Muhammad: Meccan Opposition[235] The Meccans obviously rejected the doctrine of the Resurrection,
and since the Bible shows that Jesus was worshiped as God and raised the
dead, this question could hardly have been asked Christians. In noticing the
problems incurred regarding Christians in this question, many modern
Muslims contend that Jesus raised the dead only with God's permission; cf.
Ali, Qur'an, vol. 2, p. 826, n. 2681.
[236] ECMD, p. 721, n. 10.
[237] See the comments on the suras 37, 71, 44, 20 and 26 on p. 106,
above.
[238] The exact English equivalent for "furqan" is disputed, since
Muhammad seems to have borrowed the word from Syriac and
misunderstood its meaning; Nöldeke, "Qur'an," p. 14; Bell, Origins, p. 119;
Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 225 f; Watt and Bell, Introduction, p. 139.
[239] See Appendix D, p. 372.
[240] See Appendix D, p. 374.
[241] See Appendix D, p. 372.
[242] See Appendix D, p. 375.
[243] See Appendix D, p. 373.
[244] See n. 187, above.
[245] See Appendix D, p. 375.
[246] Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 288 f.
[247] Ibid., p. 148. This word was known to Arabs prior to the advent of
Islam. See n. 11, above.
[248] See n. 238, above.
[249] Jeffery, Vocabulary, pp. 163 f. A tradition in Sunan Abu Dawud
(vol. 2, p. 829) claims that Muhammad had a secretary by this name, who