Prophethood miracles are granted by the power and
permission of God and are usually in the field in which his people excel and
are recognized as superiors. The Arabs, the contemporaries of the Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH), were known for their eloquence and magnificent poetry. In
Islam religion, Prophet Muhammad's major miracle was
the Qur'an, the equivalent of which the whole
legion of Arab poets and orators could not produce, despite the repeated
challenge from the Qur'an itself.
Every prophet states clearly that
what he receives is not of his own, but from God for the well-being of
mankind, does this to show that he is simply conveying the message that is
entrusted to him by the One True God of all people in all ages. Some
prophets also revealed God's Word through books of revelation.
The prophets are miraculously
supported by God and instructed by Him to affirm the continuity of the
message. How many prophets has God sent to humanity? Some Muslim scholars
have suggested 240, 000 prophets. We are only sure of what is clearly
mentioned in the Qur'an, that God has sent a messenger to every
nation. The Qur'an mentions the names of 25 prophets, include Noah, Abraham,
Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad (Peace be upon them all). These five are the
greatest among God's messengers. They are called 'the resolute' prophets.
An outstanding aspect of the Islamic belief in prophethood is that Muslims
(women and men) believe in and respect all the messengers of God with
no exceptions. How do Muslims respect
the prophets? Muslims read about,
learn from, and respect all of the prophets.
All the
prophets came from the same One God, for the same purpose: to lead mankind
to God. The Muslims are the only people in the world who consider the belief
in all the prophets an article of faith. Thus the Jews reject Jesus and
Muhammad (peace be upon them), and the Christians reject Muhammad (PBUH).
The Muslims accept them all as messengers of God who brought guidance to
mankind. However, the revelations which those prophets before Muhammad (PBUH)
brought from God has been tampered with in one way or another.
The Qur'anic account of Jesus
emphatically rejects the concept of his 'divinity' and 'divine
sonship' and presents him as one of the great prophets of God. The Qur'an
makes it clear that the birth of Jesus without a father does not make him
the son of God and mentions, in this respect, Adam, who was created by God
without a father or mother. Like other prophets, Jesus also performed
miracles.
The last prophet of God, Muhammad, was born in Arabia in the sixth century
C.E. Up to the age of forty, people of Makkah knew him only as a man of
excellent character and cultured manners and called him Al-Ameen (the
trustworthy). He also did not know that he was soon to be made a prophet and
receiver of revelation from God, called the idolators of Makkah to worship
the one and only God and accept him (Muhammad, PBUH) as His prophet. Qur'an
claims to be the book of guidance for all of humanity for all times, and
mentions Muhammad (PBUH) as the last Prophet of God.
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