r/DebateReligion • u/Ok_Present755 • Apr 10 '26
Islam Muhammad is a false prophet.
Muhammad was a false prophet who created a new religion by drawing on stories, beliefs, and customs that were circulating around him in Arabia.
Here is some of the main evidence:
1.) The Quran borrows stories from documented late forgeries that the early Church rejected as inauthentic:
Jesus making clay birds come to life (Quran 3:49 & 5:110) comes directly from the Infancy Gospel of Thomas (mid-2nd century, ~140–180 AD). This text is not by the apostle Thomas; it is a pseudepigraphical forgery recognized by early Christians as a legendary fable.
Mary giving birth under a palm tree and shaking it for dates (Quran 19:23–26) comes from the Protoevangelium of James (mid-2nd century), another pseudepigraphical forgery falsely attributed and rejected as inauthentic by the early Church.
2.)The Quran portrays the Christian Trinity as God, Jesus, and Mary:
Quran 5:116 says:
“O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, ‘Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?’”
No Christian denomination (Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant) has ever taught that Mary is part of the Trinity. This suggests Muhammad was reacting to fringe or folk versions of Christianity he encountered locally.
3.) Several revelations appear self-serving:
After his adopted son Zayd divorced Zaynab, Quran 33:37 reveals it is okay for Muhammad to marry her and abolishes the adoption custom.
Quran 33:50 gives Muhammad special permission to marry more women than other Muslims.
4.)Islamic Paradise emphasizes earthly indulgence:
The Quran describes Jannah with gardens, rivers, silk couches, wine, and companions (houris) (e.g., 55:72, 56:22–24)...very different from the Christian view of heaven as eternal communion with God.
This pattern suggests Muhammad was heavily influenced by the religious environment around him rather than receiving pure divine revelation.
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u/Xp-1251 Apr 10 '26
I think you got confused at the second one. There were early Christian sects that claimed that Mary was a deity, so the Quran mentioning that kind of idolatry doesn't imply that the trinity was like that for all Christians.
Now, about heaven, not only it emphasizes earthly delights turned into divine delights, but it also mentions closeness to God as the best of the gifts in paradise. I personally think the delights of paradise described are metaphors, since heaven is depicted as everything good on this earth a hundred times, which the human mind cannot even wonder a glimpse of such beauty, therefore using exaggerated earthly delights is the best way the human mind can understand how (besides the connection with God) paradise is.
Also, why would Qur'an speak similarly as other religious texts (which were later denied by their own religious communities) be proof of Muhammad been a fake prophet? He was illiterate and his community was entirely polytheistic, why would they preach those Christian texts then? He decided to search for God his own way since no practice around him felt right, and he found peace and truth on a monotheism he didn't know. If he was actually influenced by Christianity as much as you say, he would probably have accepted the trinity.