Muhammad Vs Stateman Research Paper

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There are debates that the Muhammad could be a prophet or a stateman. For instance, Muhammad receives his first revelation in 610. He was visited by an overwhelming occurrence and was taught to recite the words of the Qur’an which slowly attributed him and others to God. He experienced this many times so he finally began to disclose the messages to his tribe, this doesn’t show that he was a prophet. Even though this overpowering presence has been visiting Muhammad in several occasions, it still isn’t clear that Muhammad is a prophet at the time. Muslims belief in Islam is not fully completed until Allah is obeyed and His Prophet which is Muhammad. In this verse, it commands Muslims to do the same ‘And obey Allah and the Messenger (Muhammad)

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