ARTICLES OF FAITH

Prophets
 WHO WERE PROPHETS?
➢The literal meaning of the word prophet is a person regarded as a teacher or
proclaimer of the will of Allah.
➢In religious terminology, a prophet is an individual who is in contact with the
Divine being i.e Allah and is said to speak on Allah’s behalf, serving as an
intermediary with humanity by delivering Allah’s messages and commands.
➢So, a prophet is actually a messenger who was chosen and sent by Allah for
the guidance of mankind.
 WHY WERE PROPHETS SENT?
Prophets were sent to:
➢ invite people to the worship of Allah.
➢ to stop people from committing shirk.
➢To guide humans to the right path.
➢To teach them the morals and values.
➢To obey Allah’s commands.
➢Allah sent around 1,24,000 prophets.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF PROPHETS
➢Prophets were humans beings.
➢They were all men.
➢They had families.
➢They were mortal i.e they lived and died.
➢They were sent to different nations/tribes/communities.
➢They preaches in the language of people to whom they were sent.
➢Prophets were good human beings. They were truthful and honest people.
➢They were given scriptures or books of guidance.
➢They never lied, never mistreated anyone.
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NABI AND
RASUL

Nabi
• Every prophet is called a
Nabi; the one who is very
near to Allah and surrenders
to Him and receives
revelations from Allah.
Rusul
• Rasul is a prophet who
receives revelations in the
form of scriptures or books
from Allah.
 PROPHETS AND THE BOOKS/SCRIPTURES
REVEALED TO THEM

Prophets Books
• 1. Prophet Adam, Ibrahim A.S • 1. Scriptures (compiled pages)
and other prophets. • 2. Zabur
• 2. Prophet Daud A.S • 3. Taurat
• 3. Prophet Musa A.S • 4. Injeel
• 4. Prophet Isa A.S • 5. Holy Quran
• 5. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
 THE LINE OF PROPHET HOOD
❑Prophet Adam A.S
• The first human being and messenger of Allah, got revelation from Alllah in
the form of scriptures.
• The first human beings and the followers of Prophet Adam A.S were true
believers.
❑Prophet Nuh A.S
• He brought the message of Allah but his people refused to believe him and
were destroyed by the flood.
❑Prophet Ibrahim A.S
• Although he was born in the family of idolators and disbelievers but he
surrendered himself to Allah. From him came a long line of prophets through
his two sons; Prophet Ismail and Prophet Ishaq A.S
 THE LINE OF PROPHET HOOD

Prophet Ismail Prophet Ishaq

• Prophet Muhamamd (pbuh) • Hazrat Yaqub
• Hazrat Yousaf
• Hazrat Musa
• Hazrat Daud
• Hazrat Suleman
• Hazrat Yahya
• Hazrat Isa
 PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH)
• The last prophet of Allah.
• Termed as the “Seal of the prophets”.
• His (pbuh)message is universal.
• His (pbuh) prophet hood is eternal.
• The religion and Divine law sent through him is perfect in all aspects.
• The religion he (pbuh) brought is for all human beings of all ages, for all the
countries.
• The Holy Quran was the COMMAND; the life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
was an example of the teachings of the Quran.
• The Quran compares his personality to the Sun, while the previous prophets
were like lamps.
 COMPARISON OF PROPHET
MUHAMMAD (PBUH) WITH OTHER
PROPHETS
Prophet Muhamamd
(pbuh) Other Prophets
➢His (pbuh) message is for the entire ➢Their message was for a certain
mankind. community, nation or tribe.
➢The chain of prophet hood ended. ➢The chain/ line of prophet hood
continued.
➢The book revealed to him i.e the
➢The books/ scriptures given to them
Quran is in its original form.
were either lost or altered by people.
➢The Divine law that he brought will ➢The laws they brought were for a
be followed till the Day of specific community and kept changing
Judgement. from time to time.