Let's just pretend that David Wood's interpretation and analysis of "prayers" is correct. Why did Muhammad never tell his followers to worship him? Surely if you believe that Muhammad told his followers that God/Allah worships Muhammad, would he not command the mere human followers of his to worship him? Interesting. He never told anyone to worship him... Wow no surprise because elsewhere in the Quran, the exact same word is used: >They (the believers) are granted 'Salawat' (plural of Salat) and mercy from their Lord, and they are the guided ones. (2:157) Oh wow! And the same wording is used in a command to the Prophet to bless those who believe in Allah and the prophethood of Muhammad (sallahu alayhi wasalam): خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ صَدَقَةً تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنٌ لَّهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ >Take a charity from their money to cleanse and purify them with it, and 'salli alayhim'. Your 'Salawat' (plural of Salat) provides them with tranquillity. God is Hearer, Knowledgeable. 9:103 But salat is also worship! Is God commanding Muhammad (sallahu alayhi wasalam) to worship his followers??? No. He is not. Salat has only two meanings: 1) heartfelt support and spiritual acknowledgement 2) the action of prayer, exaltation and worship (due to God alone, not to any of his messengers - like Jesus the son of Mary or Muhammad - peace and blessings of God be upon them both) There is no ambiguity. https://rayyaninstitute.com/virtues-of-salat-and-salam/ How does it make intuitive sense to you to worship a collection of atoms? Did Jesus not exist in the flesh? Did he not bleed? Can the mind of Jesus answer the prayers of billions? Does Jesus know what you're doing now? Rather you're hemmed in by a title "I'm a Christian" and a community to which you belong. You would be better off calling yourself a Christian, and worshiping God as a singular entity (as Jesus did), than believing in a trinity which was not mentioned in the Bible, except vaguely: Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Corinthians 12:4-5, Ephesians 4:4-6, 1 Peter 1:2 and Revelation 1:4-5 The sad truth for you is that even if every false allegation on a David Wood video regarding the Quran, especially preservation, were true, today (at least) it's a better book to follow than the Bible, which as it is now, is a confused illogical mess with a variety of versions. Why even tack on the Old Testament if Paul is just going to claim that everything is annulled? Whether the original recitation of Jesus is "better to follow" than the Quran, God only knows. I don't dare make comparisons like that. I simply want to convey that the "Bible" preservation debate is more of a "what was even preserved" question, as compared to the Quran.