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Was prophet Muhammed taught by a Christian priest?

The biography of prophet Muhammed tells that prophet Muhammed had a relative (Waraqa Ibn Nufal) who was a Christian priest and he used to meet him regularly. The biography also shows that when that priest (Waraqa) died, prophet Muhamemd had NO MORE REVEALATIONS to the extent that HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE many times. The above story gives the following hints: 1- There was unexplained coincidence between the death of the Christian priest (Waraqa) and the sudden stop of Quran revealation. 2- Prophet Muhammed was too upset for the death of Waraqa and the stopping of the revealation to the extent that he attempted suicide many times. 3- There is obvious difference in the lnaguage between the Quran verses that were revealed before the death of Waraqa and those revealed after his death. Does this mean that there could be some possiblity that the Christian priest Waraqa may have been the REAL AUTHOR of the Quran? http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?hnum=6467&doc=0&IMAGE=%DA%D1%D6+%C7%E1%CD%CF%ED%CB http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?aid=82953 http://www.bible.ca/islam/dictionary/W/waraqa.html http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/WhoAuthoredQuran/who_authored_the_quran3.htm http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/BBwaraqa.html http://www.answering-christianity.com/bassam_zawadi/was_waraqa_a_muslim.htm

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I heard he was turned off to Christianity because of the Roman Catholic reverencing and praying to Mary.
Purity of Quran Allah challenge you in Quran 2:23,24 of making any chapter like Quran, Accept God's challenge if you truthful? And if there is anything that perturbs your mind or makes you skeptical about the truth and authenticity of what We have revealed to our Servant Muhammad, then produce a single Surah(Chapter) which is like this in magnificence , grandeur , wisdom , eloquence and esteem ; and call upon your aids who you think are the most knowledgeable and sagacious, for your help, besides Allah, to prove yourself true. But if you cannot - and surely you cannot - then guard yourself against the Inferno of devastation, whose fuel are the commoners and the crafty ones alike , readied for those who are bent upon denying and defying this paradisiacal code of life. Purity of Quran There are 6,666 verses of Glorious Quran Universally. Ultimately it is purest book. Please tell me how many verses are in bible. Please let me know why Pakistani Bibles is different from KJV. There are 176 kinds Pakistani bibles in the market.
no, he was jewish.
Mohammad and his religion is the Antichrist religion, beware or you will learn how to be a backpack bomber
Yes., Mohammad learnt Christianity from the relative of his wife Khadija - Waraqa ibn Nofal; but, no, Waraqa wasn't the author of the Qua'ran. Cheers! ST
let me guess...you read that from arabic website again? don't get easily believe them.
If the Qur'an is so pure why are there a variety of translations with drastically different content. Maybe it's because Aramatic isn't a very good language.
When i read the Quaran i will decide for myself.
Come on..you actually beleive these craps! I wonder where you get al lthese information. Yes Waraqa was a christian priest but he was a friend of his wife Khadijah. ( I cant remember if he is a fren or a relative to khadijah, his wife). Waraqa only told him that there is a prediction in the bible that there will be another prophet and that he also predict that Muhammad(pbuh) will be chase out from Mecca and few other things thats all!
4:82 Will they not, then, try to understand this Qur’an? Had it issued from any but God, they would surely have found in it many an inner contradiction! Anyway, So did that Christian priest believe that he was the Messiah? and that he should try to get his word across by having someone else tell it? Was that christian also a scientist, a really good one because of all of the truth he wrote? Or is it possible that Muhammad (PBUH) met a Christian without killing him or stealling his ideas? I'd have to say that it is very possible.
That is very interesting, I hadn't heard about that. What biography did you read this in?
Prophet Muhammad preached the same Message that was taught by Prophet Jesus. i.e, to worship the ONLY ONE God. The things that u have mentioned are totally wrong. Prophet Muhammad had never even thought of commiting sucide. Actually, the Christian Priest had understood very well that Prophet Muhammad was the true Prophet, as he had seen alll the signs shown in Bible. So u should also accept Islam, since the Priesy had admitted. For more information, plz click on the following link: http://www.sultan.org/articles/QScience.html