Namo...
Just a note of clarification:
It sounds like you are confusing the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with the Islamic faith.
In Islam they teach that Mohammed was visited by the Angel Gabriel and then given the Recitations (Q'ran) during the Night Visit (Vision?).
In LDS Church teachings:
Mormon was Moroni's father. He was a prophet historian in the Ancient Americas about 400 A.D. he was instructed by the Lord to abridge the history of his people from the time they fled Jerusalem (just before the Babylonia captivity) until his time.
Included in this history was their voyage over the ocean to the Americas, their dividing into two factions and the post-resurrection visit of Jesus Christ to establish his church among these descendents of the House of Israel. A final battle waged among the two main groups of people and Mormon was fatally wounded. His son Moroni finished the records and buried the plates for safekeeping. It was Moroni, now an angelic messenger, who showed Joseph Smith were they were hidden.
BTW: According to LDS Church history, 11 other people saw the gold plates--and three of them were shown by the Angel Moroni. (Statements of the Three Witnesses and the Eight Witnesses are printed in the front of the Book of Mormon.)
Hope this help clarify things. I like folks to get their facts straight about ANY religion. :o)
Where are we going, and why am I in this handbasket?
Patrick Wilson Fans
--New "UnOfficial Fan Site". Come check us out!
Patrick Wilson Yahoo Group
Patrick Wilson Facebook Fan Page
Updated On: 8/30/04 at 06:02 PM