Basics of Islam
The Third-Belief in His
Revelations/Books:Continues-turns away from them will be at a great loss in the hereafter.
The Qur'an is the
everlasting miracle that Allah sent to Mohammad (peace be upon him) with in
which Allah took upon Himself to
preserve and guard from plagiarism and distortion. The Qur'an is an authority
over and an abrogation of the previous Books sent by Allah.
The Fourth- Belief in His
Messengers:
Belief in Allah’s
messengers is one of the six pillars of eemaan (faith), as the Qur’an states,
“The Messenger believes in that which has been revealed to him from his Lord
and so do the believers. Each one believes in Allah and His angels and His
books and His messengers.” (Al-Baqarah, 2:285)
This verse makes
it abundantly clear that we must believe in all of Allah’s messengers without
making a distinction between any of them. We must not, therefore, believe in
some of them and reject some others, as did the Jews and the Christians.
The Qur’an says,
“Therefore, the messengers’ obligation is no more than to convey the message
clearly.” (An-Nahl, 16:35)
To believe that
their message was truly from Allah and that Allah had sent them with the same
message, to worship Allah alone and to avoid false gods, as the Qur’an states,
“We sent a messenger among every people saying: ‘Worship Allah and keep clear
of all false gods.’” (An-Nahl, 16:36)
Belief in the
Messengers means to have firm belief and confirmation that Allah has raised
individuals from mankind as Prophets and Messengers who calls and direct people
to the Truth, and call them from the darkness of misguidance, shirk, and
disobedience to the light of guidance, Tawheed and obedience to Allah. The
Messengers were tasked to convey the messages that were sent down to them, and
they all conveyed what they were tasked to convey in the best and most complete
manner. There are twenty-five Messengers mentioned in the Qur'an, eighteen of
them were mentioned in Surah al-Anam 6:(83-86).
Some of the names
of the Messengers sent by Allah are:
Adam, Noah,
Abraham, Enoch (Idris), Heber (Hood), Methu Saleh (Salih), Lut (Lot), Ishmael
(Ismael), Isaac (Ishak), Jacob (Yakub), Joseph (Yusuf), Jethro (Shu’ayb), Moses
(Musa), Aaron (Harun), David (Dawud), Solomon, Job (Ayyub ), Ezekiel
(Dhulkifl), Jonah (Yunus), Elias, Elisha (Al-Yasa), Zachariah, John (Yahyaa),
Jesus (Isaa), and all other Prophet’s, including,
the last and the
final Messenger Mohammad [may Allah’s peace be upon them all].
Belief in Mohammad
(peace
be upon him):
We believe that Mohammad (s.a.w.s) was Allah’s
slave and messenger, that he is the best of all mankind without exception, the
seal of the Prophets and so there will be no prophet after him. He fully
delivered the divine message assigned to him, sincerely counseled the Muslim
community (Ummah), and strove hard for the cause of Allah to the best of his
ability.
We believe what he
said, obey his commands and avoid the acts he prohibited and warned us against.
We must worship Allah according to his guidance (Sunnah) and take none but him
as our example. The Qur’an says, “You have an excellent model in the Messenger
of Allah, for all who hope for Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much.”
(Al-Ahzaab, 33:21)
We must show more
love for the Prophet (s.a.w.s) than for our own parents, children and indeed
all humankind. “None of you will be a true believer,” the Prophet (s.a.w.s)
once mentioned, “until he loves me more than his parents, his children and all
mankind.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree: 15 and Saheeh Muslim: 44).
However, true love
for the Prophet (s.a.w.s) can only be realized by following his Sunnah. Indeed,
true happiness and complete guidance cannot be attained without obeying him, as
the Qur’an states, “If you obey him, you will be guided.’ The Messenger is only
responsible for delivering the message clearly.” (An-Noor, 24:54)
Basics of Islam
