr continued to cause great concern for Ibrahim and Said. In a not-too-dissimilar practice to Catholicism’s “prayers for money” scheme that Martin Luther bravely opposed; on the necessity of the “pilgrimage to Mecca”, Abu Bekr allowed businessmen to send someone else in their place as long as they paid all costs and the man ample compensation.
Poor Mohammed, appointed by God and hardly cold in the ground, and already the rot has begun to set in as his Teachings of Truth begin to undergo change beyond recognition -– a process that would accelerate over the next few hundred years to produce a Koran where the very Highest Truths of Divine Knowledge had been expunged from it!
Right, reader: from this point on, we are going to notate just the main points of the long power-struggle that gripped the once-peaceful realm of the Prophet, and of course name the main players from that time who were responsible for what effectively was the destruction of Mohammed’s once pure Teaching. And reader; whether Islam believes or disbelieves these final Truths of the “aftermath” of Mohammed’s mission from Creation’s Book of Life, is totally irrelevant. Accept or reject --- that is all the Muslim world can do!
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NOTE: To add perhaps more gravitas to the serious infighting between members of Mohammed’s extended clan for control of “Successorship” to what in reality was already a “fracturing religion”, in Discourse 37, we reproduced an Interview with an “Islamic scholar” by “Frontpage”.
The key part of that Text is the historical record of the factional killing instituted by and between Mohammed’s extended “earthly family”, notably that which in Koranic history is known as the “Battle of the Camel”!
In using the key word, IF --- purely for the purposes of this immediate discussion --- IF that “battle” is historical fact, then it could only have taken place in the “aftermath” of Mohammed’s death, and primarily therefore be instigated by competing factions, but all led by different members of the “clan”. That means not in accordance with The Will of God, but in the end generated by almost a reversion to tribal ideas, precisely what Mohammed had been appointed to bring to its end!
In this 21st century, 4K high resolution images of “Islamic tribalism”, in real-time flood the news channels and social media more or less constantly. Despite the desperate “Muslim mantra” promoting the idea of the “unity of Islam”, that ideal died with Mohammed’s death --- Historical fact! For most bloodshed in the Islamic world today is between the many diverse Islamic countries, nations, communities --- and “further-splintering” factions.
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Now, back to the “aftermath”! Abu Bekr died two years after the death of Mohammed, and Omar became his successor and Caliph. Chalid was appointed Vizier. Omar’s zeal to spread Islam wide became so strong that he allowed his two Generals to conquer foreign lands to, ostensibly, ‘share in the blessings of the new faith’. Remember, reader: ‘Not a religion of conquest’? Is that not what Islamic scholars “preach”? Military expeditions were undertaken in Persia, Upper Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt and North Africa., and opened up to Islam. It is at least to the credit of those early leaders that positive aspects of the religion were introduced into the subjugated lands.
Under the ten years of Omar’s reign, Arabia flourished. The death of Said brought the younger Mohammed to the office of Grand Vizier. Because of wider trade links with other countries, he instructed Omar to introduce a new calendar for the realm.
Around this time Mohammed’s stronger spiritual intuition gave him indications that Said’s life was in danger. A stranger detained by guards in the Palace where Omar conducted the business of government, Mohammed learned had been sent by the traitor Ali, but also recognised the disguised man as his own brother Ad-Din! Later, when he realised he had been recognised, he gave explanation for his presence there.
Mohammed interrupted him:
“If that was really his motive then, why does he not now act likewise?”
Mohammed the younger, of all Mohammed’s earthly family and closest associates, was the strongest, spiritually, and thus able to receive clear guidance from Above. Over Ali’s threatening menace to the realm, Mohammed seeks guidance on what he should do to try and avert disaster should Ali succeed in becoming Ruler. After praying deeply, he waits in silence.
“Mohammed, you know that God has given His creatures freedom of will. Therefore He often does not intervene to prevent evil when people expect Him to do so. He knows why He permits such things.
“Do not question or brood. Go your way as hitherto: upright and guided by the servants of the Most High. Your path is also nearing its end! It leads you to the Eternal Gardens! Prepare your soul for the last step, and leave all that is earthly to others,”
Shortly after, an assassination attempt on the Grand Vizier, Mohammed, left him fatally wounded. As he lay dying, he whispered ‘Grandfather’, and then spoke for him.
“Omar, you have held faithfully to what God has revealed. But here and there the people have become secretly unfaithful. They seek ways to evade the commandments. Therefore God will leave them to their desires. You too will be called away, Omar!
Only when the people are firmly resolved to leave the evil course they have now chosen, only then will a Caliph arise again who can lead them upwards!”
After Mohammed’s funeral, Omar received a death threat, which shortly after, was carried out. Despite Ibrahim’s protests, the council elected Othman to replace Omar. Othman’s first act ‘was to make a law to the effect that in future no sheik of a mosque could be a member of the council’, thus rendering Ibrahim harmless. Othman then chose a relative to be his chief advisor, a decision which produced anger, unrest, and rebellion in the country.
Ali was now able to take advantage of the civil unrest to work with Othman and suppress all opposition, thus ensuring his own future position. Behind Omar’s back, he had long-possessed a large harem. Now he rescinded Mohammed’s commandment that a man must have no more than four wives. Ali established that any man rich enough could have as many as he liked, but must pay tax for every additional woman of the harem.
Ibrahim tried to protest and sent messengers over the whole country urging the people to hold to the true faith. As a result, a new party developed called the Ibrahimites. The more grossly Othman’s followers behaved and the more cruelly Ali’s troops raged, the more ground they gained. --- No unity here, is there, people?
Othman, who did not care for fasting, introduced a law which gave dispensation to anyone who did not wish to fast, as long as a certain sum of money was paid. He also issued a command that in place of the frequent ablutions introduced by Mohamed; if wealthy enough, it was sufficient to simply rub one’s body with fragrant waters.
Now, in just a few short years after the death of Mohammed, the core and anchor-stone of his Teachings ------ REMEMBER, supposedly “VERBATIM FROM GOD” ----- were being incrementally dismantled by, of all things ----- the new UNBELIEVERS of MOHAMMED’S ISLAM, but within Islam, and primarily by his once earthly family!
‘Thus it happened that Othman, who could no longer stand up to the dissolute life, collapsed at a banquet. His death was frightful; he screamed aloud, and warded off some figure that only he saw.’
Shaken, his advisers stood around him. No one dared assist him. Too obvious was the intervention of a higher hand.
“I did not know that the commandments came from God!” cried the dying man again. “I thought they were made up by Mohammed. In future I will keep them. I promise it!”
Othman’s death-struggle lasted three tormented days, and the fear of those who witnessed it ‘increased hourly’.
(The same kind of torments can be read in the Bible about the dying King Herod. His fear over the prophecy of the birth of a new king in his realm wrought the slaughter of all babies and young up to the age of two. The infant he hoped to destroy, Jesus, had been taken away by Joseph at the behest of a Messenger of God. Here is the Power and Justice of The Law of Reciprocity!
The Bible narrative describes how over weeks Herod had to experience his body literally rotting away. So much so that the “attendants” who carried him ‘suffered under the stench’!)
In Arabia, on the morning of the third day, Othman gave out his last dying cry:
Since it was Ali who had created most of the disturbances, it was easy for him to do what to others had seemed impossible. The people were content with the firm hand that ruled them, and no longer questioned to whom it belonged.
Ibrahim retained his office as Sheik in the Mosque of the Prophet, although he saw that Ali wanted him to go.
Then the Emir sent for his son and commanded him to resign. Ibrahim refused. The Emir should be glad that he did not call up the people against him.
But Ali said coldly:
“Then you will go the way of your brother Mohammed. Hassan’s dagger never fails.”
Ibrahim smiled and left the room. The following day he was found stabbed in the Mosque.
Two years later a murderer’s hand also struck Ali’s faithless heart. His son Hassan laid claim to the throne, but was rejected by all parties.
The record of Mohammed’s life ends with the very same tragic reality that afflicted the Teachings of every single Truth-Bringer sent by God. Reader: In the history of the world it has never been any different.
From the “Book of Life”, the true story of Muhammed’s Mission ends thus:
‘Thereafter followed a succession of bad and better Caliphs. No one any longer found the Divine Truth in the faith which was now directed solely towards worldly things.’
AN ESPECIAL CONCLUDING NOTE FOR ISLAM
You have now learned that your Truth-Bringer, Mohammed, was just one in a God-Willed line of High Servants tasked to bring to every people the Knowledge of God and His Holy Laws! In the very same way, others such as Zoroaster, Buddha, and Krishna, taught the same for the people into whose midst they were incarnated.
You have also now learned --- and must have surely recognised --- that the Prophet sent to you and thus for you, was instructed in the knowledge of those Holy Laws to a degree that no Imam or “Koranic scholar” since Mohammed’s time could ever hope to emulate. Yet you all continue to debate and argue over the texts and verses in your many “different-version” Korans!
Precisely because of just those realities, here, then, are two great tragedies for the world of Islam!
In crucial reinforcement: As history has clearly testified, for over a thousand years, Mohammed’s God-Willed Teaching has been wrongly interpreted, reshaped, and even deliberately distorted --- firstly by those who were closest to the Prophet to begin with --- then by generations of Imams and “scholars of the Koran” who all thought they knew better! That is the first tragedy!
The second is this: Had that not occurred, had Islam kept the Teachings pure --- just as they were given by Mohammed to Arabia --- then out of the ranks of Islam today would come thousands upon thousands of Muslims who would gladly and gratefully Recognise and Embrace the culmination of the very Prophecies that Mohammed gave about the Coming of The Son of Man, the real Spirit of Truth!
For, by specific ordination, you too, have now and, especially, been exposed to The Almighty’s Sublime Revelations of Holy Truth!
Most unfortunately, however, precisely because, as a religion you did not, you therefore now live primarily stuck in a mind-set of ‘religious paralysis’; a mind-set that harks back to the very ‘desert tribalism’ that Mohammed lifted you out of.
Those are your two great tragedies, generated in the end by your “religion”! We repeat:
“The Light gives The Truth to men, and men then convert it to just a religion”!
Due to that strange and inexplicable human propensity to again and again wilfully distort Divine Truth and Law; such wilful distortions will have no place in the future Kingdom of God on earth!
Therefore: By Command of Imanuel, The Son of Man, Spirit of Truth and thus Executive Justice of God: All religions must be destroyed --- and thus will be --- before there can be any realisation of that longed-for Golden Era!