Prophet Abraham and the Angels - Mufti Menk

Frequently Asked Questions

1.What is a Prophet?

A prophet is an individual chosen by God to guide humanity with spiritual and moral direction.

2.Were all Prophets Muslim?

Yes, because they all consistently preached the worship of one absolute God and prohibited the worship of false deities.

3.How many prophets were their?

While exact numbers vary with estimates ranging from 124,000 to over a million. They were systematically sent to every land, nation, and period.

4.What message have the prophets brought?

All prophets delivered a consistent, unified message focusing on submitting to the Creator, providing instructions for daily life, and finding peace through divine guidance.

5.Why did God send so many prophets?

Thousands were sent to constantly redirect humanity to the worship of the one true Creator, preventing the worship of created entities, such as people, nature, or material objects.

6.Do Muslims believe in Prophets?

A Muslim is strictly required to believe in, honour, and respect each and every prophet sent by God without exception.

7.Did a prophet ever commit a sin?

Islam teaches all prophets were of high moral character and did not succumb to the sins their people committed. Although prophets were humans and capable of human errors of judgment, but such errors does not diminish their superiority or the respect Muslims are obliged to have for them.

8.Why choose the name MuslimProphets.com?

The name reflects that all prophets taught monotheism and the worship of one God, making them all "in-essence" considered Muslim.

9.If all prophets taught Islam, what was so different about Muhammad?

Over time, previous teachings had been altered or lost, so Muhammad was sent as the final prophet to restore, update, and unify the foundational principles of faith into a complete religion.

10.What is a prophet or messenger of God?

A prophet or messenger of God is a human being to whom God gives His guidance and whom He charges with the task of conveying that guidance to the people, so that they may do good and avoid evil.

11.In which countries of the world did Prophets arise?

God did not limit His guidance to a single geographic territory or chosen group of people.Prophets were systematically sent to every single nation across the earth throughout various stages of human history.

12.Which prophets do Muslims have to believe in?

Muslims are strictly required to maintain belief in every single prophet and messenger sent by God. This belief must be completely equal, meaning no distinctions or hierarchies of validity are made between them. This universal recognition applies regardless of the specific country or historical era in which they appeared.

13.What are the names of some prophets?

The Quran mentions multiple prophets by name, including Biblical figures such as Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus, alongside non-Biblical prophets like Luqman, Eber, and Ezekiel.

14.What did the Prophets teach?

All prophets gave the same basic teaching: that man should worship God, and God alone, and do good to his fellow­ beings. Ofcourse, the details of the teachings differed according to the nation and the time in which a Prophet appeared. In the Quran, the teachings of all Prophets are called Islam, and the Prophets and their true followers are labelled Muslims. This refers to the fact that the fundamental teachings given by all of them were the same - submission to God.

15.Since Muslims believe in all the Prophets equally, why is Muhammad special?

All Prophets were equally from God, and equally true, but the scope of their missions varied. The messengers before Muhammad were each given teachings limited to their respective nations, because in those times a nation did not have much to do with other nations.

Furthermore, the teachings of each Prophet applied for a limited period of time only, after which God would raise another Prophet to revise some of the teachings for the new circumstances.

The time came to unite all the nations upon a single religion so that mankind may live in peace as one nation. Muhammad, to whom God gave teachings for the whole world for all time to come fulfilled this purpose.

16.Could there be a Prophet after Muhammad?

No, Muhammad is explicitly defined as the final prophet from God, and the divine teachings given to him are intended to permanently unite the entire world in one brotherhood.

17.How are Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus considered Muslim Prophets, when Islam came 600-years after Jesus?

A Muslim is essentially defined as anyone who believes in and submits to one God; because all of these historical prophets consistently preached the message of pure Monotheism and called people to worship the Creator alone, they are considered to be Muslim in-essence regarding their foundational theological beliefs.

18.How many prophets did God send?

While exact figures vary across tracking traditions, historical records note that God sent thousands of guides to humanity, with traditional sources citing an estimate of 124,000 prophets.

19.Were any prophets of Arab background?

While God has sent thousands of prophets throughout human history whose names and specific identities remain entirely unknown to us today, historical and scriptural records explicitly identify four specific prophets who came from an Arab background, namely Hud, Saleh, Shuaib, and the final prophet, Muhammad.

20.Did people believe Jesus was a Prophet?

Yes, contemporary crowds and close followers frequently identified Jesus as a prophet mighty in word and deed. This status is explicitly preserved in the New Testament gospels, including verses like Matthew 21:11 and Luke 24:19.

21.How did the prophets Moses, Jesus, Abraham etc. call out to God?

Historical and linguistic evidence shows that these prophets spoke ancient Semitic languages, meaning they addressed God using linguistic cognates tightly linked to the Arabic word Allah. Abraham and Moses historically used the Hebrew names El or Elohim, while Jesus addressed God in Aramaic using Elah or Alaha, all of which share identical ancient roots across the Semitic language family tree.