📘 قراءة كتاب The Messengers and the Messages أونلاين
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UBLISHER’S NOTE
15
TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD
17
INTRODUCTION
21
PART
ONE
THE M ESSENGERS AND PROPHETS
CHAPTER ONE
DEFINITIONS
29
Definition of a
Nabi
(Prophet)
29
Definition of a
Rasool
(Messenger)
30
The difference between a Messenger and a Prophet
31
Belief in the Prophets and Messengers is one of the basic
principles of faith
34
The connection between belief in Allah and belief in
the Messengers and their message
34
The Prophets and Messengers form a large group
36
Among the Prophets and Messengers are those whose
stories Allah has not told us
37
The Prophets and Messengers who are mentioned
in the Qur’an
38
Four from among the Arabs
40
The sons of Ya’qoob
40
Prophets whom we know of from the Sunnah
41
Sheeth
41
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Yoosha* ibn Noon (Joshua the son of Nun)
41
Righteous people who may or may not have been Prophets 42
Dhu’l-Qamayn
42
Tubba‘
42
It is better not to make any definite statement concerning
Dhu’l-Qamayn and Tubba‘
43
Al-Khidr
44
Disbelieving in one Messenger is like disbelieving in all
the Messengers
47
No-one can be said to be a Prophet without evidence
51
CHAPTER TWO
THE NEED OF MANKIND FOR THE MESSENGERS
AND THEIR MESSAGES
53
Introduction
53
A valuable comment from Ibn al-Qayyim
55
Ibn Taymiyah explains the need for the Messengers
and the Message
57
Comparison between the need of the body for knowledge
of medicine and the need of the body and soul for
knowledge of the Messengers
61
Is it possible for reason to do without Revelation?
62
The falseness of the Brahmins’ view
65
Limits of reason’s role
66
The position of reason in relation to the revelation
66
CHAPTER THREE
THE TASKS AND MISSIONS OF THE MESSENGERS
69
1 - Conveying the Message Clearly
69
2 - Calling People to Allah
7
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9
The view of the Muslim ummah to the infallibility of the
Prophets and their being protected from committing sin
153
Infallibility and being protected against committing minor sins 153
Evidence
154
Those who say that the Prophets are infallible and
protected against committing minor sins
158
Two specious arguments
159
Infallibility is a sign of humanity
162
Honouring and respecting the Prophets
163
Infallibility of people other than Prophets
163
The “infallibility” of Al-MuMzz al-Faatimi
164
The infallibility of the Imams (religious and temporal leaders) 164
The secret of infallibility
166
CHAPTER SEVEN
SIGNS OF PROPHETHOOD
171
Introduction
171
Different Kinds of Signs
172
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- Signs and Miracles
172
Definition of signs and miracles
172
Kinds of signs
174
Examples of the signs of the Messengers
175
1) The sign of Allah’s Prophet Saalih ($ p )
175
2) The miracle of the Prophet Ibraaheem (Abraham) ($ p ) 177
3) The signs of Allah’s Prophet Moosa (Moses) (i$gfc)
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Other signs
181
4) The miracles of Allah’s Prophet ‘Eesa (Jesus) (i$£l)
182
5) Signs of the Seal of the Prophets and Final
Messenger (^§)
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The greatest sign
183
A unique kind of miracle
185
The Night Journey and Ascent into heaven
( .
Israa
’ and
Mi
’
raaj
)
187
The splitting of the moon
188
He (js ) caused food to increase
190
The report of Jaabir ibn ‘Abdullah
191
He caused water to increase, it flowed from between
his fingers
192
His enemies were prevented from harming him
194
Answers to his prayers
196
The mother of Abu Hurayrah was guided by the
prayer of the Messenger
196
Jareer became a horseman because of his prayer
196
The hand of an arrogant person was affected by his prayer 198
The blessing of the Messenger’s prayer reached
the camel of Jaabir
198
Healing the sick
199
He healed a person whose leg was broken
199
He healed the eye of ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib ( ^ )
199
The shin of Salamah ibn al-Akwa‘
200
He expelled the jinn from one who was possessed
200
He told of unseen matters
201
The sorrow of the tree stump
204
The trees submitted to him, greeted him with
salaam
and spoke to him
204
The greeting of the rock
206
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The complaint of the camel
206
Miracles of people other than the Prophets
209
The
karaamaat
of the
awliyaa
209
The wisdom behind
karaamaat
being given
to the
awliyaa’
210
Lights in sticks
211
Blessed food
211
Sufaynah and the lion
212
A shout in Madeenah echoes in Syria
213
Some
karaamaat
of the
awliyaa’
213
Righteousness is the greatest
karaamah
214
Miracles and devilish exploits
215
2 - The Previous Nations were Told about the Coming
of the Prophet (jg)
216
The Qur’an tells us that the earlier Prophets foretold the
coming of our Prophet Muhammad
(
j
||)
217
The supplication of Prophet Ibraaheem (Abraham)
218
Prophet Moosa (Moses) foretold the coming
of the Prophet
(0 ? )
220
Other traces of this foretelling in the Bible
222
‘Eesa (Jesus) foretold the coming of the Prophet (jg)
223
Two likenesses of the
Tawraat
and
Injeel
224
Foretelling in the Old Testament
225
The Messenger (jg) is mentioned by name in the Bible
225
Places and events connected with the Messenger (jg)
are mentioned
226
The Bible refers to one of the features of the place
to which the Messenger (j«) migrated
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The Bible refers to things that happened at the hands
of the Prophet (jj|)
228
The rays and light which shone from his hand
229
Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps
230
Yathrib was infected with fever, and hardly anyone
could enter it without being afflicted
232
General prophecies
232
Prophecies from the Gospel
235
Other prophecies from the Gospels
236
From the Gospel of Luke
240
Prophecies in the Gospel of Barnabas
242
A view of the Gospel of Barnabas
242
Prophecies in other world scriptures
245
These prophecies were widely known before
the Prophet
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came
247
Description of our Messenger
( 0 )
in the Torah
247
Where is this prophecies in the Torah?
248
The story of Ibn al-Haybaan
250
When what they knew came to them, they disbelieved in it 251
‘Abdullah ibn Salaam benefited from his knowledge
251
The testimony of a Jewish boy
253
The insight of a monk
253
The Jewish scholars knew when the Prophet (jjg)
would emerge
254
3 - A Glimpse at the Prophets
255
Heraclius and Abu Sufyaan
258
Their abstinence from the luxuries of this world
260
4 - The Call of the Messengers
261
The call of our Prophet Muhammad
( 0 )
263
5 - The Help and Support Given by Allah to His Messengers 264
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A specious argument
266
CHAPTER EIGHT
THE VIRTUE OF THE PROPHETS
AND THEIR VARYING STATUS
267
The Superiority of the Prophets over Others
267
There is no room for coincidence
270
The belief that the Imams are superior to the Prophets
271
The Seal of the
Awliyaa ’
and the Seal of the Prophets
275
Precedence of some Prophets and Messengers over others
276
The Messengers of strong will are the highest in
status of the Messengers
277
How are the Prophets and Messengers distinguished
from one another?
278
The virtue of the Final Messenger Muhammad (jg;)
282
The texts which forbid making a distinction
between the Prophets
286
PART
TWO
THE DIVINELY-REVEALED M ESSAGES
CHAPTER ONE
BELIEF IN THE MESSAGES
291
The Obligation of Believing in the Messages
291
Belief in all the Messages
292
How should we believe in the Messages?
294
It is not sufficient only to believe in the Qur’an
29
All praise and thanks are due to The Cherisher and The Sustainer,
Lord of the Universe - Allah. May His blessings and peace be on the
last of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, his family,
Companions and all those who follow in his footsteps till the end o f
time.
The institution ofMessengership and Prophethood is one o f the three
fundamentals of the Islamic creed -
(Monotheism),
Risaalah
(messengership) and
Ma ’ad
(Hereafter) - second only to the
belief in one and only God - Allah. Dr. ‘Umar S. al-Ashqar has dealt
at length with this institution drawing evidence from the noble
Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the writings o f the highly reputed authorities
and nobles o f the ummah. The Arabic original has proven to be very
popular and has gone through several editions. This is the new
English translation of the latest Arabic edition of the book, by brother
Nasiruddin al-Khattab, the translator o f all his Creed series.
It is with great pleasure that we present this authorized English
version of the book to our readers. By the grace o f Allah, its
translation to a number of other languages is also underway. May
Allah bless the efforts o f the author and all involved in its publication
with acceptance, and make it a source o f guidance for those who seek
enlightenmen
TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD
We live in a world of need, a world o f greed. It is a world o f
imbalance, where twenty percent o f the world’s population enjoy
eighty percent of the world’s resources and the rest live in abject
poverty. Those who live in poverty suffer from disease, starvation
and illiteracy, while those who live with plenty are also suffering -
from high crime rates, alcoholism, addictions and a wide range o f
mental and psychological problems. Oppression, injustice and wars
are widespread, and the enviroment is in crisis. Everyone from the
US president to the man in the street is thinking only o f their instant
needs, what they can get for themselves now, with no thought for the
consequences o f future generations.
All of this points to a lack of guidance, a lack o f knowledge of the
greater picture, a lack o f awareness that this life is not the only life,
that in the Hereafter we will have to account for our actions. It also
tells us that the word of the
Shaytaan
(Satan) is the word which is
prevailing in this world today, as the strives to fulfill his oath to lead
mankind to destruction in this world and to doom in the Hereafter.
This is an ancient conflict, one which stems from the day when Adam
was created, when
Iblees
(Devil) refused to prostrate to him as
commanded by Allah. Since then, the
Shaytaan
(Satan) has been
launching his attacks against mankind. But from that time, Allah has
been sending His message to mankind, reminding them o f the
purpose for which they were created, namely, to worship Him alone.
This message of
Tawheed
(Islamic Monotheism), accompanied by
laws which regulate human life on the individual, social and political
levels, is the message brought by all the Prophets and Messengers,
down through the ages, to all the nations. Human stubbornness and
forgetfulness, combined with the wiles o f the
Shaytaan,
meant that
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mankind kept wandering away from the path o f
Tawheed,
so Alla
Is it true that mankind today has reached such a level of progress that they have no need of the Messengers and their teachings? Are humans capable today of guiding themselves without referring to the methods set out by the Messengers?
This comprehensive work which is full of clear proofs and evidences from the pure teachings of Islam, is an essential reading for all Muslims and seekers of truth.
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