To prove how powerful he was, Muhammad told his opponents: “It is Allah that takes the souls (of men) at death; and those that die not (He takes) during their sleep: those on whom He has passed the decree of death, He keeps back (from returning to life), but the rest He sends (to their bodies) from a term appointed. Verily in this are Signs for those who reflect.” [19] Not only that Muhammad had the power to cause deaths to humans, he also retained to himself the exclusive right to decide who, on the Day of Judgment, will intercede on their behalf with the Allah who was superior to him. In this connection, he told his listeners: “What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah? Say: “Even if they have no power whatever and no intelligence?” Say: “To Allah belongs exclusively (the right to grant) intercession: to Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: that ye shall be brought back.”[20] I have reached a point in my commentary where I find Muhammad accusing his opponents of taking other intercessors besides Allah, even though “they (intercessors) have no power whatever and no intelligence.” This means that only the Allah Muhammad said he was representing on earth has the power and intelligence to act as an intercessor, as ‘intercession belongs exclusively to Allah; to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and in the end, to whom all shall be brought back.’ With whom will Muhammad’s Allah intercede, if He is some one other than Muhammad? We need to investigate this matter to understand the implication of Muhammad’s statement. This will also help us point out the ground based on which, I maintain that Allah was none but Muhammad himself. Intercession in the next world with a Supreme Deity was one of the beliefs of the Pagans, and Muhammad grew up with this belief in his mind. The Meccan Pagans believed that this Allah protected them, as well as those who came to His shrine and sought His protection. Muhammad had no problem with this Allah; his problem lied with His symbol or statue, which the Pagans had installed in Ka’aba to bring Him nearer to them. In fact, he believed he was an ardent servant of this Allah, who had sent him to the Meccan Pagans to bring them to His true path.
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