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BELIEF in the PROPHETS
Risalat
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Prophets and Prophethood
Divine Purposes for Sending the Prophets
Characteristics of the Prophets
The Essentials of Prophethood
How many Prophets have been sent to mankind?
Prophets Conveyed the Same Message
What is a ‘miracle’?
Why are Prophets human?
Were there any woman prophets?
Outline
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Who are Prophets and What is Prophethood?Prophethood is the institution of bringing message
from God to His servantsProphets were chosen men through whom God
manifested Himself to illuminate the way of mankind so that mankind might be guided to the truth and be purified of sins
“God was gracious to the believers when He raised up among them a
Messenger from themselves who recites to them the verses (of His Book) and
shows them His signs [in their selves and in the universe], purifies them [of
their sins and their deviations of thought and belief], and instructs them in the
Book and the Wisdom. They were evidently in manifest misguidance before.”
[Quran, 3:164]
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Who are ProphetsA prophet has brilliant intelligence and pure
soulProphethood is not a position acquired
through brilliance of intelligence and purity of soul. A Prophet is specially brought up by God.
Prophethood is the highest rank and a honor a man can receive from God.
No ordinary man can achieve the rank of any prophet.
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A Prophet is protected by God against all kinds of sin, whether major or minor, because he is created for a special purpose.
The Prophets never speak as a result of whims and fancies
“Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is no less than revelation sent down to him.” [Quran 53:3-4]
Who are Prophets
Important
Risalt ki gwahi ya elan-e-Risalt ki gwahi Risalat
Hazrat Abubakkar RA Hazrat Ali RA
Announcement Every Muslim
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Prophets mentioned in the Qur’an
Adam Idris (Enoch) Nuh (Noah) Hud Saleh Ibrahim (Abraham) Isma'il (Ishmael) Ishaq (Isaac) Lut (Lot) Ya'qub (Jacob) Yousef (Joseph) Shu'aib Ayyub (Job)
Musa (Moses) Haroon (Aaron) Dhu'l-kifl (Ezekiel) Dawud (David) Sulaiman (Solomon) Ilias (Elias) Yunus (Jonah) Asaaihh Uzair Zakariyya (Zechariah) Yahya (John) Isa (Jesus)
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Cont…
Prophets have divine message. They are MESSENGERS of GOD.
Prophets have miracles which are done by God through them.
Prophets work for the good of mankind. Prophets never lie. Prophets do not ask for wages or power and
status.
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What is the Divine Purpose for Sending the Prophets?? The Prophets were sent
to illuminate the way of mankind
to guide people to the service of God
to teach people the meaning of creation
to teach God’s laws
to be examples
to establish the balance between this world and the next
to be God’s witnesses
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Some characteristics of the Prophets
The Prophets
depended on revelation
were sincere in every action
were very patient in faces of adversity
were very compassionate toward all living beings
called people wisely and with kindness
called humankind to God’s Unity
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The essentials of Prophethood
The essentials of Prophet hood common to all of the Prophets are, according to the theologians, as follows:
Truthfulness
Trustworthiness
Convey the message
Intellect
Infallibility
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“I am for you a trustworthy Messenger, so serve you
God, and obey you me. I ask of you no wage for
this; my wage falls only upon the Lord of the
Worlds.” [Quran 26:107–9, 125–7, 143–5, 162–4,
178–80]
An important point!
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How many Prophets have been sent to mankind?No region or people has been altogether deprived of Divine
enlightenment through God’s chosen servants, His prophets.
Directly or indirectly, all people of all periods have, at some time in their history, known or been aware of a prophet and of his teaching. There never was a people without a Warner having lived among them. (Quran 35:24)
And We assuredly sent among every people a Messenger. (Quran 16:36)
The Qur’an mentions 26 out of 124,000
We did in times past send Messengers before you; of them there are some whose stories We have related to you, and some whose story We have not related to you. (Quran 40:78)
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Prophets Conveyed the Same Message All the prophets called humankind to God's unity. In their teachings, differences might have happened in minor
matters depending on the conditions of their peoples. However, all these teachings are the same in essence. E.g., stealing is evil and a sin in all; yet, the way a thief is punished might differ.
For We assuredly sent amongst every people an Messenger
(with the command), ‘Serve God and eschew evil.’ (Quran
16:36)
Whenever people fell into darkness after a Prophet by forgetting, changing and distorting his message, God sent another one to enlighten them again. This continued until the coming of the Last Prophet.
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What is a ‘miracle’?
A miracle is an extraordinary event that God Almighty brings about at the hands of a Prophet to prove his Prophethood, strengthen the believers' faith, and break the unbelievers' obstinacy.
Examples: The Staff of Moses Healing of Jesus The Holy Qur’an
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Were Prophets human?
If Prophets came from angels, people would object to this saying, “We cannot be like them so we cannot follow them.”
The Prophets’ being human helps convey the message easily and in a more understandable way
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Were there any woman prophets?
Prophets were from men.
“And before thee also the messengers We sent were but men, to whom We granted inspiration: if ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.” [Qur’an 16:43]
Characteristics of Prophethood of Holy Prophet (PBUH) Last Prophet (Ahzab-40) Caused mercy for all Universes Complete Deen Oswa-e-Hasna (Ahzab-21) The Book Allah’s Work Mukarm-e-Akhlaq Meeraj (Bani Israil-1, najam-7-18)
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Responsibility being Muslim
Tahauz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat To Act Upon Oswa-e-Hasna (perfect
Example) Understanding , preaching and acting upon
Shraih
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