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12-18-2006
2) His Prophets/Messengers. "Okay, so how do i know what God's really sent down to us ppl?" God created everyone in a state of fitrah (natural innocence) where we all believe that there is only one God who could make us all and everything else, because obviously if they were lots of different gods, they would all be fighting with each other for power - one would probably lose, which would mean he would be weak - which means that he can't be god now can he? because God isn't weak, He is the all powerful. We know that there can only be one God, and this is why we turn to Him for help, even non muslims might at times of extreme hardship, like if a sharks chasing afta ya or somethin lol. It is also in our fitrah to incline to do good and to push away from evil. Our fitrah gets altered due to our society so we might get brainwashed to believe one thing is good for us, even though it may be bad. So because of this, Allaah sends messengers and prophets to the people so they realise the difference between what is right and wrong. These prophets all have come to call to the worship of this One God who made us all, and they come with clear signs to make the people understand this, and they bring a law which God has revealed to the prophet "How do i know who is a real prophet?" Allaah sends the prophets with clear signs which no other person could have ever performed. So for instance we know that at the time of Moses (peace be upon him) - the people were the best among mankind who could perform magic [at pharoahs time] - so Allaah gave Moses miracles, for instance - he could throw his stick and it would turn into a real snake. [this is easy for Allah, because He can easily give life to the dead, and this stick was dead - Allah made it come to life.] Jesus (peace be upon him) was also a prophet and a messenger of God who came to his people to call them to worship God alone. The people at his time were advanced in medicine, so Allaah blessed him with the ability to cure people who were seriosly ill, cures which couldn't be cured at that time like leprosy. One of the most famous miracles of Jesus is that he was born without a father, so his mother Maryam (Mary) [peace be upon her] gave birth to him without a father. If anyone claims that Jesus is divine [God] through this, you can easily say that Adam was born without a mother or father yet still, he was a servant of Allaah and not His son. Muhammad (peace be upon him) has been prophecised in the New Testament [Gospel] and also the Old Testament] [Torah]. Because these scriptures were also sent down by God to their prophets, but some people distorted them because they were greedy to get their own way. This is why you see people saying Jesus is God instead of calling to the worship of God alone. At the time of Muhammad (peace be upon him) the people were the best among mankind in their poetry. They felt that they could overcome anyone with their poetry and if anyone was to study the arabic language - they know its eloquence/depth/purety etc. Muhammad (peace be upon him) had been revealed the Qur'an by Allaah to explain to the people about the calling to the worship of Allaah alone without no associates, about the stories of the nations in the past who rejected their own Creator should be worshipped alone so they were destroyed. It explains about the afterlife, the day of judgement, hellfire, paradise etc. The Qur'an is a miracle of itself because unlike any other scripture, it has been preserved by Allaah and will never be distorted. Allaah has challenged the disbelievers to try to make a chapter similar to it, yet no-one since 1400 years ago has been able to do that. If anyone wonders why the Qur'an hasn't been distorted, its because the previous prophets only came to their own nations so it was upto the people to preserve it. But the Qur'an was revealed to all of mankind, so Allah will preserve it for us but we have to pass the message on [because its for all of the world.] The Message for Muhammad (peace be upon him) has been the same as all the previous prophets, to call to the worship of Allaah Alone, and unlike the previous prophets who only came to their nation/people - the Qur'an [speech of God] and Sunnah [prophetic way/sayings] are for all of mankind till the day of judgement. There will be no more prophets after Muhammad (peace be upon him): Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah , of all things, Knowing. [Qur'an 33:40] |
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