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I realize that in the Qur'an it says that prophets were sent to every nation but why is it that all the known prophets are middle-eastern?

Or is there an answer to this?

Just wondering...
 
gr8 question bro me wonderin' 2. but remember there were many thousands of prophets only the famous ones have been in the middle-east cos they'v dun something in history maybe or they've got a mention in the qu'ran
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but why is it that all the known prophets are middle-eastern?
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Could that perhaps be because Prophet Muhammed(saw) and all the previous prophets were direct descendants of Ibrahim (as) ?
 
Hijrah said:
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I realize that in the Qur'an it says that prophets were sent to every nation but why is it that all the known prophets are middle-eastern?

Or is there an answer to this?

Just wondering...
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salams bro, that's the known prophets... there definately where messengers and prophets who where sent to other countries. And allah knows best

There where 124000 of them, and only 25 of which we know, most of the25 seem to hav lived in the middle east for some time.
 
Besides the prophets/messengers mentioned in the Quran were sent to the children of Israel, which happens to be in the middle east.

As a side note, I think there are 26 names mentioned in the Quran including Ezra. Of them I have read that Ezra and Luqman were not prophets as such.. Allahu Alam
 
^^ ya, uzayr ("ezra") and luqman where great people, but not prophets... luqman was mentioned for his beautiful advises to his son, and uzayr was a great rabbi i think.
 
Ezra was the person who compiled the torah after it was lost for years. The jews started worshipping him as the son of God.
 
What about the Mormon's John Smith? LOL No offense to any Mormons, but I was just thinking about that South Park episode.
 
I never said he was a Muslim prophet; thus I said "The Mormon's John Smith." I was just thinking of prophets of other religions that were not from the Middle East
 
All Prophets are not ALL middle Eastern. There are 25 known Prophets, these known ones are middle Eastern. Allah(swt) also sent 1000's more. He sent Messengers to every nation before Muhamamd(saw). After Muhammad(saw) He said he will send someone every 100 years to rivive the religion.

And as sister Nadous mentioned here:http://www.myislamweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8267

The world was once one body, erosion and other things caused it to spilt. America was attached to Africa, Africa to Asia etc.
 
^^ wow that's an awesome perspectiv actually about the pangaea era and all that!
 
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All Prophets are not ALL middle Eastern. There are 25 known Prophets, these known ones are middle Eastern. Allah(swt) also sent 1000's more. He sent Messengers to every nation before Muhamamd(saw). After Muhammad(saw) He said he will send someone every 100 years to rivive the religion.

And as sister Nadous mentioned here:http://www.myislamweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8267

The world was once one body, erosion and other things caused it to spilt. America was attached to Africa, Africa to Asia etc.
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very true, but this topic still leads me to be curious like why in some countries there were no muslims, christians or jews yet there were supposively prophets everywhere? for example look at indigenous tribes (people) of the americas (before european invasion of course)? any comments on this? not bad people at all but not belonging to any of the monotheists religions :?
 
^^ salams sis, but we do know that messengers where sent to people, and after they're demise people began to invent myths and theology about these individuals so from monotheists they eventually became polytheists or dreamers etc..

Allah tells us about examples of people like that in surat nooh for example....

similar case with budhism (or was it hinduism), their current 'big god' apprently was a really good bloke, probably a prophet, but his people over glorified him and turned him into godly status.

salamz
 
And as sister Nadous mentioned here:http://www.myislamweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8267

The world was once one body, erosion and other things caused it to spilt. America was attached to Africa, Africa to Asia etc.
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One flaw in that argument: why would the dinosaurs need prophets? Pangaea spilt up hundreds of millions of years ago, long before before humans.
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LOL @ why would dinosours need prophets hahahaa

didn't know that, thanks for the info
 
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One hundred and twenty four Thousand ( 124000 ) rasol/ambiya/prophets /messengers were sent b4 the last Prophet SAW
32 are mentioned in the quran.and what is described in hadith al qdusi ( Agreed upon my great mufsarin ) of the Prophet SAW should be more than enough for us the believers
"O people ! Muhammad has no sons among ye men, but verily, he is the Apostle of God and the last in the line of Prophets. And God is Aware of everything." (Surah Al Ahzab: 40)

So lets not wander into weak dalils that weakens the faith.

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