UMuhammad - umsunguli we-Islam

UMuhammad ukholelwa ngamaSulumane ukuthi ungowokugcina futhi omkhulu kunabo bonke kubaprofethi. Kucatshangwa ukuthi ulethe isambulo esiphelele nesokugcina sikaNkulunkulu kumuntu. Izambulo zakhe zibhekwa njengezingamela zonke ezinye izambulo nezinkolo. AmaSulumane afundisa ukuthi umprofethi kufanele angabi nasono, noma akhululeke kunoma yisiphi isono esikhulu. Umlayezo kaMuhammad ubhekwa njengolondolozwe ngaphandle kwephutha. UMuhammad ngokwakhe wathi uthathe isikhundla sika-Abrahama, uMose, noJesu njengoMprofethi kaNkulunkulu.

AmaSulumane akholelwa ukuthi bobabili iTestamente Elidala nelisha liqukethe iziprofetho mayelana noMuhammad. Bakholelwa ukuthi imvelo yokubizwa kwakhe njengomprofethi yayiyisimangaliso. Babheka iQur'an njengelingenakulingana mayelana nolimi nokufundisa kwalo. AmaSulumane akholelwa ukuthi uMuhammad wenza izimangaliso, nokuthi impilo yakhe nomlingiswa wakhe kufakazela ukuthi wayengowokugcina futhi omkhulu kunabo bonke abaprofethi.

KuDeteronomi 18: 15-18 uNkulunkulu wathembisa uMose ukuthi uzokwenzela u-Israyeli umProfethi phakathi kwabafowabo. Ngokusobala lo Mprofethi othenjisiwe kwakufanele abe ngumIsrayeli. UMuhammad wehla ku-Ishmael, hhayi ku-Isaac. UZimu wathi uzosungula isivumelwano sakhe no-Isaka (Gen. 17:21). UJesu ungumProfethi uNkulunkulu atshela uMose ngaye kuDuteronomi. NjengeNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uJesu wayengumProfethi, umPristi (Heberu 7: 10), neNkosi (IsAm 19-20).

Ngokuvuma kukaMuhammad uqobo, akazange enze izibonakaliso nezimangaliso njengoMose noJesu (ISura 2: 118; 3: 183) UMuhammad akakaze athi ukhuluma noNkulunkulu ubuso nobuso, kodwa wathi ethola izambulo ngengelosi. UJesu wayengumlamuleli oqondile noNkulunkulu. Amanye amaSulumane athi uMuhammad wabikezelwa kusencwadini yamaHubo 45: 3-5 njengomuntu owayezoza nenkemba ukunqoba izitha zakhe, kepha lawo mavesi abekhuluma ngoNkulunkulu, futhi uMuhammad akakaze athi unguNkulunkulu, kepha uJesu wakwenza. UJesu weza emhlabeni okokuqala ukunikela ngokuphila kwakhe ukuze ahlenge umuntu, kepha Uzobuya okwesibili njengoMahluleli.

Izazi ezingamaSulumane zibona ukubhekisela kukaJesu kuMsizi ozayo njengesibikezelo sikaMuhammad. Kodwa-ke, uJesu waveza ngokusobala uMsizi njengoMoya wakhe oNgcwele, hhayi uMuhammad. Ngesikhathi ebizelwa ukuba ngumprofethi, uMuhammad wathi 'waklinywa' yingelosi eletha umyalezo kuye ... 'Wangiklinya ngendwangu ngaze ngakholwa ukuthi kufanele ngife. Wabe esengidedela wathi: 'Phinda ufunde.' UMuhammad uqale wakholwa ukuthi ukhohliswa ngumoya omubi. Wayesaba kakhulu ingelosi waze umkakhe nomzala wakhe bamkhuthaza ukuthi akholelwe ukuthi wayefana noMose nokuthi uzoba ngumprofethi esizweni sakhe. Ngesikhathi samukelwa kwalezi zambulo, uMuhammad wayengena kokudlikizela noma kokuquleka.

UMuhammad wathola ezinye izambulo ngokuthandaza ezithombeni, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waziguqula lezi zambulo. Abantu abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi izambulo zakhe empeleni zazakhiwe zivela emithonjeni eyahlukahlukene yamaJuda, yobuKristu, neyamaqaba. Yize kunezindaba eziningi ezimangalisayo zikaMuhammad e-Islam, umbhalo we-Quran 6: 35 awusho ukuthi uMuhammad angenza izimangaliso. Ithi, 'Uma ukuchitheka kwabo kunzima engqondweni yakho, kepha uma ukwazi ukufuna umhubhe phansi noma isitebhisi esibhakabhakeni ubaphathele isibonakaliso, - (yini okuhle?). Umbhalo awusho ukuthi 'uyakwazi,' kodwa 'uma ukwazi.'

Yize uMuhammad ethi utholile isambulo ukuthi indoda ingaba namakhosikazi amaningi angaka, yena uqobo wayenabanye abaningi. UMuhammad waqinisekisa ukushaywa kwenceku yowesifazane ukuze ayenze akhulume iqiniso. Uveze ukuthi kulungile kuNkulunkulu (u-Allah) ukuthi amadoda ashaye amakhosikazi awo. Isambulo sakhe sasihlanganisa nesidingo sokuthi abesifazane bagqoke izimbozo, bame ngemuva abayeni babo, futhi baguqe ngemuva kwabo ngomkhuleko. Umthetho weSulumane awumvumeli owesifazane ukuthi afune isehlukaniso, kepha uvumela owesilisa ukuba enze njalo. Mayelana nezinkontileka zomphakathi, ufakazi wabesifazane ababili ulingana nobufakazi bendoda eyodwa.

UMuhammad waba nesizathu sokubulala eJihad, noma empini engcwele. UMohammad wavumela ukuthi kuqhutshekwe nokuhlaselwa kwezimoto ezihamba ngezentengiso. Ubuye wathi kulungile ukukhuluma amanga ezitheni zakho. Wavumela ukucabanga kwalabo abamgcona noma abamgxeka. AmaSulumane amaningi akholelwa ukuthi uMuhammad wayenesimilo esihle nokho, kunobufakazi obuningi bokuthi lokhu akusilo iqiniso. (UGeisler noSaleeb 146-176)

IZINDABA:

UGeisler, uNorman L., no-Abdul Saleeb. Ukuphendula i-Islam: I-Cresent in Light of the Cross. I-Grand Rapids: Izincwadi zika-Baker, ngo-1993.