Sikh Religion and Islam (161 pgs) - Global Sikh Studies

10,000 men and captured it. His staunch enemies Abu-Sufyan and
his wife Handa along with their daughter Umm Habiba accepted
Islam. When most of the Meccans accepted Islam the idols in the
Kaaba were destroyed except the Black stone (Hajar-al-Aswad)
which Prophet Muhammad himself placed in the Kaaba. 365 He
smashed the statue of Al-Hobl (a god) with his own hands. 366 On this
day He recited “Truth hath come and falsehood hath vanished away.
Lo! Falsehood is ever bound to vanish”(HQ17: 81 SB244, 658
V3B43).
A Jewish woman named Zainab-bin-Haras mixed poison in
Muhammad’s food. He survived but the poison made him suffer till
his death 367 . After 13 days of serious illness (at the age of 63) He
delivered his last Khutba at Arfah sitting on his camel declaring that
no Prophet or Messenger 368 would come after him (Khatum -un-
Nabiyeen) and that no new faith will emerge. “Muhammad is not the
father of anyone among you, but he is the Messenger of Allah and
the seal of the prophets”(HQ33: 40)
“Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed my favour
upon you and have chosen for you Islam as the way of your life.”
(HQ5: 3) 369
He died on 8 June 632 CE 370 but by then almost the whole of Arabia
and many adjoining countries had accepted Islam. No other world
365
The Muslims consider this stone sacred and kiss it. It is their belief that Adam brought it
from heaven and Abraham placed it in the Kaaba. At that time it was white. In 683 CE it
cracked into three pieces when a flaming arrow hit it. In 980 CE Al Qaramitah Muslims took it
away from Mecca and returned it only after 20 years in CE 1000. Today it is in seven pieces
(Encyclopaedia of Islam page 77, Short encyclopaedia Leiden 1953 page219)
366 (Talkhis Vol.5 page 9 Bukhari Vol. 1 page 339 Hasham page 406). There were 360 idols in
Kaaba. The most worshipped idols were Al-Hobl, Al-Uzza, Al-Lat, Al-Wud, Al-Suah, Al-
Yagus, Al-Aza, Al-Manat, Al-Nyali, and Al-Yakuk.
367 Muhammad’s food was tested by one of his companions who died but Muhammad had only
eaten one morsel and survived.
368 Muslims believe in Basharat, which means that every Prophet tells about the one that will
follow him. For example Abraham predicted Moses, Moses predicted Dawd, Dawd predicted
Christ and Christ predicted the coming of Muhammad after him. Muhammad in his turn did
not predict the coming of any Prophet or messenger.
369 The Muslims believe that Quranic revelation was the last one and that the Christian and
Judaic revelations stood abrogated.
370 Some historians give the date of death as 7th June 632 CE. Still others give 8th July 632CE.
The discrepancy appeared because of the conversion of Hijra calendar into Gregory calendar
and because of the disagreement of the scholars and historians on the date of the beginning of
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