Why Did They Become Muslims

See what even Lamartin has to say:
“Muhammad is not a lying Prophet. For he believed that he
had been chosen by God to spread a new religion.” This shows:
Western men of knowledge argue that “Muhammad ‘alaihissalâm’
was not a liar, but he thought that the Qur’ân al-kerîm,
which was actually his brainchild, was a revelation of Allâhu ta’âlâ
to him.” According to them, Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ was not
lying. He really considered himself a Prophet and believed that his
utterances were inspired by Allâhu ta’âlâ.
The Qur’ân al-kerîm is a peerless miracle. As we shall
exemplify down below, it contains the most profound pieces of
knowledge and scientific information, essentials of law and
jurisprudence that would provide a basis for all the forms of civil
law that have ever been established up to now, a number of
unknown facts about ancient history, the most comprehensive
ethical principles that could be given to humanity, valuable pieces
of advice, the most logical explanatory rudiments about this world
and the next, and many other similar facts, which no one knew, or
could ever know, or even imagine until the time of its advent. And
all these facts are expressed in such a high style as could not be
within anyone’s capacity.
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’ was ummî (illiterate). That is, he
had not studied with anyone, learned from anyone, or written
anything. The forty-eighth âyat of ’Ankabût Sûra purports, “[O
Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’! Before this Qur’ân al-kerîm was
brought down to you,] thou wast not (able) to recite a Book
before this (Book came), nor art thou (able) to transcribe it with
thy right hand: In that case, indeed, would the talkers of vanities
(polytheists) have doubted [and said that you had learned the
Qur’ân al-kerîm from someone else or copied it from other
heavenly books. And the Jews would have doubted, saying, ‘It is
written in the Torah that the new prophet will be illiterate. Yet
this person is not illiterate.’]” (29-48) Muhammad ‘alaihis-salâm’
was forty years old when Jebrâîl (Gabriel) ‘alaihis-salâm’ brought
him the first piece of wahy (revelation of the Qur’ân al-kerîm) on
the mount of Hira, where he had secluded himself for worship.
He was so overwhelmingly bewildered and stricken with awe that
he ran home with fright, asked his blessed wife Hadîja ‘radiy-
Allâhu ’anhâ’ to make him lie on his bed and to cover him tightly
with something thick, and did not recover for a long time. Is this
the way that a person who assumed exceptional spirituality and
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