Age of the Prophets
English book, p. 23
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Age of the Prophets historians did not consider them worthy of being recorded. However, since the life of the final Prophet came to be related to political events, contemporary historians attached historical importance to his advent and mentioned him in their books. All the prophets sent by God brought the same message of monotheism: that man was required to lead his life worshipping the one God. But the prophets who came before Prophet Muhammad could not gather strong teams. That is why the mission of all of these prophets only reached the point of the announcement of monotheism: no real revolution based on monotheism could be brought about. As a result, polytheism continued to prevail. The journey of history could never be made to follow the path of monotheism. It is the way of God: to lend support to dayees who convey God’s message to man. The support of God was given to the prophets in the form of miracles to facilitate their dawah work, calling people to God. For instance, the miracle given to Moses was that his rod turned into a living snake and began moving. But despite these miracles being so extraordinary, people failed to accept the prophets’ call. Instead, they rejected miracles, holding them to be mere magic.

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