Prophets of Islam
Prophets of Islam are male human beings who are regarded to be prophets chosen by God. The Prophets and Messengers of Allah are the greatest human beings that ever lived, and are the greatest role models for all of us. They should be reverred and respected by all human beings. Some of these prophets are the same ones mentioned in Judaism and Christianity, while others are not. The prophets of Allah are the most pious, devote, humble and careing human beings that the world has ever seen. Their devotion and love for Allah is far greater than anything we can imagine or emulate. They were willing to sacrifice their own lives, children and wealth for the sake of Allah. They are the highest ranking of human beings, yet they lived very humble, modest and simple lives, full of obediance and work for Allah. The prophets use to do acts of worship day and night. They didn't pray on soft flushy cushions, rather they got down on their knees and put their faces onto the ground in submission to the Almighty. All prophets preached the same message; to believe that there is one God, not to commit idolatry, and to follow the word of God, not to commit sin, etc, and that they all came to preach Islam and to tell of the coming of the final prophet and messenger of God; Muhammad S.A.W. They were however different in Sharia (or the practice of religion) that they taught to their nations. Unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam distinguishes between a direct Messenger of God (rasul) and a prophet (nabi). Both are divinely inspired recipients of God's revelation. However, the Almighty elevated some Nabis to a higher position called 'Rasul'. The Qur’an makes a clear distinction between the two, some nabis are given a divine message or revelation for a community in the form of a book. While every Rasul is a Nabi, not every Nabi is a Rasul. Almighty Allah has sent over 124,000 messengers all over the world. They range from the first, Prophet Adam pbuh to the last, Prophet Muhammad pbuh. Five are also accorded the highest reverence for their perseverance and unusually strong commitment to God in the face of great suffering. These five are Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus), and Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Them All. Out of the thousands and thousands of prophets Allah has sent, only 25 are mentioned by name in the Holy Qur'an, they are: MAY THE PEACE, MERCY AND BLESSINGS OF ALMIGHTY ALLAH BE UPON THEM ALL! Story of Ibrahim (pbuh) http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/ibrahim.shtml Story of Musa (pbuh) http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/musa.shtml Story of Isa (pbuh) http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/beliefs/isa.shtml Muhammad S.A.W Full Name: Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the most Honest, Righteous, Pious, Kind, Sincere, Beautiful, Handsome, Humble, Just, Smart, Merciful and Honourable person and the creation of Allah. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, is the greatest of God's vast creations. He is most gentle and pure of Allah's creation! He never harmed anyone, and is by far the greatest (human) example of love, compassion, intellect, open-mindedness, and reasoning. The Prophet Muhammad pbuh is the ENEMY of hypocracy, lies, opression, violence, hate, burglary, war, and murder. He spent his whole life giving and NOT recieving. Truly the Prophet pbuh is Allah's mercy upon mankind! His beauty cannot be displayed in any form of art. Because no mere painting would do justice to such a beautiful face. Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History The choice of Muhammad pbuh to lead the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but He was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels, it may initially seem strange that Muhammad has been ranked higher than Jesus, peace be upon them. There are two principal reasons for that decision. First, Muhammad pbuh played a far more important role to the development of Islam than Jesus did in the development of Christianity. Although Jesus pbuh was responsible for the main ethical and moral precepts of Christianity (insofar as these differed from Judaism), St. Paul was the main developer of Christian theology, its principal proselytizer, and the author of a large portion of the New Testament. Muhammad pbuh was however, responsible for both the theology of Islam and its main ethical and moral principles. In addition He played a key role in proselytizing the 'new' faith, and in establishing the religious practices of Islam. Moreover, he is the revealer of the Muslim holy scriptures, The Quran. Furthermore, Muhammad (unlike Jesus) peace be upon them, was a secular leader as well as a religious leader. In fact as the driving force behind the Arab conquests, He may well rank as the most influential political leader of all time. When Muhammad died in 632, He was the effective leader of all of southern Arabia. By 711, Arab armies had swept completely across North Africa to the Atlantic Ocean. In a scant century of hostility, the Bedouin tribesmen, inspired by the word of the Prophet, had carved out an empire stretching from the borders of India to the Atlantic Ocean - the largest empire that the world had yet seen. The Arab conquests of the seventh century have continued to play an important role in human history, down to the present day. It is this unparalleled combination of secular and religious influence which I feel entitles Muhammad pbuh to be considered the most influential single figure in human history. Never has a man set for himself, voluntarily or involuntarily, a more sublime aim, since this aim was superhuman: to subvert superstitions which had been interposed between man and his creator, to render God unto man and man unto God; to restore the rational and sacred idea of divinity amidst the chaos of the material and disfigured gods of idolatry, that existed. Never has a man undertaken a work so far beyond human power with so feeble means, for He (Muhammad) pbuh had in the conception as well as in the execution of such a great design no other instrument than himself, and no other aid, except a handful of men living in a corner of the desert. Finally, never has a man accomplished such a huge and lasting revolution in the world, because in less than two centuries after its appearance, Islam, in faith and in arms, reigned over the whole of Arabia, and conquered, in God's name, Persia, Khorasan, Transoxania, Western India, Syria, Egypt, Abyssinia, all the known continent of Northern Africa, numerous islands of the Mediterranean, Spain, and a part of Gaul. If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding results are the true criteria of human genius, who could dare to compare any great man in modern history with Muhammad pbuh? The most famous men created arms, laws and empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than material powers which often crumbled away before their eyes. This Man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, peoples and dynasties, but millions of people in one-third of the inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, the false gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls. On the basis of a Book, every letter of which has become law, He revealed and created a spiritual nationality which blended together people of every tongue and of every race. He has left us as the indelible characteristic of this Muslim nationality the hatred of false gods and the passion for the One and Immaterial God. This avenging patriotism against the profanation of Heaven formed the virtue of the followers of Muhammad pbuh; the conquest of one-third of the earth to His dogma was His miracle; or rather it was not the miracle of a man but that of reason. The idea of the Unity of God, proclaimed amidst the exhaustion of fabulous theogonies, was in itself such a miracle that upon its utterance from his lips it destroyed all the ancient temples of idols and set on fire one-third of the world. His life, His meditations, His heroic revilings against the superstitions of His country, and his boldness in defying the furies of idolatry, His firmness in enduring them for fifteen years at Makkah, His acceptance of the role of public scorn and almost of being a victim of His fellow countrymen: all these and, finally, His flight, His incessant preaching, His wars against odds, His faith in His success and His superhuman security in misfortune, His forbearance in victory, His ambition, which was entirely devoted to one idea and in no manner striving for an empire; his endless prayers, his mystic conversations with God, his death and his triumph after death: all these attest not to an imposture but to affirm conviction which gave him the power to restore a dogma. This dogma was twofold, the unity of God and the immateriality of God: the former telling what God is, the latter telling what God is not; the one overthrowing false gods with the sword, the other starting an idea with the words. A philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational dogmas, of a cult without images; the founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammad pbuh. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man or human greater than He? List of Top 15: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_100 Most popular names in Britain: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1890354.ece A Beautiful Story This is a true story about a frail old women who had some heavy load and was offered help to carry the load by a very helpful Man. This video is based on her words to the Man, during the time of Holy Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wasallam. Please view it until the end, otherwise you may get the wrong impression of it.
