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Lesson No 68 PROPHETHOOD Q. The Qur-an says:
WA I(N)M-MIN UM-MATIN IL-LA KHALA FIHA NAZIR. (And there is no community but a warner has been sent down to it). On another place, it says:
WA LI-KUL-LI QAUMIN HAD (And for every people there is [sent] a guide). The verses imply that some messenger or the other has been sent by Al-lah to every people or community. If so, were any prophets sent in India also? Ans. Yes, the foregoing verses do affirm that Al-lah has sent some warner or guide to every people. It is, therefore, quite likely that some prophets were sent down in India also. Q. Can it be said that the Hindu deities like Krishna and Ram Chandra were also the prophets of Al-lah? Ans. No. They cannot be said to be His Prophets. It is because prophethood was a special favour which Al-lah bestowed upon his chosen servants. We cannot, therefore, call any one a Prophet of Al-lah until and unless we know it from the Shariah that Al-lah invested a particular person with such a distinction. If, in the absence of any authority from Shariah, we presume a non-prophet to be a Prophet of Al-lah simply because it suits our whims, we shall have to render account before Al-lah for such a wrong belief. Let us understand like this: Suppose we, in our misconception, begin to presume that a certain person is the Viceroy of a King or his Governor General, although he is not, we shall be adjudged guilty by the empire concerned for having wrongfully invested a person with powers that did not belong to him and for attributing wrong things to the King and his government. So, from amongst the ancient people, we can believe only those personages as prophets of Al-lah whose prophethood is affirmed by the Shariah and who have been mentioned as such by the Holy Qur-an or the Hadith. As regards religious divines of Hindus and others we can only say tat if they were upright in their beliefs and conduct, if their teachings did not go against the divine teachings and if they had also been instruments of guidance to people, there are chances that they were chosen true prophets of Al-lah is to assert things that have no substance and is mere speculation. Q. What beliefs must we have about the Holy Prophet? Ans. We must have the belief that: (i) he was a human being, a servant of Al-lah and His Messenger; (ii) he is the most exalted of all after Al-lah; (iii) he is innocent and free from all sin; (iv) Al-lah revealed the Holy Qur-an to him; (v) Al-lah invited him to Heavens on the night of Ascendance and showed him round the Heaven and the Hell; (iv) he performed a number of miracles by the will of Al-lah; (vii) he offered abundant prayers and devotions to Al-lah; (vii) his conduct and behaviour were of the highest degree of virtuosity; (ix) Al-lah endowed him with knowledge of many things, past and present, of which he apprised his community; (x) Al-lah gave him more knowledge than to any one else, but he was not omniscient; for omniscience is the special Attribute of Al-lah; (xi) he is the last of prophets in the sense that there will come no new Prophet after him. only Hadrat ‘ Isa (Jesus) who is prophet of a preceding period will come down from heavens. He too shall follow the Islamic Shariah; (xii) he is sent as prophet for all humans and jennies; (xiii) he will intercede before Al-lah on behalf of sinners on the Day of Judgment, by the will of Al-lah which fact gives him the title of Shafi’ul-muznibin (intercessor for sinners). Al-lah will also accept his intercession; (xiv) it is incumbent upon us his community to do as he has commanded and abstain from what he has forbidden and believe in the things and events he has told us about, (xv) it is incumbent upon every member of his community to give him love as well as regard and respect. But the regard and respect thus poured on him should be within the framework prescribed by the Shariah. It is folly to consider things contrary to Shariah as forms of love and respect towards him.
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