The book sets out to challenge popular perceptions prevailing in Islam by raising questions like...
Did the Prophet remember the whole story as narrated to him, as there is evidence of the infamous Satanic Verses event when the Prophet seems to have recanted some verses.
Could the memories of Prophet's companions be as infallible as reported by the ulema in light of evidence that Quran was also written down by Hafsa and others?
Another assumption that the Prophet's companions heard and understood him perfectly is challenged by popular narrative that many Koranic version were destroyed by Uthman when editing the current version. There is also recent evidence of the difference found in Kornic verses caligraphed in the Dome of the Rock and those found in earlier manuscripts recently destroyed in Sana'a Yemen.
The book than presents a series of very very academic articles to try and establish the counter narrative. There is a lot of repetition but the whole objective is pretty lost, because for me why would any faithful Muslim pick up this book to read in the first place? The only real advantage is that the sceptical Muslims and non-Muslims will be able to draw some level of comfort from this book. So if you harbour a healthy dose of scepticism towards religion or Islam, please feel free to read on.
Did the Prophet remember the whole story as narrated to him, as there is evidence of the infamous Satanic Verses event when the Prophet seems to have recanted some verses.
Could the memories of Prophet's companions be as infallible as reported by the ulema in light of evidence that Quran was also written down by Hafsa and others?
Another assumption that the Prophet's companions heard and understood him perfectly is challenged by popular narrative that many Koranic version were destroyed by Uthman when editing the current version. There is also recent evidence of the difference found in Kornic verses caligraphed in the Dome of the Rock and those found in earlier manuscripts recently destroyed in Sana'a Yemen.
The book than presents a series of very very academic articles to try and establish the counter narrative. There is a lot of repetition but the whole objective is pretty lost, because for me why would any faithful Muslim pick up this book to read in the first place? The only real advantage is that the sceptical Muslims and non-Muslims will be able to draw some level of comfort from this book. So if you harbour a healthy dose of scepticism towards religion or Islam, please feel free to read on.
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