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Muhammad's Ecstatic Experiences
The Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Seizure

          A seizure originating in the temporal lobe may be preceded by an aura or warning symptom, such as abnormal sensations, epigastric sensations (a funny feeling in the stomach), hallucinations or illusions (visions, smells, tastes, or other sensory illusions), sensations of déjà vu, recalled emotions or memories, or sudden and intense emotion not related to anything occuring at the time. All these symptoms were present during Muhammad's seizures.

          The epileptic experience can be partial, during which consciousness is maintained or partial complex, resulting in the loss or reduction of consciousness during the seizure or spell. Other symptoms include abnormal head movements and forced turning of the eyes. This kind of seizure happened to Muhammad during the construction of Ka'ba. "Muhammad and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE)" pdfsym.gif pdf file (70 KB)


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Mohammed solves a dispute over lifting the black stone into position at the Kaaba. The legends tell how, after the people of Mecca converted to Islam, they wanted to re-dedicate the Kaaba, turning it from a polytheistic pagan shrine into a monotheistic shrine to Allah.

          When several Meccans argued over who had the right to lift the Black Stone into place as the culmination of the ceremony, Mohammed resolved the argument by placing the stone in a cloth and having all the men lift the cloth together.
          Miniature illustration on vellum from the book Jami' al-Tawarikh (literally "Compendium of Chronicles" but often referred to as The Universal History or History of the World), by Rashid al-Din, published in Tabriz, Persia, 1307 A.D. Now in the collection of the Edinburgh University Library, Scotland. Edinburgh University Library.


          Repetitive movements and rhythmic muscle contraction affecting one side of the body, one arm, one leg, part of the face, or other isolated area are also symptoms of TLE. Other symptoms include, abdominal pain or discomfort, nausea, sweating, flushed face, rapid heart rate/pulse and changes in vision, speech, thought, awareness and personality. Of course, sensory hallucinations (visual, hearing, touch, etc.) are major symptoms.191

          Dr. Mogens Dam, an internationally noted Danish epileptologist and author of many books on the subject, defines simple partial seizures as follows: "Simple partial seizures with mental symptoms, which can be remembered, afterwards, have from ancient times been known as 'aura'. They are often followed by a convulsion. They are often dream-like ... He thinks that he is going mad." Muhammad actually did think that he was going mad. It was Khadijah who persuaded him otherwise.

          Dr. Dam writes: "It has long been debated as to whether persons with epilepsy have particular personality traits, which are different from other peoples. It has particularly been singled out that people with temporal lobe epilepsy are more emotionally unstable than others, perhaps with a tendency towards aggression. Some people were said to be self-centered, they could be sensitive to the point of paranoia, and took every chance remark as a personal slight. They were described as being given to brooding over things, and were particularly interested in religious, mystic, philosophical and moral issues."193 ...



... read the whole chapter with convincing evidence in the book "Understanding Muhammad", the exciting & astonishing wirtings of Dr. Dam's about TLE (e. g. "Hypergraphia", "Hyper religiosity", "Clingingness", "Altered interest in sex", & "Aggressiveness", and further chapters like the "Heavenly Night Journey of Muhammad" and other "eye-opening" chapters of the true Islam by Ali Sina, ex-Musim of Iran.

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Page 117: "... Why it is important that Muhammad's hallucinations were not limited to seeing the Angel Gabriel. He also claimed to have seen jinns and even Satan, ..."


"Other Famous People with Epilepsy", Page 139 "... His imaginative power, his depression, his suicidal thoughts, his irritability, his inerest in religion, his vision of the Doomsday and the afterlife, his visual and auditory hallucinations and many of his physical and psychological characteristics can all be explained by TLE (Temporal Lobe Epilepsy).

          However, epilepsy does not explain Muhammad's ruthlessness, his mass murders and his dogged determination. Those were the results of his pathological narcissistic disorder. It was this combination of personality and mental disorders that made him the phenomenom that he had become. Muhammad harbored thoughts of grandiosity and omnipotence. His epileptic visions reaffirmed his megalomania and gave him the confirmation that he was indeed the chosen prophet of God. As if that were not enough, he married a codependent woman who sought her own greatness in lionizing her husband ..." (with many hard-core evidences in the fantastic Book of Ali Sina, "Understanding Muhammad - A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet")


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