@ Olabowale;
No true prophet of God was ever given satanic verses to utter. When Jesus was been tempted by the devil, He was not the one uttering those words, rather, the devil was uttering those words.

In mohammed's case, he was overshadowed by the devil and was reciting satanic verses.

In the case of Moses, he killed the egyptian before God appeared to him, in order words, he did this before his prophetic calling while in mohammed's case,

he uttered satanic verses after his alleged calling(?). No need playing mind games here, alhaji.

Nezan:

@Muhsin;

While Muhammad was in Mecca, his followers were few, his movement grew painfully slowly and he, too, felt the pain of estrangement from his tribe. According to early and treasured biographical and historical accounts of Muhammad, authored by competent Muslim scholars (such as writings of at-Tabari and Ibn Sa’d), Muhammad longed for better relations and reconciliation with his community. Thereafter, the accounts continue, God revealed Surah 53 to Muhammad up to and including vss. 19, 20. These two verses read:

Have ye thought upon al-Lat and al-Uzza
And Manat, the third, the other? (53:19,20)

Then, originally, the verses (known today as the satanic verses) followed:

These are the exalted cranes (intermediaries)
Whose intercession is to be hoped for.

The cranes whose intercession was recognized were, of course, the three deities. The same accounts tell us that after this revelation was completed, Muhammad, his followers and the pagan Arabs all prostrated. Tensions eased, reconciliation was at hand, and all were delighted.

But Muhammad soon retracted the reconciliation—how soon is not clear. For the account continues that Jibril (Gabriel), the angel of revelation, informed Muhammad that Satan had used Muhammad's desire for reconciliation with the pagan leaders to insert into the revelation of God the verses about the interceding cranes, otherwise called "the satanic verses". The verses which follow, not the satanic verses, serve as the proper sequence to 53:19,20 (above):

Are yours the males and His the females?
That indeed were an unfair division! (53:21,22)

In other words: When you Arabs have sons (whom you prefer to daughters!), how unfair of you to say that God has daughters! The idea of a plurality of gods or goddesses or sons or daughters of God is ridiculous. God alone is God. The three goddesses are false.

Two other passages from the Qur'an are considered to have reference to the compromise between Muhammad and the Arabs, and Muhammad's eventual rejection of it. The first reads:

And they indeed strove to beguile thee (Muhammad) away from that wherewith We (God) have inspired thee, that thou shouldst invent other than it against Us; and then would they have accepted thee as a friend.
And if We had not made thee wholly firm thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a little.
Then had We made thee taste a double (punishment) of living and a double (punishment) of dying, then hadst thou found no helper against Us. (17:73-75)

The second passage is intended to comfort Muhammad:

Never sent We a messenger or a prophet before thee but when He recited (the message) Satan proposed (opposition) in respect of that which he recited thereof. But Allah abolisheth that which Satan proposeth. Then Allah establisheth His revelations. Allah is Knower, Wise;
That He may make that which the devil proposeth a temptation for those in whose hearts is a disease, and those whose hearts are hardened –Lo! the evil-doers are in open schism. (22:52,53)

On the basis of these verses especially, the contemporary designation "The Satanic Verses" arises.

Nezan:

@muhsin;
If I copy an article I like and post it here, what crime have I committed? You mean you never copy an article written by another person? Even in the ivory towers, doing research and refering to what another person wrote is never counted a crime.

olabowale:

@Nezan: « #93 on: Today at 09:54:27 AM »
Jesus escaped Satan at the end of the day, so did Muhammad! Ol boy, your argument is porous at best, if it is an argument at all.

sleek29:

@muhsin, that clearly tells us that he was once possessed by the devil which disqualifies him as one from God, how can someone who's supposed to be a prophet of God be bewitched, hence the devil did the same thing to him, hence we have the satanic verses, and its easy for me to think that he was possessed to have said that Jesus didn't die on the cross, the quran is full of satanic verses.

Nezan:

An older muslim in the mould of Ayatollah Khomeini declared a fatwa on Salman Rushdie for giving his fictional novel this title. He believed the satanic verses existed and did not want them exposed.

Nezan:

Renowned Islamic scholars (al-Tabari and bin-Sa'd) wrote about them in their hadeeths.

Nezan:

How come a youger muslim like you, who is a nobody as far as islam is concerned argue about them?

Nezan:

Are you more muslim than them?

Nezan:

Go to any mosque in Iran and call Khomeini a stupid man. You know what your fellow muslims there will do to you.

Nezan:

Even bukhari referred to mohammed's bewitching by the devil, need we search more? dont you believe in al-Tabari and bin-sa'd's hadeeths? dont you read them?

Nezan:

Yes, I am a non-entity as far as islam is concerned, that is why i rely on al-Tabari and bin-Sa'd's hadeeths for the satanic verses saga, or have you written your hadeeths so I could refer to them?

Muhsin,
refer to olabowales last post, he concurred that mo uttered satanic verses but later repented,,,,,,wats the difference?

tempted(attempted) and not possessed(succeeded) by the devil, the true fact is that the man was possessed by the devil making an agent of the devil.

@olabowale, the satanic verses thing wasn't brought up by Christians but by islamic scholars and it did happen if you read Bukhari vol. IV, nos. 400, 490; VII, no. 660; Muslim vol. III, no. 5428 you'll find a lot of times he admitted being under satanic influence

Narrated Aisha:
Once the Prophet was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done.
bukhari vol IV no 400
will aisha lie about her husband?

Narrated 'Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that he was doing a thing which he was not actually doing. One day he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, "I feel that Allah has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my head and the other by my feet. One of them asked the other, "What is the ailment of this man?" The other replied, 'He has been bewitched" The first asked, 'Who has bewitched him?' The other replied, 'Lubaid bin Al-A'sam.' The first one asked, 'What material has he used?' The other replied, 'A comb, the hair gathered on it, and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date-palm.' The first asked, 'Where is that?' The other replied, 'It is in the well of Dharwan.' " So, the Prophet went out towards the well and then returned and said to me on his return, "Its date-palms (the date-palms near the well) are like the heads of the devils." I asked, "Did you take out those things with which the magic was worked?" He said, "No, for I have been cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may spread evil amongst the people." Later on the well was filled up with earth.
bukhari vol IV 490

Narrated Aisha:
Once the Prophet was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done. bukhari vol IV no 400
will aisha lie about her husband?

Narrated 'Aisha:
Magic was worked on the Prophet so that he began to fancy that he was doing a thing which he was not actually doing. One day he invoked (Allah) for a long period and then said, "I feel that Allah has inspired me as how to cure myself. Two persons came to me (in my dream) and sat, one by my head and the other by my feet. One of them asked the other, "What is the ailment of this man?" The other replied, 'He has been bewitched" The first asked, 'Who has bewitched him?' The other replied, 'Lubaid bin Al-A'sam.' The first one asked, 'What material has he used?' The other replied, 'A comb, the hair gathered on it, and the outer skin of the pollen of the male date-palm.' The first asked, 'Where is that?' The other replied, 'It is in the well of Dharwan.' " So, the Prophet went out towards the well and then returned and said to me on his return, "Its date-palms (the date-palms near the well) are like the heads of the devils." I asked, "Did you take out those things with which the magic was worked?" He said, "No, for I have been cured by Allah and I am afraid that this action may spread evil amongst the people." Later on the well was filled up with earth.
bukhari vol IV 490