Divine Planning

~ 35 ~ However, the Qur’an declared: ‘Your Lord may exhalt you to a position of praise and glory’, (17:79). This divine proclamation meant that his prophethood would pass from the stage of doubt to the stage of full acceptance. The stage of Mahmud (worthy of praise) is the final stage of recognition and acknowledgement. Whenever a Prophet is born, his good faith becomes a subject of doubt to his people. “Is he really a prophet, or does he just claim to be one?” To the end, such thoughts keep coming to people’s minds. Prophethood, in its initial stage, is merely a claim. It has no such inbuilt proof as people will be forced to acknowledge. That is why, whenever a prophet comes to any community, he becomes in their eyes a controversial personality, established historical proofs not having been gathered in his support. Supportive arguments do come into existence, but always only after a certain time has elapsed. Generally, the Prophets did not reach this second stage of full acceptance. All other prophets came to the world and also left