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Mohammed är med största sannolikhet en historisk person. Inte minst eftersom han dog som en mäktig man med ett inte helt obetydligt landområde under sin direkta kontroll; som så föddes han visserligen som både okänd och obetydelsefull (som många gör) men dog som mycket betydelsefull (som inte så många gör). Någonting hände ju uppenbarligen kring 600-talet e.kr. på den arabiska halvön.
Men när det gäller icke-muslimska källor finns han omnämnd i exempelvis det till den kristne biskopen Sebeos tillskrivne historiska verk som beskriver Armeniens historia och som skrevs någon gång under 600-talet e.kr.
Men när det gäller icke-muslimska källor finns han omnämnd i exempelvis det till den kristne biskopen Sebeos tillskrivne historiska verk som beskriver Armeniens historia och som skrevs någon gång under 600-talet e.kr.
Halloj Xploit! Och tack för tipset där! Jag kollade upp namnet och fann denna text av honom! Du kanske redan har läst den - men jag kopierar till andra som kanske inte har läst den men vill läsa texten! :P
"Twelve peoples representing all the tribes of the Jews assembled at the city of Edessa. When they saw that the Persian troops had departed leaving the city in peace, they closed the gates and fortified themselves. They refused entry to troops of the Roman lordship. Thus Heraclius, emperor of the Byzantines, gave the order to besiege it. When the Jews realized that they could not militarily resist him, they promised to make peace. Opening the city gates, they went before him, and Heraclius ordered that they should go and stay in their own place. So they departed, taking the road through the desert to Tachkastan Arabia to the sons of Ishmael. The Jews called the Arabs to their aid and familiarized them with the relationship they had through the books of the Old Testament. Although the Arabs were convinced of their close relationship, they were unable to get a consensus from their multitude, for they were divided from each other by religion. In that period a certain one of them, a man of the sons of Ishmael named Muhammad, became prominent. A sermon about the Way of Truth, supposedly at God’s command, was revealed to them, and Muhammad taught them to recognize the God of Abraham, especially since he was informed and knowledgeable about Mosaic history. Because the command had come from on High, he ordered them all to assemble together and to unite in faith. Abandoning the reverence of vain things, they turned toward the living God, who had appeared to their father–Abraham. Muhammad legislated that they were not to eat carrion, not to drink wine, not to speak falsehoods, and not to commit adultery. He said: “God promised that country to Abraham and to his son after him, for eternity. And what had been promised was fulfilled during that time when God loved Israel. Now, however, you are the sons of Abraham, and God shall fulfill the promise made to Abraham and his son on you. Only love the God of Abraham, and go and take the country which God gave to your father Abraham. No one can successfully resist you in war, since God is with you”.