Sunday, December 4, 2011

MAIL - 13 - Part - 3

I Wrote -
Dear Friend

Prophet Mohammad


The deployment of prophet Mohammad was a considerable shift in the history prophets of God. Prophet Abraham had two sons. They were
prophet Ishmael (Ismael) and prophet Issac (Ishaq). The ancestral father of all the children of Israel and the prophets till Jesus Christ, was prophet Issac. The ancestral father of prophet Mohammad was prophet Ishmael.

As I said, all the prophet of God called the humanity to the One God, Who Created the heaves and the earth, The Unborn, The Eternal etc.

"We, the Prophets, are half brothers, but our religion is one." - Prophet Mohammad.

This one religion was the religion of all the prophets of God, who called the people to the
True Worship of One God without Idols, Images, Graves etc.

- The Rishis who came to the Indian subcontinent, called the humanity to this True Worship of One God.
  - It is quite evident from the verses of Vedas and Upanishads.

- The prophets who were sent to the Children of Israel, including Moses and Jesus Christ called their people to The True Worship of One God.
  - It is quite evident from both Old and New Testaments.

- Prophet Mohammad too, called the people
to The True Worship of One God.
  - It is quite evident from Quran.

Fundamentally,  prophet Mohammad brought nothing new. It was the same message that was undertaken by all the prophets of God, i.e. The True Worship of One God.

The Mission
And We have not sent you except as a giver of glad tidings and a warner to all mankind, and most of men know not. Quran 34:28

The mission of prophet Mohammad was not limited to any particular community as with all the previous messengers. It was A Universal Mission. Prophet Mohammad addressed The Mankind by several Quranic verses such as the following.
O mankind ! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily, the most honorable of you with Allah is that (believer) who has Taqwa (God Fearing Mind and Practice). Verily, Allah is All-Knowing, All-Aware. Quran 49:13

- The mission was not limited to any specific country, geography, it was Universal.
- The mission was not limited to any specific group of tribe, family, it was The Whole Mankind.
- The mission was not limited to any specific language, it was for All The Languages.
- The mission was not limited to any specific time, it was For All The Time to Come.

Verses like the above cuts all the boundaries of Geography, Tribe, Time, Language etc.

The Message

Say: "O mankind ! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah -- to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. None has the right to be worshiped but He. It is He Who gives life and causes death. Quran 7:158

- Almighty God commanded prophet Mohammad to declare that he was the messenger of God ,to all mankind.
- Almighty God commanded prophet Mohammad to declare that None has the right to be worshiped but He.
- Almighty God commanded prophet Mohammad to declare that It is He Who gives life and causes death. Hence nobody else has The Right To Be Worshiped

The Final Messenger of God

The parable of myself and the Prophets is that of a man who built a house and did a complete and good job, except for the space of one brick. Whoever entered it would look at that space and say, how good it is, apart from the space of that brick. My position is like that of that brick, and the Prophets -- blessings and peace be upon them -- end with me
. - Prophet Mohammad.

- Prophet Mohammad was the final messenger of God, who confirmed all the previous prophets of God.
- Prophet Mohammad placed himself in the position of that of a brick which is part of a very close and tight structure of a house.

Islam
The word Islam precisely means - Peace obtained by The Complete Submission to The Commands of God.

- The word Islam does not have any significance to any Person.
- The word Islam does not have any significance to any Geographical area.
- The word Islam does not have any significance to any Tribe or Family.
- The word Islam does not have any significance to any Language.
- The word Islam does not have any significance to any Time.

The word Islam does signify The Way of Life of The Complete Submission To The Commands of God and The Peace thus obtained.

- Islam was the way of all the prophets of God and those who followed them, in the exact sense that they completely submitted their life to the commands of God.
- Islam was the way of prophet Noah and those who followed him, in the exact sense that they submitted their life to the commands of God.
- Islam was the way of prophet Abraham and those who followed him, in the exact sense that they completely submitted their life to the commands of God.
- Islam was the way of prophet Moses  and those who followed him, in the exact sense that they completely submitted their life to the commands of God.
- Islam was the way of prophet Jesus and those who followed him, in the exact sense that they completely submitted their life to the commands of God.
- Islam was the way of prophet Mohammad, and those who followed him, in the exact sense that they completely submitted their life to the commands of God.

Hence, Islam is not a new religion brought by prophet Mohammad. Prophet Mohammad came to full-fill the way of The Complete Submission To The Commands of God, named Islam.

Purpose of Life
And I created not the Jinn and mankind except that they should worship Me. Quran 51:56

- Islam teaches that the sole purpose of the creation of man is to worship God.
- It is not, always you have some spare time or you fix some time and then you worship God.
- It is that, each moment of life should be used to worship God, at the extent possible, till last breath.

Day Of Judgement

And have Taqwa (God fearing mind and practice) the Day when you shall be brought back to Allah (One God). Then every person shall be paid what he earned, and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.  Quran 2:281

- Just like the appraisal of our profession, the entire life will be appraised by God. God will not do any bit of injustice in that appraisal.
- On that day, you will have good from what you did good.
- On that day, you will have bad from what you did bad.

Muslim
The word Muslim is a derivative of the word Islam. A Muslim is a person who believes and practices the above mentioned Islam.

The Companions of prophet Mohammad

And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen ( companions of prophet Mohammad who sacrificed their life to One God ) and the Ansar (companions of prophet Mohammad who helped the former) and those who followed them with good conduct - Allah (One God) is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him, and He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide forever. That is the great attainment. Quran 9:100

- Companions of prophet Mohammad had displayed unmatched trustworthiness and stubbornness in their way of The Complete Submission To The Commands of God.
- All other prophets of God, did not have such companions.
- Prophet Moses was rebelled by his followers, by the means of the a majority from the children of Israel.
- Prophet Jesus was rebelled by his followers, by even threatening his life.
- Prophet Mohammad was not at all rebelled from within his followers.

Protection of Quran and The Scholars of Islam


The protection of Glorious Quran was undertaken by God Himself.

Verily, We, it is We Who revealed the Dhikr (i.e. the Qur'an) and surely We will guard it (from corruption). Quran 15:9

- The protection of Quran and its interpretation is a responsibility that God himself took. Otherwise it would not have survived 14 centuries, intact.
- The scholars of Islam were the only scholars (when compared to other ideological scholars) who honestly did everything to protect Quran and the teachings of prophet Mohammad.

This is a again, only a tiny account of the message of the scriptures, based especially on the final revealed scripture named Quran.
 
Regards
Nisam

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