All the prophets were men of flesh and blood and were as likely to fall into gross wickedness as any lesser mortal might, and the Bible cannot fairly be criticised for sparing them no mercy in exposing their deeds. Even Muhammad was a man of passions similar to those of any other man and, although he had up to nine wives at one time, he could not restrain his desire to cohabit with whichever one he chose rather than share the company of each in turn. When Sura al-Ahzab 33:51 was "revealed", which gave him divine sanction to defer and receive whomever he wished of his wives at his own whim and discretion, his favourite wife Ayesha was constrained to comment: gonyaka ka-2006, ngathola ithuba lokuba ngishayele i-BMW 335i Coupé, ngesikhathi yethulwa okokuqala eGeorge, eKapa. Ngesikhathi ngihamba ngayo, ngayalelwa ngumhleli welinye lamaphephabhuku ezimoto ukuba ngihambe kuzo zonke izindawo ezikulelidolobha. Ngangihamba nomthwebuli wezithombe uRuvan Boshoff, sabe sesigibelisa umcwali wezinwele eOudtshoorn ukuze asitshele ukuthi uca-