What experience convinced Muhammad that he had been chosen to be the prophet of a new faith?

Answer 1

The spider web is curtain between the present memory of brain and past memory of brain . Mhhammad cross that stage because of his meditation power and he realize that he is not body but soul. He got knowledge that I,soul live in body.

Answer 2

One of Muhammad's (pbuh) religious experiences was when he used to go up to mount Hira and pray and he used to stay there for days. One day a voice spoke to him, it was the Angel Jibraeel. He said " Iqra" which means read. He repeated this three times and the third time he said "Iqra bism-errabek al-ladhy khalaq" Read! in the name of your lord who created all that exists. Then the angel squeezed Muhammad (pbuh) and then he automatically knew how to read and write.

Answer 3

Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) used to spend days and nights in the cave of Hira. He meditated for weeks in that cave. One day the Arch Angel Hazrat Jibraieel appeared before him and revealed to him the opening verses of the holy Qura'an. That was his first spiritual experience.

Answer 4

Actually, it was not a new faith. It was the continuation of Islam which all the previous Prophets (May peace be upon them all) preached. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW). used to meditate in the Cave Hira. One day the Archangel Hazrat Gabriel (Jibraiel) came to him and revealed to him the message of Almighty Allah. This incident convinced Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) to be a prophet of Almighty Allah.

Answer 5

The experience you are looking for is the REVELATION AT MOUNT HIRA, but this experience did not actually convince Muhammad that he had been chosen to be a Prophet. There would also be serious questions that Muslims would raise about whether Islam is a new faith.

The Revelation at Mount Hira was an experience where Muhammad was in a cave on Mount Hira and heard a voice demanding him to read/recite that he tracked back to Gabriel. He did not believe that this experience was a revelation from God until he spoke with Nestorian Monk Waraqah ibn Nawfal several days later. Waraqah was a cousin of his wife Khadijah and was someone that Muhammad believed he could trust. Waraqah argued that what had happened to Muhammad was a divine revelation and that he was a prophet. Reluctantly, Muhammad took on the mantle.

The Islamic objection to the "new faith" line would be that Muslims consider Muhammad to be the final messenger of the Judeo-Christian prophetic lineage, and therefore, was not preaching a new religion, but finalizing the one previously revealed. However, given the differences between Islam and the other monotheistic faiths (and between those faiths), it makes much more sense from a secular historical perspective that Muhammad was the prophet of a new religion.