PROPHET MOHAMMAD PBUH (SAW) - THE LAST MESSENGER OF GOD (ALLAH SWT) AND THE SAVIOR OF HUMANITY (2)
by Syarif Hidayat
In islam, Prophet
Mohammed (SAW) is the Messenger of God Allah SWT. He was the last
messenger from God, (before him there was a large number of Prophets
such as, Moses, Jesus and Noah etc). Angel Gabriel was sent to Prophet
Mohammed PBUH and he received divine revelation from the Almighty
Allah . He was chosen by God to spread this message throughout all
earth, unrestricted by time, place, race or color claiming that his
message is the last between Heaven and earth and that he is the last of
Allah’s Messengers and Prophets.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The God Allah Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an:
“Say (O Muhammad SAW): "He is Allah, (the) One. Allah the
Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, (He neither eats nor
drinks). "He begets not, nor was He begotten.” "And there is none
co-equal or comparable unto Him." - Al Qur’an, Surah Al Ikhlas (The Purity of Faith)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. “Allah!
There is no god but He, the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No
slumber can seize Him nor sleep. His are all things in the heavens and
on earth. Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He
permitteth? He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) Before or
After or Behind them. Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge
except as He willeth. His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the
earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He
is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory). Let there be no compulsion in
religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects Evil and
believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that
never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things. Allah
is the protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness
He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the
patrons are the Evil Ones: from light they will lead them forth into the
depths of darkness. They will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell
therein (forever). (Al Qur’an, Al-Baqarah Surah, Verse : 255 - 257)
In the Name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful! “O
people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Now has come to you Our
Messenger (Prophet Muhammad PBUH) explaining to you much of that which
you used to hide from the Scripture and pass over (i.e. leaving out
without explaining) much. Indeed, there has come to you from Allâh a
light (Prophet Muhammad PBUH) and a plain Book (this Qur’ân). Wherewith
Allâh guides all those who seek His Good Pleasure to ways of peace, and
He brings them out of darkness by His Will unto light and guides them to
the Straight Way (Islâmic Monotheism).” - Al Qur’an Surah Al Maidah, Verse 15-16.
In the Name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful! “Forbidden
to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that
on which hath been invoked the name of other than Allah; that which hath
been killed by strangling, or by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall,
or by being gored to death; that which hath been (partly) eaten by a
wild animal; unless ye are able to slaughter it (in due form); that
which is sacrificed on stone (altars); (forbidden) also is the division
(of meat) by raffling with arrows: that is impiety. This day have those
who reject Faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear them not
but fear Me. This day have I perfected your religion for you,
completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your
religion. But if any is forced by hunger, with no inclination to
transgression, Allah is indeed Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”(Al Qur’an, Surah Al-Maidah, Verse 3).
Abysmal darkness and Ignorance
Any individual or group who is living in abysmal
darkness and ignorance of all sorts will not understand what is precious
and what is not. For an ignorant the values of gold and diamond has no
meaning. For an ignorant the work of scientists, engineers, doctors, and
administrators has no significance. A fool and an ignorant can not
understand the life and work of prophets (PBH).
A person lacking in moral and ethical values, a person of evil mind
and bankrupt knowledge will not understand the role of all prophets
which they played on the planet earth. They all were messenger of the
Almighty Allah and their presence was to establish peace and pious
society free from evils and hypocrisy. The roles of the noble men were
indeed immense in liberating the mind of person involved in superstition
and ignorance.
Prophet’s role is much above than scientists, engineers, doctors and
all other experts of various subjects because prophet’s mission to give
security of all sorts be it physical or spiritual and their teaching
makes a good human-being and repairs all the damages being done in the
society by unscrupulous person and makes each individual a responsible
human-being .It is clear that unless and until the good will not prevail
and peace will not be obtained all the technological developments will
come to stand still.
If we are good today just by a fraction it is all because of the
prophet’s teaching otherwise a person left in the jungle will not learn
discipline and goodness of any kind. When there will be no good or it
will not prevail in the society then on earth all development and
glamour will cease to exist. The prophets who appeared on the planet
earth were human-being trained by the Creator of the universe to deliver
His message to the men and women and molded the prophet to play
significant role in the society.
All the prophets before Prophet Muhammad PBUH came with their specific missions for particular nations
All the prophets from Prophet Adam (peace be upon him) to the last
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came with the mission to make the
mankind understand that one must submit his/her will to one and only one
Master of the Universe, i.e Allah SWT-the creator and sustainer of
universe. All the prophets came with the same message and tried their
best to make the world a peaceful dwelling place under one and only one
Master i.e Allah. They made the mankind aware that all the resources
which they explore and utilize for their requirements are the gift of
Almighty Allah only. When the Almighty has given so many things for us,
it is our duty to be grateful to Him.
The best way to be grateful to Almighty is to accept the teaching of
the prophet and follow the prophet’s teaching .It is then only the
mankind will save escape from the wrath of Almighty. The Almighty is all
powerful. When all the resources belongs to Him it is the duty of every
individual to submit to the will of the Master of the universe only
.The Master has revealed to the prophet what He likes and what not.
All the prophets made immense efforts and tried their best to
convince the people that the universe is governed by one single Master
and Administrator i.e. Allah SWT and they should bow their head to Him
only and glorify to Him only. The prophets further informed that mankind
must acknowledge the that the final abode of man is not in this world
but a different world which has two dwelling places-one laden with
garden to provide all comforts to good people who will pay attention to
the prophet’s message and will act accordingly and have followed well
the teachings and another place is kept for mischievous people who has
not paid attention to the message of the prophet and acted against the
noble teachings of prophet and so will go in the hell fire to suffer all
forms of torments .
The punishment is must since they refused to listen and comply with
Almighty’s message being conveyed through the prophet. The entire
prophet emphasized that belief and actions of man is accountable and he
will be punished or rewarded on the basis of his beliefs and actions he
performs. The prophet urged the mankind to submit to the Master of the
universe only to seek his guidance. The punishment and reward is kept
reserved for the mankind by the Master of the Universe on the basis of
man’s belief and actions which he holds on earth.
The person whose belief and actions will match with the message of
prophet will be crowned with success where as those unlucky who will go
against the message conveyed by the prophets will face grave consequence
in this world as well as in the world to come.
Prophet Muhammad PBUH is sent with mission for entire humanity
The earlier people, before the advent of Prophet Muhammad (peace be
upon him), will get reward if they had listened to the earlier prophets
of their time and followed them well. Now when the last prophet Muhammad
came to convey the message to mature society the people have no choice
but to follow the prophet Muhammad only if they want success in this
world and the world to come.
Since Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is sent for entire
humanity and not for particular nation so the people have no other
option but to follow the last prophet Muhammad and must follow prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) to get the reward from the Almighty Allah. The rules and
regulations of all the earlier prophets including Jesus (in Islam
Prophet Isa peace be upon him) will no longer hold since the prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) has already been made by the Almighty Allah
the final authority over others.
More over since the original teachings of the earlier prophet were
lost so the Allah SWT sent Prophet Muhammad PBUH to mend the society by
revealing the original message to him. Prophet Muhammad PBUH was sent by
Allah because the earlier nations lost the true teaching of their
prophets and also corrupted the original message .In this situation
there was need for a prophet for a matured society with additional
teachings compatible with time. Jesus (peace be on him) who was the
prophet of Allah before Muhammad (PBUH) foretold the coming of the last
Prophet Muhammad (peace is on him). While the mission of the earlier
prophets were generally limited to their own communities, Prophet
Muhammad PBUH's message and mission is made universal and timeless and
hold goods for all nations and tribes till the end of this world.
Since Prophet Muhammad PBUH is the final prophet therefore, any
person whose belief and actions will match with Prophet Muhammad PBUH’s
message will get the reward after death. The prophet PBUH informed that
final abode of mankind is not in this planet earth which has a limited
life span but in another world which will remain for ever where the
mankind will live with ease and comfort without disease and disturbance
without exhaustion and tiredness if his actions and belief found correct
and as per last prophet’s message.
Since Allah SWT has to make Muhammad (peace be upon him) the last
Prophet to guide the mankind so he was blessed with extraordinary
quality. He was most civilized and most cultured .He stood like rock
against all evil actions and was bent upon to root out the evils from
the society. He never rested till he completed the mission of Islam and
established society based on Sharia (Islamic law). He conveyed the
message of the Almighty Allah to mankind in a perfect manner. He
possessed very high morale of highest standard. He was a man of
integrity, pious and perfect in all actions, a great orator, a great
judge, a great reformer, a loving father, a loving husband and a true
well wisher of mankind. Muhammad (peace be upon him) was very
compassionate very generous, very humble and very tolerable. He was a
great problem solver and a great General.
Prophet Muhammad PBUH is in fact boon for the mankind
Muhammad (peace be upon him) indeed possessed innumerable qualities
and his advent is in fact boon for the mankind since he emancipated
humanity from the clutches of thousand “small gods” and informed them
about the existence of one and only one Allah who is supreme and all
powerful and whose rule dominates in all the worlds. Muhammad (peace be
upon him) is dearer to our parents since he has informed about the
existence of one Allah and the punishment and reward that is in store
for the mankind when he will pass from this world after death and thus
all mankind are accountable to Almighty Allah.
If I had not have learnt this from the teaching of the prophet I too
would have trapped in the clutches of ‘’small gods’’ which would have
made me coward. It is the teachings of the last prophet which instills
good qualities only in the mind which even our parents will fail to
teach. Some parent teach hatred to their children and some make liar to
their children, some ignore bad habits of their children, some teaches
their children only how to make money by hook or by crook.
Most of the parents never teach their child what actions are good for
them and what is bad .It may be that even the parents themselves are
not aware. So if the parents of today are good it is because of the
teaching of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Now tell me why I should not
love Muhammad (peace be upon him) most because his teaching only made
our parents behave in a nice manner. Why I should not love Muhammad most
who taught us how to make good relation with the Master of the universe
to get reward and provided me security in this world and hope the
Almighty Allah will provide me security after death .
It is Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) whose teaching made the
Muslim one nation and made us brother of one another. It is by his
teaching only that we know what is good and what is bad what is harmful
and what is beneficial. What idea we should possess and what we should
not .What food items are good for health and what is harmful for health.
The Prophet Muhammad PBUH commanded us to maintain social
solidarity and cooperation, to open our hearts to our fellows, and to
help one another at all times. He said, "Do not cut relations between
each other! Do not turn your backs on each other! Do not grow hatred
between each other! O God's servants! Become brothers and sisters!"
It is by his teaching only we came to
know how to walk, what to see, how to speak and how to maintain good
relations with our parents, kith and kin, neighbor and fellow citizens,
how to maintain and clean our body and soul in a nice way and how to
fulfill the requirement of body by legitimate food to maintain good
health. It is by the teaching of prophet that we came to know that all
human-being are equal and the criteria of good and bad people are not
race but good action in the light of Al Qur’an and teaching of last
prophet.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is fountain head of all good
behaviors and good characters who showed us the road to success .In this
background then why one should not follow him, respect him most and
should give life for the sake of him. He was the most ideal man who once
set foot on this planet earth to guide mankind and to mould their lives
and livings so that they form a good society and live in peace and
happiness not only in their world but when they will depart from this
world too. How lucky is the person who responded and will respond to the
call of Prophet Muhammad PBUH.
Freedom of speech must have a limit
It is advised that if any body wants to say anything about the
prophet he must first study the life and mission of the prophet and must
stand the emotional attachment of all Muslims which they have with the
prophet. If any body, without knowing the prophet will utter any single
bad word about him then such person or group or nation must be ready to
face grave consequences.
There is limit to everything. There is limit for the intake of food
items, walking, and sleeping. Freedom of speech also must have a limit.
We are free to do good and good thing has no limit but bad things are
bounded by limit and no body is as free to harm any one or insult
anybody. If any body will cross the limit of decency then he is sole
responsible for his action and must be ready to face dire consequences.
No body can say that he is free to say any damn thing, free to abuse
his parents, free to abuse his teacher, and free to abuse his neighbor
or abuse the fellow citizen in the name of freedom. Such mischievous
person will not be spared in any society if in the name of freedom of
speech he will go on speaking worst thing about anybody, insult anybody,
blame anybody. If such bad mouthed person will not be punished then he
will make a mess of everything and all the person living in such society
will be victim of this bad person and innocent people will suffer
mental agony unnecessarily.
So when an ordinary person has self respect and he should not be
insulted then any body who will dare to insult the messiah of humanity
why should go Scot free. One must think twice when commenting a
personality like Prophet Muhammad PBUH whose only aim was to establish
good things and eradicate evils from society and who is most beloved
person for all who accepted his teachings which emancipated human-being
from darkness. One must study about the life and Mission of this final
prophet of mankind if any one is in search of truth.
The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is in fact savior of humanity.
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. “Allah
is the protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness
He will lead them forth into light. Of those who reject faith the
patrons are the Evil Ones: from light they will lead them forth into the
depths of darkness. They will be Companions of the Fire, to dwell
therein (forever).” - (Al Qur’an, Al-Baqarah, verse 257)
Prophet Mohammed (SAW) is the Messenger of God. He was the last
messenger from God, (before him there was a large number of Prophets
such as, Moses, Jesus and Noah etc). Angel Gabriel was sent to Prophet
Mohammed PBUH and he received divine revelation from the Almighty
Allah . He was chosen by God to spread this message throughout all
earth, unrestricted by time, place, race or color claiming that his
message is the last between Heaven and earth and that he is the last of
Allah’s Messengers and Prophets.
If people actually had the time to go read about this man,
the husband, the friend and the human being, “Prophet Mohammed”; they
would correct their misconceptions. Mohammed (SAW) was the best man that
ever lived on planet Earth.
Many people have a wrong idea of who Prophet Mohammed is and
disrespectfully draw him, make fun of him or even talking badly about a
person they never read about. No matter what religion you are, you
should respect anybody and everybody despite differences that you may
have.
Study him from proper good Muslims instead of the people that
make up stories about this beautiful person who loved humanity,
equality and justice. I would advise you to restrict bad language about
the prophet and say peace instead.
Bibliotheque:
1. Al Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad PBUH Hadiths
2. “The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is in fact savior of humanity.” Published by Ehtsham http://www.scribd.com/doc/2931293/Prophet-Muhammadthe-saviour-of-humanity
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