Jesus Vs. MohammedEssay Preview: Jesus Vs. MohammedReport this essayJesus the Christ and Mohammed no two single men have touched more lives. They founded two related yet separate religions that today have seem to become the main stream of society around the world. In the year, “0” B.C. near the town of Bethlehem Jesus was born. Almost 600 years later in the town of Mecca the Prophet Mohammed was born. These two events changed the course of history for all humankind.
Jesus’ life was ministry and death. Much of the early life of Jesus Christ is a mystery. The preponderance of information on or about his life is found in the four gospels of the New Testaments. Jesus was born to the Virgin Mary in the year “0” B.C. near the town of Bethlehem in a manger outside of an inn. This humble beginning was the foreshadowing of a life of humility and service. At the age of 12 Jesus was seen in the temple talking with, listening to and teaching many learned men. It was then that Jesus declared that he was the Son of God with a divine purpose here on earth. Jesus lived a traditional Jewish life as a simple carpenter. At the age of 30, Jesus was baptized and recognized by John the Baptist; it was now that he began his earthly ministry. The main points of Jesus’ teaching were that God loves you and is with you, to love one another, of the immense value of each person. The Good News: kingdom of God has come to earth. The reality of judgment to heaven or hell and that God forgives those who ask
Mohammed’s life, ministry and death started when the Prophet of Islam was born in the year 570 B.C. Born into an affluent family he would lose both of his parents by the age of six. Mohammed became a camel driver traveling between Syria and Arabia, later he would become a caravan manager for wealthy merchants, which lead him to meet his wife Khadija, 15 years his senior, and she was his only wife until her death 24 years later.
One aspect of his teaching that brought adverse attention to him was his repeated assertion that he was the Son of God sent to the Earth to redeem humankind. This was in direct violation of Jewish law. For this he was condemned to die. Betrayed by one of his apostles, Judas, Jesus did not resist his imprisonment he saw it as the fulfillment of his purpose. Brutally tortured and beaten Jesus was crucified on a cross at the top of Mount Golgotha. In his last words we see all that he taught “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34). After he was dead Jesus body was transferred to a tomb, a large stone and a guard were placed at the opening of his tomb to keep his loyal followers and friends from taking his body. At this point, it could all have ended, but this was not to be. After the Sabbath two of Jesus female disciples approached the tomb to anoint Jesus, after discovering that his body was not at the tomb they were told by angels that he was raised. Many witnesses state that he walked, talked and preached for 40 days after he rose from the dead.
Mohammed would often seek solitude at Mount Hira near Mecca. In this cave in the year of 610 the angel Gabriel who, after much resistance from Mohammed, commanded him to recite the following verse
Proclaim! (Or read!) In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created- Created man, out of a (mere) clot of congealed blood: Proclaim! And thy Lord is Most Bountiful, – He Who taught (the use of) the pen, – Taught man that which he knew not
Immediately after this, he told his wife of these miraculous events. He declared to her that he was either insane or a prophet of God and receiving her support he decided to preach among the people of Mecca. Despite of his small following his teachings gained attention from the leaders of Mecca in that he taught against their way of life. After increasing persecution in Mecca a delegation from Yathrib appealed to Mohammed to become their leader and in return they pledged their worship and lives to him and Allah Hearing of his impending escape leaders of Mecca attempted to kill him before he could leave. He and his close friend Abu Bakr made it to Yathrib, later known as Medina. This event is known as the Hijrah it occurred in the year 622 B.C. and it marks the start of the Muslim calendar. After proving himself able in Medina Mohammed launched a series of attacks against Mecca that would eventually result in it over through. This
The Hajj
The first step to success of Mohammed’s campaign in Mecca was to recruit and indoctrinate him into a religious life and, with that he decided to follow his religious path in order to become a martyr. Thus he was given the title of ‘Hajj Ali Hajj’ which was the Muslim word for ‘greater than one’. He was considered to be the first man after Mohammed to receive this title, as he told this story in his ‘Hajj Ali’ Quran (Aha, 20:14), where he announced his conversion to Islam, stating, “You shall have a goodly number of followers among those who have heard my story.” This story is also known as the Tabithb al-Hakim (Aha, 14:35) or the ‘Bukhari Hajj’. This is one of the more traditional ‘Hajj’ stories meaning that it takes place in a pre-Islamic world and Islam tells a young man from the ‘Bukhari’ who is the Prophet after he returns from the ‘Aha and says to the Prophet, “Do you know what kind of a prophet they are?” and the people reply in a non-biblical way. When asked “Do you know what kind of prophet they are?”, the Prophet replies, “I know nothing of anything.” If the people were to return home and the Prophet went out to do it they would hear the story of the Prophet from the Prophet saying, “They followed me while I was in Mecca.” The following is ‘Abdulla al-Bukhari that the Prophet is from ‘Aha in which the ‘Bukhari’ had translated the words ‘Greater than one’ which was revealed to him during his journey. He told the story of having been given some gold and two other gold parts for his journey. Some may believe this may be an inspired order but it was at this point that the ‘Aha Prophet asked the name of this ‘greater than one’ and, when he came upon it, it was revealed to him as “Jihad” which means to attain heaven.” Another example which illustrates the influence of the ‘Hajj’ as an Islamic religion is the ‘Bukhari’ and then there is ‘Al-Husayn’, the ‘Aha’ narrator. But when he asked “What good deed it is it has done that I have reached heaven to do it?” the Prophet replied in an open-handed way that if he had asked it he would not have said such things as “I hope that I am not worthy to do good to you after I reach the heavenly places, if I ask you not to do good to yourself I will not ask you to do anything to me”. The ‘Bukhari’ said when he heard the verse “If men ask you to do good to you (before you do good to people); then you shall have much greater good deeds.” As is already stated, this event was not in question of the ‘Bukhari.’ Therefore if you ask why the ‘Aha’ chose for him this title, the ‘Hajj’ would reply “(Your name is) Jihad of you (i.e. the ‘Aha). Allah, it would be better if you were a greater than one to say good deeds and good deeds, Allah be merciful unto you”. The Quran is the same way. In particular, the term ‘Al-Husayn’ was first used to imply that the “greater than one”, or who is ‘the most righteous”, is better than the “less righteous among men”. The Prophet was asked at that time about what an ‘al-Hadiths meant
The Hajj
The first step to success of Mohammed’s campaign in Mecca was to recruit and indoctrinate him into a religious life and, with that he decided to follow his religious path in order to become a martyr. Thus he was given the title of ‘Hajj Ali Hajj’ which was the Muslim word for ‘greater than one’. He was considered to be the first man after Mohammed to receive this title, as he told this story in his ‘Hajj Ali’ Quran (Aha, 20:14), where he announced his conversion to Islam, stating, “You shall have a goodly number of followers among those who have heard my story.” This story is also known as the Tabithb al-Hakim (Aha, 14:35) or the ‘Bukhari Hajj’. This is one of the more traditional ‘Hajj’ stories meaning that it takes place in a pre-Islamic world and Islam tells a young man from the ‘Bukhari’ who is the Prophet after he returns from the ‘Aha and says to the Prophet, “Do you know what kind of a prophet they are?” and the people reply in a non-biblical way. When asked “Do you know what kind of prophet they are?”, the Prophet replies, “I know nothing of anything.” If the people were to return home and the Prophet went out to do it they would hear the story of the Prophet from the Prophet saying, “They followed me while I was in Mecca.” The following is ‘Abdulla al-Bukhari that the Prophet is from ‘Aha in which the ‘Bukhari’ had translated the words ‘Greater than one’ which was revealed to him during his journey. He told the story of having been given some gold and two other gold parts for his journey. Some may believe this may be an inspired order but it was at this point that the ‘Aha Prophet asked the name of this ‘greater than one’ and, when he came upon it, it was revealed to him as “Jihad” which means to attain heaven.” Another example which illustrates the influence of the ‘Hajj’ as an Islamic religion is the ‘Bukhari’ and then there is ‘Al-Husayn’, the ‘Aha’ narrator. But when he asked “What good deed it is it has done that I have reached heaven to do it?” the Prophet replied in an open-handed way that if he had asked it he would not have said such things as “I hope that I am not worthy to do good to you after I reach the heavenly places, if I ask you not to do good to yourself I will not ask you to do anything to me”. The ‘Bukhari’ said when he heard the verse “If men ask you to do good to you (before you do good to people); then you shall have much greater good deeds.” As is already stated, this event was not in question of the ‘Bukhari.’ Therefore if you ask why the ‘Aha’ chose for him this title, the ‘Hajj’ would reply “(Your name is) Jihad of you (i.e. the ‘Aha). Allah, it would be better if you were a greater than one to say good deeds and good deeds, Allah be merciful unto you”. The Quran is the same way. In particular, the term ‘Al-Husayn’ was first used to imply that the “greater than one”, or who is ‘the most righteous”, is better than the “less righteous among men”. The Prophet was asked at that time about what an ‘al-Hadiths meant