Re: Prophets sent to the Americas & Australasia
Moulana Tariq Jameel gave exact 10,000 years figure. But thats all fairy tales. There is no historical evidence of existence of Abraham except the religious scriptures.
I don't need (Alhumdolillah) to see a skull or any other skeletal remains of a prophet. I remember once in uni I was late for a class and as I waited for the elevator, an elderly man and two women passed by me. The former was rather confidently telling the other two that "There's no archaeological evidence for Abraham." I remember feeling amused by the comment and as I entered the elevator I thought about the kaabah, zam-zam, maqaam-e-Ibrahim....and those were evidence enough for me. And even today after reading this question of yours, I thought of the same things. There's the tomb of Prophet SAWS...the graves of his descendants....who descended from Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)....that's enough archaeological evidence for me.
The problem is that when one focuses ALL their attention on stubbornly (yes, stubbornly) trying to prove/verify one detail....baqi sab saboot, isharay usay nazar nahi aayenge. Maybe the stubborn people of bygone nations were smarter than us because they never asked the messenger that was sent to them to conjure up the bones or even spirits of Moses or Abraham or or Noah "if ye be truthful." Instead they asked to be shown other extraordinary feats ...or were shown without asking....and even then they didn't believe. :D
Again when you obsess over one detail...and that, too, an ancient detail....which scientists may never find....you may not see all that actually IS around you. Just look at the many, many things that Rasool SAWS prophesied about that have come true....things that he SAWS had no way of knowing about in his time....and I'm not talking about political events...but even the more seemingly mundane ones....I find that more powerful than finding skeletal remains.
