WI: Muhammad stopped receiving revelations after his first five years of ministry?

So the Qur'an would consist only of the forty-eight early Meccan Surahs, according to Noldeke's chronology.

This means:
  • Almost no discussion of what Islamic law should look like, with most of the content general moralizing
  • Almost no discussion of Christians and Jews
  • Almost no discussion of jihad or the struggle in the path of God
  • A heavily apocalyptic Qur'an

Assume the Arabs are as successful in their conquests as OTL. What does Islam look like? Does it even come into its own as a coherent religion?
 
So the Qur'an would consist only of the forty-eight early Meccan Surahs, according to Noldeke's chronology.

This means:
  • Almost no discussion of what Islamic law should look like, with most of the content general moralizing
  • Almost no discussion of Christians and Jews
  • Almost no discussion of jihad or the struggle in the path of God
  • A heavily apocalyptic Qur'an
Assume the Arabs are as successful in their conquests as OTL. What does Islam look like? Does it even come into its own as a coherent religion?

Why would we assume such a thing? Muhammad was only able to garner a handful of followers before he was kicked out of Mecca, and to my understanding he didn’t start preaching about jihad until afterward. Islam would probably fade into the pages of history as a very small, localized apocalyptic movement in Arabia. It may start a trend, though.
 
So the Qur'an would consist only of the forty-eight early Meccan Surahs, according to Noldeke's chronology.

This means:
  • Almost no discussion of what Islamic law should look like, with most of the content general moralizing
  • Almost no discussion of Christians and Jews
  • Almost no discussion of jihad or the struggle in the path of God
  • A heavily apocalyptic Qur'an
Assume the Arabs are as successful in their conquests as OTL. What does Islam look like? Does it even come into its own as a coherent religion?
Interesting proposition. So, that's close to Deism, what you are proposing.

But back then, it could look somewhat like OTL Secular Judaism or something. The conversion Zeal would be lost and all that could affect is Secularizing Christianity, wherever it would be spread.

He could find a way to engage the Pagan Arabs of Mecca to accept some or most of his Viewpoints.

Already dreaming of a Time Machine?? :):p
 
Interesting proposition. So, that's close to Deism, what you are proposing.

But back then, it could look somewhat like OTL Secular Judaism or something. The conversion Zeal would be lost and all that could affect is Secularizing Christianity, wherever it would be spread.

He could find a way to engage the Pagan Arabs of Mecca to accept some or most of his Viewpoints.

Already dreaming of a Time Machine?? :):p

How does this look like enlightenment era ‘deism’ exactly?

It was in the early period with all of these points, that Muhammad was threatened by the leaders of Makkah. Baraa (enmity) already existed as a concept and the ideal that the Muslim must reject all pagan idols and accept the notion of an afterlife. Ultimately, the Arabs of the day, disbelieved in an eternal afterlife and rejected all notions Muhammad brought roughly. If the inspiration stops early, Muhammad is killed likely by one of his relations and the religion fails to start.
 
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