Who Was Jesus (as)?

[umm Zachariah]

Salam,


Can I just make some comments


''I simply can't accept in my mind that all prophets were Muslim. It's like historic revisionism to me to say that. I have never seen any other prophet say, follow this religion that I follow called "submission". True, they believed in One God but that doesn't make them Muslim by default. We never hear of this name for the religion until Muhammad and it is seemingly applied backwards to people who never heard of the word before.''


If you want to use a modern word you could use 'update'. Information form earlier that has been 'out of date' or 'served it purpose' is being updated, modernized.


The earlier Prophets did follow 'submission' though we may call it something else. Since if you say they did not submit, it means that they did go against the will of Allah, SWT by NOT submitting to His will and THAT is impossible. We are talking about PROPHETS here not common man!


So when believing in One Creator and submitting ONLY to Him - that is Islam, that is what the word means. It is the ACT that counts - backwards or forwards - not the NAME invented FOR it.


Islam means obedience and submission to Allah, SWT by OBSERVING HIS COMMANDS AND INTERDICTIONS. Therefore Islam, at the time of Noah, AS meant following Noah's Message, Islam in the time of Moses, AS meant following Moses ordinance, Islam at the time of Jesus, AS meant following the Gospel, and Islam from the time of Muhammad, SAAWS means following all what was sent with him.


And the core of all the divine Messages is monotheism, the call to the worship of Allah, SWT ALONE and the rejection of all other deities.


Islam TEACHES us that there will be nor come any other religion to follow, this is very clear, so your question 'what would happen...another one...' is not relevant in accordance with Islamic teaching. On the other hand I don't think that ever before it was stated that it was the last prophet nor the the last revelation nor the universal one - but Islam clearly state this. So we need not to wonder 'what if'. It is the ultimate Message sent to human mankind for all times to come.


Why not be a bit poetic and call it 'The last train to Paradise' - don't forget to 'buy' a ticket!


Good night