Assignment Question:
We must believe in all prophets. They are great leaders with great qualities. But Holy Prophet PBUH possesses many unique features.
There are several sole characteristics of Holy Prophet
PBUH have been mentioned in the Holy Quran and Hadith. For example:
1. His prophet hood is universal. 2. He is seal of prophet hood.
3. Deen is completed upon him. 4. A position of praise and glory will be granted to him on the Day of Resurrection.
Describe comprehensively above mentioned characteristics of Holy Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon only with the reference of Holy Quran.
Solution:
1. His prophet hood is universal:
Since Allah Almighty wanted all human beings to learn from a single prophet, He did not send any prophets after Hazrat Eesa
(Jesus) for more than five hundred years. Thus, during that period all of the books and messages of the prophets that had
previously been sent including the religion brought by Hazrat Eesa were to a large extent forgotten and falsified. Humanity
entered the period of interregnum, that is, after Hazrat Eesa until the advent of Hazrat Muhammad human beings were deprived of
the truth and reality. There was a great need for a prophet. Meanwhile Allah Almighty sent Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) as the
Prophet for all human beings, his message being valid until the Day of Judgment.
The following evidence indicates that the prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad is universal:
(i) Being sent as a mercy to the worlds:
Allah Almighty expresses the universality of the prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) as follows:
And We have not sent you but as a mercy to the worlds (al-Anbiyâ, 21/107).
(ii) Being the last prophet:
The fact that Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is the last prophet means that his prophethood is universal. Since there will be no prophets after him, he
will be the prophet of all of the human beings that will come to the world until the Day of Judgment. Allah Almighty explains that issue as
follows: Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the last of the prophets; and Allah is cognizant of
all.(al-Ahzab, 33/40).
Since Islam is the last religion, it needs to be the most perfect and universal religion.
(iii) Hazrat Prophets defining himself as sayyid of men:
Hazrat Prophet will have two kinds of shafaa (intercession) in the Day of Judgment: Firstly, when all people gather in the gathering place, people
who are bored and suffocated will apply to their prophets for shafaa so that reckoning will start at once; however, no prophet will dare to do it
and they will direct people to Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Reckoning will start with the shafaa of Hazrat Prophet. Secondly, Allah Almighty will
give Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) the authority to do shafaa first for his ummah who believed in him and then for everybody who said La-ilaha
illallah = There is no god but Allah. It is understood from the hadith that Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) will do shafaa for the ummahs of previous
prophets that recognized Allah as one.Hazrat Prophet explained his situation before Allah Almighty and other people in the gathering place as “I
am the master of sons of Adam in the Day of Judgment! Do you know the reason why?”
(iv) The Quran is the greatest miracle of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH):
The Quran is a universal book. The following is stated in a verse regarding the issue:
It is guidance to those who fear Allah (al-Baqara, 2/2).
In another verse, God Almighty says: Say this Qur'an has been revealed to me by inspiration That I may warn you and all whom it reaches... (alAnaam, 6/19)
The following is stated in another verse: Verily this Qur'an dos guide to that which is most right (or stable), and give the glad tidings to the
Believers who work deeds of righteousness, that they shall have a magnificent reward (al-Isra, 17/9).The fact that the Quran is a universal book
indicates that the prophethood of Hazrat Prophet is universal.
(v) Hazrat Muhammads (PBUH) acting like a universal prophet:
Hazrat Prophet sent envoys to the rulers of Byzantium, Egypt, Abyssinia, Iran, Yamamah and Ghassan and called them to Islam in the seventh year
of hijrah. That act of his shows that his prophethood is not local but universal.
(vi) Abundance and variety of miracles:
The fact that Hazrat Muhammads (PBUH) miracles contain all kinds of miracles of the previous prophets and that his greatest miracle, the Quran,
contains the fundamentals of the previous heavenly books shows the universality of his prophethood and religion.
(vii) Miraj (the Ascension) shows that the prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is universal:
In that sacred journey, he met prophets in the layers of the heaven and the chief angels that were responsible for those layers, and saw many
spiritual worlds, primarily Paradise and Hell. Seen in that aspect, Miraj is the inspection of Hazrat Prophet, with the title of the chief
of the
universe, and taking reports from the angels about their duties and meeting God Almighty on behalf of the world.Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) is
the master and sayyid of this world. His helpers are the prophets. His students are the saints and the selected people.
Verse:
You are the best nation [ever] brought forth for mankind: you bid what is right and forbid what is wrong, and have faith in Allah. And if the
People of the Book had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them [some] are faithful, but most of them are
transgressors. ( Al
Imran 3:110)
2. He is the seal of prophet hood:
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Khatam an-Nabiyyin usually translated as Seal of the Prophets, is a title used in the Qur'an to designate the Islamic prophet
Muhammad.
Muhammad prophesied the appearance of a number of false prophets before the day of judgement, while asserting his status as
the seal of the prophets.
No messenger nor even a Prophet charged with the mission of carrying out reforms in the sphere of Law or society which might
have been omitted (God forbid) during the lifetime of Muhammad (PBUH) will ever succeed him.Muhammad is known as the
Seal of the Prophets because Muslims believe he was the final prophet and no others will come after him. This is because they
believe that he communicated Allah’s final message to human beings.
Verse:
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Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah
has full knowledge of all things. (Al-Ahzab 33:41)
3. Deen is completed upon him:
It is known by necessity that the Deen of Islam is complete, as Allah, the Exalted, says:
“This day, I have perfected your Deen for you, completed My Favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
Deen.” (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:3)
It addresses every issue that concerns man in this life and in the Hereafter. Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And We have sent down to you the Book (the Qur'an) as an exposition of everything, a guidance, a mercy, and glad tidings for
those who have submitted themselves (to Allah as Muslims).” (Surah An-Nahl, 16:89)
Whatever aspect of Shari'ah that has not been clarified in the first source of Islamic Law, which is the Qur'an, has been clarified in
the second source of Islamic Law, which is the Sunnah. The Sunnah includes the Prophet's utterances, actions and approvals
provided that it has been narrated to us with a sound chain of narration. Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad) the reminder and the advice (the Qur'an) that you may explain clearly to
men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought.” (Surah An-Nahl, 16:44)”
The Prophet (Peace be upon him) said: ”I have left you on a clear path, its night is like its day, and no one would stray from it
except a person who would be destructed.”
4. A position of praise and glory will be granted to him on the day of resurrection:
In Islam that the Qur'an states Allah will resurrect everyone from their graves on the day of judgement.
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It is believed that the time is coming and that there shall be no doubt that Allah will do as promised. Just as Allah created the
people, they will be brought back to the same form.
Islam teaches that there will be a resurrection of the dead that will be followed by a final tribulation and eternal division of the
righteous and wicked.
After the blowing of the trumpet and the death of all men; and the changing and sinking into themselves of the general
systems of the earth and the heavens, the trumpet would be blown once again and all the human beings present in
Barzakh would become alive again and present themselves before the Almighty Allah for accounting of their deeds.
Verse: The Holy Quran says: Do not these think that they shall be raised again, for a mighty day, the day on which men shall
stand before the Lord of the worlds? (Al-Mutaffifin 4-6)