- Messages
- 1,035
- Reaction score
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- Points
- 123
(C) Allah’s Messengers:
· Man is Allah’s vicegerent on earth (2:30). Allah clearly commanded right at the outset
that if man acts in accordance with His injunctions, he will achieve peace and tranquility
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in this world and eternal bliss and joy in the next world. However, if man indulges in
defiance and arrogance, his fate will be eternal sorrow and affliction in the hereafter.
· To keep reminding man of the Right Path, and the Satan’s attempts to de-track him, Allah
sent His Messengers from time to time to deliver His eternal message to them.
· All these Messengers of Allah numbering about 1,24,000 were absolutely truthful, free of
any sins, possessed of the highest order of intelligence, mental ability and alertness. They
delivered Allah’s message as it was, without any omission, concealment or alteration.
· All the Apostles of Allah were from amongst human beings. They lived a normal life i.e.
they married, had children and, like others, struggled to earn their living.
· Allah’s message was delivered by the Apostles in the language which the people of that
area spoke.
· There was hardly any Prophet who was not scoffed at, insulted, humiliated and tortured
by the people, so much so that some of them were even killed by the pagans.
· As Muslims, we have been commanded by Allah to believe in all of His Messengers, to
respect them and not to make any distinction amongst them. The Holy Quran says:
“….. We make no distinction…. Between one and another of His Messengers.” (2:285)
· Allah has always helped His Apostles and punished and destroyed the wicked nonbelievers.
The Holy Quran says:
“So the earthquake seized them (Samud), and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes….”
(7:73-79)
· Allah’s message to human-beings all-through has been the same i.e. they must accept that
Allah is the Sole Creator, Sustainer and Cherisher of this universe, He is One and Unique,
and that He alone is the Sovereign Lord of the Universe, without any partners to share in
His power, Authority and Suzerainty.
· The first Prophet was Hazrat Adam and the last one is Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). In
between comes Hazrat Ibrahim from whom emanated a long line of Prophets through his
two sons, Hazrat Ismail and Hazrat Ishaq. From Hazrat Ishaq came Hazrat Yaqoob,
Hazrat Yusuf, Hazrat Musa, Hazrat Daud, Hazrat Sulaiman, Hazrat Isa, while Hazrat
Ismail was the great great grandfather of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Previously the
message of the Prophets was confined to a particular people, area or time span while the
message of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is universal, eternal, and perfect in all aspects and
for all of mankind till the last day of human-beings on this planet. It is also stipulated in
this last message that after the Holy Prophet (PBUH), no other prophet would now be
sent at any time under any circumstances, for whatever Allah wanted to convey to
mankind in final shape, has already been communicated through him.
“…. But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets.” (33:40)
· All previous messages were corrupted one way or the other while the last message from
Allah i.e. the Holy Quran stands intact till today exactly the way it was revealed to the
Holy Prophet (PBUH) more than fourteen centuries back in Arabia.
· Man is Allah’s vicegerent on earth (2:30). Allah clearly commanded right at the outset
that if man acts in accordance with His injunctions, he will achieve peace and tranquility
50
in this world and eternal bliss and joy in the next world. However, if man indulges in
defiance and arrogance, his fate will be eternal sorrow and affliction in the hereafter.
· To keep reminding man of the Right Path, and the Satan’s attempts to de-track him, Allah
sent His Messengers from time to time to deliver His eternal message to them.
· All these Messengers of Allah numbering about 1,24,000 were absolutely truthful, free of
any sins, possessed of the highest order of intelligence, mental ability and alertness. They
delivered Allah’s message as it was, without any omission, concealment or alteration.
· All the Apostles of Allah were from amongst human beings. They lived a normal life i.e.
they married, had children and, like others, struggled to earn their living.
· Allah’s message was delivered by the Apostles in the language which the people of that
area spoke.
· There was hardly any Prophet who was not scoffed at, insulted, humiliated and tortured
by the people, so much so that some of them were even killed by the pagans.
· As Muslims, we have been commanded by Allah to believe in all of His Messengers, to
respect them and not to make any distinction amongst them. The Holy Quran says:
“….. We make no distinction…. Between one and another of His Messengers.” (2:285)
· Allah has always helped His Apostles and punished and destroyed the wicked nonbelievers.
The Holy Quran says:
“So the earthquake seized them (Samud), and they lay (dead), prostrate in their homes….”
(7:73-79)
· Allah’s message to human-beings all-through has been the same i.e. they must accept that
Allah is the Sole Creator, Sustainer and Cherisher of this universe, He is One and Unique,
and that He alone is the Sovereign Lord of the Universe, without any partners to share in
His power, Authority and Suzerainty.
· The first Prophet was Hazrat Adam and the last one is Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). In
between comes Hazrat Ibrahim from whom emanated a long line of Prophets through his
two sons, Hazrat Ismail and Hazrat Ishaq. From Hazrat Ishaq came Hazrat Yaqoob,
Hazrat Yusuf, Hazrat Musa, Hazrat Daud, Hazrat Sulaiman, Hazrat Isa, while Hazrat
Ismail was the great great grandfather of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Previously the
message of the Prophets was confined to a particular people, area or time span while the
message of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) is universal, eternal, and perfect in all aspects and
for all of mankind till the last day of human-beings on this planet. It is also stipulated in
this last message that after the Holy Prophet (PBUH), no other prophet would now be
sent at any time under any circumstances, for whatever Allah wanted to convey to
mankind in final shape, has already been communicated through him.
“…. But he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets.” (33:40)
· All previous messages were corrupted one way or the other while the last message from
Allah i.e. the Holy Quran stands intact till today exactly the way it was revealed to the
Holy Prophet (PBUH) more than fourteen centuries back in Arabia.