Muhammad

Islam’s Unofficial Deity

Introduction: 

The Blasphemy No One Dares Admit

Islam claims to be the most uncompromisingly monotheistic religion on Earth. It rejects any divine incarnation, denies any mediator between man and God, and routinely criticizes Christianity for turning Jesus into a god-like figure.

Yet scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find a paradox the size of Mecca itself:

Muhammad is not just a prophet in Islam. He is its de facto cosmic center — judge, intercessor, mystical axis, and esoteric being.

This isn’t the role of a messenger. This is the blueprint of a sacralized human, an object of devotion that Islam pretends it doesn’t have.

1. The Myth of Pure Monotheism: Muhammad Is Islam’s Intercessor

Mainstream Islamic doctrine claims that no one can intercede with God except by His permission. But on Judgment Day, the rules change. According to dozens of hadiths, Muhammad alone is granted the ultimate intercessory role.

Sahih Muslim 197:
“I will be the first intercessor in Paradise.”

Sahih Bukhari 7410:
“People will come to Adam… then to Noah… Abraham… Moses… Jesus… each will say: ‘I am not fit for this.’ Then they will come to Muhammad, and I will say: ‘I am fit for this.’”

This is known as the “Maqam Mahmood” — the “Praised Station” granted to Muhammad alone.

Let’s be blunt: Muhammad becomes the only figure standing between God’s wrath and the eternal fate of billions. He is the final judge of divine mercy.

That’s not the job description of a prophet.
That’s the profile of a messianic mediator — a function Christianity gives to Christ, and Islam secretly gives to Muhammad while denying it.

2. The Sufi Mythos: Muhammad as the Primordial Light

While Sunni Islam tries to keep Muhammad in the mortal lane, Sufi literature catapults him into cosmic mythology.

Many Islamic mystical texts claim:

  • Muhammad was the first being ever created — the “Light of Muhammad” (Nur Muhammad), from which the rest of the universe was formed.

  • All prophets existed in the shadow of his light.

  • God created the world for his sake.

“Were it not for you (O Muhammad), I would not have created the universe.”
— Often attributed to hadith (though weak), widely circulated in devotional literature and accepted by major Sufi figures.

This isn’t fringe mysticism. This view is echoed by influential scholars like:

  • Al-Ghazali

  • Ibn Arabi

  • Al-Busiri (author of the Burda, a poem that practically deifies Muhammad)

In Sufi metaphysics, Muhammad is the first cause, the cosmic principle, the perfect human (al-insan al-kamil), and the reflection of God’s totality.

In simple terms:
He’s not just a prophet. He’s the origin, purpose, and mirror of God.

3. The Cult of Relics: Sacred Objects, Sacred Man

For a religion that insists it does not sanctify objects or worship people, Islam has an uncomfortable obsession with Muhammad’s personal belongings:

  • His cloak is paraded in Turkey during sacred festivals.

  • His sandals, hair, and tooth are preserved in mosques and museums.

  • Some believe his footprint exists in stone.

These items are not treated as historical artifacts — they’re believed to convey divine blessings (barakah). People travel to touch them, weep over them, and seek miracles from their presence.

This is pure relic veneration — something Islam mocks in Christianity and Hinduism. Yet when it involves Muhammad, it suddenly becomes spiritual enrichment.

4. The Prophet as the Mirror of God

In Sufi theology, especially in the school of Ibn Arabi, Muhammad becomes the full embodiment of divine attributes — justice, mercy, knowledge, power, and even hiddenness.

This doctrine of “al-Insan al-Kamil” (the Perfect Man) teaches that Muhammad is:

  • The perfect reflection of Allah’s names and attributes

  • The vessel through which the divine becomes knowable

  • The metaphysical link between the Absolute and the Created

In other words, while Islam officially denies incarnation, it functionally assigns it — not to a deity taking human form, but to a human absorbing divine essence.

5. The Suppression of Blasphemy: A Clue to Deification

One of the clearest signs of how sacred Muhammad has become is Islam’s brutal enforcement of his inviolability.

  • Criticize God? Risky — but potentially forgivable.

  • Criticize Muhammad? Blasphemy. Apostasy. Death.

Even questioning a hadith can, in some circles, be labeled disrespect to the Prophet — and therefore grounds for execution.

Islamic law (based on hadith and medieval jurists) is clear: insulting the Prophet is worse than insulting Allah, and has harsher consequences.

Why? Because in Islam’s psychology, God is abstract — but Muhammad is personal, visible, embodied. He is the symbol of Islam’s identity and the anchor of its legitimacy.

This is not about honoring a messenger.
This is about protecting a sacred person — Islam’s own untouchable idol.

6. The Messianic Shadow: Muhammad in Eschatology

While not officially “the savior,” Muhammad’s fingerprints are all over Islamic end-time beliefs:

  • He will intercede at Judgment.

  • His Sunnah will be the standard of judgment.

  • He is said to return spiritually through the Mahdi, a descendant tied to his bloodline.

  • His name and reputation will be raised even higher in the final days.

In some mystical traditions, Muhammad is the central figure in eschatology — not God.

It’s as if Islam denies Jesus the Messiah only to sneak Muhammad into the same cosmic role, just without the label.

Conclusion: Muhammad Is Islam’s Functional God

Strip away the theological posturing, and the pattern is obvious:

  • He intercedes like a mediator.

  • He is pre-existent like a deity.

  • He is obeyed absolutely like a divine lawgiver.

  • He is venerated with relics like a saint.

  • He is the emotional object of devotion, not Allah.

The average Muslim loves Muhammad more than God, obeys him more than God, and fears offending him more than offending God.

Islam accuses Christianity of turning Jesus into a god.
But in truth, Islam has done the same with Muhammad — just through different branding.

This is not just excessive admiration. This is the construction of a divine proxy, a quasi-deity wrapped in prophetic packaging.

Muhammad is Islam’s real center of gravity — not Allah.

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