MHMD [08] 16th century Muslim Sufis confused Jesus' Divinity with Muhammad!

Mel moves away from the MHMD references in the 7th century to about 1,000 years later, in the 16th century, where we find Muslim Sufi writers referring to their prophet Muhammad using divine terms to describe him. The great scholar of Islam, Edward Sell in the 19th century wrote a book entitled "Faith of Islam", where he quotes Sufi scholars who said that "God's light united with Muhammad's body...before creation", intimating that Muhammad as united with Allah before creation. This may explain why Muhammad is included in the 'Shahada' in Islam, their statement of faith, where he takes on an almost equal place with Allah. Quoting from the Sira of Muhammad, Sell continues on by stating that the Sufis believe that Muhammad was the "divine Light", and that "he created Adam, and pre-existed the creation of the universe". Quoting from the "Kitabi Ahwal el Kiamat" Sell points out that the Sufis considered Muhammad to be the 'White Pearl'. Note that all of these references to Muhammad, including, "God's Light, existing before creation, participating in creation and the 'white pearl" are all references to Jesus as well, suggesting that the Sufis simply borrowed Jesus' titles and applied them to Muhammad later on. The Islamic scholar S.W. Koelle said in relation to this time that "Muhammad became a parody of Christ" (see pages 247-248, 250). About the same time, in the 16th century, Islamic art of Muhammad begins to change as well. Before that time one can find many pictures of Muhammad's face, but after the 16th century this practice was halted, and Muhammad's face is either blanked out, or is covered with a cloth, to hide it, suggesting that he was too holy to depict in art. In conclusion, it seems that what we found earlier concerning the name 'Muhammad' in 7th century Christian Syriac texts, that they all referred to Jesus, similar to what we noticed in the coin of Muawiya from 663 AD. Furthermore, the 4 references to Muhammad in the Qur'an could also be Jesus, and now we find that even the 16th century Sufi references to the divine character Muhammad are also possibly derived from those earlier attributed to Jesus. © Pfander Centre for Apologetics & Polemics - US, February 19, 2024 (103,020) Music: 'Country Girl' by aleksound, from filmmusic-io