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“Muḥammad” before Muḥammad (PBUH):
a research on documents containing the name “Muḥammad” before Islam
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ʽAbdullāh Farrahī   |
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Abstract: (586 Views) |
“Muḥammad” is the name of God’s Messenger and Seal of the Prophets. It is said that this name was unique until then; that it means, this name was not given to any person before him. But the annunciation of his coming to the divine religions has caused the owners of these religions to recognize this blessed child not only by his attributes, but even by his name. The surviving narratives in this regard, based on historical and biographical sources, indicate the interest of a number of Arabs who are familiar with the discussion of the message of the Prophet’s mission (Besat) to use this name for their children in the era before the mission, and the number of Arabs with the name “Muḥammad” before the mission are mentioned as 3, 4, 6 or 7 people. The oldest sources in this regard are related to the third century AH; therefore, these sources cannot be trusted much. The remaining tablet attributed to the ship of Prophet Noah (a.s.), the tablet attributed to Prophet Solomon (a.s.), the written references left in the Bible, as well as the inscription discovered in Yemen by Orientalists are among the documents that have mentioned his name with interpretations such as MeʼadMeʼad, Ḥamdah, Aḥmad and Muḥammad before Prophet’s birth. Examining these documents shows that the tablet attributed to Noah’s Ark and the tablet attributed to Solomon (a.s.) are fake and they were presented for the first time in the book of ʿAlī va Piyāmbarān [ʿAlī and the Prophets] written by Sialkotī. However, the references of the Bible can be interpreted as the name of Muḥammad (PBUH) with the interpretation of people like ʽAbd al-Aḥad Dawūd, and at the same time, the Yemeni inscription known as “Šaraḥ-ʾIl Yaqbul Ḏūyazʾan” describing the siege of Nagrān (Najrān) is a solid but little-known document. In general, it was found that among the interpretations that are mentioned in the existing documents and texts to the Prophet Muḥammad (PBUH) before his birth, MeʼadMeʼad is unacceptable, and Ḥamdah, Aḥmad and especially Muḥammad (MḤMD) are acceptable.
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| Keywords: Aḥmad, ḤamdaH, MeʼadMeʼad, MḤMD, Muḥammad |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
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Received: 2023/07/25 | Accepted: 2023/11/19
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