FROM PROPHET ABRAHAM TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD — Raising A New Generation

FROM PROPHET ABRAHAM TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD T HE Prophet Abraham was born about 2000 years before Christ, in the Sumerian city-state of Ur, which is located in present-day Iraq. He lived for more than 175 years. Ur was the capital city and the centre of Mesopotamia. Those were the times when polytheism was the predominant thought. Whatever appeared great to human observation was considered either as God or was attributed as something divine. This culture was prevalent everywhere, from individual homes to political fi elds. The old world order was established on these false assumptions, known in religious terms as polytheism and in rational language as superstition. The negative fall-out of these assumptions was that nature became a subject of holiness and worship. All the prophets, including Prophet Abraham and Prophet Muhammad, came with the sole mission of conveying the message of the worship of the one God to humankind. As far as nature was concerned instead of making it an object of worship one should make it a subject of contemplation and explore ways of harnessing it for our real benefi t. Instead of making Nature an object of worship one should make it a subject of contemplation and explore ways of harnessing it for man’s benefit. Prophet Abraham started his mission with this same message in ancient Iraq. At that time, his father enjoyed the position of a priest in society. Hence, Prophet Abraham began his mission from his own house, as a result of which he was soon homeless. After this, he continued to convey the message of worship of the one Creator to his people in various ways. But his people also turned against him and his message. Another serious matter of this age was that kingdoms fl ourished based on divinity of the rulers, and this was linked to the worship of nature. Such superstitious beliefs were a means used by rulers to maintain their hold and their domination of the people. Hence, they used all their powers to put down any movement that they felt was against these superstitious and false beliefs. This was the case with King Nimrod of ancient Iraq, who was a