Muhammad’s Revelations

Malise Ruthven says of Muhammad receiving revelation:

We are told that he became covered with sweat, was seized with a violent shuddering, and lay unconscious for hours as though in a drunken stupor. At other times, the revelations were accompanied by ocular visions of angles who spoke to him.

2 Comments

  1. This comes straight from the hadith pretty much. Some people have concluded that Muhammad was demon-possessed or epileptic based on these interesting sentences.

    1. It does sound like it. Just as Socrates had his daimon.

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