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Status of Prophet Muhammad
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Question:
As-salamu `alaykum.
Answer:
Salam,
Babar.
*{Then Adam received (some) Words from his Lord;
so He relented towards him; surely He, Ever He, is The Superbly Relenting,
The Ever-Merciful.}* (Al-Baqarah 2:37)
Prophets and messengers were all normal human
beings according to the Qur’an, which says what means:
*{And in no way did We send before you any of the
Emissaries, except that surely they indeed ate food and walked in the
markets.}* (Al-Furqan 25:20)
*{And in no way did We send before you except men
to whom We revealed [the Message].}* (Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:7–8)
*{And whomever of them should say, “Surely I am a
god apart from Him,” then that one We recompense with Hell; thus We
recompense the unjust.}* (Al-Anbiyaa’ 21:29)
*{Say [O Muhammad], “Surely I am only a mortal the
like of you: it is revealed to me that surely your God is only One God. So
whoever hopes for the meeting with his Lord, then let him do righteous
deed(s) and not associate anyone in the worship of his Lord. }* (Al-Kahf
18:110)
Yet, the chosen prophets were endowed with such
moral, spiritual, and intellectual merits to be trustworthy of delivering
Allah's guidance:
*{Allah elects of the Angels Messengers and of
mankind; (Messengers); surely Allah is Ever-Hearing, Ever-Beholding.}* (Al-Hajj
22:75)
*{Those are they whom Allah has favored among the
Prophets of the offspring of Adam, and of the ones We carried with Nuh, and
of the offspring of Ibrahim and Israel [Jacob] and of the ones We guided and
selected. When the Ayat [Verses or signs] of the All-Merciful were recited
to them, they collapsed constantly prostrating and weeping.}* (Maryam 19:58)
Further, they vary in their esteem and quality:
*{Those are the Messengers; We have graced some of
them over some others; of them [there are some] to whom Allah spoke, and
some He raised in degrees.}* (Al-Baqarah 2:253)
Among them are a more eminent group described as
ulu-l-`azm *{those endowed with resolve.}*
*{So [endure] patiently, as the Messengers endowed
with resolve [endured] patiently.}* (Al-Ahqaf 46:35)
These are Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses),
`Isa (Jesus) and, on top of them, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon them
all), whose message came to be the final word and the Seal of all Divine
Messages:
*{And We have sent down to you the Book with the
Truth, sincerely verifying whatever of the Book that was before it, and
Supremely Hegemonic over it. So judge between them according to what Allah
has sent down, and do not ever follow their prejudices away from the Truth
that has come to you. }* (Al-Ma’idah 5:48)
*{He is [The One] Who has sent His Messengers with
the guidance and the religion of the Truth, that He [would] make it topmost
above all religion; and Allah suffices as the Ever-Present Witness.}* (Al-Fath
48:28)
*{Indeed you have already had a fair example, in
the Messenger of Allah, for whoever hopes for Allah and the Last Day and
remembers Allah much.}* (Al-Hajj 22:21)
*{And surely you [O Muhammad] are indeed of a
magnificent character.}* (Al-Qalam 68:4)
*{It may be that your Lord will make you rise
again to a praised station.}* (Al-Israa’ 17:79)
He (peace be upon him) truthfully described
himself:
*{And as Allah took compact with the Prophets [that],
“Indeed, whatever I bring you of Book and Wisdom, thereafter a Messenger
comes to you sincerely verifying what is with you, indeed you shall
definitely believe in him, and indeed you shall definitely vindicate him.”
He said, “Do you ratify [that]? And do you take My obligation on those [conditions]?”
They said, “We have ratified [that].” He said, “Then, bear witness, and I am
with you among the witnesses.”}* (Al-Baqarah 2:81–82)
In this respect the Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him) said:
*{The Messenger has believed in what has been sent
down to him from his Lord, and the believers [believe]. Everyone [of them]
has believed in Allah, and his Angels and His Books, and His Messengers. We
make no distinction between any of His Messengers. And they have said, “We
have heard, and we have obeyed. Grant [us] Your All-Supreme forgiveness, our
Lord, and to You is the Destiny.}* (Al-Baqarah 2:285)
*{And the ones who have believed in Allah and His
Messengers and have made no distinction between any of them, those He will
eventually bring them their rewards, and Allah has been Ever-Forgiving, Ever-Merciful.}*
(An-Nisaa’ 4:152)
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)
said: "Do not give me superiority over the other prophets” (Al-Bukhari).
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,
"None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his
children and all mankind" (Al-Bukhari). |
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