Belief in Messengers and Prophets

A Muslim believes in all the Messengers and Prophets of God without any discrimination. All messengers were mortals, human beings, endowed with Divine revelations and appointed by God to teach mankind.

The Holy Quran mentions the names of 25 messengers and prophets and states that there are others. These include Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. He has sent all of the Messengers with the same Message, and it came from One and the Same Source; God, and it is to submit to His will and to obey His law; i.e., to become a Muslim.

Allah says in the Qur’an:

“And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): "Worship Allâh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tâghût (all false deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Tâghût besides Allâh)." (16:36)

Most of the Messengers were sent by Allah to a particular nation or people but the Last Messenger, Prophet Muhammad(SAW) was sent for the whole mankind.

Allah tells Prophet Muhammad to tell the people,

“Say (O beloved Prophet): O mankind! Surely I am the Messenger of Allah unto all of you…” (7:158).

3 February 2009 18:58 by Shayistha Abdulla | Comments (0) | Permalink

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