Representing the Enemy : Musaylima in Muslim Literature Paperback / softback

by Al Makin

Part of the Europaeische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Europeen series

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This work claims that Musaylima served as a prophet for his own people in Yamama in more or less the same way as the Prophet Muá¸¥ammad in Mecca and Medina.

However, unlike Islam, Musaylimaâ€™s religious movement did not survive.

Here, a complete story of Musaylima â€“ his claim of prophethood, qurâ€™Än (reading), religious activities, followers, opponents, and defeat â€“ is reconstructed.

A critical reading of the sources that contain the accounts of Musaylima is performed.

Additionally, this study reveals that the remaining fragments of Musaylimaâ€™s qurâ€™Än bear substantial similarities to the early Meccan verses of the Qurâ€™Än â€“ in terms of diction, style, and pattern. To formulate the findings of this study, there was more than one prophet in the sixth-seventh century of the Arabian peninsula, as Umayya b.

AbÄ« á¹¢alt, AbÅ« â€˜Ä€mir, Tulayá¸¥a, Sajaá¸¥, Aswad, and Musaylima claimed prophethood.

There was more than one qurâ€™Än, as Musaylima also revealed his own qurâ€™Än.

It is possible that other prophets also did so. There was more than one mosque (masjid), since the followers of AbÅ« â€˜Ä€mir established their own, as did those of AbÅ« Qays.

So did the followers of Musaylima. There was more than one Abrahamic á¸¤anÄ«f monotheistic movement in the á¸¤ijaz and around the region, as some figures assumed the same mission.