Prophets in Islam
As prophets those persons are referred to in Islam, who were chosen by Allah to convey to people his word. Many find in the Qur'an and in the sayings of Muhammad mention.
A distinction is made between the Prophet ( nabī / نبي ) and Messengers ( Rasūl / رسول ), the religious scholars lined up different definitions. The two famous statements for this are (mentioned in Qadi Iyad (d. 1149 ) and ar - Razi (d. 1209) ):
Each envoy also a prophet, but not every prophet is the doctrine by a messenger. From the interchangeability of both the Mu ʿ names tazila went out. The Qur'an also puts faith in all recognized prophets and revealed books firmly without making a distinction between them.
After a prophet mentioned in the Musnad Ahmad tradition ibn Hanbal ( Hadith) after the companions Abu Dharr it is said that there had been 313 (or 319) Messenger and 124,000 prophets. The stories of the various prophets account for a substantial part of the Qur'an and many of them are mentioned by name. Some prophets are, however, identified only in hadiths and Koranic commentary ( Tafsir ).
"We have yet sent messengers before thee ( to the people ). About some of them we have given you ( specifically ) reported over others do not. "
In Islam, prophets are exclusively male:
"And we have in front of you (always ) (as Our messengers ) can occur except men to whom we entered ( revelations ) ( men) from the inhabitants of the cities. "
After the Muslim teaching was the first prophet Adam, who was also the first man at the same time for Muslims. The highlight of Mohammed concludes with his embassy the line of prophets from:
" [ ... ] It is rather the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of Prophets (ie, the certifier of the earlier prophets, or the last of the Prophets). God knows everything. "
The 25 mentioned in the Quran or the Prophet Messenger are:
In addition, there are other people who have been to various scholarly opinions prophets or pious or holy:
- ' Uzair, corresponding to the biblical Ezra
- Luqman
- Dhul- Qarnayn
- Schit ( Schīth ), corresponding to the biblical Set
The following properties are each ambassadors, derived from religious law and logic, attributed to underpin the nature of his mission:
- Sincerity in his call to follow him and in what he sent of God
- Trustworthiness in the sense of doing anything illegal or frowned upon, and the sinlessness associated
- Transmission of what was commanded to reveal to him
- High intelligence, so he can not be cheated
As opposites arise those properties that may apply impossible according to religious scholars to a Messenger ( lie, Back stabbing, concealment and simplicity ). Because they are people you everything is possible, what can happen to a human, including marriage, mild disease, etc, as long as this does not hinder their mission.