Comments on: The Prophet Muhammad(P) and the Slander of Epilepsy http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-prophet-muhammadp-and-the-slander-of-epilepsy/ The purpose of this website is to facilitate Muslim responses to the various mendacious polemics and distortions of Islam by the Christian missionaries and their anti-Islamic allies that are being spread over the Internet. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michelle http://www.bismikaallahuma.org/archives/2005/the-prophet-muhammadp-and-the-slander-of-epilepsy/#comment-27 Michelle Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:02:17 +0000 http://noorullah.org/?p=34#comment-27 "... an epileptic fit all the intellectual and spiritual processes come to an absolute stop. ... He is utterly unconscious, unknowing of what he himself does, or of what happens to him ..." While as a muslim myself I of course don't believe the revelations of the prophet, salallahu 'alayhi wa salam, were the result of epilepsy, there are forms of epilepsy which result in what feel to the afflicted like profound religious experiences. This to the extent that some refuse treatment where it is available, because to them "treatment" is akin to asking them to give up a beautiful gift. “… an epileptic fit all the intellectual and spiritual processes come to an absolute stop. … He is utterly unconscious, unknowing of what he himself does, or of what happens to him …”

While as a muslim myself I of course don’t believe the revelations of the prophet, salallahu ‘alayhi wa salam, were the result of epilepsy, there are forms of epilepsy which result in what feel to the afflicted like profound religious experiences. This to the extent that some refuse treatment where it is available, because to them “treatment” is akin to asking them to give up a beautiful gift.

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