Muhammad the Magician

Abracadabra.

…those who disbelieved among them said, “This is not but obvious magic.”

Excerpt, Koran 5:110

And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, “This is not but obvious magic.”

Koran 6:7

Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, [saying], “Warn mankind and give good tidings to those who believe that they will have a [firm] precedence of honor with their Lord”?

[But] the disbelievers say, “Indeed, this is an obvious magician.”

Koran 10:2

So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, “Indeed, this is obvious magic.”

Koran 10:76

And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days – and His Throne had been upon water – that He might test you as to which of you is best in deed.

But if you say, “Indeed, you are resurrected after death,” those who disbelieve will surely say, “This is not but obvious magic.”

Koran 11:7

They would say, “Our eyes have only been dazzled. Rather, we are a people affected by magic.”

Koran 15:15

They said, “Indeed, these are two magicians who want to drive you out of your land with their magic and do away with your most exemplary way [i.e., religion or tradition].

Koran 20:63

But when there came to them Our visible signs, they said, “This is obvious magic.”

Koran 27:13

But when Moses came to them with Our signs as clear evidences, they said, “This is not except invented magic, and we have not heard of this [religion] among our forefathers.”

Koran 28:36

But when the truth came to them from Us, they said, “Why was he not given like that which was given to Moses?”

Did they not disbelieve in that which was given to Moses before?

They said, “[They are but] two works of magic supporting each other, and indeed we are, in both, disbelievers.”

Koran 28:48

And say, “This is not but obvious magic.

Koran 37:15

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad] from among themselves.

And the disbelievers say, “This is a magician and a liar.

Koran 38:4

Muhammad the Liar.

To Pharaoh, Hāmān and Qārūn, but they said, “[He is] a magician and a liar.”

Koran 40:24

Muhammad the Liar.

But when the truth came to them, they said, “This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers.”

Koran 43:30

And they said [to Moses], “O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided.”

Koran 43:49

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, “This is obvious magic.”

Koran 46:7

But he turned away with his supporters and said, “A magician or a madman.”

Koran 51:39

Muhammad the Mad.

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, “A magician or a madman.”

Koran 51:52

Muhammad the Mad.

Then is this magic, or do you not see?

Koran 52:15

And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, “Passing magic.”

Koran 54:2

But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, “This is obvious magic.”

Excerpt, Koran 61:6

And said, “This is not but magic imitated [from others].

Koran 74:24

Muhammad the Befuddled

Zakir Naik

We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, “You follow not but a man affected by magic.”

Koran 17:47

And We had certainly given Moses nine evident signs, so ask the Children of Israel [about] when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, “Indeed I think, O Moses, that you are affected by magic.”

Koran 17:101

He said, “Rather, you throw.”

And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

Koran 20:66

With their hearts distracted.

And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], “Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?”

Koran 21:3

Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?”

And the wrongdoers say, “You follow not but a man affected by magic.”

Koran 25:8

They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.

Koran 26:153

They said, “You are only of those affected by magic.

Koran 26:185

Other Magicians

Allah teaches these wizards all they know from the Koran.

Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, “Indeed, this is a learned magician

Koran 7:109

7:112 Who will bring you every learned magician.”

113 And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, “Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant.”

Koran 7:112-113

He said, “Throw,” and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic

Koran 7:116

And Pharaoh said, “Bring to me every learned magician.”

Koran 10:79

20:57 He said, “Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses? 58 Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned.”

Koran 20:57-58

[Pharaoh] said to the eminent ones around him, “Indeed, this is a learned magician.

Koran 26:34

26:37 Who will bring you every learned, skilled magician.”

38 So the magicians were assembled for the appointment of a well-known day.

Koran 26:37-38

26:40 That we might follow the magicians if they are the predominant?”

41 And when the magicians arrived, they said to Pharaoh, “Is there indeed for us a reward if we are the predominant?”

Koran 26:40-41

[Pharaoh] said, “You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic, but you are going to know. I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will surely crucify you all.”

Koran 26:49

Snake Casting

Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake (Exodus 7:10). Wood engraving, published in 1886.

10:80 So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, “Throw down whatever you will throw.”

81 And when they had thrown, Moses said, “What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, Allāh will expose its worthlessness. Indeed, Allāh does not amend the work of corrupters.

Koran 10:80-81

[Pharaoh] said, “You believed him [i.e., Moses] before I gave you permission. Indeed, he is your leader who has taught you magic. So I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of palm trees, and you will surely know which of us is more severe in [giving] punishment and more enduring.”

Koran 20:71

Indeed, we have believed in our Lord that He may forgive us our sins and what you compelled us [to do] of magic. And Allāh is better and more enduring.”

Koran 20:73

Prostrating to Muhammad

Muslims Praying to Black Stones in the Kaaba, at Mecca, in Saudi Arabia.

And the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

Koran 7:120

So the magicians fell down in prostration.

They said, “We have believed in the Lord of Aaron and Moses.”

Koran 20:70

So the magicians fell down in prostration [to Allāh].

Koran 26:46

Snake Staff Magic

Just a picture of a snake.
Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Snake (Exodus 7:10). Wood engraving, published in 1886.

Moses said, “Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed.”

Koran 10:77

Moses said to them [i.e., the magicians summoned by Pharaoh], “Woe to you! Do not invent a lie against Allāh or He will exterminate you with a punishment; and he has failed who invents [such falsehood].”

Koran 20:61

And throw what is in your right hand; it will swallow up what they have crafted. What they have crafted is but the trick of a magician, and the magician will not succeed wherever he is.”

Koran 20:69

Muhammad the Magician “will not succeed wherever he is.”

The Snake’s End

Muhammad the Magician died from poison.

Muhammad was a false prophet, for a false god, Allah, for a false religion, Islam, without even a false book, the Koran.