Zoya Ahmed

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Islamiat test

Q1.) Write the importance of prophet hood in Islam. Write about the incident of the first revelation.
Support your answer with relevant reference. (5marks)

Answer. A few years before prophethood was announced, the holy prophet became fonder of
solitude. He started to spend time in a cave called Hira with dates and water. Over there he thought
over the condition of his people. These visits became more frequent as he approached the age of 40.
One day near the ending of Ramadan, he was at Hira when angel Jibrael appeared before him and
asked him to read. The Holy prophet replied that he could not. then angel Jibrael hugged and
squeezed him soo much he could not breathe. The angel asked him to read again and holy prophet
replied same thing, then he was hugged again. The request was repeated a third time then the holy
prophet asked what shall I read? The angel then recited the verses of Surah Alaq. The Holy Prophet
recited them after the Angel Jibrael, and the words were imprinted on his mind. This was the first
revelation and the beginning of prophet hood. He was then 40

The holy prophet was greatly shaken by this experience and ran out of the cave. Suddenly, he heard
the same voice and looked at the sky. The same angel in form of a man said,” oh Muhammad(pbuh),
you are the messenger of Allah and I am Jibrael. Everywhere he looked and heard he saw the same
vision and heard the same voice. He stood there till the angel disappeared.

After this incident he came home a bit shaken at his selection for this great and noble mission. He
feared the thought of the huge and tremendous task. He narrated this incident to Khadija, and she
comforted him. Then she took him to Warqa bin Naufal who was a Christian and scholarly person.
He told them that it was Angel Jibrael who brought the revelations to the previous prophets.

The process of revelation started with Adam and revelation was also received by Other apostles who
preceded Hazrat Muhammad pbuh. It is clear that everything which has a beginning must have an
end and that when there is no further need for a thing it should cease to exist. Prophets were
needed in each age to Purge the evils brought about by human beings in the Divine teachings and to
bring the religion of Allah by gradual evolution to complete development. As the human mind
became increasingly developed, more light was cast by revelations through Prophets on matters
relating to Allah and other mysteries of religion.

Though the institution of Prophethood was universal, yet the difference between Hazrat
Muhammad pbuh and other prophets was that while the latter were more or less national prophets
sent to a chosen people, to a particular tribe or race, Hazrat Muhammad Pbuh was sent as a
messenger for all mankind. All castes, races and creeds were unified under the common banner of
Islam by the universal Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad Pbuh. He not only conveyed the message
revealed to him, but instructed and explained it further with wisdom, acted upon it himself and
urged humankind to follow it. The Holy Prophet's Pbuh personality and mission form a landmark in
the history of humankind. He came as the last messenger of Allah with the final revelation in the
form of the last Book of Allah, the Holy Quran. He gave to humanity a Book which is a complete and
comprehensive guide for human beings, a perfect code of life for all its various problems without
any limitations of time and territory. The Holy Quran compares the personality of the Prophet to the
radiant sun while the previous prophets were like Divine lamps. The light of the sun cannot be
replaced by any other light. It is universal and no other light is needed thereafter. So, after the
advent of Prophet Muhammad Pbuh no necessity is felt of any other prophet following him.
Religion being made perfect and Prophethood made complete, there remains no need for another
religion and another law and consequently, for another prophet. Hence the revelation: “This day
have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam
as your religion. " (5: 3) And as the Prophet Pbuh himself said about the finality of Prophethood:
“Whenever a Prophet perished another Prophet followed him and surely there will be no Prophets
after me. " (Bukhari) In another tradition, he said: "My relation to the long line of prophets can be
understood by the parable of a building. The building was most beautifully built. Everything was
complete therein except the place for one brick. I have filled the place and now the building has
been completed. " (Bukhari, Muslim) To sum up, Khatam-an-Nabiyyin is the exclusive and distinctive
title of the Holy Prophet Pbuh and Allah did not confer this title on any other prophet or apostle.
Belief in Hazrat Muhammad pbuh as the last of the prophets and apostles is necessary for a true
Muslim.

Q2.

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. False
5. True
6. False
7. False
8. False
9. False
10. True