Prophets are men specially elected by God to be his messengers. Prophethood is indivisible, and the Qurʾān requires recognition of all prophets as such without discrimination. Yet they are not all equal, some of them being particularly outstanding in qualities of steadfastness and patience under trial. Abraham, Noah, Moses, and Jesus were such great prophets. As vindication of the truth of their mission, God often vests them with miracles: Abraham was saved from fire, Noah from the Deluge, and Moses from the pharaoh. Not only was Jesus born from the Virgin Mary, but God also saved him from crucifixion at the hands of the Jews. The conviction that God’s messengers are ultimately vindicated and saved is an integral part of the Qurʾānic doctrine.
All prophets are human and not part of divinity: they are the most perfect people who receive revelation from God. When God wants to speak to a person, He sends an angel to him or to make him hear a voice or inspire him. Muhammad was accepted as the last prophet in this series and its greatest member, because in him all the messages of the previous prophets were fulfilled. The archangel Gabriel brought down the Qur’an “in the heart” of the Prophet.
Gabriel is represented by the Qurân as a spirit that the Prophet could sometimes see and hear. According to early traditions, the Prophet's revelations took place in a state of despair when his common sense was altered. The condition was accompanied by profuse sweating. The Qurân itself makes it clear that the revelations bring a sense of extraordinary weight: "If we had sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, you would have seen it split in two for fear of God."
The event at the same time was accompanied by an unwavering conviction that the message was from God, and the Qur’ān describes itself as a heavenly “Mother’s Book” inscribed on the “Preserved Tablet.” Belief was so strong that the Qur’ān completely denied that it came from any earthly source, for in that case it would have been responsible for “many doubts and variations.”
The official Islamic view, as well as that of Muhammad himself, is that Muhammad the last prophet.
The Qurʾān refers to men who were considered to have given divine knowledge: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, and Jesus. None of them fully revealed the message of Allah, for they had been sent to only one nation. Muhammad, on the other hand, was sent to all nations and genes. The messages of the pre-Muhammadan prophets were believed to have been forgotten or distorted, but Islam claims that both the Qurʾān both correct and confirm the words of the earlier prophets. Muhammad is "the sign of the prophets" - that is, the end of prophecy. All the prophecies before Muhammad are incomplete and point to the arrival of the final revelation.
Muhammad's prophetic work serves as the foundation of Islam and the Muslim community.
The prophetic activity of Muhammad serves as the foundation of Islam and Muslim society. The incomparable revelations of Muhammad are believed to have brought true monotheism into the world, to which nothing can be added or taken away. Thus, there is no more need of prophets or revelations.
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