NO messenger since last 1400 years?

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Why No Messengers since last 1400 years? How were children getting

education in the pre-historic times without schools? Why can’t Allah
show Himself to human kind?

2500 years before In the pre-historic times there were no schools, how
did the preaching on the religion happen? How were the children brought
up and taught the religion?

Why does God reveal Himself to human kind? What is He afraid of? Why has
he stopped any further messengers, Does these times need again a
reminder from Allah about his religion? Does the religion need to be
upgraded as it happened from Bible to the Holy Quran?

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No Messengers for the last 1400 years?

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His
forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and who-ever He
allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam, no
dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness
that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.

Your Question: 2500 years before In the pre-historic times there were
no schools, how did the preaching on the religion happen? How were the
children brought up and taught the religion?

Indeed, in pre-historic times there were no proper learning centers or
schools. Thus the religion must have been taught verbally by the elders
or the wise men to their communities, and by the parents and elders to
their children and young ones. The best teacher at any time is
experience, and man has always learned by experience.

Thus, in the times gone by, before the advent of paper, or the printing
press or modes of travel of information other than verbally; Allah
always sent His Messengers only to their communities. And when the
world was ready to receive one universal Message from Allah, He sent the
Last and Final Messenger with the Final Message; which was to serve
mankind as a source of guidance until the end of time! Glorified and
Exalted is the All Knowing, All Wise, Allah.

Your Question: Why does Allah reveal Himself to human kind? What is He
afraid of?

Allah has given human beings intelligence and commonsense. The test
ordained by Allah on mankind is that with this given intelligence and
common-sense, he has to recognize His Creator and the reason for his own
existence. The Creator has given countless signs in the creation of the
heavens and the earth to recognize this Creator in the unseen. And not
only that, the Creator, in His Mercy and to make it easy for mankind,
has arranged to send His Messengers at regular intervals with the
guidance of the Truth, and revealed His Books so that we may recognize
Him through these sources; again in the unseen. Therein lies the
test! The ones who recognize and submit their wills to their Creator
will pass the test! The ones who deny the signs and the guidance, and
do as they please, will fail this test!

Had Allah revealed Himself to mankind, everyone would have believed and
submitted immediately before this Majestic and Mighty Being
unconditionally! Then there would have been no point in giving man
intelligence and common-sense, and there would have been no point in
appointing a test of this intelligent human being; whom Allah has
honored to be His vicegerent on the earth, and who is the only creation
whom Allah has given the power of intelligence and reasoning.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah Furqan verse 21-23:Those
people, who have no fear of coming before Us, say, “Why should not the
angels be sent down to us? Or else we should see our Lord!” Great
arrogance have they assumed in regard to themselves, and they have
transgressed all limits in their rebellions.!!! The Day, when they
will see the angels, will not be a day of rejoicing for the criminals;
they will cry out, “May Allah save us!”. Then We shall turn to what
they had done and render it vain like scattered dust.

. Allah Alone Knows Best

and He is the Only Source of Strength.

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Everything that exists in this Universe is created by Allah, and is in
His Absolute Control. Everything, absolutely everything, obeys Him
and is in constant awe of Him! He has the absolute Power to do
anything, and there is nothing that He is afraid of in the least! He
Alone is the All Mighty, All Powerful and Supreme above His entire
creation! Glorified and Exalted is He from being afraid of anything!
All he has to say is One Word, and everything in creation will be
destroyed and annihilated! He is the Owner of Absolute Power and there
is nothing to frustrate Him in the heavens and the earth! There is
nothing like unto him in the whole Universe. He is The One, The
Unique, The Mighty, The Powerful, and the The Ever-Living!

Your Question: Why has he stopped any further messengers, Does these
times need again a reminder from Allah about his religion? Does the
religion need to be upgraded as it happened from Bible to the Holy
Quran?

One must understand that Prophethood is not a quality which someone
could develop by making himself worthy of it though worship and
righteous acts, nor is it a prize which might be awarded for rendering
some services. This is indeed an office to which Allah appoints a
person to fulfill a specific need. When the need arises, a prophet is
appointed to fulfill it, and when there is no need, prophets are not
sent unnecessarily in vain. Prophethood is indeed a very delicate
matter. In light of the Holy Quran, it is one of those fundamental
articles of faith whose acceptance or rejection determines whether a
person is a believer or a non-believer. Thus if a prophet was indeed
sent when there was no real need for one in the Wisdom of Allah, it
would create chaos and disunity in the Ummah.

When we turn to the guidance of the Quran, we are able to find out as to
what precisely were the conditions that made the appointment of the
Prophets necessary in the past.

A particular nation stood in need of a Prophet because no Prophet had
come to it before, nor had the message of another Prophet reached it.

The appointment of a Prophet became necessary because the teachings of
the former Prophet had been forgotten, or tampered with; and it was no
longer possible to know and follow his message in practical life.

The people might not have received the full message and guidance through
the former Prophet, and more Prophets were needed to supplement his
teachings.

A Prophet might have needed another Prophet to help and support him in
carrying out his mission.

Now, evidently, none of these situations needs to be fulfilled after the
advent of the Holy Prophet Mohamed (saws). The Quran itself testifies
that the Messenger of Allah has been raised for the guidance of the
entire mankind, and the cultural history of the world testifies that
since his (saws) advent, conditions have been constantly such that, his
message and invitation could reach, and still reach, every nation of
the world. Therefore there remains no need for separate Prophets to be
sent to separate nations.

Again the Quran bears evidence that the teaching of the Last Messenger
of Allah (saws) still remains safe in its original form. It has not
been tampered with in any way. The Book that he brought remains intact
to each letter and syllable and will remain so till the Day of
Judgement. The full account and record of guidance that he gave by
precept and example is still available in its entirety and in such pure
and original form, as if we were a living witness to it.

The Quran also proclaims unequivocally that the Religion of Islam was
perfected through the Messenger of Allah (saws). Therefore, no other
Prophet is required for the perfection of the deen.

And if another Prophet was indeed required to supplement and complete
the deen, he should have been appointed in the time of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) himself to assist him. Evidently, when none was appointed
then, this need and condition is also eliminated.

If it is argued that the community has degenerated, and a Prophet is
needed for its reformation; we know from the guidance of the Holy Quran
that no Prophet was ever raised only for the sake of reformation in the
world. A Prophet is appointed so that Divine Revelation is sent to
him, and this Divine Revelation is needed either to convey a new
message, or to supplement a former message, or to cleanse it of
impurities and corruption. Now when the Final Testament of Allah, the
Glorious Quran, is safe and intact, and the deen has been perfected and
completed, there remains no need for a new Divine Revelation. Thus if
the need of the hour is reformation, we need reformers; not a new
Prophet!

Thus whatever is established by the Quran, and also confirmed by the
Sunnah of the Messenger (saws); is also corroborated by reason. And
reason also demands that the door to Prophethood should remain closed
and sealed until the Day of Judgement.

And we, as believers must also realize, that the All Knowing, All Wise
Allah has decreed that the Message of the Last Prophet (saws) is for all
mankind until the end of time! He knows our state and our conditions
better than ourselves; and it is His Wisdom and His Decree that no
further Prophets need to be sent to the earth. And we as believers
trust our Lord and Creator, and believe with all our hearts that all His
Decisions are based on absolute Knowledge and Wisdom.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance
and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me

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Absolutely wrong. There are thousands of selfstyled messengers living and dead after 7th century.
You know nothing about Rajnish, Mahrishi or CunFi? Pls go to any sect and a messenger is there, making fool of the gathering.

Re schools, the author knows nothing of society and evolution. Teachers narrated the world epics to pupils till the adventure of paper, and earlier they were written on leafs.