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According to several passages in the Quran, Muhammad was the first Muslim:
Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the
heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first
to surrender [ aslama ] (unto Him) . And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the
idolaters. S. 6:14 Pickthall
Say, verily my Lord hath directed me into a right way, a true religion, the sect of
Abraham the orthodox; and he was no idolater. Say, verily my prayers, and my worship, and
my life, and my death are dedicated unto God, the Lord of all creatures: He hath no
companion. This have I been commanded: I am the first Moslem ( Wa 'Ana 'Awwalu
Al-Muslimin ) . S. 6:161-163 Sale
He hath no associate. This am I commanded, and I am the first of the Muslims .
S. 6:163 Rodwell
Say (O Muhammad): Lo! I am commanded to worship Allah, making religion pure for Him
(only). And I am commanded to be the first of those who are muslims (surrender unto
Him). S. 39:11-12 Pickthall
This is contradicted by both the Quran and various Islamic traditions which refer to
the presence of true believers both before and during Muhammad’s alleged "call"
to prophethood. The Quran mentions that Adam, Noah, the Patriarchs, the twelve tribes of
Israel, Moses, Jesus etc., were all believers and many of them even messengers who lived
a long time before Muhammad:
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a vicegerent on earth."
They said: "Wilt Thou place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed
blood?- whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify Thy holy (name)?" He said:
"I know what ye know not."… And behold, We said to the angels: "Bow
down to Adam" and they bowed down. Not so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: He
was of those who reject Faith. We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the
Garden; and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach
not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."… When learnt Adam from
his Lord words of inspiration, and his Lord Turned towards him; for He is Oft-Returning,
Most Merciful. S. 2:30, 34-35, 37
We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers
after him: we sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes ,
to Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms. S. 4:163
We gave him Isaac and Jacob: all (three) guided: and before him, We guided Noah ,
and among his progeny, David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron: thus do We reward
those who do good: S. 6:84
And when Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House: Our Lord! accept from us;
surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing: Our Lord! and make us both submissive ( muslimayni )
to Thee and (raise) from our offspring a nation submitting ( ommatan muslimatan ) to Thee,
and show us our ways of devotion and turn to us (mercifully), surely Thou art the Oft-returning
(to mercy), the Merciful. Our Lord! and raise up in them an Apostle from among them who shall
recite to them Thy communications and teach them the Book and the wisdom, and purify them;
surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise. And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim
but he who makes himself a fool, and most certainly We chose him in this world, and in the hereafter
he is most surely among the righteous. When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim ( aslim ),
he said: I submit myself ( aslamtu ) to the Lord of the worlds.
And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Yaqoub .
O my sons! surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith, therefore die not unless you are Muslims
( illa waantum muslimoona ). Nay! were you witnesses when death visited Yaqoub,
when he said to his sons: What will you serve after me? They said: We will serve your God and
the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq, one God only, and to Him do we submit
( wanahnu lahu muslimoona ). S. 2:127-133 Shakir
When Jesus found Unbelief on their part He said: "Who will be My helpers to (the
work of) Allah?" Said the disciples: "We are Allah's helpers: We believe in
Allah, and do thou bear witness that we are Muslims . S. 3:52
Ibrahim was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim
( musliman ), and he was not one of the polytheists. S. 3:67 Shakir
They are not all alike; of the followers of the Book there is an upright party ;
they recite Allah's communications in the nighttime and they adore (Him). They believe in
Allah and the last day, and they enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and they strive
with one another in hastening to good deeds, and those are among the good. And whatever
good they do, they shall not be denied it, and Allah knows those who guard (against evil).
S. 3:113-115 Shakir
Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to
thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to
the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the
Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird,
by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou
healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the
dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to)
thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said:
‘This is nothing but evident magic.’ And behold! I inspired the disciples to
have faith in Me and Mine Messenger: they said, 'We have faith, and do thou bear
witness that we bow to Allah as Muslims .’" S. 5:110-111
Lo! it is from Solomon, and lo! it is: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful;
Exalt not yourselves against me, but come unto me as those who surrender ( muslimeena ). ...
So, when she came, it was said (unto her): Is thy throne like this? She said: (It is) as
though it were the very one. And (Solomon said): We were given the knowledge before her
and we had surrendered ( wakunna muslimeena ) (to Allah). ...
It was said unto her: Enter the hall. And when she saw it she deemed it a pool
and bared her legs. (Solomon) said: Lo! it is a hall, made smooth, of glass. She said:
My Lord! Lo! I have wronged myself, and I surrender ( aslamtu ) with Solomon
unto Allah , the Lord of the Worlds. S. 27:30-31, 42, 44 Pickthall
Apart from various groups being called guided, having the right faith, or even having
been given inspiration, we have at least Abraham and the disciples of Jesus being explicitly
called Muslims (3:52, 67, 5:111). Certainly both Abraham and the disciples of Jesus lived
long before Muhammad.
In fact, the Quran claims that all believers were essentially Muslims:
And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and under discipline).
He has chosen you, and has imposed no difficulties on you in religion; it is the cult
of your father Abraham. It is He Who has named you Muslims, both before and in this
(Revelation) ; that the Messenger may be a witness for you, and ye be witnesses for
mankind! So establish regular Prayer, give regular Charity, and hold fast to Allah!
He is your Protector - the Best to protect and the Best to help! S. 22:78
Would that not qualify them as being Muslims and believers even before Muhammad?
Certainly, this would make Adam the first believer, the first Muslim, wouldn’t it?
The Quran says that every person is created in a natural state of religion, which
the hadith interprets as Islam. In other words, every human being is born Muslim!
Then set your face upright for religion in the right state -- the nature made by
Allah in which He has made men ; there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is
the right religion, but most people do not know -- S. 30:30 Shakir
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, " Every child is born with a true faith of Islam
(i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism,
Christianity or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it
mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited the holy verses: "The pure Allah's Islamic
nature (true faith of Islam) (i.e. worshipping none but Allah) with which He has created
human beings. No change let there be in the religion of Allah (i.e. joining none in
worship with Allah). That is the straight religion (Islam) but most of men know,
not." (30.30) ( Sahih Al-Bukhari , Volume 2, Book 23,
Number 441 )
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, " Every child is born with a true faith of Islam
(i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or
Christianity or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it
mutilated?" ( Sahih Al-Bukhari , Volume 2, Book 23,
Number 467 )
Again, doesn’t this show that every person who lived before Muhammad was already a
Muslim, at least for some time, even though many of them may have deviated from the path
later on?
Ibn Ishaq mentions four persons during Muhammad’s time who were said to be
followers of the religion of Abraham:
One day when the Quraysh had assembled on a feast day to venerate and circumambulate
the idol to which they offered sacrifices, this being a feast which they held annually,
four men drew apart secretly and agreed to keep their counsel in the bonds of friendship.
They were Waraqa b. Naufal , Ubaydullah b. Jahsh , whose mother was Umayma d.
'Abdu'l Muttalib, Uthman b. al-Huwayrith and Zayd b. 'Amr . They were of the
opinion that their people had corrupted the religion of their father Abraham, and that the
stone they went round was of no account, it could neither hear nor see, nor hurt nor help.
‘Find yourselves a religion,’ they said, ‘for by God you have none.’ So
they went their ways seeking the ‘ Hanaffiya’ -- the religion of Abraham .
( The Life of Muhammad , trans. Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press Karachi],
p. 99; underlined emphasis ours)
Interestingly, the Quran calls Abraham a Hanif :
Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true Muslim Hanifa ,
and he was not of the Mushrikin. S. 3:67
Ibn Kathir( * )
Say: "Truly, my Lord has guided me to a straight path, a right religion,
the religion of Ibrahim, a Hanif ." S. 6:161
Ibn Kathir( * )
Al-Bukhari records Muhammad’s run in with one of these so-called Hanifs:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said that he met Zaid bin 'Amr Nufail at a place near Baldah and this
had happened before Allah's Apostle received the Divine Inspiration. Allah's Apostle
presented a dish of meat (that had been offered to him by the pagans) to Zaid bin 'Amr,
but Zaid refused to eat of it and then said (to the pagans), "I do not eat of what
you slaughter on your stone altars (Ansabs) nor do I eat except that on which Allah's Name
has been mentioned on slaughtering ." ( Sahih Al-Bukhari , Volume 7, Book 67,
Number 407)
Amazingly, it was one of these very Hanifs that convinced Muhammad that he was
a prophet of God:
Khadija then accompanied him to her cousin Waraqa bin Naufal bin Asad bin 'Abdul
'Uzza, who, during the PreIslamic Period became a Christian and used to write the writing
with Hebrew letters . He would write from the Gospel in Hebrew as much as Allah wished
him to write. He was an old man and had lost his eyesight. Khadija said to Waraqa,
"Listen to the story of your nephew, O my cousin!" Waraqa asked, "O my
nephew! What have you seen?" Allah's Apostle described whatever he had seen. Waraqa
said, "This is the same one who keeps the secrets (angel Gabriel) whom Allah had sent
to Moses. I wish I were young and could live up to the time when your people would turn
you out." Allah's Apostle asked, "Will they drive me out?" Waraqa replied
in the affirmative and said, "Anyone (man) who came with something similar to what
you have brought was treated with hostility; and if I should remain alive till the day
when you will be turned out then I would support you strongly." But after a few days
Waraqa died and the Divine Inspiration was also paused for a while. ( Sahih Al-Bukhari ,
Volume 1, Book 1, Number 3)
These sources make it quite evident that Muhammad was by no means the first believer.
It doesn’t stop here. The Quran elsewhere claims that Moses was the first to believe:
When Moses came to the place appointed by Us, and his Lord addressed him, He said:
"O my Lord! show (Thyself) to me, that I may look upon thee." Allah said:
"By no means canst thou see Me (direct); But look upon the mount; if it abide in its
place, then shalt thou see Me." When his Lord manifested His glory on the Mount, He
made it as dust. And Moses fell down in a swoon. When he recovered his senses he said:
"Glory be to Thee! to Thee I turn in repentance, and I am the first to believe ."
S. 7:143
According to the Quran, to be a believer is to be a Muslim since there is no other religion
acceptable before Allah:
The true religion with God is Islam . Those who were given the Book
were not at variance except after the knowledge came to them, being insolent one
to another. And whoso disbelieves in God's signs. God is swift at the reckoning.
S. 3:19 Arberry
Whoso desires another religion than Islam, it shall not be accepted of him ;
in the next world he shall be among the losers. S. 3:85 Arberry
And, as the above verses showed, the Quran claims that all the prophets and messengers
were Muslims. Hence, for Moses to be the first believer means that he was also the first Muslim.
In fact, people can be called Muslims without being Mu'mineen (believers) yet,
but certainly not vice versa since the Quran states:
The Arabs said, "We are Mu'mens (believers)." Say, "You have not believed; what you should say is,
‘We are Muslims (submitters),’ until belief is established in your hearts." If you obey GOD
and His messenger, He will not put any of your works to waste. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
S. 49:14 R. Khalifa
We obviously can’t have two "firsts." Either Muhammad was the first to
believe or Moses was the first. Some Muslims get really ingenious and claim that these
passages are simply stating that Muhammad and Moses were the first to believe from their
respective generations. Others claim that these passages actually mean that these
individuals were the first amongst their contemporaries to receive the message:
The Quran refers to every messenger as the first believer among his people. This
is quite logical since the messenger is the first to receive the message. Muhammad
is spoken of as the first Muslim/Believer among his people, since the revelation
came to him before all others.
When we read the story of Moses in Sura 7, we read how he refered[ sic ] to
himself as the first of the believers. Obviously Moses did not mean that he is the first
believer of all time, but what he meant is that he was the first to believe from among his
own people: ( Source )
This last explanation is simply erroneous since nothing in the passages state that
"first" here means that they were the first to receive the message. In fact,
the Quran itself refutes this claim since we find in the case of Moses that both his mother
and brother Aaron were believers who had received inspiration:
We have sent thee inspiration, as We sent it to Noah and the Messengers after him: we
sent inspiration to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, to Jesus, Job, Jonah,
Aaron , and Solomon, and to David We gave the Psalms. S. 4:163
Then after them sent We Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his chiefs with Our
Signs. But they were arrogant: they were a people in sin. S. 10:75
And, out of Our Mercy, We gave him his brother Aaron, (also) a prophet .
S. 19:53
In the past We granted to Moses and Aaron the criterion (for judgment),
and a Light and a Message for those who would do right,- S. 21:48
He said: "O my Lord! I do fear that they will charge me with falsehood: "My
breast will be straitened. And my speech may not go (smoothly): so send unto Aaron. And
(further), they have a charge of crime against me; and I fear they may slay me."
Allah said: "By no means! proceed then, BOTH OF YOU , with Our Signs; We are
with you, and will listen (to your call). So go forth, BOTH OF YOU , to Pharaoh,
and say: 'We have been sent by the Lord and Cherisher of the worlds 'Send thou with us
the Children of Israel.’" S. 26:12-17 (Cf. S. 20:29-41; 23:45; 25:35; 28:33-35;
37:114-120)
And We inspired the mother of Moses , saying: Suckle him and, when thou
fearest for him, then cast him into the river and fear not nor grieve. Lo! We shall bring
him back unto thee and shall make him (one) of Our messengers. S. 28:7
Although one could perhaps argue that God spoke to Moses slightly earlier than to
Aaron, in the case of Moses’ mother, she clearly received divine inspiration (and
believed and obeyed it) before God spoke to Moses.
"Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, ‘Is there not
your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he
is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart . You are to
speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and
his mouth , and I will teach you what you are to do. Moreover, he shall speak for you
to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him’…
Now the LORD said to Aaron, ‘Go to meet Moses in the wilderness. ’ So he
went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. Moses told Aaron all the words of
the LORD with which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do. "
Exodus 4:14-16, 27-28
In fact, the immediate context of Sura 7:143 shows that Aaron was already a believer at
this time:
They said, 'We believe in the Lord of all Being, the Lord of Moses and Aaron …
And We appointed with Moses thirty nights and We completed them with ten, so the appointed
time of his Lord was forty nights; and Moses said to his brother Aaron ,
'Be my successor among my people, and put things right, and do not follow the way of the
workers of corruption.'… And when Moses came to Our appointed time and his Lord spoke
with him, he said, 'Oh my Lord, show me, that I may behold Thee!' Said He, 'Thou shalt not
see Me; but behold the mountain -- if it stays fast in its place, then thou shalt see Me.'
And when his Lord revealed Him to the mountain He made it crumble to dust; and Moses fell
down swooning. So when he awoke, he said, 'Glory be to Thee! I repent to Thee; I am the
first of the believers.' S. 7:121-122, 142
The sorcerers’ response presupposes that Aaron was there assisting Moses and was
therefore a believer; the fact that Moses assigns him as his successor further assumes
this point.
It is quite evident in light of the foregoing that God spoke with Aaron around the same
time he had spoken with Moses. This means that Moses was neither the first believer, nor
necessarily the first person that God spoke with.
Furthermore, we already saw that both the Quran and Islamic sources plainly show that
Muhammad was by no means the first believer. The Quran also shows that there were other
believers besides Aaron during the time of Moses:
A believer, A MAN from among THE PEOPLE OF PHARAOH, who had concealed his faith ,
said: "Will ye slay
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