This is another example of how the Muhammad myth rolls on, despite the lack of historical foundation. “The collector is also planning an exhibition of the sword, with a delegation of ‘supreme muftis from a number of countries’ set to arrive in in Bern to ‘meet’ the sword in February.” Yet “it is highly improbable that it is the authentic Zulfiqar. The presence of inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkic, along with specific names, raises significant doubts about its authenticity as the Prophet’s sword. Given that early Islamic swords typically bore no elaborate inscriptions – especially not ones referring to later historical figures – this strongly suggests that the sword in question was either created in a later period or was intended for a symbolic, rather than martial, purpose.” Even more, “the dialect used for the inscriptions was identified as one common from the 7th to 12th centuries,” that is, as much as 500 years or more after Muhammad is supposed to have to have died.
“Swiss collector claims to have discovered Prophet Mohammed’s sword Zulfiqar, but experts cast doubt,” by William Mullally and Faisal Al Zaabi, The National, February 6, 2025:
A Swiss collector asserts that a sword in his collection, previously believed to be a replica, has been verified as the authentic Zulfiqar, the sword of the Prophet Mohammed.
Acquired in 2006 from another collector in Bahrain, the sword has been held in private and undergone extensive examinations to verify its origins, according to the collector’s representative Sonya Troicher.
According to Troicher, the experts studying the sword made a breakthrough last year, deciphering inscriptions on the blade written in an Arabic-Persian-Turkic dialect. With the help of a professional translation company and an Iranian translation specialist, the inscriptions were revealed to contain the names of the Prophet Mohammed, his daughter Fatima, son-in-law Ali and grandsons Hasan and Hussein.
The inscription also claims that the twin-bladed sword is Zulfiqar, the weapon linked to the Prophet Mohammed and his family that was used during pivotal events in early Islamic history. The dialect used for the inscriptions was identified as one common from the 7th to 12th centuries, specifically during the early spread of Islam.
According to a paper by Islamic history lecturer David Alexander published by Penn State University, Zulfiqar was “a major symbol of the Prophet Mohammed’s heritage. The early chroniclers always single it out as the most important. It alone is described, as is its use in such important victories as Uhud. It is elevated above the other swords to become the sword of the Prophet.”…
In December, several professors from Switzerland also participated in data analysis, including Reinhard Schultze, scholar and retired professor of Islamic studies at the University of Bern. According to a report authored by Tamoikin, their consensus affirmed the sword as a genuine historical relic, directly linked to the early Islamic period and the family of the Prophet Mohammed.
However, experts consulted by The National have cast doubt on the potential validity of their findings.
Ahmed Ali, head of the Arabic and translation studies department at the American University of Sharjah, says: “It is highly improbable that it is the authentic Zulfiqar. The presence of inscriptions in Arabic, Persian and Turkic, along with specific names, raises significant doubts about its authenticity as the Prophet’s sword.
“Given that early Islamic swords typically bore no elaborate inscriptions – especially not ones referring to later historical figures – this strongly suggests that the sword in question was either created in a later period or was intended for a symbolic, rather than martial, purpose.”…
While actual authentication of the item is extremely unlikely, Ali believes that “the discovery of Zulfiqar would represent one of the most profound archeological finds in Islamic history, offering a tangible link to the early battles and legacy of Prophet Mohammed”….
The collector is also planning an exhibition of the sword, with a delegation of “supreme muftis from a number of countries” set to arrive in in Bern to “meet” the sword in February, according to Troicher.
Tony says
Based on archeological evidence, historical evidence, coins, etc. there is NO Mecca in the 7th century AD; as a result, there is NO Muhammad in Mecca in the 7th century AD. Hence, there is NO Quran from the 7th century AD despite the claims by the Standard Islamic Narrative. Islam is historically FALSE.
Like a Foreign Terrorist Organization(FTO) designated by the USA Secretary of State, Islam is a MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATION(MTO) against Non-Muslims and NOT A PEACEFUL RELIGION UNDER WESTERN LAWS(Quran 2:216; 4:95; 8:12,39,74; 9:5,29,41,49, 21:921; 88,111,123;21:92; 49:15 and more). More specifically, Islam is a Muslim Terrorist Ideology and Murderous, Criminal Enterprise of continuous war, discrimination, segregation, supremacy, genocide, polygamy, propaganda, deceit, hatred, incitement, sedition, rape, terrorism, and violence against all Non-Muslims as taught in the Quran. Fundamentally, Islam funds, teaches, and promotes a Terrorist Criminal Organization with Muslims as Terrorists for Allah.
The FRUIT of Islam is incessant WAR, terrorism, discrimination, slavery, malice, ISLAMIZATION, and violence against all Non-Muslims; this FACT must be taught and broadcast to the general public to prohibit Islam, its Mosques, its Courts, and its Schools. Also, Islam is an Antichrist System terrorizing Israel, Christians, and Non-Muslims. Plus, there is NO EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW in Islam or in Islamic Law(Quran 98:6-7; 9:29 and more). In Sahih Bukhari(V6,B60,N80), Abu Huraira narrates, “‘You(Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them[Non-Muslims] with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam[see Quran 3:110].” See also Quran 3:22,151; 69:30-32; 98:6.
Non-Muslims CANNOT have peace with Islam and its Muslims because Islam and its murderous god, Allah, demand a continuous, Muslim war against unbelievers where Non-Muslims are CRIMINALS under Islam when Allah in Qur’an 8:39 says, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” HENCE, NON-MUSLIMS MUST MAKE ISLAM, ITS MOSQUES, ITS SCHOOLS, ITS ORGANIZATIONS, ETC. ILLEGAL UNDER THE LAW. Similarly, Islam and its many Organizations must be identified and publicly declared to be MUSLIM TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS for their funding, teaching, and support of terrorism, violence, and discrimination against Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 9:5,29,111 and more).
Western Muslims seek to ensure Islam’s legitimacy against Non-Muslim societies, to impose Islamic Law in Western Legal Systems, and to advance Islam’s totalitarian goals to conquer the West. Consequently, Islam promotes a limitless, terroristic, Muslim war against unbelievers when Allah in Qur’an 49:15 says, “Surely the believers are only those who believed in Allah and his messenger. They do not doubt, and they performed JIHAD with THEIR MONEY AND THEIR LIVES for the sake of Allah. Those are the truthful.”
Deceitful Allah promises Heavenly Paradise to Muslims for acts of Muslim killing in terrorist attacks against Non-Muslims and Muslim hypocrites when Quran 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”
Magooey says
We should now search for the most important sword that was wielded by Jesus of Nazareth. Oh right, there is no such thing.
somehistory says
islime is built on lies and it needs more lies to keep it going so mozlums can keep lying, stealing, extorting, raping, and murdering, while claiming to the ‘best’ of people with the ‘right’ to do whatever they want.
Under threat of the sword….one that was never held by a piece of scum made up to terrorize those opposed to the arab raider’s way of doing. things.
Siddi Nasrani says
Whenever I see this description, Prophet Mohammed, I always want to change it to Profit Mohammad seeing that he was a caravan raider.
40 rounds says
I have king Arthur’s sword I found at a garage sale in tomahawk Wisconsin back in 1982
gravenimage says
🙂
Isabella van der westhuizen says
Good one. Ha ha ha
Tim gallagher says
So this person has discovered the sword of Mo, a person who never existed. Now that’s some kind of achievement. And the Mo,, who never existed, was the man chosen as his prophet.by the god Allah who doesn’t exist. Thats Islam in nutshell, lie after lie.
gravenimage says
Tim, I wish these were just lies. But they are th ugliest lies imaginable…
Tim gallagher says
That is for sure, gravenimage. Islam is a disgrace. You look at the kind, thoroughly decent, living version of god in Christianity and then you have this appalling, evil, vicious version of god, Allah, and you think what degenerate scum devised such a hideous religion as islam. Truly a disgrace to the human race. Way down there with Nazism, the old aztec religion and other atrocious views of life.
gravenimage says
Exctly, Tim. Even if there were no historic basis to Christianity (and there is), it is a beautiful story.
I know some people who believe some fairly silly things (hey, I live in California, after all)–but most of these things are not at all harmful, like thinking that cardinals may be people who have passed away, or that those who have passed away send you “lucky pennies”. I don’t believe these things, but believing it harms no one, and comforts many.
But Islam is not just irriational, but as hideously ugly as possible, and demands deliberately harming people. Nasty stuff.
WPM says
I see a perfect image of Muhammad every morning after my second cup of coffee I flush him after waving good by, I always wash my hands in his honor after leaving my personal throne !
Troybeam says
The sword likely belongs to a Sultan who lost it in battle, who cares anyway. Would like to see the whole sword and not just the handle as it could be from the Crusades time line.
gravenimage says
Swiss collector claims to have discovered Muhammad’s sword, only he hasn’t
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Good grief, what a lot of twaddle.
Weapons are not my main area of expertise, but this style of hilt was never used as early as dark ages Arabia. This is is just absurd.
Noticed says
Islam was invented as an excuse for Arabs bad behaviour. And out of jealousy for the religion of Christians and Jews.
Joe1 says
Islam is mostly the Nabatean religion. Mosques, Quran, pilgrimage, diet, and so forth are all Nabatean which is a religion that dates before Abraham who rejected the Nabatean religion (in the Bible).
Islam was started by an Arian doomsday plot to take Jerusalem which was supposed to bring about the second coming of Christ (The Germans have the receipts). The Arians conquered Jerusalem, but the second coming didn’t happen. The Arians gradually merged in with the Nabateans.
That would just be another religion, but in the 10th century, the Muslim rulers modified the Quran to include the warlord mentality that everyone hates.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So this seems to be more a shi’a sword, w/ the names of Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussein inscribed next to Muhammad
So did Muhammad get his sword inscribed after Hasan and Hussein were born? Was Fatima the only daughter who continued his bloodline?
All this is of course based on the hypothesis that he existed, something that I know firmly believe to be false
Siddi Nasrani says
According to legend, Zulfiqar & the exclamation lā sayfa ʾillā Ḏū l-Faqāri wa-lā fatā ʾillā ʿAlīyun was made for prophet Muhammad by Allah, Muhammad gave the sword to imam Ali ibn abi Talib to replace his old broken sword.[5]
There is no end to their delusions.
Pray Hard says
Before you know it, it will be the “real” Excalibur also.
Tony Rice says
So Muhammad had a sword, why did he want one, what did he do with it. Jesus never had one, despite Muslims saying Jesus was a Muslim.
Andrew Blackadder says
So a muslim in an islamic Nation like Bahrain sold this Sword,who he said was the sword of his main Guru dude and he sold it to a European infidel… because ?????
Sounds to me like the Hitler Dairies of years gone by.
Who was it that said… Theres a sucker born every minute…
gravenimage says
“Zulquifar” means “spine splitter”. Ugly stuff…