The one same Person

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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, in his conversation with the Pathana Muslims, proved by quoting from the Holy Qur'an that Islam is also Vaishnavism. At the end of his conversation all the Pathana Mus­lims, including the great Muslim Scholar and prince Vijuli Khan, accepted the fact that Vaishavism is a true religion teaching complete surrender to the will and desire of God, which is the meaning of Islam. Later on in 197S, in Tehran, Srila Prabhupada explained that Islam is a simplified form of the Vaishnava religion. Why? Because the Holy Prophet Muhammad taught his people according to time, place, circumstances and their intellectual level. He himself clearly said, "I received two kinds of knowledge: one of these I taught — but if I had taught them the other, it would have broken their necks." (Nadarbeg K. Mizra, Reincarnation and Islam, Madras, 1927, p. 4)

According to the Muslim tradition, a part of the "Heavenly Book" which is kept under the Throne of Allah was revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad in the Arabic language. More than this, the Holy Prophet Muhammad once had miraj, or the experience of "ascending" to heaven.

And after penetrating the 7th layer of heaven, he visited the Throne of Allah and received divine knowledge from Him. This divine knowledge given by Allah to the Holy Prophet Muhammad was in three parts:

1) The knowledge that Allah ordered the Holy Prophet Muhammad to conceal from others and keep for himself

2) The knowledge that Allah allowed him to choose whether or not to conceal or reveal to others

3) The knowledge that Allah ordered the Apostle to communicate to all members of his ummah (community). (Geo Widengren. Muhammad, the Apostle of God, and His Ascension. Uppsala, 1955, p. 108)