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The Unique Prophet:

Prophet Mohammud

(SAW)


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All praises are for AllahSWT

who created human beings and also arranged fo

their complete guidance, through different Prophets in different times.

)(You are only a warner, and for every people is a guide (Surah 13 Ayah

(:42)

Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings an

a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a

warner. (Surah 35 Ayah 24)

All the Prophets were also human beings who received revelations throug

the angels from AllahSWT

.


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...

(:90) And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We

revealed from among the people of cities (Surah 12 Ayah 109)

KEY1. SWT---Pure, Flawless, Full of Glory.

2. SAW--- May AllahSWT

sends His Blessings and Mercy upon Him

3. AS--- May Allahs Mercy be upon Him

The responsibility of the Prophets was to convey the message (revelations

to the people, to teach and help, as to how to obey and practice the Divine

Revelations. All the Prophets taught the same basic belief i.e. to believe in

the Oneness of AllahSWT

(God), to worship Him and be obedient to AllahSWT

alone.

And We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to

him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."


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(Surah 21 Ayah 25)

... (:63)

And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worsh

Allah and avoid Taghut." (Surah16 Ayah36)

A Muslim should believe in all the prophets and all the revelations the

prophets received. Apart from that, a Muslim should believe that all the

prophets are equal, and should not compare and consider one prophet as

higher or superior than the other.

... (:45)

We make no distinctionbetween any of His messengers.

(Surah 2 Ayah 285)


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Since the creation of humanity, AllahSWT

has appointed several prophets

among the people, in different parts of the world. Some of them are

mentioned by name in the Holy Quran, most of them are not.

(:932)

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you.

And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

(Surah 4 Ayah 164)

...(:5)

And We have already sent messengers before you. Among them are

those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are thos

[whose stories] We have not related to you


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(Surah 40 Ayah 78)

There are four famous books revealed to different prophets, whose namesare mentioned in the Holy Quran.

1. Zaboor revealed to Prophet DavidAS

(DawoodAS

)

2. Torah revealed to Prophet MosesAS

(MoosaAS

)

3. Injeel (Bible) revealed to Prophet JesusAS (EesaAS)

4. Quran revealed to the last Prophet MohammudSAW

All the above books (except the last book, the Holy Quran) have been lost

and are now in the form of changed books. None of them can be

considered as Divine Revelation any more. But the last revelation, the Hol

Quran is still in the same, complete and original form as it was revealed, to

the last prophetof Islam, the Prophet Mohammud

SAWfourteen hundred

years ago.

(:)


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Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its

guardian. (Surah 15 Ayah 9)

The main reason of the preservation of this Book is that AllahSWT

Himself

wanted it to be in its original form. All the previous books were revealed fo

a particular nation and for a particular period. The Holy Quran was not

revealed for any particular nation such as Arabs or non-Arabs nor was it

revealed for a particular time or period. The Holy Quran was revealed for

the whole humanity, i.e. for the people who live during prophets time as

well as those who will come after His death, till the Day of Judgment.

(:9)

Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he ma

be to the worlds a warner (Surah 25 Ayah 1)

(:6.)

And [to] others of them who have not yet joined them. And He is the

Exalted in Might, the Wise. (Surah 62 Ayah 3)

The Prophet MohammudSAW

was the last prophet and no other prophet or

revelation is to come. The preservation of the Holy Quran in its original


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form, after the Prophet MohammudSAW

, was extremely essential for the

guidance of the rest of the humanity.

Apart from that, the life of the Prophet MohammudSAW

(who is the true

follower of the Holy Quran) is also well preserved, in writing, in the most

authentic books called, Bukhari and Muslim. InshaAllah, I will explain

this later on.

Before I write about the life of the Prophet MohammudSAW

, I would like to

inform you about a few famous prophets that the Holy Quran speaks abou

(1) ADAMAS

AllahSWT

has created AdamAS

as the first human being who came to this

world without a father or mother. The rest of humanity is HisAS

offspring.

AdamAS himself was created with clay.

(:94)

And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.

(Surah 23 Ayah 12)

AdamsAS

wife EveAS

was created from HisAS

rib. He is considered the father

of humanity. AllahSWT

call us the children of AdamAS

.


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(:6.)

O children of Adam, if there come to you messengers from among you

relating to you My verses, then whoever fears Allah and reforms - ther

will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

(Surah 7 Ayah 35)

...(:9)

O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created

from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and

women (Surah 4 Ayah 1)

Apart from that AllahSWT

has appointed AdamAS

as the first Khalifatullah(Vice-regent/Representative) of Allah

SWTas well as the first prophet of Islam

on earth.


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...(:60)

And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord said to the angels,

"Indeed, I will make upon the earth a successive authority

(Surah 2 Ayah 30)

A surprising incident for AdamAS

, after HeAS

was created and AllahSWT

blew

HISSWT

soul in HimAS

, was that AllahSWT

ordered all the angels to prostrate t

HimAS.

Then He proportioned him and breathed into him from His [created] souand made for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful

(Surah 32 Ayah 9)

...(:62) And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; s

they prostrated (Surah 2 Ayah 34)


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AllahSWT

asked AdamAS

and His wife (EveAS

) to live in heaven and eat

whatever they liked, but warned them not to go close to a particular tree

otherwise they will be among the disobedient.

(:6)

And We said, "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eattherefrom in [ease and] abundance from wherever you will. But do not

approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."] (Surah 2 Ayah

35)

But the devil succeeded, by deceiving and convincing them to disobey

AllahSWT. Then AllahSWT removed them from the comfortable place they

were in.

...(:63)

But Satan caused them to slip out of it and removed them from that[condition] in which they had been (Surah 2 Ayah 36)

AdamAS

and Eve did not know how to ask for forgiveness, for the mistake. S

AllahSWT

taught them the followingdua.


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(:46.)

They said, "Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves, and if You do not

forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be among thelosers."(Surah 7 Ayah 23)

AllahSWT

forgave both of them, because HeSWT

is Most Forgiving and

Merciful.

(:6) Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He accepted his

repentance. Indeed, it is He who is the Accepting of repentance, the

Merciful.

(Surah 2 Ayah 37)

(This makes it very clear that the misunderstood and wrong belief of

original sin committed by Eve, is transferred to and carried out by the res

of the humanity, is nothing but a misguided belief without foundation. A

a matter of fact, AdamAS

and EveAS

both committed the mistake. AllahSWT

has already forgiven the sins of both AdamAS

and EveAS

. So there was no

sin to be transferred to or carried out by anyone.)


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After the forgiveness of both Adam and EveAS

, ALLAHSWT

asked both of the

to go down, live on earth and believe in HIMSWT

as the only One Creator of

the universe, and obey and worship HIMSWT

alone. This was the main

purpose of the creation of humanity.

(:3).

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me

(Surah 51 Ayah 56)

We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to yo

from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concernin

them, nor will they grieve.

They were also told that if they receive any guidance from HIMSWT

, and if the

followed it, then they will not have any fear or worry in their lives.

(2) NOAHas

(NOOHas

)


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After AdamAS

, AllahSWT

appointed NoahAS

as HISSWT

prophet on this earth.

Unlike any other prophet, NoahAS

was granted the age of more than 950years.

(:92.)

And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them

a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while the

were wrongdoers. (Surah 29 Ayah 14)

HeAS spent HisAS whole life preaching the truth but unfortunately very few

people accepted HisAS

message. HisAS

own wife and son did not believe in

Hisprophet hood.

After struggling so many years preaching Islam, NoahAS

was very upset, so

He made a special dua to AllahSWT

asking for the destruction of all the non-believers.


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( :26)

( :27)

And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among thedisbelievers an inhabitant. (Surah 71 Ayah 26)

Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not bege

except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever. (Surah 71 Ayah

27)

AllahSWT accepted HisAS dua and asked HimAS to build an ark to save HimAS

and the handful of HisAS

followers, HeAS

had, from the flood which was goin

to approach soon.

(:63.)

(:6)


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And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your peopl

except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by wh

they have been doing (Surah 11 Ayah 36)

And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and

do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they

are [to be] drowned."(Surah 11 ayah 37)

AllahSWT

then asked NoahAS

to aboard the ark along with all of HisAS

followers. The torment came in the form of a flood. Water spread all over

and rose as high as the mountains. Eventually everyone (except the people

of the ark) were drowned and immediately faced the fire.

(:4.)

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and thefound not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers. (Surah 71, Ayah

25)


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(:32) But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in

the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they

were a blind people. (Surah 7 Ayah 64)

(:6.)

And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ship

and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our

signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned (Surah 10

Ayah 73)

The details are in the following Ayahs of the Holy Quran:

(:63) (:6)


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(:65) (:6)

(:20)

(:29)

(:24)

(:26)

(:22) (:

2)


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(:23)

(:2)

(:25) And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your peopl

except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by wh

they have been doing.

And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and

do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they

are [to be] drowned."

And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminen

of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicul

us, then we will ridicule you just as you ridicule.And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrac

him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [i

the Hereafter]."

[So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, W

said, "Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family


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except those about whom the word has preceded, and [include] whoeve

has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.

And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allah is its course an

its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called

to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us

and be not with the disbelievers."

[But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the

water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Alla, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them

and he was among the drowned.

And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [you

rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and

the ship came to rest on the [mountain of] Judiyy. And it was said, "Awa

with the wrongdoing people."

And Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of m

family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of

judges!"

He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one

whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about

which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among

the ignorant."

[Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which

have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon

me, I will be among the losers."

It was said, "O Noah, disembark in security from Us and blessings upo

you and upon nations [descending] from those with you. But other


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nations [of them] We will grant enjoyment; then there will touch them

from Us a painful punishment."

(Surah 11 Ayah 36-48)

This unique torment in the form of a flood is a historical event in the histor

of humanity.

AllahSWT

says in the Holy Quran that HeSWT

will make this torment as a sign

and lesson for humanity.

(:9.)

But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a

sign for the worlds. (Surah 29 Ayah 15)

(:99) (:94)

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the

sailing ship

That We might make it for you a reminder and [that] a conscious ear

would be conscious of it. (Surah 69 Ayah 11- 12).


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AllahSWT

rose the next generation of humanity, from those few believers

who were saved in the boat from that flood.

(:29)

And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship

(Surah 36 Ayah 41)

(:.) (:5)

And We made his descendants those remaining [on the earth]

And left for him [favorable mention] among later generations


------------------------------------

(3 ) ABRAHAMAS

(IBRAHEEMAS

).

Prophet AbrahamAS

was a unique prophet who was granted a position at a

very high standard in prophet hood by AllahSWT

AllahSWT

mentions in several places in the Holy Quran that AbrahamAS

was

not a polytheist.


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(:96)

They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rathe

[we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was

not of the polytheists." (Surah 2 Ayah 135)

(:.)

Say, Allah has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham,

inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists." (Surah 3 Aya

95)

(:3.)

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining

toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the

polytheists.

(Surah 3 Ayah 67)


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HeAS

passed many difficult tests in HisAS

life which pleased AllahSWT

so much

that HESWT

declared HimAS

the Imam (Leader) of mankind.

... And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord wit

commands and he fulfilled them. [ Allah ] said, "Indeed, I will make you

leader for the people (Surah 2 Ayah 124)

One example of the many tests AbrahamAS

went through was when HeAS

was asked by AllahSWT

to leave HisAS

wife HajirahAS

and HisAS

small child

IsmaeelAS

in the desert, where there was no one to look after them. There

was no arrangement of food or water to drink. AbrahamAS

left them with a

small amount of food and water which was hardly enough for two days.

This obedient servant of AllahSWT

(having HisAS

full trust on HisAS

Creator an

by obeying HIMSWT

) left HisAS

family alone in the desert. Alhamdulillah HisAS

wife HajirahAS

who was also a pious lady, asked HimAS

, while HeAS

was

leaving, "Where are you going, Abraham, leaving us in this barren valley?

AbrahamAS

did not answer her, but continued walking. She repeated what

she said, but HeAS

remained silent. Finally, she realized that AllahSWT

had

commanded him to do this. So she asked Him: "Did AllahSWT

command you

to do so?" He replied: "Yes." Then HajirahAS

said: "We are not going to be

lost, since AllahSWT

, WHOSWT

has commanded you, is with us."When the small supply of food and water ran out Hajirah

ASsearched for

water by running between the two mountains called Safa and Marwa

seven times, finally with the grace of AllahSWT

she found water.


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This search of water by HajirahAS

was a historical event and has become a

religious obligation for the millions and millions of Muslims throughout the

world forever .This story carries a legacy for the rest of the Muslim world t

the Day of Judgment.

(:95.)

Indeed, as-Safa and al-Marwah are among the symbols of Allah . Sowhoever makes Hajj to the House or performs 'umrah - there is no blam

upon him for walking between them. And whoever volunteers good -

then indeed, Allah is appreciative and Knowing. (Surah 2 Ayah 158)

Thus millions and millions of Muslims throughout the world (no matter

where they come from) must imitate Hajirahs

AS

search of water by goingback and forth seven times, between the same two mountains Safa and

Marwa, whenever they perform the Hajj (the fifth obligation of Islam ) or

Umrah, this will continue till the Day of Judgment.

Another great test for AbrahamAS

was in HisAS

old age. AllahSWT

ordered

HimAS

in his dream to sacrifice His only young son IsmaeelAS

(A dream of

prophet is considered a revelation from Allah

SWT

). Abraham

AS

told His

AS

beloved son that HeAS

saw himsacrificing Him

ASin His

ASdream. Imagine ho

HeAS

must have felt!

IsmaeelAS

HisAS

beloved and pious son replied wholeheartedly, "O my fathe

do as you are commanded. You will find me, inshAllah, of the steadfast."


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When both obedient servants of AllahSWT

agreed and the fatherwas about

to sacrifice HisAS

beloved son then AllahSWT

called Oh Abraham you have

proved the dream to be true. Thus the life of a young son was saved.

Then AllahSWT

gave HimAS

an animal to sacrifice as a grand gift in place of

HisAS

beloved son. This sacrifice is a unique story in the history of humanity

AllahSWT

says that surely it was a great test, and the praise which it deserve

is left for the future generations, which became the symbol of obedience t

AllahSWT

by a wonderful fatherAbraham

ASand His

ASpious son Ismaeel

AS.

.

(:904) (:906)

(:902)

(:90)

(:903) (:90)

(:905) (:90)


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(:990) (:999)

And when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son

indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what yo

think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find

me, if Allah wills, of thesteadfast.And when they had both submitted

and he put him down upon his forehead, We called to him, "O Abraham

You have fulfilled the vision." Indeed, We thus reward the doers of good

Indeed, this was the clear trial. And We ransomed him with a great

sacrifice, And We left for him [favorable mention] among later

generations: "Peace upon Abraham." Indeed, We thus reward the doer

of good. Indeed, he was of Our believing servants.

(Surah 37 Ayah 102-111)

This was not the end. Millions and millions of the followers of the ProphetAbraham

ASremember this historical sacrifice in the form of an obligatory

ritual. This ritual is one of the five pillars of Islam called the Hajj, which is

performed every year, by those who can afford it, at least once in their life

time. All the pilgrims performing Hajj, who come from every corner of the

globe, must sacrifice an animal during the Hajj as a remembrance of the

hard test which our grandfather went through. This ritual is a symbol of th

unique sacrifice which was performed by AbrahamAS in the obedience ofHis

ASCreator.

Muslims who do not come for the Hajj obligation that year, also sacrifice a

animal during those same days of pilgrimage. Their sacrifice is carried out a

their homes (nearby farms) and they celebrate Eid on the same day as th


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pilgrims. In short this celebration of sacrifice will be enjoyed by every

Muslim throughout the world every year till the Day of Judgment,

InshaAllah.

As it was mentioned earlier, AbrahamAS

was very much in favor of

monotheism, HeAS

had several arguments with different people including

HisAS

own father who was an idol worshiper.

(:2)

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father Azar, "D

you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in

manifest error."

(Surah 6 Ayah 74)

(:9) (:4)

(:6) (:2) (:)

(:3)


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And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgment before, and

We were of him well-Knowing When he said to his father and his people

"What are these statues to which you aredevoted? Theysaid, "We

found our fathers worshippers ofthem. He said, "You were certainly,

you and your fathers, in manifesterror. Theysaid, "Have you come to

us with truth, or are you of those who jest?He said, "[No], rather, you

Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I,

that, am of those who testify. (Surah 21 Ayah 51-56)

HeAS

was a strong daee (preacher) who argued against idol worshipping,even with King Namrood, of His

ASown country (Iraq).

(:45)

Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his

Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham

said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and causes death," he said, "I

give life and cause death." Abraham said, "Indeed, Allah brings up the

sun from the east, so bring it up from the west." So the disbeliever was

overwhelmed [by astonishment], and Allah does not guide thewrongdoing people. (Surah 2 Ayah 258)

The people of his country were so upset and fed up with HimAS

, they

decided to burn HimAS

alive. They arranged for a fire and threw HimAS

into

it, but they were unable to succeed. AllahSWT

ordered the fire to cool down


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and be comfortable to HimAS

. Finally, HeAS

came out of the fire safe and

alive, Alhamdulillah.

(:) (:5) (:) (:30)

(:39) (:34)

(:36) (:32)

(:3) (:33)

(:3) (:35)


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(:3) (:0)

And [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you hav

turned and goneaway. So he made them into fragments, except a larg

one among them, that they might return to it [and question].They said,

"Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of thewrongdoers. The

said, "We heard a young man mention them who is called Abraham.Theysaid, "Then bring him before the eyes of the people that they ma

testify. Theysaid, "Have you done this to our gods, OAbraham? He

said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they

should [be able to]speak. So they returned to [blaming] themselves an

said [to each other], "Indeed, you are thewrongdoers. Then they

reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do

notspeak! He said, "Then do you worship instead of Allah that which

does not benefit you at all or harm you?Uff to you and to what you

worship instead of Allah . Then will you not use reason? They said,

"Burn him and support your gods - if you are toact. Allah said, "O fire

be coolness and safety uponAbraham. Andthey intended for him harm

but We made them the greatest losers. (Surah 21 Ayah 57 -70)

(:)

And [then] he said, "Indeed, I will go to [where I am ordered by] my Lord

He will guide me. (Surah 37 Ayah 99)


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These are the same reasons, along with many others, that AbrahamAS

was

person whom AllahSWT

was very pleased. AllahSWT

declared HimAS

in the Ho

Quran as:

(1) The Imam (leader) of all humanity:

(:942)

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham was tried by his Lord wit

commands and he fulfilled them. [ Allah ] said, "Indeed, I will make you

leader for the people." [Abraham] said, "And of my descendants?" [ Alla

] said, "My covenant does not include the wrongdoers." (Surah 2 Ayah

124)

(2) Apart from that, AllahSWT

has also granted HimAS

the wonderful title

Kaleelullah (a friend of AllahSWT

).

(:94.)


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And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allah whi

being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining

toward truth? And Allah took Abraham as an intimate friend. (Surah 4

Ayah 125)

(3) AbrahamAS

had so many wonderful and high qualities that AllahSWT

expressed HisAS

personality as an ummah (a nation).

(:940)

Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to

Allah, inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate

others with Allah. (Surah 16 Ayah 120)

At that time, HeAS was the only representative of the monotheist religion o

Islam. On the other side there was an entire nation with several leaders of

idol worshipers which were against HimAS

. This single personality did so

much for Islam that it is compared to the amount of work of an entire

Ummah (nation).

(4) HeAS

was so humble, pious and steadfast on HisAS

belief that AllahSWT

described HimAS

as Haneef (unswerving, inclining toward the truth)


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(:3)

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was one inclining

toward truth, a Muslim [submitting to Allah]. And he was not of the

polytheist

(Surah 3 Ayah 67)

(5) The other two titles granted by AllahSWT

to AbrahamAS

were Haleem

and Muneeb (forbearing, gentle and [frequently] repenting)

(:992.)

And the request of forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only

because of a promise he had made to him. But when it became apparen

to Abraham that his father was an enemy to Allah, he disassociated

himself from him. Indeed was Abraham compassionate and patient.

(Surah 9 Ayah 114)


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(:.)

Indeed, Abraham was forbearing, grieving and [frequently] returning

[to Allah ].(Surah 11 Ayah 75)

(6) AllahSWT

also described AbrahamAS

as a person with qalbin saleem

(pure hearted) person.

(:52)

When he came to his Lord with a sound heart (Surah 37 Ayah 84)

(7) Like a true slave of AllahSWT

, HeAS

declared that HisAS

prayer, HisAS

sacrifice, and HisAS

life and death are for AllahSWT

and AllahSWT

alone.

(:934)

Say, "Indeed, my prayer, my rites of sacrifice, my living and my dying a

for Allah, Lord of the worlds. (Surah 6 Ayah 162)


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(8) Whenever AllahSWT

asked HimAS

to do something, HeAS

immediately

obeyed and proved to be a true, obedient servant of AllahSWT

.

(:969) When his Lord said to him, "Submit", he said "I have submitted [in Islam

to the Lord of the worlds."(Surah 2 Ayah 131)

(9) When AllahSWT

decided to rebuild HisSWT

house on this earth, HeSWT

selected AbrahamAS

and His elder son IsmaeelAS

to build the Kaba.

(:

94) (:945)

(:94)

And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the Hous

and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], "Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indee

You are the Hearing, the Knowing.


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Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our

descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us ou

rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of

repentance, the Merciful.

Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who wi

recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and

purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise." (Surah 2

Ayah 127- 129)

(10) The place where AbrahamAS

was standing to build the Kaba was giventhe name The Place of Ibraheem it was also made as a place of worship.

(:94) And [mention] when We made the House a place of return for the peopl

and [a place of] security. And take, [O believers], from the standing plac

of Abraham a place of prayer. And We charged Abraham and Ishmael,

[saying], "Purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those wh

are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [inprayer]."(Surah 2 Ayah 125)

AbrahamAS

thanked AllahSWT

and made a special dua which is the result of

the appointment of our great Prophet MOHAMMUDSAW


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(:94)

Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who wi

recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and

purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise." (Surah 2

Ayah 129)

(11) AbrahamAS

is the only Prophet in whose families (children) there we

hundreds of Prophets sent. Starting from HisAS

two sons IsmaeelAS

and

IshaqAS

, prophet hood continued for many generations till the last prophet

of Islam---Prophet MohammudSAW

.

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(:5) (:53)

(:5)

(:55)

(:5)

And We gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. An

Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David andSolomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We rewa

the doers of good.

And Zechariah and John and Jesus and Elias - and all were of the

righteous.

And Ishmael and Elisha and Jonah and Lot - and all [of them] We

preferred over the worlds.

And [some] among their fathers and their descendants and their brothe

- and We chose them and We guided them to a straight path.

That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills o

His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthles

for them would be whatever they were doing.


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Those are the ones to whom We gave the Scripture and authority and

prophet hood. But if the disbelievers deny it, then We have entrusted it

a people who are not therein disbelievers


(12) AllahSWT

addressed AbrahamAS

as the father of the prophets.

(:3)

And thus will your Lord choose you and teach you the interpretation o

narratives and complete His favor upon you and upon the family of

Jacob, as He completed it upon your fathers before, Abraham and Isaa

Indeed, your Lord is Knowing and Wise." (Surah 12 ayah 6)

The above mentioned points are a few examples of how AbrahamAS

spent

His life dedicated to the pleasure of AllahSWT,

which no doubt makes Him a

great prophet of Islam.

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(4) MOSESAS

(MUSAAS

)

Moses is one of the few famous Prophets that The Holy Quran speaks abou

in detail. He received the famous Book called Torah which like other

Books (besides The Holy Quran) was lost and changed as time passed.

MosesAS

is the only Prophet AllahSWT

spoke to in this world directly, (behinda curtain).

(:

932.)

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories]

you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you.

And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech. (Surah 4 Ayah164)

Later on HeAS

was granted the Divine Book Torah whose teachings were

written on Tablets.


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(:92.) And We wrote for him on the tablets [something] of all things -

instruction and explanation for all things, [saying], "Take them with

determination and order your people to take the best of it. I will show yo

the home of the defiantly disobedient."(Surah 7:145)

Once MosesAS was traveling with HisAS family and HeAS saw a fire, HeAS told

HisAS

family to wait and HeAS

would go and see if HeAS

could bring a brand o

fire for them to warm themselves, or find some guidance for their travel.

When HeAS

went there HeAS

heard a voice saying "O Moses, Indeed, I am

your Lord, so remove your sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of

Tuwa. And I have chosen you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].Indeed,

am Allah. There is no deity except ME, so worship ME and establish prayer

for MY remembrance. Indeed, the Hour is coming

Then AllahSWT

asked HimAS

What is that in your right hand? HeAS

replied

that it was HisAS

staff and continued HisAS

conversation by explaining the

different uses of the staff.

After that, AllahSWT

asked HimAS

to throw the staff on the ground, which Hedid. The staff immediately turned into a live snake. Moses

ASwas frightened

but AllahSWT

asked HimAS

to grab it without being afraid. HeAS

grabbed it an

the snake turned back into a staff. This was the first miracle granted to

MosesAS

from AllahSWT

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AllahSWT

then asked MosesAS

to put HisAS

hand under HisAS

arm. HESWT

told

HimAS

that it will come out shining without any pain. This was the second

miracle which MosesAS

was given from AllahSWT

. Then AllahSWT

asked

MosesAS to take those two miracles to Pharaoh and invite him to acceptIslam.

MosesAS

accepted, but asked AllahSWT

to remove the weakness of HisAS

speech and send HisAS

brother AaronAS

(HaroonAS

) to help Him. AllahSWT

granted HimAS

HisAS

request regarding HisAS

speech as well as HisAS

dua for

AaronAS

.

(:.)

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(:93.) (:9.)

(:95.) (:9.)

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(:42.)

(:4.)

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(:60.) (:69.)

(:64.) (:66.) (:62).

(:6.) (:63.)

And has the story of Moses reached you? -When he saw a fire and saidto his family, "Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can

bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance." And when he cam

to it, he was called, "O Moses, Indeed, I am your Lord, so remove your

sandals. Indeed, you are in the sacred valley of Tuwa. And I have chose

you, so listen to what is revealed [to you].Indeed, I am Allah. There is n

deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My

remembrance. Indeed, the Hour is coming - I almost conceal it - so thaevery soul may be recompensed according to that for which it strives. S

do not let one avert you from it who does not believe in it and follows h

desire, for you [then] would perish. And what is that in your right hand,

Moses?" He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves

for my sheep and I have therein other uses." [ Allah ] said, "Throw it

down, O Moses." So he threw it down, and thereupon it was a snake,


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moving swiftly. [ Allah ] said, "Seize it and fear not; We will return it to

its former condition. And draw in your hand to your side; it will come ou

white without disease - another sign, That We may show you [some] o

Our greater signs. Go to Pharaoh. Indeed, he has transgressed."

[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance] And

ease for me my task And untie the knot from my tongue That they may

understand my speech. And appoint for me a minister from my family

Aaron, my brother.Increase through him my strength And let him share

my task That we may exalt You much And remember You much. Indeed

You are of us ever Seeing." [ Allah ] said, "You have been granted you

request, O Moses.(Surah 20 Ayah 9-36)

They both went to Pharaoh and invited him to accept Islam. MosesAS

said,

"O Pharaoh, I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds [Who is]

obligated not to say about Allah except the truth. I have come to you with

clear evidence from your Lord, so send with me the Children of Israel."

Pharaoh said "If you have come with a sign, then bring it forth, if you shou

be of the truthful." Then MosesAS

threw HisAS

staff which suddenly turned

into a live snake. HeAS

then pulled HisAS

hand out from under HisAS

arm; it

was shining in front of the crowd. The leaders ofPharaohs people said tha

they suspect MosesAS

is a master magician who wants to throw them out o

their land. Then they suggested calling all the expert magicians of the

country and having an open competition.

In this competition all the magicians presented their magic, by throwingtheir sticks and staffs, had snakes running around in the field. Moses

AS

threw HisAS

staff in the field which turned into a real snake and swallowed

all the artificial snakes of the magicians. The magicians were surprised, as

they knew the limits of magic, this led them to believe MosesAS

is a real


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prophet. So all the magicians immediately fell into prostration and declare

that they believe in the God that MosesAS

and AaronAS

believe in.

(:906.) (:902.)

(:90.) (:903.)

(:90.) (:905.)

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(:996) (:992.)

(:99.)

(:993.)

(:99.) (:995.) (:99.)

(:940.) (:949.) (:944.)

Then We sent after them Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and hisestablishment, but they were unjust toward them. So see how the end othe corrupters was. And Moses said, "O Pharaoh, I am a messenger frothe Lord of theworlds [Who is] obligated not to say about Allah excep

the truth. I have come to you with clear evidence from your Lord, so senwith me the Children of Israel." [Pharaoh] said, "If you have come withsign, then bring it forth, if you should be of the truthful." So Moses thre

his staff, and suddenly it was a serpent, manifest. And he drew out hishand; thereupon it was white [with radiance] for the observers. Said th

eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learnedmagician Who wants to expel you from your land [through magic], so


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what do you instruct?" They said, "Postpone [the matter of] him and hibrother and send among the cities gatherers Who will bring you every

learned magician."

And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is areward if we are the predominant." He said, "Yes, and, [moreover], you

will be among those made near [to me]." They said, "O Moses, either yothrow [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]." He said,

"Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the peopleand struck terror into them, and they presented a great [feat of] magic.And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devourewhat they were falsifying. So the truth was established, and abolished

was what they were doing. And Pharaoh and his people were overcomright there and became debased. And the magicians fell down in

prostration [to Allah ]. They said, "We have believed in the Lord of theworlds, The Lord of Moses and Aaron."(Surah 7 Ayah 103-122)

This made Pharaoh very upset, he was ready to take revenge. AllahSWT aske

MosesAS

to escape with Bani Israel. When Pharaoh found out, he followed

MosesAS

with his people. When MosesAS

reached the edge of the sea HeAS

threw HisAS

staff on to the water. The water immediately split into two

parts. Each side stood like a wall with a clear path in between, so the peop

could easily cross the sea.

MosesAS

followers crossed the sea, but when Pharaoh and his peopleentered the path, reached the middle of the sea, water from both sides

joined together. Pharaoh and his followers were drowned in the sea, by th

order of AllahSWT

.


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(:4.) (:6.)

(:2.) (:.)

(:3.) (:.)

(:5.) (:.)

(:30.)

(:39.) (:34.)

(:36.)(:32.)

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(:33.) (:3

(:35) And We inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants; indeed,you will be pursued." Then Pharaoh sent among the cities gatherers[And said], "Indeed, those are but a small band, And indeed, they are

enraging us, And indeed, we are a cautious society... So We removed

them from gardens and springs And treasures and honorable station Thus. And We caused to inherit it the Children of Israel. So they pursue

them at sunrise. And when the two companies saw one another, thecompanions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!" [Moses

said, "No! Indeed, with me is my Lord; He will guide me." Then Weinspired to Moses, "Strike with your staff the sea," and it parted, andeach portion was like a great towering mountain. And We advancedthereto the pursuers. And We saved Moses and those with him, all

together. Then We drowned the others. Indeed in that is a sign, but mosof them were not to be believers. And indeed, your Lord - He is theExalted in Might, the Merciful.(Surah 26 Ayah 52-68)

As Pharaoh realized he was facing death, he admitted his mistakes and

wanted to believe in AllahSWT

but it was too late. AllahSWT

decided to save h

body as a sign for humanity.


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( :50)

And [recall] when We parted the sea for you and saved you and drowne

the people of Pharaoh while you were looking on. (Surah 2 Ayah 50)

(0:) (9:)

(4:)

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and hisoldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowningovertook him, he said, "I believe that there is no deity except that in

whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of theMuslims. Now? Anyou had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters? So todayWe will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you asign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless

(Surah 10 Ayah90-92)


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(:)

(:5)

(:)

And We had inspired to Moses, "Travel by night with My servants andstrike for them a dry path through the sea; you will not fear beingovertaken [by Pharaoh] nor be afraid [of drowning]." So Pharaoh

pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the seathat which covered them, And Pharaoh led his people astray and did no

guide [them].


This is how Bani Israel were freed and released with the help of AllahSWT

from the tyranny and slavery of Pharaoh. In return Bani Israel should have

been grateful and obedient to AllahSWT

by following this great Prophet


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MosesAS

. Unfortunately this nation was very disobedient; they had many

ups and downs due to their disobedience, and faced several torments from

AllahSWT

in their future life.

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(5) JESUSAS

(EESAAS

)

Jesus is also one of the famous prophets of Islam who received the

revelations for the Book called The BIBLE (INGEEL). This Prophet is unique the sense that he is the only person in humanity who was born without a

father. HeAS

is the only person raised up, alive into the heavens, which is th

result of the Wonderful Divine Power of AllahSWT

. HisAS

surprising birth is

briefly explained by AllahSWT

in the Holy Quran.

(:2)

She said, "My Lord, how will I have a child when no man has touchedme?" [The angel] said, "Such is Allah; He creates what He wills. When H

decrees a matter, He only says to it, 'Be,' and it is. (Surah 3 Ayah 47)


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(:62.) (:6.)

That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are dispute. It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When

He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is. (Surah 19 Ayah335)

(:9.)

And [mention] the one who guarded her chastity, so We blew into her[garment] through Our angel [Gabriel], and We made her and her son a

sign for the worlds.(Surah 21 Ayah 91)

When Mary

AS

(Maryam

AS

) the mother of Jesus

AS

was informed by Allah

SWT

through an angel that Allah

SWTwas going to grant her a pious child she

was

surprised. She asked, "How can I have a boy while no man has ever touche

me? The angel replied, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for ME,

and WE will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from US. And it is a

matter [already] decreed."

When SheAS conceived HimAS, SheAS withdrew, retreated, to a distant placefar from her family.


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(:44.) (:46.)

(:42.) (:4.)

(:43.)

So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place. Anthe pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said,

"Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten." But hcalled her from below her, "Do not grieve; your Lord has provided

beneath you a stream. And shake toward you the trunk of the palm tree

it will drop upon you ripe, fresh dates. So eat and drink and becontented. And if you see from among humanity anyone, say, 'Indeed, have vowed to the Most Merciful abstention, so I will not speak today t

[any] man.' "(Surah 19 Ayah 22-26)

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(:69.) (:64.)

(:66.) (:62.)

(:6.)

Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Maryyou have certainly done a thing unprecedented. O sister of Aaron, you

father was not a man of evil, nor was your mother unchaste." So shepointed to him. They said, "How can we speak to one who is in the crada child?" [Jesus] said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah . He has givenme the Scripture and made me a prophet. And He has made me blessewherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as remain alive And [made me] dutiful to my mother, and He has not mad

me a wretched tyrant. And peace is on me the day I was born and the daI will die and the day I am raised alive." That is Jesus, the son of Mary


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the word of truth about which they are in dispute. It is not [befitting] foAllah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only

says to it, "Be," and it is. (Surah 19 Ayah 27-35)

JesusAS

was sent as a prophet towards Bani Israel.

...(:3)

And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O children of Israelindeed I am the messenger of Allah to you (Surah 61 Ayah 6)

AllahSWT

granted JesusAS

a number of strange and strong miracles. HeAS

would make a bird with clay, blow in it, and it would turn into a live bird,

with the order of AllahSWT

. HeAS

could cure the born blind, the leaper, and

give life to the dead, with the help of AllahSWT

. HeAS

also let people knowwhat they ate and what they left at home, again with the help of Allah

SWT.

(

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And [make him] a messenger to the Children of Israel, [who will say],'Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design fo

you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah . And I cure the blind and

the leper, and I give life to the dead - by permission of Allah. And I inforyou of what you eat and what you store in your houses. Indeed in that i

a sign for you, if you are believers.

(Surah 3 Ayah 49)

(:990)

[The Day] when Allah will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember Myfavor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the

Pure Spirit and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; an[remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and thGospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a


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bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a birdwith My permission; and you healed the blind and the leper with My

permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permissionand when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you

came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among themsaid, "This is not but obvious magic." (Surah 5 Ayah 110)

Regarding HisAS

disappearance from this world, the Holy Quran clearly

states that neither was HeAS

crucified nor was HeAS

killed, but AllahSWT

raise

HimAS up alive.

(:9.)

(:95)

And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, theson of Mary, the messenger of Allah." And they did not kill him, nor didthey crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And

indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have noknowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not ki

him, for certain. Rather, Allah raised him to Himself. And ever is AllahExalted in Might and Wise. (Surah 4 Ayah 157-158)

As a matter of fact, AllahSWT

had already informed HISSWT

plan to JesusAS

,

(that He will be lifted up alive to the sky).


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(:.)

[Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise yoto Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those wh

follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those whodisbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and

will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.(Surah 3 Ayah 55)

AllahSWT also gave the indication that before the Day of Resurrection JesusA

will be back on this earth and people will believe in HimAS

.

(:

9.) And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surebelieve in Jesus before his death. And on the Day of Resurrection he w

be against them a witness (Surah 4 Ayah 159)


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This is the unique brief history of JesusAS

which shows that AllahSWT

has the

Power to grant anyone, anything HESWT

likes. JesusAS

fulfilled HisAS

duty and

called the people towards Islam. Even after showing such miracles of Divin

Power granted to HimAS by AllahSWT, HeAS had very little success in HisASmission.

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(6) MOHAMMUD(SAW)

After JesusAS

, came MohammudSAW

, the final Prophetof Islam. InshaAllah

we will study the life of this prophet in some detail. This will InshaAllah

make it clear that AllahSWT

has showered HISSWT

unlimited blessings more

than HESWT

has showered on anyone else, and granted HimSAW

the most

Powerful Miracle ---The HOLY QURAN.

It was made very clear in the previous pages that after the Prophet

MohammudSAW

there will be neither another Prophet, nor will there be an

new revelations from AllahSWT

, sent for humanity, till the Day of Judgment.

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Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] theMessenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah , of all

things, Knowing.

(Surah 33 Ayah 40)

(:.)

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be itsguardian. (Surah 15 Ayah 9)

The above Ayah shows that the Quran is a Divine Revelation that AllahSWT

HimselfSWT

has guarded from any change. The people who will come after

the death of the Prophet Mohammudsaw

will have no other choice, but tofollow Him

SAWas a prophet (in His

SAWabsence) along with the Book sent to

HimSAW

(The Holy Quran), for their salvation. This is a unique law which

never applied to any previous prophetor Book.

To understand the status of any prophet one must study two main points:(1)His status in the prophet hood

(2)The power and strength of the miracle given to that prophet.

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Different prophets came in different times. As one prophet left this world,

the effect of His prophet hood was no longer valid. Another prophet used

take His place and people were supposed to follow the new prophet. This

was not with the case of the Prophet MohammudSAW. When the ProphetMohammud

SAWdied; His

SAWprophet hood was still active and alive and

remained as strong as before. The people who came after HisSAW

death had

no other choice but to follow Prophet MohammedSAW

for their salvation on

the Day of Judgment.

The effect of the preservation of the prophet hood, of the Prophet

MohammudSAW, after HisSAW death, was unique and unlimited because the

was no other prophet to come.

For the help of the future generations to be able to follow this ProphetSAW

,

AllahSWT

has arranged for the preservation of HisSAW

prophet hood in a very

reliable and authentic manner. AllahSWT

has arranged to preserve HisSAW

whole way of life in writing which is called Hadith which not only shows

how HeSAW

followed the Holy Quran but also what HeSAW

said and did, in

HisSAW

public and private life. All this is well preserved in the most reliable

and authentic books called Bukhari and Muslim.

Apart from this, a great opportunity to follow this ProphetSAW

, (who was a

practical example of how to follow the teachings of The Holy Quran) we al

have the preservation of the practical life of the closest companions of the

Prophet MohammudSAW

. They are the wonderful, pious companions of the

ProphetSAW

, who spent their entire life in close companionship day and


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night. The Prophet MohammudSAW

was extremely pleased with them and

declared that the best era was HisSAW

era and the era of HisSAW

companions

(:905.)

Say, "This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follome. And exalted is Allah; and I am not of those who associate others

with Him."

(Surah 12 Ayah 108)

These close companions are called sahaba. They spent their lives with th

ProphetSAW

and learned the true practical Islamic way of life from HisSAW

companionship. These followers of the Prophet

SAW

used to ask questionsand apply what they learned, to their lives.

They saw that the Prophet MuhammadSAW

not only preached Islam but

HeSAW

himself practiced it. During this sacred companionship they lived so

close to the ProphetSAW

that they became a true copy of the Prophet

MohammudSAW

.

The life of the sahaba (companions) is also well preserved in writings in the

form of books. One can examine the following wonderful Ayaat of the Holy


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Quran which are very similar to the good characters of the sahaba

(Companions).

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(:32.)

(:3.) (:33.)

(:3.)

(:35.)

And the servants of the Most Merciful are those who walk upon the eareasily, and when the ignorant address them [harshly], they say [words

of] peace, And those who spend [part of] the night to their Lordprostrating and standing [in prayer] And those who say, "Our Lord, avefrom us the punishment of Hell. Indeed, its punishment is ever adhering

Indeed, it is evil as a settlement and residence." And [they are] thosewho, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are everbetween that, [justly] moderate And those who do not invoke with Alla

another deity or kill the soul which Allah has forbidden [to be killed],except by right, and do not commit unlawful sexual intercourse. And

whoever should do that will meet a penalty. (Surah 25 Ayah 63-68)


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(:4.) (:6.)

(:

2.) (:.)

(:3)

And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pasnear ill speech, they pass by with dignity. And those who, when

reminded of the verses of their Lord, do not fall upon them deaf andblind. And those who say, "Our Lord, grant us from among our wives an

offspring comfort to our eyes and make us an example for therighteous." Those will be awarded the Chamber for what they patiently

endured, and they will be received therein with greetings and [words opeace. Abiding eternally therein. Good is the settlement and residence


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Indeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men andbelieving women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful

men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humbmen and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, th

fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private partsand the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often andthe women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a

great reward. (Surah 33 Ayah 35)

Thus it makes it very easy for anyone to follow the Islamic way of life, evenin the absence of the Prophet Mohammud

SAW. There are now the three

established facts for a person, who wants to follow Islam at any time and

any place in the world, till the Day of Judgment.

(1) The Holy Quran which is still in its original form and language will

remain the same for the rest of the humanity.

(2) A complete practical life of the Prophet Mohammudsaw who is the

true follower of the Holy Quran has been authentically preserved in

detail.

The importance of following the life of the Prophet Mohammudsaw

in Islam

is clearly emphasized by AllahSWT

in the Holy Quran in the following Ayaat


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(:69)

(:64)

Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allawill love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and

Merciful." Say, "Obey Allah and the Messenger." But if they turn away then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers.


(:50.)

He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah ; but those who turnaway - We have not sent you over them as a guardian. (Surah 4 Ayah 80


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(:94)

And I have been commanded to be the first [among you] of the Muslims

(Surah 39 Ayah 12)

(:49)

There has certainly been for you in the Messengers of Allah an excellenpattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who]

remembers Allah often. (Surah 33 Ayah 21)

(3) The practical life of the sacred companions of the ProphetMohammud

SAWis also well preserved.

Having the above three unique guidances such as the preservation of the

Holy Quran, the complete authentic life of the Prophet MohammedSAW

, an

also the life of HisSAW

companions, makes it very easy for one to follow Isla

at anytime and anywhere in the world till the last Day of Judgment.

The above brief explanation gives us the idea of how Prophet

MohammudSAW

s prophet hood was preserved and made easy to follow,

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(2) MIRACLES.

After prophet hood, the second category which should be considered is thpower of miracles. Miracles are an additional support given to prophets

which are beyond the capability of any creation. They are granted by

ALLAHSWT

to the prophets to prove their prophet hood.

The effects of all the previous prophets miracles were as long as those

prophetsremained alive on earth, but the effect of the miracle of the

Prophet MohammudSAW (The Holy Quran) remains the same even after

HisSAW

death. As the prophet hood is everlasting, so the miracle of The Hol

Quran is also everlasting.

It is the only Divine Book or miracle which is preserved in its original form

and power with the personal responsibility of AllahSWT

Alone.

This is the unique example in the prophet hood of Islam.

(:).

Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be itsguardian. (Surah 15 Ayah 9)

After the death of the Prophet MohammudSAW

humanity has no other

choice but to believe, read and follow this Great Miracle (The Holy Quran)


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along with the practical example of the ProphetSAW

for their salvation, as w

are all doing today. ALHAMDULILLAH.

It is clear; no other miracle besides The Holy Quran will be the criteria for

the salvation of humanity, starting from the prophet hood of the Prophet

MohammudSAW

until the Day of Judgment.

Apart from this The Holy Quran challenges the non-Muslims to bring a sma

surah of the same standard as found in The Holy Quran. This challenge

was given at the time of the Prophet MohammudSAW

. The same challenge

still stands today, (word by word) and will InshaAllah remain till the Day ofJudgment.

Not a single person ever stood to meet this challenge nor will they ever be

able to do so in the future, because of the linguistic miracle of the Holy

Quran.

(:46.)

(:42.)

And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Serva[Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon yourwitnesses other than Allah , if you should be truthful. But if you do not


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and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men andstones, prepared for the disbelievers. (Surah 2 Ayah 23-24)

Thus the Holy Quran is a unique miracle. In other words it is the miracle of

miracles.

It is the only miracle that remains fully effective in its original form, even

after the death of the ProphetSAW

.

This clearly shows that HisSAW

miracle is unique and it is in humanitys best

interest to follow it and earn salvation.

So now, if we study and compare the prophet hoods and the miracles

among all the prophets, we notice that in both cases one must follow

Prophet MuhammadSAW

and HisSAW

miracle even after HisSAW

death. .

Apart from all the above blessings of ALLAH on Prophet MohammedSAWthere are some other blessings, which are also worth considering.

(1) Prophet MohammudSAW

accomplished one of the most important

missions of all the prophets.This mission was the establishment of an

Islamic state (Iqamath-e-Deen) during a single prophet hood period whichno other prophet ever achieved.

In other words the laws of the Holy Quran (or the shariah) were enforced

practically in the whole country. The laws of the land were the laws of the


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QURAN. They were fully enforced in the land, in every aspect of human life

such as economic, social, cultural, political, educational, legal etc, etc

HeSAW

fought several battles with HisSAW

companions whom HeSAW

HimselfSAW

trained. HeSAW

was personally injured during one of thebattles,

but did not give up. Amazingly enough, HeSAW

achieved this important goa

within (approximately) twenty three years. This was one of the main

purposes of sending the prophets but Alhamdulillah HeSAW

was the only

prophet who achieved this goal.

(:66.)

It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion oftruth to manifest it over all religion, although they who associate other

with Allah dislike it. (Surah 9 Ayah 33)

(:96.)

He has ordained for you of religion what He enjoined upon Noah and thwhich We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what We enjoinedupon Abraham and Moses and Jesus - to establish the religion and no


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be divided therein. Difficult for those who associate others with Allah ithat to which you invite them. Allah chooses for Himself whom He willsand guides to Himself whoever turns back [to Him]. (Surah 42 Ayah 13

( :9)

It is He who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truthto manifest it over all religion, although those who associate others wit

Allah dislike it. (61:9)

(2)AllahSWT

says in the Holy Quran that HESWT

has completed the Deen fo

Mohammudsaw

:

...(:6)

This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favoupon you and have approved for you Islam as religion (Surah 5 Ayah

This does not mean that the Deen (Islam) granted to the previous

prophets was not complete, this was not so. Every Deen was complet

at the time of every Prophet, according to their standard and way of

living. In the case of the Deen (Islam) of the Prophet MohammudSAW

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is such a comprehensive, well balanced and advanced Deen, it does

not need any change to adjust to the standard or way of life, of the

future generations, till the Day of Judgment.

This means that the Deen of the Prophet MohammudSAW

is suitable and is

practicable by anyone, at any time, and anywhere in the world till the

Day of Judgment.

(3)AllahSWT

granted the best title Khair-ul-Ummah (The Best Nation) to

the nation of the Prophet MohammudSAW

which means that HisSAW

nation has the superiority over all other nations.

The reason for granting this title (to this nation) was because AllahSWT

has imposed a great responsibility of amar bill maroof wa nahi anil

munkar which means that every member of this nation is responsible

to fulfill the obligation of a prophet i.e. to encourage the people to do

good deeds and to abstain from doing bad deeds.

In other words this responsibility is a kind of purification for humanity andan invitation towards the religion of Islam. To fulfill this responsibility a

person must practice Islam in his or her personal practical life first.


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(:66.) And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does

righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims (Surah 41 Ayah 3

By fulfilling this command this nation will become the best.

(:990)

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. Youenjoin what is right and forbid whatis wrong and believe in Allah

(Surah 3 Ayah 110)

(4) On the Day of Judgment Prophet MohammudSAW

will be called as a

witness over all the witnesses of other nations. From each nation one

witness (prophet) will be called and He will witness that He has conveyed

the message of AllahSWT

to His people. Finally Prophet MohammudSAW

will

bear witness over all those witnesses (prophets). This unique and the

highest stage will be granted to the Prophet MohammudSAW

only, and to n

other prophet.

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So how [will it be] when We bring from every nation a witness and webring you, [O Muhammad] against these [people] as a witness? (Surah

Ayah 41)

(5) AllahSWT

has also granted Him the wonderful title of Rahamath-ul-

lilalameen which means that his arrival is a mercy for the universe.

And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to theworlds.

In other words, HeSAW

was sent as a blessing, not only for HisSAW

nation, bualso for the whole humanity as a whole, as well as for the entire universe.

This kind of mercy and favor is not found with any other prophet.

(6) The glad tidings of the coming of the Prophet MohammudSAW

to this

world were given in advance to the previous nations by AllahSWT

in their

Books. They were told that Prophet Mohammud will come in the future an

will guide the people of the Prophet MosesAS.

He will remove their misunderstandings which they imposed on themselve

i.e. in the matter of Halal and Haram and the different customs which they

introduced by themselves (which had nothing to do with the teachings of

Torah).


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(:9.) Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they finwritten in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upothem what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful fo

them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who hav

believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the lightwhich was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.

(Surah 7 Ayah 157)

JesusAS

(EesaAS

) also gave the good news that a prophet was going to com

after HimAS

whose name would be Ahmed. (AhmedSAW

is another name o

the Prophet MohammudSAW

.)

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And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O children of Israeindeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came beforme of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come afte

me, whose name is Ahmad." But when he came to them with clear

evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic." (Surah 61 Ayah 6)

This kind of glad tidings in advance is not found with any other prophet.

(7) AllahSWT

declared that the life of the Prophet MohammudSAW

, a true

follower of the Holy Quran, is the best example for the whole humanity. It

means that HeSAW

is a role model, not only for the people living during

HisSAW

life, but also for the generations which will come in the future till th

Day of Judgment. In other words, after HisSAW

death whoever steps on this

earth will need to follow this wonderful example for their salvation on the

Day of Judgment.

There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellen

pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who]

remembers Allah often.

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(:50.) He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah ; but those who turn

away - We have not sent you over them as a guardian. (Surah 4 Ayah 80

This unique condition to follow this model, after HisSAW

death for salvation,

will never be found with any other prophet in the history of Islam.

(8) The Prophet MohammudSAW

is a prophet whom AllahSWT

loved so muc

HESWT

says HESWT

HimselfSWT

sends Divine Blessings upon HimSAW

. HisSWT

pious creations, the angels, also ask AllahSWT

to send HISSWT

Blessings and

Mercy upon the ProphetSAW

. This is not the end, AllahSWT

also asks HisSWT

followers (us) to request to ALLAHSWT

to send HISSWT

Blessings upon the

Prophet MohammudSAW

. As a result, millions and millions of Muslims,

throughout the world, day and night, ask AllahSWT

to shower HISSWT

Blessin

upon HimSAW

. This will InshaAllah continue for ever and ever till the last Da

of Judgment.

No other prophet ever had this kind of relationship and remarkable blessin

with their nation after the death of their prophets. SubhanALLAH.


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(:3.)

Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask

Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [ Allah to confer] blessingupon him and ask [ Allah to grant him] peace (Surah 33 Ayah 56)

(9) Prophet MohammudSAW

is the only prophet and human being to whom

AllahSWT

declared in the Holy Quran (during His lifetime) that HESWT

has

forgiven His future and past sins completely. This open declaration in the

Holy Quran is not only the greatest honor but also it shows the strongest

trust which AllahSWT

had on this Unique ProphetSAW

.

(:

4.)

That Allah may forgive for you what proceeded of your sin and what wifollow and complete His favor upon you and guide you to a straight pat

(Surah 48 Ayah 2)

(10) On the Day of Judgment AllahSWT

will assign a special place for the

Prophet MohammudSAW

, named Mukham-e-mahmood, which means th

place of Praise. The meaning clearly shows that the person standing on


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that place will deserve the highest honor for praise, and this honor is

reserved for the Prophet MohammudSAW

only and for no one else.

(:.) And from [part of] the night, pray with it as additional [worship] for you

it is expected that your Lord will resurrect you to a praised station.(Surah 17 Ayah 79)

(11) A unique and unbelievable journey which the Prophet MohammudSA

had in HisSAW

life is called the Miraj. It took place during the night with th

help of the great angel, Gabriel. During that night Prophet MohammudSAW

travelled from Mecca to Baith-ul-mukhdus (MusjidulAqsa, Jerusalem). In

that Mosque HeSAW

led the prayer in which all the prophets prayed behind

Him

SAW

. He

SAW

then went up to the sky to meet Allah

SWT

. There He

SAW

wasgranted (for His

SAWnation) the five daily obligatory prayers and the last tw

Ayaat of Surathul- Baqarah (Surah #2).

During HisSAW

journey HeSAW

met several prophets who welcomed HimSAW

with kind greetings. Hewas also shown heaven and hell and returned to

Mecca on the same night. SubhanALLAH.


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(:9)

Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram toal-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him

Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing. (Surah 17 Ayah 1)

No other prophet ever had such a remarkable and wonderful journey in

their life in this world.

(12) During the month of Ramadan AllahSWT

has granted the Prophet

MuhammadSAW

s nation a very special night called The Night of Power.

A separate Surah was revealed in the Holy Quran in the name of that night

called The Power.

Any good action or deed committed in that night will be awarded as if that

one action or deed was done for more than one thousand months. AllahSW

HimselfSWT

knows how much more than one thousand months, means.

This is a great gift to the nation of the Prophet MohammudSAW

which no

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( :1-5)

Indeed, We sent the Qur'an down during the Night of Decree. And wha

can make you know what is the Night of Decree? The Night of Decree i

better than a thousand months. The angels and the Spirit descend

therein by permission of their Lord for every matter. Peace it is until th

emergence of dawn

(Surah 97 Ayah 1-5 )

(13) On the Day of Judgment AllahSWT

will grant MohammudSAW

a huge

reservoir which will have the water from the stream of heaven called

Kauthar. Prophet MohammudSAW will be at that reservoir. HisSAW nation

will come over there to meet HimSAW

,as well as to drink the blessed water

which will be distributed by the Prophet MohammudSAW

HimselfSAW

. There

will be some unfortunate people among HisSAW

nation who will be denied

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back. Prophet MohammudSAW

will say They are among my nation but

HeSAW

will be told, You dont know that these people had made changes i

Your Deen after You left the world. They introduced new methods and

innovations in Your Deen. Then MohammudSAW will agree and they willhave to turn back. In short, the blessed water of heaven will be for the

nation of Prophet MohammudSAW

s true followers only.

AllahSWT

revealed a separate Surah named Kauthar regarding the water

and the reservoir.

(:9.)

(:4.) (6.)

Indeed, We have granted you, [O Muhammad], al-Kawthar. So pray toyour Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone]. Indeed, your enemy is the one c

off.

(Surah 108 Ayah 3)


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(14) AllahSWT

says in the Holy Quran that He has raised the remembrance

of the Prophet MohammudSAW

. The remembrance is raised in the sense th

when the name of AllahSWT

is mentioned, right after that, the name of

Prophet MohammudSWT will also be mentioned. For example in the fiveobligatory prayers when the call for prayer, (the athan) is given, first the

name of AllahSWT

is called then immediately after that, the name of the

Prophet MohammudSAW

is called.

This call for the prayer is given five times a day, every day throughout the

year, everywhere in the world, day and night till the Day of Judgment

InshAllah.

Apart from that, the statement of basic beliefThe Kalima, which must be

believed and recited by anyone who wants to be a Muslim, is repeated

many times a day throughout the world, also has the name of the Prophet

MohammudSAW

soon after the name of AllahSWT

.

These are just a few examples.

(15) MohammudSAW

is the only prophet sent for humanity to be followed

forever. Previously, whenever a prophet died or left the world, His followe

were supposed to follow the prophet who was sent after Him. But, the cas

of the Prophet MohammudSAW

was different. After the death of the Proph

MohammudSAW

, no other prophet was going to come. So every person who

comes into this world must believe and follow the Prophet MohammudSAW

in HisSAW

absence, for their salvation. HisSAW

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death, still remains intact and active as before, till the Day of Judgment.

MohammudSAW

, the last and unique prophet, whose prophet hood is still

alive, even after HisSAW

death, is to be followed by the whole of humanity.

(28 )

And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a

bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not

know.

(Surah 34 Ayah 28)

In short, all the above discussions about the PROPHET HOOD, the MIRACLE

and the different kinds of special blessings and favors granted to the

Prophet MohammudSAW

, and to his nation, bring us to the conclusion that

the Prophet MohammudSAW

, no doubt is and was, the unique prophetof

ALL.

May AllahSWT

s Peace and Blessings be upon Him for Ever and Ever.


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