Is RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alehi wa Sallam A Man like Us?

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Dear brother … I explained earlier that Al-Nur is Allah (SWT) - to say anything like Nur of Allah (SWT) or Nur from Allah (SWT) is not ever going to be the same as saying Al-Nur - which is another NAME for ALLAH (SWT) … :nahi:

If you read the Qur’an there are statements saying “He breathed in to him (Adam) something of His Spirit” … His Spirit or Spirit of Allah (SWT) - is not saying anything about Allah (SWT) Himself but about what Allah (SWT) Created.

It is easy Allah (SWT) is One so it is absurd for us to say that a “part of Him” can exist … auzdubillah. One is not Divisible - He also clarified too … by saying “A Pure Nur Created by Allah”

Please avoid making it seem that you are pinning shirk on people …

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So saying Al-Nur is equating with Allah.

What does Nur of Allah, Nur from Allah mean?

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It does not mean Al-Nur - Al-Nur means The Light ...

Nurullah = Light of Allah .... Allahu Al-Nuru = Allah - The Light

One light belongs to Allah the other IS Allah ... and linguistically Allah (SWT) is One so any Attribute is used in the place of Allah (SWT) the word ... When we say Al-Rahman we know that means Allah (SWT) when we say Al-Nur we know that means Allah (SWT) and so on.

There is absolutely no need to ask the question Light of Allah or Light from Allah - they are the same thing and not what you are alleging them to be ...

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Peace,

In simple wording consider "Nur" as "Immaculate", and when it is referred to a person then consider it as "Immaculate from all negatives".

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5:16) O People of the Book! there has come to you Our Messenger who unfolds to you much of what you had kept hidden of the Book and passes over much. There has come to you indeed from Allah a Light and a clear Book.

5:45) **Surely, We sent down the **Torah wherein was guidance and light….

5:47) *And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, fulfilling that which was *revealed before him in the Torah; and **We gave him the Gospel which contained guidance and light…

2:258) Allah is the friend of those who believe: He brings them out of every kind of darkness into light. And those who disbelieve, their friends are the transgressors who bring them out of light into every kind of darkness. These are the inmates of the Fire; therein shall they abide.

7:158) ‘Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet, the Immaculate one, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel which are *with them. He enjoins on them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them the bad, and removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon them. So those who shall believe in him, and honour and support him, and help him, **and follow the light that has been sent down with him* — these shall prosper.’

14:2) Alif Lam Ra. This is *a Book which **We have revealed to thee that thou mayest bring mankind out of every darkness into light, by the command of their Lord*, to the path of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy —

33:47) And as a Summoner unto Allah by His command, and as a Lamp that gives *bright *light.

42:53) **And thus have We revealed to thee the Word by Our command. Thou didst not know what the Book was, nor what the faith. **But We have made it (the revelation) a light, whereby We guide such of Our servants as We please. And truly, thou guidest *mankind *to the right path,

65:12) A Messenger, who recites unto you the clear Signs of Allah, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds out of every kind of darkness into light. And whoso believes in Allah and does good deeds — He will make him enter Gardens, through which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. Allah has indeed made excellent provision for him.

Noor (Light) is opposite of zulmat (Darkness). From the above verses, it is quite clear that the guidance that came from Allah in the form of wahi, Book and the messenger was the noor, the noor of guidance that was meant to bring the humanity from darkness. This is what noor means.

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5:16) O People of the Book! there has come to you Our Messenger who unfolds to you much of what you had kept hidden of the Book and passes over much. There has come to you indeed from Allah a Light and a clear Book.

5:45) **Surely, We sent down the **Torah wherein was guidance and light….

5:47) *And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, fulfilling that which was *revealed before him in the Torah; and **We gave him the Gospel which contained guidance and light…

2:258) Allah is the friend of those who believe: He brings them out of every kind of darkness into light. And those who disbelieve, their friends are the transgressors who bring them out of light into every kind of darkness. These are the inmates of the Fire; therein shall they abide.

7:158) ‘Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet, the Immaculate one, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel which are *with them. He enjoins on them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them the bad, and removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon them. So those who shall believe in him, and honour and support him, and help him, **and follow the light that has been sent down with him* — these shall prosper.’

14:2) Alif Lam Ra. This is *a Book which **We have revealed to thee that thou mayest bring mankind out of every darkness into light, by the command of their Lord*, to the path of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy —

33:47) And as a Summoner unto Allah by His command, and as a Lamp that gives *bright *light.

42:53) **And thus have We revealed to thee the Word by Our command. Thou didst not know what the Book was, nor what the faith. **But We have made it (the revelation) a light, whereby We guide such of Our servants as We please. And truly, thou guidest *mankind *to the right path,

65:12) A Messenger, who recites unto you the clear Signs of Allah, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds out of every kind of darkness into light. And whoso believes in Allah and does good deeds — He will make him enter Gardens, through which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. Allah has indeed made excellent provision for him.

Noor (Light) is opposite of zulmat (Darkness). From the above verses, it is quite clear that the guidance that came from Allah in the form of wahi, Book and the messenger was the noor, the noor of guidance that was meant to bring the humanity out of darkness. This is what noor means.

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5:16) O People of the Book! there has come to you Our Messenger who unfolds to you much of what you had kept hidden of the Book and passes over much. There has come to you indeed from Allah a Light and a clear Book.

5:45) **Surely, We sent down the **Torah wherein was guidance and light….

5:47) *And We caused Jesus, son of Mary, to follow in their footsteps, fulfilling that which was *revealed before him in the Torah; and **We gave him the Gospel which contained guidance and light…

2:258) Allah is the friend of those who believe: He brings them out of every kind of darkness into light. And those who disbelieve, their friends are the transgressors who bring them out of light into every kind of darkness. These are the inmates of the Fire; therein shall they abide.

7:158) ‘Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet, the Immaculate one, whom they find mentioned in the Torah and the Gospel which are *with them. He enjoins on them good and forbids them evil, and makes lawful for them the good things and forbids them the bad, and removes from them their burden and the shackles that were upon them. So those who shall believe in him, and honour and support him, and help him, **and follow the light that has been sent down with him* — these shall prosper.’

14:2) Alif Lam Ra. This is *a Book which **We have revealed to thee that thou mayest bring mankind out of every darkness into light, by the command of their Lord*, to the path of the Mighty, the Praiseworthy —

33:47) And as a Summoner unto Allah by His command, and as a Lamp that gives *bright *light.

42:53) **And thus have We revealed to thee the Word by Our command. Thou didst not know what the Book was, nor what the faith. **But We have made it (the revelation) a light, whereby We guide such of Our servants as We please. And truly, thou guidest *mankind *to the right path,

65:12) A Messenger, who recites unto you the clear Signs of Allah, that he may bring those who believe and do good deeds out of every kind of darkness into light. And whoso believes in Allah and does good deeds — He will make him enter Gardens, through which rivers flow, to abide therein forever. Allah has indeed made excellent provision for him.

Noor (Light) is opposite of zulmat (Darkness). From the above verses, it is quite clear that the guidance that came from Allah in the form of wahi, Book and the messenger was the noor, the noor of guidance that was meant to bring the humanity out of darkness. This is what noor means.

PS: Not talking about Al-Noor here

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What difference it makes to argue if prophets were like other human or not?

Is it not most important about their actions rather?

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The red part. From what i know (which will definitely be wrong according to you and mr. vroom, i understand), the ‘breathed something of him into adam’ stands true for all human beings. Its sort of explanation of the creation of man. It doesn’t specifically refer to the ‘breathing of something of himself only to the Prophet SAW’…

Hence my earlier question to mr.vroom..“”*The noor which was pumped into the souls of all mankind"“”“”

and subsequent quetion “\\\*Is there anything else in the universe made of this same noor? Yes or No.”“”“”

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Hazrat mohammad p.b.u.h was a bani-adam with 46 chromosomes, he was not a jinn, angel or some other noorani creature.......Those who worship him as a noor, as a god-like entity, are committing shirk and should be called mushriks. Christains made the same mistake with hazrat Isa, calling him son of god or god-like entity.......hanafi and other school of thoughts have clear views, holy prophet was a bashar like all prophets......but alhe-bidat views are different, they worship holy prophet as noor

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Don't make differences...Alhamdulilah we believe Allah is one and muhammad sallal laho alehe wassallam is the messenger of Allah..Quran is our book. We believe on other books too,prophet alehimussallam aswell, angels, fate, so why we should call muslim as a mushrik..why are people talking about differences...why dont we muslim talk about similarities thats Alhamdulilah counts and unite us as we have same kalma, we believe Quran is our book of guidance, we believe at sunnah & hadith.

may Allah subhan wa taAllah remove the differences from muslim ummah and unite as together, so inshaAllah we will see the power of muslim very soon Ameen

regard n wishes for all my muslim brothers

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Dear pwner

But yes it does stand true for all humans ... the point I was making is - if you are having hang ups about the phrase "Nur of Allah" - well Allah (SWT) used an even more explicit term Spirit that was put of Himself in all humans ... so if you are having trouble with Nur of Allah then first seek out an explanation for that ...

What I have heard is that there was a light coming from a star which was older than even the angel Gabriel and that light as the tradition goes was Light of Muhammad (SAW) ... what that means "I don't know" but what it implies is that there are many forms of light ... and in this context light means "pure essence" and that it is the essence of RasoolAllah (SAW) ... when a similar grammatical construct is used for Allah (SWT) we cannot then say the same thing since we know Allah (SWT) is One and so on.

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Peace marwati

No one has ever worshipped RasoolAllah (SAW) ... since RasoolAllah (SAW) prayed in a du'a to Allah (SWT) that none make a false god of him (SAW) and start to worship him (SAW) after he goes ... this du'a is granted ... so people will either believe in him (SAW) or not ... and none shall make him Deity ... And the fact that there is a Muslim sect that makes Sayyiduna Ali (RA) a deity is proof of that acceptance not a single sect of Islam worships Sayyiduna Muhammad (SAW). To call him (SAW) a Nur is not worship ... unless you believe that "light" is praiseworthy and all lit things like lamps, street lights, stars, the sun and fire are godly ... if you don't believe that they are worthy then calling RasoolAllah (SAW) a light or not does not make anyone a worshipper of RasoolAllah (SAW) purely because of the light they say he (SAW) is made from.

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That’s true that both verses are addressing the disbelievers of Makkah Al Mukarramah.

The disbelievers of Makkah being very haughty and full of self-importance always derided the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). They used to taunt him for claiming to be a Messenger from Allah Almighty by saying: “You are just one of us, why does not Allah come Himself or send us angels as messengers directly to us”?

So the versed quoted before and below are confirming to the disbelievers that Allah Almighty has sent a Human (Bashar) just like them – or from them – as a messenger. And this will be a trial for them.

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Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala sent a kHAIRUL Bashar as A Prophet (and The Best of Creation)- yes, but not a 'Bashar just like them'. It is an error to think that even

Now that you have admitted it was addressed to the disbelievers. It can be proven to continue applying the 'like you' or the gross exaggeration you are making 'just like them' is not applicable. It would not even be applicable if they were Believers either

What is applicable of the 'like you' is that the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam has skin, is visible and is creation.

Whether you take from your misunderstanding of The Ayah the words 'like them' or 'just like them' both can be disproved with acceptance of 1 proof which proves to contrary. I will offer this:

*Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam is Best of Creation, not comparable to any other creation - A Physical evidence which carries the Stamp of Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaah

...and of course there is lots of other proofs for the Superiority of RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam over the disbelievers addressed in the verse including his physical superiority. This all amounts to the fact that you need to stop using the understanding you have from that verse and think again

It just is not applicable in the way you have understood it

Here is my interpretations of the two Ayats

Qul [say to the disbelievers, munafiqs] I am a Man of Flesh like you [a Creation,, and can be seen, not a God, nor an Angel]. Has been revealed to me that your God is One God

Proclaim/Say to the Disbelievers! That I am Physically a human (Bashar, skin, visible) like you (like you in of what is apparent, like visible and have skin (not same Quality of skin mind you))

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And We have not sent before you any messengers but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets; and We have made some of you a trial for others; will you bear patiently? And your Lord is ever Seeing. [25:20]

And those who do not hope for Our meeting, say: Why have not angels been sent down upon us, or (why) do we not see our Lord? Now certainly they are too proud of themselves and have revolted in great revolt. 25:21]

Note: “but they most surely ate food and went about in the markets” in the above verse Allah Almighty confirms the Humanness of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). Same words are used elsewhere addressing the Christians to confirm the humanness of Hz, Isa Ibn Maryum (as) and his blessed mother (ra),

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There is no argument about human(Best of), eating food, walking in the markets

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Refer the verses quoted below:

And nothing prevented people from believing when the guidance came to them except that they said: What! has Allah raised up a mortal to be a messenger? [17:94]

Say: Had there been in the earth angels walking about as settlers, We would certainly have sent down to them from the heaven an angel as a messenger. [17:95]

See again that disbelievers objected to a mortal (Human being just like them) being sent as a messenger!

In the very verse Allah Almighty says that if angles were residing on the Earth – He would have sent an angel to them.

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The disbelievers are deaf dumb and blind, they have belittled Prophets from the very first Prophet Salam Alaih

The very first mistake they make is to see Prophets as just Bashars. A theme you are repeating here

You can say that I am requesting more then a Bashar but the reply to that is that Allah Subhanhu wa Ta'ala always gave more, they just never saw it or recognized it.

Muslims see it, we see The Light, and The Miracles, The Angels We see the Miracles they missed

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A Human being as a messenger to Human beings and an angel as a messenger to angels (if they needed one).

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well Angels have been our Messengers, they appeared in front of Us in Human form, and to The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam in other Forms

Allah Most Merciful sent Angels to us! I can see why Gibril was so Simple now, when Allah Subhanhu wa Ta'ala sent An Angel to US as A Messenger to Teach Us.

I can see what you are getting at but its incorrect again.

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Like to the like.

“Imam Ibn Katheer (rahimahullah) writes in the Tafseer of the verse (17): 94-95, 'Allah says pointing out His Kindness and Mercy towards His servants, that He sends to them Messengers of their own kind so that they will understand what he says and will be able to speak to him directly. If He were to send to humanity a Messenger from among the angels, they would not be able to deal with him face to face and learn from him, as Allah says, 'Indeed, Allah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad) from among themselves.' [Soorah aal-Imran (3): 164] Allah says here, 'Say, 'If there were on the earth, angels walking about in peace and security,' just as you do, 'We should certainly have sent down for them from the heaven an angel as a Messenger,' meaning 'one of their own kind. But as you are human, We have sent to you Messengers from yourselves, as a kindness and a mercy.'

Another wisdom behind the human origin of the Messengers is that all the Messengers had the same attributes as the other human beings to whom they were sent, including physical bodies which needed food, drink and rest. They had experiences similar to that of other human beings; they enjoyed health and suffered from sickness, they were exposed to trials and tribulations and they also faced death. They had no special divine qualities, power or strength. Thus, they could become a living example of the Deen they were sent with.

This also discards any possibility of anyone arguing that the nature of the Messengers was different from the humans and thus, they could effectively accomplish all the duties of the religion, which are unfeasible for the humans to carry out. Thus, the sending of humans as Messengers is a greater test

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This is not correct. Although A Khairul Bashar, Best of Creation Prophet was a Rehmat for Us, and could feel what we feel The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam was Better then Us and Did More then Us. He did more then we could do, Psyah has already given some examples of differences on this as well, one more here:

  1. Thabit related that Anas said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fasted continuously* at the end of the month. Some people fasted continuously and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard about that and said, "If the month had been lengthened for me, I would have fasted it continuously to the point that those who impose things excessively on themselves would leave their excessive imposition.** I am not like you**, My Lord feeds me and gives me drink."

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..."The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade continuous fasting. They said, 'You fast continuously'He said,** 'Which of you is like me?** When I sleep my Lord gives me food and drink.' "...

Both from Bukhari

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So, the disbelievers during the time of the Prophet (sallallahu alahi wa-sallam) rejected the message of Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alahi wa-sallam) because he was a human being from among themselves and their argument was, 'How could a human being be a Prophet?' for they had seen and touched the Prophet (sallallahu alahi wa-sallam) and knew that he was flesh and blood. So, they demanded an angel to be sent as a Prophet to them. Thus, asserting that an angel is more suitable for the job of Prophet-hood!!”

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This is the same line of thinking as previous.

We are free of this but those who say The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam is just like us are not free from an attempt to lower the status (Astagfirullah) of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam

Its undeniable that Our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam is Best of Creation Bashar, and a Light (Nur)

Even Uthman May Allah Be Pleased With Him is referred to as Dhul - Nurain. Keeper of the Two Lights.
I cant understanding the thinking behind denying the Nur of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam

Remember these two subjects are not one and the same
1. Impermissibility of referring to The Prophet Peace and Blessings be upon Him and His Family as just a Bashar
2. Prophet (Allah bless Him and Grant Him Peace) being Bashar and Nur (Best of Creation)

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Is there any creation othan than him which is bashar AND noor. Only him?

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Peace Pwner,

Plz, you and/or others may watch this video. It is a short clip of 12:00 approx. watch till end, hope you’ll get the answer.

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Can i ask for hadees, saheeh hadees, which talks about rooh (soul) being made of noor or any other information known about it. A human soul in general. thread topic is not discussed here.

I just know this verse:
And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not been given of knowledge except a little." 17:85

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My personal stance is that I have no idea what the "nur" issue is all about. I know that there are references about "nur" and that they either depict RasoolAllah (SAW) in person or in association with him (SAW) ... or in another kind of reference. I also know the scholars of antiquity use various interpretations ... I personally believe that RasoolAllah (SAW) is unlike us ... but similitude can be made between him (SAW) and us ... on the other hand Allah (SWT) is unlike us and NO similitude can be made between Him and us ... However, linguistic similitude is used by Allah (SWT) for us regarding Himself a nd for that we accept without interpretation or acknowledge that the similitude is linguistic only and not actual.

Light is not permanent when spoken of in the physical sense ... however, there is evidence that Light can be a metaphor for guidance as well as being something else entirely ... the Veils between Allah (SWT) and us and the essence of Sayyiduna Muhammad (SAW) are all types of lights and then there is Al-Nur which is a Name for Allah (SWT) ... all of these cannot be confused for one another.

Total subservience of RasoolAllah (SAW) and the rest of creation is to Allah (SWT) - by saying He is the Best of Creation we are saying he is the best of those who "need and are helpless without Allah (SWT)" ... It means compared to us RasoolAllah (SAW) is beyond comparison, but compared to Allah (SWT) we (all of Creation) are all the same ...

5 DIVIDED BY INFINITY = 0
1,000,000 DIVIDED BY INFINITY = 0

but between 5 and 1,000,000 there is a multitude of 200,000 ...

This is an analogy of what I have understood so far ...

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I have never come across this issue before either. I have taken a sympathetic view of the Metaphoric interpretation, but personally for me the real and physical Nur in the Person of RasoolAllah (Allah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim Bless Him and Grant Him Peace) is what is settling

Among the interesting things I have learnt/re-learnt today is Allah Subhanhu wa Ta'ala is Rabbal Alameen (The Whole of it) and That The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam is Rehmatul Alameen (The whole of it!)

Then someone will come along and still say things mentioned in op and think he is the like of RasoolAllah Sallallahu Alaihi wa Alihi wa Sallam, or open the door a bit to such a situation

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Borther Vroom** :salam2: – How can I admit something I never denied!

Did I ever that the Blessed Quran was not addressing the disbelievers? Please don’t try to incriminate me on what I never said.

Whatever the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) says – Whether it is addressing the Disbelievers or the Believers – It is a fact – carries weight – and is part of Islam.

You cannot disregard any of the sayings of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon).

I had quoted a lot of relevant verses of the Blessed Quran and how conveniently you have ignored them!

Say: "I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me, that your Allah is one Allah: whoever expects to meet his Lord, let him work righteousness, and, in the worship of his Lord, admit no one as partner. [18:110]

Say: “I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by Inspiration, that your Allah is one Allah: so stand true to Him, and ask for His Forgiveness.” And woe to those who join gods with Allah, - [41:6]

Whatever the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) said, he meant it – the only distinction he made was that he was a Prophet of Allah Almighty and that he received Wahi from Him.

If there was any other difference between him and them; he would have said it there and then.

The Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) never held anything back!

Here is what you are stating with the regards to the two Blessed Ayats

As you have said: The above is your personal interpretations - – full-stop

Please don’t push it as an Islamic belief. Please explain how you know that the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) was trying to imply what you have stated (I have highlighted the text). You are pushing your own slant on the Blessed Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon) words – for this you must fear Allah Almighty!

Similarly you were pushing your personal belief without any references (your post 36)

As you said “Well my personal belief is:” It is your personal belief – full-stop

So You mean to say that apart from skin the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) was not human?!

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Bother vroom** I don’t try to understand the blessed ayahs by my personal whims but look for authentic textual evidences. So I have no misunderstanding about it – may be not to your liking.

I have already stated the Mankind is the best creation of Allah Almighty and the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon) is the BEST of the BEST of Mankind in all the spheres of attributes.

Of course he is the Prophet of Allah Almighty with all the attributes of Prophet Hood – and being the Chief of all the Prophets (peace be upon them all) and the Beloved of Allah Almighty – He is a most supreme from all Human beings. This never changed his humanity at all.

*Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much. *Quran (Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 21)

  • The verse demands that Muslims should take the Holy Prophet’s life as a model for themselves in every affair of life and should mould their character and personality according to it.

Sorry I disagree with you – the reason the disbelievers rejected the Prophet (peace be upon them all) is that they were very proud and haughty and thought that they were superior than the Prophets (peace be upon them all). This superiority complex would not let them to submit to the Message of Allah Almighty.

Shaytaan the cursed had the same problem, superiority complex over Hz. Adam (as).

This has nothing to do with Humanness of the Prophets (peace be upon them all).

The above doesn’t disprove the Blessed Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) humanity at all.

This shows that the Blessed Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) was bestowed with the most excellent of Human qualities. His patience and endurance level were of highest level.

`Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wassallam) would stand (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him, "Why do you do this while your past and future sins have been forgiven?‘’ He said, "Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?‘’ [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
The hadith shows the devotion, gratitude and commitment of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Allah Almighty.

Note that the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) strongly discouraged people to follow him in acts of worship which only he could endure and for this Allah Almighty had strengthened him.

That’s why he said “Which of you is like me? When I sleep my Lord gives me food and drink”.

He lets them know that they are not at his level of endurance and that Allah Almighty nourishes him with food and drink. He did not explain how it was done so we leave there and do not speculate.

This in no way negates the humanity of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Just as much as Hz. Isa ibn Maryum (as) being alive in heaven does not negate his humanity.

Status of the blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is as Allah Almighty has stated.

You cannot push it any higher and no one can lower it.

Just because someone doesn’t see things your way gives you no right to claim that you honour him more.

Same can be said to you that you are lowering his status by attributing to him what he is not.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “Allah created the angels from light. He created the jinn from a flame of fire, and He created Adam from what was described to you.”** [Sahîh Muslim (5314)]**

The Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is from the progeny of Hz. Adam (as).

Hz. Uthman bin Affan earned the title Dhul Nurayn (Possessor of the Two Lights) because he married two daughters (ra) of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) one after the other.

This in no way implies that the Blessed daughters (ra) of the Blessed Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) were made of (Nur) light. Here Nur stands for spiritual purity, after all they are member AhlulBayt (may Allah Almighty be pleased with them all).

Here the word ‘Nur’ (Light) stands for Guide whose guidance will take mankind from Darkness (Jahiliyyah meaning - (ignorance and misguidance) to Islam - Enlightenment