Thursday, 7 August 2014

The Prophets of Allah

By the belief in all the Prophets of Allah, i mean that at different stages of History of Mankind. Allah sent the Prophets as His Messengers for the guidance of mankind. I do not know the names of all the Prophets who delivered the message of Allah to mankind, but the names of some of the great prophets are entioned in the Holy Qur'an.
The names of the Prophets mentioned in the Holy Qur'an are:- ADAM, IDREES, NOAH, HOOD, SALEH, IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM), ISMA'IL, ISHAQ (ISAAC), YA'QOOB (JACOB), YUSUF (JOSEPH), AYYUB, SHU'AIB, MOOSA (MOSES), HAROON (AARON), LOOT (LOT), YOONUS (JONAH), AL-YAS'A, ZULKIF, DAWOOD (DAVID), SULAIMAN (SOLOMAN), ILYAS (ELIAS), ZAKARIA (ZACHARIAS), YAHYA, ISA (JESUS), AND MOHAMMAD {PEACE BE UPON THEM ALL}.

A Prophet is a Servant and Messenger of Allah who receives the Divine revelations. He is a model for human beings and teaches and practices the Commands of Allah. We should not worship any of the Prophets as this is completely wrong, but we should love and revere them and consider them as models of conduct for ourselves as well as humanity at large. the prophets themselves worshipped Allah and taught us to do the same.

None of the Prophets can be called God, for they were all created by Allah Who is SELF-EXISTING and has no partner.

Neither any of the Prophets claimed divinity, for, besides being Messengers and servants of Allah, they themselves were human beings.