05-21-2004, 11:22 PM
Quote:One thing I don't understand is why Muhamed is regarded as <b>the</b> messenger of Allah. I know Muhamed was the last messenger, but he was not the only messenger.about muhammad being the ONLY prophet... this is not true... You see Joshua... islam mentions alot of the other prophets in the quraan chapter 12 in named Yusuf(that is prophet joseph) just before that there is a chapter named Yunus (that is the prophet jonah) etc.. there are many more... Islam is taken not only from the quran but also from the example that prophet muhammad set, this example is collected in the <i>hadeeth</i> if you go in depth you would see that islam goes more into the lives of these prophets than christianity... for example... does any of these other religions say the reason why Cane and Abel (Two of Aadam's children) were angry with each other in the first place... or does the book say that they were just angry...
you see ...
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In fact if you go into the very hadeeth that i mentioned above and you look at a hadeeth called "hadeeth jibreel" you would see that islam actually makes it an <b>article of faith</b> to believe in the prophets. In other words you would see that in order to be a muslim you MUST believe in the prophets...
the thing is though that the other books have been corrupted soo much that we cant take their information..
not only that but there were laws in the times of the other prophets that were allowed that were suitable for their time and that the prophet Muhammad (UWBP) had abrogated.. for example .. if you read chapter 12 of the quraan (i.e. surah yusuf or joseph) you would see that joseph's parents actually prostrated before him when they met him in egypt... this was actually a greeting... NOW the prophet Muhammad (UWBP) has abrogated that and now we are not allowed to prostrate before anyone... you understand...
NOW ABOUT THE FIGHTING...
I know that this can get a bit confusing.. but when we interperet quraan there are many laws that need to be taken into consideration... for example.. we need to take into consideration the circumstances under which these verses were revealed... as for these verses... you would see that they cannot just be taken literally...
so as a muslim you cannot be walking down the road see a jew and take out an AK47 and blow the living daylights outta him... you need to consider the islamic law... what does this verse actually mean...
get it josh... so consider this when you read the quraan....
we all look forward to all your questions