Every accountable is obligated to become a Muslim

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Bismillah, walhamdulillah wa Sallallahu ^ala rasulillah,

Islam is the Religion of all the Prophets of Allah starting with Adam and ending with Muhammad. In Arabic Islam means submission. To believe in the heart and declare with the tongue: “No one is God except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” is how one becomes Muslim. Utterance with the Two Professions (ash*Shahadatan) is required of the accountable person who is not already a Muslim. A Muslim is a believer and a follower of Islam.

The accountable is the one who is:

  1. Sane
  2. Pubescent
  3. Heard the call of the messenger (basic call of Islam, that Allah is one and that Muhammad is his messenger).

By saying that statment “No one is God except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah” or what it means, one becomes a Muslim.

I will God willing explain the meanings of that statment.
Allah knows best.

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The First Profession (ash-Shahadah), i.e., "No one is God except Allah" means nothing deserves to be worshipped except Allah. "Allah" is the name of the Creator in Arabic which means "The One Who has the Godhood which is the power to create the entities."

The second Profession, i.e., "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" includes believing Muhammad was the last of the prophets, he was truthful in all he told about and conveyed from Allah (as were all the prophets before him), and the Creator gave us prophets and messengers (A 'prophet' is a man who receives the Revelation from Allah and conveys it to the people. A 'messenger' is a prophet who comes with some new laws. The prophet who is not a messenger follows the laws of the messenger who came before him. Every messenger is a prophet, but not every prophet is a messenger.) to guide us to worship Him correctly. A Muslim must believe in all the prophets and messengers.

The Two Professions are the essentials of belief in Islam; they are the foundation of the faith. The analogy of constructing a building is useful in explaining the importance of this basic belief. There will be no building without a concrete foundation. Likewise, there will be no benefit and fruitful results in the Hereafter without having the correct belief first.

This analogy illustrates the need to start from the beginning and build upward; before one can remain steadfast in the Religion one must have the proper belief. Muslims firmly believe only one Creator exists, His name is Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet and Messenger. Knowledge and belief in this are the foundation of the faith, and all Muslims are united by this basic belief. The Muslim uses the mind as a guide because the mind and faith go hand-in-hand. Knowledge is essential since learning gives one strength and purpose.

The sound intellect and the explicit statements revealed to Prophet Muhammad affirm the belief in God, His existence, and His attributes. One must understand that Allah is not His attributes nor is He other than them. For example: One can say: "Allah has the attribute of power" but one cannot say: "Allah is power." God has no faults or weaknesses. He, the Exalted, is flawless. His attributes are without flaw and are unchanging. God does not resemble any of His (Note: The word 'He' or 'His' when used in reference to Allah must not be understood to represent gender. Allah created male and female, and He does not resemble any of His creation.) creation. Intellectively, if Allah resembled any of His creation, He would be susceptible to the same things the creation are susceptible. If He were susceptible, as the creations are, He would be weak and created--as they are--and this is impossible. Allah is without shape, without form, and without limitations. He does not resemble anything man sees in the universe or anything he can imagine--since imagination is part of the creation.

Allah knows best.
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Allah exists . Without comparing Allah to the creation one can use mental evidences to prove the existence of the Creator. When one sees a building, one knows there is a builder; when one sees a painting, one knows there is a painter; when one sees the creation, one knows there is a Creator. Allah is the Creator. Allah exists without a place because He always existed and He created all the places. Allah existed eternally and place did not, and Allah exists now as He has been, i.e., without residing in a place, whether this place is skies, Earth, Paradise, Hell, or any other place in the six directions. Allah does not change. Change is a sign of need and need is non-befitting to attribute to God. Allah is perfect. If something changes for the bad, it is no longer perfect, and if it changes for the good, it was not perfect to begin with. Therefore, Allah does not change. He is not in Heaven. He is not in everyone. He is not everywhere. He does not occupy a space now, He never did, and He never will. Allah exists without a place.

Allah is one; He is indivisible, i.e., He is not a body. Allah has no partner, no counterpart, no wife, no son. Intellectively, this is understood because if there were two partners and one partner willed for one thing to be and the other partner willed the opposite thing--we know opposites do not happen simultaneously--so the one who willed what did not occur is weak. Weakness is non-befitting to attribute to God; therefore, there is only one God. For the same reason, the Devil does not have control over God and evil occurs because Allah willed it. There is a wisdom behind everything--even if we do not know the wisdom--Allah knows.

Allah has no beginning to His existence. Anything that has a beginning is creation. Allah created every creation, every movement, every rest, every thought, every intention. To have a beginning is a sign of need, and Allah is not in need. Allah has no end to His existence. To have an end is weakness; the Creator is not weak.

Allah does not need any of His creation. To need something means to be unable to perform without it, and this is weakness. The Creator is not weak--it is impossible to be among His attributes. Allah has the attribute of power by which He affects the creation. He makes them exist and He annihilates them.

Allah has the attribute of Will. Whatever Allah willed to be shall be and whatever Allah did not will to be shall not be. Both good and evil happen according to God's will.

Allah has the attribute of knowledge. Allah knows everything: what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen.

Allah hears all hearable things and Allah sees all seeable things without organs and without limitations. Man needs ears and air to transfer sound in order to hear and light in order to see. Allah does not need any of the creation. Allah, with His eternal kalam, orders the obligations, forbids the prohibitions, promises the reward of Paradise, and threatens the punishment of Hellfire without instruments, letters, languages, or sounds.

Allah has the attribute of life because he who is dead cannot be attributed with knowledge, will, power, and consequently, cannot create. Allah's life is not like ours. We need flesh, bones, blood, and spirit. Allah created all these; His life is not in need of any of them.

Allah created all the creation, and this includes the Religion of Islam--which is the only valid and true Religion. Islam began among humans with the first man, Adam, who was the first prophet and messenger, and Islam continued through many prophets, some of which were also messengers. All the prophets and messengers taught "No one is God except Allah" and to believe in and follow the prophet and messenger of their time. All the Prophets taught there is only one God, the aforementioned attributes of Allah, and the attributes of the prophets. They called the people to Islam, taught them how to worship Allah properly, and conveyed what Allah ordered and what Allah forbid. The prophets had miracles to support their claim of Prophethood and to prove to the people what they were teaching was the truth. Some of the rules changed from one messenger to another but the belief remained the same. The messengers came with new laws. For example: at the time of Adam, Muslims used to pray once per day. They were ordered to pray twice per day at the time of Prophet ^Isa. Now, according to the rules of the last Messenger--Prophet Muhammad--Muslims pray five times per day. In previous laws of the messengers, Muslims were ordered to pray in specific places. Now, in the rules revealed to Prophet Muhammad, Muslims are not required to pray in specific places.

Allah blessed the people with the prophets and messengers to guide them to obedience and warn them from disobedience. Muslims must believe in all the prophets and messengers because Allah blessed them all with Revelation and they conveyed this to their people, but now Muslims must follow the rules of the last Prophet and Messenger, Prophet Muhammad.

Allah ordered the Messengers to convey the laws, and they did. They taught by words and example. The prophets were attributed with truthfulness, trustworthiness, and intelligence. Consequently, lying, dishonesty, vileness, stupidity, and dullness were impossible to be among their attributes. They were also attributed with impeccability of blasphemy (Blasphemy includes any belief, action, or saying which belittles Allah, His Books, His Messengers, His Angels, His Rites, the Ma^alim of His Religion, His Rules, His Promise, or His Threat.), the great sins (such as drinking alcohol and unjustful killing), and abject small sins (such as stealing one grape).

Prophet Muhammad taught his Companions and those Companions taught their followers and so on until the knowledge of Islam reached the Muslims of the present day. The beliefs and teachings were passed from trustworthy Muslim('Trustworthy' as defined by Islam means the Muslim who does not commit great sins, small sins in a way that they will be more than this good deeds, and does not behave in violation of the behavior of those who have his status.) to trustworthy Muslim with a chain of reliable relators back to the Prophet. In Islam it is a great sin to judge without knowledge. If a Muslim does not know an answer to an Islamic inquiry he must not give his opinion or what he thinks the answer might be. Instead, he seeks the answer from someone more knowledgeable in the Religion who attained the knowledge in the aforementioned manner.

Since Allah created Adam, the first man, from soil of different colors and different textures, and all people are the descendants of Adam, this accounts for the various races and temperaments of people. Muslim men and women around the world of all ages, races, colors, nationalities, social backgrounds, economic status', languages, and political affiliations are united by their belief that there is only one God, His name is Allah, and Muhammad is His last Prophet and Messenger and by practicing the same rules of the Religion.

Islam is a belief system as well as a way of life. Only the Creator knows the limits, the weakness, and the vulnerability of all His creation, and He has provided rules for them that are fair and just. Allah knows what is good for His creation as well as what is harmful; He knows what is beneficial and what is detrimental.

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The foundation of Islam is based upon five matters:

Professing and believing no one is God except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah;

Prayer;

Zakah;

Fasting;

Hajj.

The belief in the truth of Islam is the same despite the color of the skin, whether one is a man or a woman, how much wealth one might or might not have accumulated, where one lives, and who one's family and/or friends are.

Prayer, five times each day, is required by all Muslim mukallaf (Mukallaf in this context means sane and pubescent.).

Fasting during the month of Ramadan is an obligation on all Muslims who have reached puberty and who are physically able to fast. This helps the Muslim to feel what the poor feel, and in this way one remembers to care for those less fortunate than oneself. Fasting also disciplines the Muslim and brings Muslims together--uniting them by a common, shared experience.

The Hajj, pilgrimage as defined by Islam, is the journey to the Ka^bah to perform, at a specific period of the year, certain actions in Makkah and its vicinity. It is required at least once during the lifetime of each Muslim mukallaf if he is able. During Hajj, all Muslims leave their worldly possessions and perform the same religious obligations in the same way as those Muslims with them and those Muslims who performed Hajj before them.

Zakah is paying a certain portion of one's money (Money in this context includes property, possessions, and wealth.) to specific types of people with certain conditions. This provides for the poor Muslims and those whose needs are not being met within the Muslim community.

Islam also requires a Muslim to be humble and to care about and to respect one's brother and sister Muslim. It is not acceptable Islamic behavior to talk about other Muslims or to cause problems amongst them.

Learning the Obligatory Knowledge of the Religion puts the Muslim on the road for excellence and self-betterment. With knowledge, the Muslim differentiates between what is lawful and what is not, and what is an acceptable, valid worship and what is not. What differentiates one Muslim from another is the amount of Islamic knowledge one attains and applies within one's own life. "The Essentials of Belief" is an insight into the Religion of Islam. Believing and uttering 'No one is God except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah' is the most important thing any person can do and it is a condition for the acceptance of the good deeds. The one who becomes Muslim and stays Muslim will have the enjoyment of Paradise without end in the Hereafter and the one who rejects Islam will suffer the torture of Hellfire without end in the Hereafter. It is certain that death will come to all of us. The one who is prepared for the Day of Judgment is the one who knows, accepts, and applies the essentials of belief, and implements the teachings of Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, in all sincerity to Allah, the Exalted.

The truth of Islam must be accepted and the Obligatory Knowledge of Islam must be acquired and taken if it is from reliable, trustworthy, Islamic sources--regardless of whether the teacher is young or old, male or female, rich or poor, black or white, Arab or American or African or Indian or Chinese or Spanish or of any other origin.

Allah knows best.

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What will happen to those who do not become muslims?!

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Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah
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As a non-Muslim and curious to know about Islam, can you please answer my this very basic question (may be due to my ignorance)... How to prove that "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah"...

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Ok what criterion is according to you should be the one who is the Prophet of God(Allaah = God in Arabic

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If you are a believer of any Abrahamic religion then this question would become an oxymoron. However if you are an athiest then we can proceed differently. Would you care elaborating.

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It's faith either way.

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And with this kid its cut-paste either way.

Ehsaan Uncleee
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Can't ask open ended questions like that, and get a specific answer...

What is the nature of such a proof?

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Dear all believers in Almighty

My enquiry is very basic in nature with reference to Islam...(as a matter of fact I am learning "Advaita Vedanta" philosophy by which you guys can guess my belief)

Without any intentional offense to any Muslim believer...the reason why asked the question is this ---

Though very limited in knowledge, recently while reading about Islam, I came to know the following facts:

(1) The self-proclaimed prophet of Islam started receiving divine messages (not directly from God) but through an angel named Gabriel...during this time Muhammad's age was around 40 years, also the angel is well known among Jews and Christ believers, much before Muhammad.

(2) If we think from a neutral perspective the age after which Muhammad started delivering messages to Pagan Arabs suggests that he might be well aware about angel and previous Prophets/enlightened souls from Jewish and Christianity and the same has been mentioned in His book (Quran).

This is the reason why many non-Muslims ask an evidence for Muhammad receiving revealations from Gabriel since He is not a prophet by birth, like Jesus or Moses....Further...Muhammad has not mentioned any names like Khadija or Ali ibn Abi Talib who were very close to him during this period, at least once, that any one of them witnessed Him receiving divine commandments. Although both of them are notable figures and are widely considered as the first Muslim. An enlightened soul like Muhammad must have known that future generation may ask for at least one witness, at any one instance...(calling it ignorance may not be sufficient)....

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Muhammad must have known that future generation
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How could he know about the future when in your opinion he is not a prophet? When you question his prophethood, claiming that he "must have known" becomes useless and against your own argument.

If you do go the "must have known" route then you must admit that there *must *be some high being (God/Allah) who *MUST *have helped him in KNOWING that future generation *MUST *ask for proof.

Further more, Quran is the single most important and bright proof/witness of his prophethood, more important than any human being (as they have the tendency to die, etc.) Unchallenged and Unchanged it was, it is and it shall remain.

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What is your criteria for the validity of any prophethood? Also from your point of view where is the proof for prophethood for Moses (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh).

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Though very limited in knowledge, recently I while reading about Islam, I came to know the following facts:

(1) The self-proclaimed prophet of Islam started receiving divine messages (not directly from God) but through an angel named Gabriel...during this time Muhammad's age was around 40 years, also the angel is well known among Jews and Christ believers, much before Muhammad.

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The key words first, i respect your belief but being rational to tell you the truth, it simply portrays you were reading against Islam and not for Islam.
1) Someone reading about Islam would never mention self proclaimed Prophet. All my respect to you sir, i prefer this to be a knowledgeable discussion.

Italics, you are exactly right. So, can you help me what have you derived out of this. Let me go ahead further. I dont wont you to be a muslim, but atleast let you know the clear picture of Islam and Allaah knows the best.

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(2) If we think from a neutral perspective the age after which Muhammad started delivering messages to Pagan Arabs suggests that he might be well aware about angel and previous Prophets/enlightened souls from Jewish and Christianity and the same has been mentioned in His book (Quran).

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I agree brother,
1)Quran is such a book which is not challenged for 1400 years now, which as Muslim I am proud.
2) Secondly using the concordist approach, why would Mohammed wait for 40 years to come out with such genius stuff. Why would any person on earth wait for 40 years to reveal to the world that he is a genius. I dont think so, and I have never come across anyone in my life.
a) The pagans knew he was an illetrate no doubt. Thats proven otherwise they would have surely accused him of that, coz they were his bitterest of enemies.
b) The jews and the christians were not present in Makkah, even if I agree that jews and christians were present in makkah i would disagree with the fact and from proven history the first 13 years of Prophethood, were based upon believing in God, which is the central and foundation of Islam.
c) Believing in one true God is Islam all about, coz this shows there is no complexity in believing God and submitting your will to Allaah is a Muslim.

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This is the reason why many non-Muslims ask an evidence for Muhammad receiving revealations from Gabriel since He is not a prophet by birth, like Jesus or Moses....Further...Muhammad has not mentioned any names like Khadija or Ali ibn Abi Talib who were very close to him during this period, at least once, that any one of them witnessed Him receiving divine commandments. Although both of them are notable figures and are widely considered as the first Muslim. An enlightened soul like Muhammad must have known that future generation may ask for at least one witness, at any one instance...(calling it ignorance may not be sufficient)

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a) Brother Jesus and Moses were not Prophet by birth, if you have any evidence(authentic) please do let me know. I would appreciate, it.
Moses was granted Prophethood after he fled from egypt, previously was prince of egypt. The prophethood of Jesus, was also after a certain age, will let you know but with his miraculous birth it proves that way.

b) Secondly, brother according to historical evidences they have been occassion that Mohammed is the prophet. Well, well brother Ali was allof 6 years old then, so that would be to young. With khadija she believed in him because of his Character, as he was called the Trustworthy.
Well the other companions of the Prophet have witnessed this occassion, of divine revelation and Prophet wife Aisha.

As i told you, let it be a discussion were more knowledge is garnered rather than arguing and bickering about an individual being right or wrong.

Allaah knows the best.

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Slave of Allah....your sincere explaination has dispelled much of my ignorance. Thank you for enlightening me with valuable gift of knowledge. I am now more informed about Islam than previously

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Nastar 777
What is your criteria for the validity of any prophethood? Also from your point of view where is the proof for prophethood for Moses (pbuh) and Jesus (pbuh).

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As I interact with some of learned Jewish believers from Mumbai, they inform that Moses was born to be a prophet by the will of Almighty God, which they refer to their Talmud and Torah (sacred to them like Quran for Muslims and RigVed for followers of Sanatan Dharma including me)...Here are some of the accounts which I have been informed according to Hebrew Bible...

(1) As per Exodus account the birth of Moses was in a situation, when Egypt was ruled by Pharaoh and the then Pharaoh ordered the killing of all male Jewish childern by throwing them in river Nile. Since Moses is son of Amram, a prominent member of "Levite" tribe of "Israel" ( do not mistake it as today's Israel and their oppression of Paletinians, since during those times Jews were also referred as Childern of Israel)...Levites are actually descendents of Jacob(considered as prophet) (Genesis 46)...
So, knowing that Moshe (or Moses) will surely be killed by Pharaoh, Jochebed the wife of Levite Amram and mother of Moshe, put him in a small craft and sent it floating on the river Nile (the eastern part of Nile Delta region)..Jews hold this as a sign that Almighty God Himself protected Moses, since He is a descendent of Jacob and a born prophet by the will of God...they give Moses sister Miriam as an evidence for this.
After this, Moses as a child in a basket floating in the river was actually found by Pharaoh's daughter. She liked the baby so much that she decided to raise the child as her own, as a prince.
Hebrew Bible scholors suggest that since Moses was a born prophet, therefore, eventhough he grew under Pharaoh (a non-believer King of Egypt) and his oppressive rule, he did not submit to them

Also Christians consider Jesus as son of God, Himself and Bible has several accounts for this as per Christian believers.

So giving due respect to the belief of both these two faiths(which existed much before rise of Islam), let's do not argue for further proof of their religious figures as not being a prophet by birth.

Coming back to Islam...as I enquired previously and also some moderate Muslim scholors agree that Muhammad was not a prophet by birth. His wife Khadija and ten year old Ali Ibn Abi Talib, were the first to believe that he is a prophet.
Also non-Muslims like me, with due respect to Muhammad, debate that if Muhammad is a born prophet then he must have known divine signs since early age of his life.
As a matter of fact, Muhammad was born in an Arabian family settled in Mecca (as per notable historians He was born in Quraysh tribe of Banu Hashim clan).
Mecca was a great trading center, because it was a home to a shrine (what is now Muslim believers call Kaaba) for Pagan Arabs, as well as Jews and Christians. All tribes and inter-faith people were able to trade safely in Mecca during pilgrimage periods, because war was forbidden during this period (before Islam this practice was in existence).
Muhammad also became a merchant and started travelling with his uncle for trades, as a merchant He also travelled as far as Syria.
Muhammad was also having a cousin, with whom he use to interact, who was follower of Christian faith. The name of his Christian cousin as mentioned by some historians is Waraqah ibn Nawafal.
Therefore, from a neautral perspective, there is a possibility, that Muhammad may be aware about Prophets of Israelites and Jesus, hence mentioned in his revealations???

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May God (Allah) bless you my brother
nice to see you that you are here for knowledge
if you have little time to study
i would suggest that you look on this page
http://www.irf.net/irf/dtp/dawah_tech/t18/t18a/pg1.htm
here you will get the answer inshallah

i will also refer you to the website www.irf.net
to check this out for muslim believes
inshallah you will see all your question already there in Question answer section
after reading them , if you have any doubt then plz mention here
we will try to help you, to show you the clear picture of islam

if you will not read from there, then we have to cut , copy paste etc and that doesn’t look good

thankyou
My best wishes are with you
take care

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Slave of Allah....your sincere explaination has dispelled much of my ignorance. Thank you for enlightening me with valuable gift of knowledge. I am now more informed about Islam than previously

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All praises to God

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As I interact with some of learned Jewish believers from Mumbai, they inform that Moses was born to be a prophet by the will of Almighty God, which they refer to their Talmud and Torah (sacred to them like Quran for Muslims and RigVed for followers of Sanatan Dharma including me)...Here are some of the accounts which I have been informed according to Hebrew Bible...

(1) As per Exodus account the birth of Moses was in a situation, when Egypt was ruled by Pharaoh and the then Pharaoh ordered the killing of all male Jewish childern by throwing them in river Nile. Since Moses is son of Amram, a prominent member of "Levite" tribe of "Israel" ( do not mistake it as today's Israel and their oppression of Paletinians, since during those times Jews were also referred as Childern of Israel)...Levites are actually descendents of Jacob(considered as prophet) (Genesis 46)...
So, knowing that Moshe (or Moses) will surely be killed by Pharaoh, Jochebed the wife of Levite Amram and mother of Moshe, put him in a small craft and sent it floating on the river Nile (the eastern part of Nile Delta region)..Jews hold this as a sign that Almighty God Himself protected Moses, since He is a descendent of Jacob and a born prophet by the will of God...they give Moses sister Miriam as an evidence for this.
After this, Moses as a child in a basket floating in the river was actually found by Pharaoh's daughter. She liked the baby so much that she decided to raise the child as her own, as a prince.

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Agreed all this mentioned in the Quran, minus the names. Totally agree. Now brother my point is.

Let us go during the time fo Moses, and assume Moses was born today. Assume you were the Pharoah, if you would know who was the right baby to be killed why would you kill so many innocent tiny tots. The only reason scores were massacred was because they did not know the right baby.

With this explanation, it is proven Allaah alone knew Moses would be the Prophet, not any one else. All the Abrahamic religions believe that, there is always a sign when a new Prophet is born.

Overall you can watch Ten Commandments, that Moses himself did know was a Prophet until, he was informed by Allaah.

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Hebrew Bible scholors suggest that since Moses was a born prophet, therefore, eventhough he grew under Pharaoh (a non-believer King of Egypt) and his oppressive rule, he did not submit to them

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Explained above, Allaah only knew not even Moses.

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Also Christians consider Jesus as son of God, Himself and Bible has several accounts for this as per Christian believers.

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Well, according to me Jesus is the most confused man portrayed on the face of earth till today.
1) Christians believe as a Son of God
2) Muslims belive as a Prophet
3) Jews completely reject Jesus.
4) Hindus consider him as one of the Avatars of Krishna(Reference - iskcon)

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So giving due respect to the belief of both these two faiths(which existed much before rise of Islam), let's do not argue for further proof of their religious figures as not being a prophet by birth.

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I have proved this above, in that case we have many signs for Prophet Mohammed too. But we dont portray all this because Quran does not consist biography of the Proophet but a constitution, revealed by Almighty God to the Mankind.

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Coming back to Islam...as I enquired previously and also some moderate Muslim scholors agree that Muhammad was not a prophet by birth. His wife Khadija and ten year old Ali Ibn Abi Talib, were the first to believe that he is a prophet.
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Infact, even Abraham did not know he was a Propeht unless, revealed by Allaah. What i mean to say, the criteria of Prophet by birth is weak account for anyone to be qualified to be a Prophet.

Exactly, was he a Prophet by birth yes but Allaah knew he was the Prophet infact the Prophecy of Prophet Mohammed is mentioned in many of the religious scriptures and many of the Jews and the Christians converted to Islam,only reading there religious books as the characteristic of the Prophet was mentioned.

Infact, today they scriptures would have changed but historical proof is taken into account.

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Also non-Muslims like me, with due respect to Muhammad, debate that if Muhammad is a born prophet then he must have known divine signs since early age of his life.

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Yes divine sign was, seal of Prophethood as you have mentioned down, his trip to syria at the age of 12, and in Monk Buhaira, whose name was Gergis identified this Divine sign. How did he do it, because it was mentioned in the religious scripture of his coming.

Seconde divine sign, identified by Gergis when Prophet walked the trees bent down for his respect. Well one more is the operation of heart and washing with zam zam water.

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As a matter of fact, Muhammad was born in an Arabian family settled in Mecca (as per notable historians He was born in Quraysh tribe of Banu Hashim clan).

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Right.

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Mecca was a great trading center, because it was a home to a shrine (what is now Muslim believers call Kaaba) for Pagan Arabs, as well as Jews and Christians. All tribes and inter-faith people were able to trade safely in Mecca during pilgrimage periods, because war was forbidden during this period (before Islam this practice was in existence).

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Exactly the Makkans always, believed that they followed the Abrahamic religion. Not to forget Makkans believed in Allaah, but always believed in some intermediary to Allaah. Abraham re-build the makkah, and his son Ishmael also helped him. Both are Prophets.

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Muhammad also became a merchant and started travelling with his uncle for trades, as a merchant He also travelled as far as Syria.

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Exactly,he did travel and was also a sheperd. He did even travel on business trips as he before marriage of Khadija was managing her business.

Travelling to syria, was at the age of 12 with his uncle, infact this is where Gergis recognised that he is the Prophet, and the jews were awaiting because the jews always considered themselved the Nation of Prophet and were against the Prophet from Arabia.

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Muhammad was also having a cousin, with whom he use to interact, who was follower of Christian faith. The name of his Christian cousin as mentioned by some historians is Waraqah ibn Nawafal.

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Waraqah wasnt the cousin of the Prophet but of khadija, after the first revelation. Khadija took the Prophet to Waraqah as he was well versed with Christian scriptures, and he mentioned to the Prophet, your people will go against you, and throw you out of your place. Waraqah also hoped if alive could help the Prophet. When questioned how is this possible, Waraqah mentioned this is happened to each and every Prophet.

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Therefore, from a neautral perspective, there is a possibility, that Muhammad may be aware about Prophets of Israelites and Jesus, hence mentioned in his revealations???

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Now you are caught by asking this question, if Mohammed plagiarised from teh Torah and Injeel as questioned by the christian missionaries, I ask them back how come there is a major difference between the Quran and the other scriptures considered to be corrupted by the Humans.
1) The story of Saleh, Hud, The people of TAmud, are not mentioned in any of the scriptures.
2) The claim in the quran that Jesus is not the Son of God.Well, to go ahead its mentioned Prophet was an ummi an unlettered Prophet this one claim is enough for me stop the argument.
Let me tell you if he was a literate Prophet, then the makkans the bitterest enemies of the Prophet, would never keep quiet coz this claim was answered in teh Quran.To prove Islam, wrong the Quran had to be proved wrong, the claim if made by the Prophet he was unlettered and supposedly was literate then this would be calamity for the Muslims and Joy for the enemies of Islam.

Well all the arguments, are answered in teh quran, and Quran makes it simple for the whole of Human kind by mentioning these verses.
017.088YUSUFALI: Say: "If the whole of mankind and Jinns were to gather together to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they backed up each other with help and support.

Consider the above verse, first if that task is difficult then, the task below is really easy, it challenges to Produce a Sura and a Sura is a chapter and the smallest chapter is jsut 3 ayah(verses.)
002.023YUSUFALI: And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true.

This is my own explanation, Prophet was the source of the quran, and the eternal miracle of the Prophet. I would first consider believing one God, one true God, wehre i have no complexities in believing, The Creator, The exalted, The perfect God.
Infact the first two pillars of Islam, Tawheed believing in one God and prayers is just fantastic. I dont want you to believe but, I request consider Quran as a constituition, Islam as a way of life and not religion.

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^^

Thank you for being patient and decent while sharing knowledge.

I tend to agree with your belief...without loosing my own.

Peace to you.

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Re: Every accountable is obligated to become a Muslim

I hope this is not sarcasm:D