Muhammad: Birth to Ministryhe at any time a polytheist, even for a single moment. And he never
committed a light or a grave sin." For the role of early Christian polemicists
in the development of this doctrine, see ECMD, pp. 723 f.
[67] E.g. Tabari, Tefsir, vol. 6, p. 2826, n. 1; Ali, Qur'an, vol. 1, p. 1752,
n. 6183 (comment to Qur'an 93:7), etc.