Nevertheless, the Buddha is regarded as a prophet by the minority Ahmadiyya sect, generally considered deviant and rejected as apostate by mainstream Islam. Some early Chinese Taoist-Buddhists thought the Buddha to be a reincarnation of Laozi. The Islamic prophet Dhul-Kifl has also been identified with Buddha. The meaning of Dhul-Kifl is still debated, but, according to this view, it means “the man from Kifl“ and Kifl is the Arabic pronunciation of Kapilavastu, the city where the Buddha spent thirty years of his life. Another argument used by supporters of this theory is that Buddha was from Kapeel, which was the capital of a small state situated on the border of India and Nepal. They claim Buddha not only belonged to Kapeel, but was many a time referred to as being ‘Of Kapeel’. This is exactly what is meant by the word ‘Dhul-Kifl’. It should be remembered that the consonant ‘p’ is not present in Arabic and the nearest one to it is ‘fa’. Hence, Kapeel transliterated into Arabic becomes Kifl. Some also take it a bit further and state that Muhammad himself was a Buddha, as Buddha means "enlightened one"    .
 The Islamic prophet Dhul-Kifl has also been identified with Buddha. The meaning of Dhul-Kifl is still debated, but, according to this view, it means “the man from Kifl“ and Kifl is the Arabic pronunciation of Kapilavastu, the city where the Buddha spent thirty years of his life. Another argument used by supporters of this theory is that Buddha was from Kapeel, which was the capital of a small state situated on the border of India and Nepal. They claim Buddha not only belonged to Kapeel, but was many a time referred to as being ‘Of Kapeel’. This is exactly what is meant by the word ‘Dhul-Kifl’. It should be remembered that the consonant ‘p’ is not present in Arabic and the nearest one to it is ‘fa’. Hence, Kapeel transliterated into Arabic becomes Kifl. Some also take it a bit further and state that Muhammad himself was a Buddha, as Buddha means "enlightened one" . The Buddha is regarded as a prophet by the minority Ahmadiyya sect, generally considered deviant and rejected as apostate by mainstream Islam. Taoism Some early Chinese Taoist-Buddhists thought the Buddha to be a reincarnation of Laozi .
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Nevertheless, the Buddha is regarded as a prophet by the minority Ahmadiyya sect, generally considered deviant and rejected as apostate by mainstream Islam. Some early Chinese Taoist-Buddhists thought the Buddha to be a reincarnation of Laozi.
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The Buddha is regarded as a prophet by the minority Ahmadiyya sect, generally considered deviant and rejected as apostate by mainstream Islam.
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Taoism Some early Chinese Taoist-Buddhists thought the Buddha to be a reincarnation of Laozi