- 21 Oct 2017 21:48
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@Oxymoron
You do happen to realize that, although the Quran does state that Mohammed is the most perfect human being it also states that every single human being is flawed in some way including Mohammed which makes the idea of "the most perfect human being" not meaning much. In the Quran, Mohammed is tricked by Satan once and also asks God for forgiveness for everything he has done in one Surah. Mohammed is perfect according to the Quran for his ability to not commit any major sins, it does not state that he isn't flawed in any shape or form. According to the Quran, Mohammed is perfect as a human being, he does not transcend the boundaries of that perfection as, according to the Quran, only God is the most perfect entity in existence.
On an outside note, the interpretation that Mohammed is the most perfect thing in existence would be against the reasons why Mohammed made Islam in the first place. Although we have very little actual evidence of Mohammed's life, we can make a set of certain assumptions. First that Mohammed was, at birth, a polytheist and that polytheism continued to be a part of his identity throughout his life, even when he created Islam. Second, that Mohammed later became a Christian and eventually a Nestorian. He was one of many scholars who criticized mainstream Christianity (well, whatever was mainstream Christianity at the time) for placing Jesus on such a high level of divinity, making him the son of God. This lead to Mohammed joining Nestorianism which later proved too limiting for his ideas and beliefs. So he made a completely new religion called Islam and preached it's message to the people of Mecca and then everything else happened. Now the reason why Nestorianism was too limiting for his ideas and beliefs was because he believed that Jesus wasn't the son of God or even the Messiah but that Jesus was simply a prophet, a human prophet just like those before him and that nothing was more divine, virtuous, and perfect than God. This is why, when Mohammed wrote the Quran, he made sure that he was just some prophet. Yeah, he called himself the "greatest most super-duper awesome" prophet and the "most perfect" human being but did stick to beliefs most of the time.
Until he went to Medina at least.