Ting Wei-tzu, though without any particular religious beliefs of his own, was posted to Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and because of his deep connections has been for many years the secretary-general of the Sino-Arabian Association. He says, "The Qur'an only became available 100 years after Mohammed's death. So how could people think of Mohammed as having 'the Qur'an in one hand, a sword in the other.'
本身沒有特別宗教信仰，但曾駐節沙烏地阿拉伯、約旦，也因此淵源而擔任中阿文經協會秘書長多年的丁慰慈也說，「穆罕默德去世多年後才有古蘭經的問世，他怎麼一手拿經、一手持劍？