when he destroyed the idols in mecca and nothing bad happened i'm sure that left an impression on the pagan arabs

If all of India converted, I'd possibly believe it

sure, but this dude was a king in hindu india

It was literally only him who converted

if all of india converted i'd definitely believe it, lol

India had such a large population, some others must have seen it no?

his astronomers saw it supposedly

and then when muslim traders came to malabar they explained what happened to the king

so he went to visit muhammad for himself and converted

That's not a minor thing, it was only the king and his close men according to the tradition. I'm asking for something substantial outside of the oral tradition

idk man, it's pretty scary to me

What could have happened is he heard of a great conqueror, on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad, and all of this converted him.

That story has the same backing as this

>on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad

but if he didn't see him split it this would disprove islam, no?

Why would it disprove Islam?

The entire world didn't see it split

If him not seeing it disproves it, the rest of the world must as well

I'm pretty sure the moon split could somehow be explained astronomically or scientifically, and if not I'm pretty sure it's not as we think it was.

Do we have any precise description of how the moon looked like btw?

Some Muslims think it's allegorical

It probably was not an eclipse imo

It split in half completely iirc

Bc I think there was only one eclipse during the time of his life

And the Quran already used that one up earlier I believe

Tribal

People knew what an eclipse was and how it worked very well, it was definitely not an eclipse.

I haven't done any research on the subject, I'm gonna look it up.

I mean it doesn't need a scientific explanation

As it's only been noted within Islamic tradition

i've always found it scary how successful this religion is

besides that point

Christianity has more converts, Islam just has more babies

Battle of yarmouk?

what sort of christianity? @Eoppa

En toto

but you don't consider other churches to be christian

Sure I do

There is a difference between apostasy and heresy/schism

you misunderstand me

i pointed out the success of islam on the global stage as a sort of oddity that may indicate that it could be the correct faith