All the prophets were people of merit and patience, belief and certainty, truthfulness and religiousness, chastity and impeccability, intelligence and brilliance, trustworthiness; and conveyance of the message. The prophets were numerous–the first of them was Adam, peace be upon him, who was created from clay as an unimpaired human in the best of forms. After him among his offspring are:
**Shieth, Idriss, Nuh, Hud, Salih, Shu^ayb, Ibrahim, Lut, Isma^il, Ishaq, Ya^qub, Yusuf, Musa, Harun, Yusha^, Yunus, Ayyub, Dhu-l-Kifl, Ilyas, al-Yasa^, Dawud, Sulayman, Zakariyya, Yahya, ^Isa, al-Khadir, and many others. **
Their religion is one–Islam. They are the best of Allah’s creations. They are alive, praying in their graves. They are al-wasilah, they intercede on the Day of Judgment, and the intercession of our prophet is the greatest.
The summation of all what was mentioned in the creed named Al-Murshidah and its supplement is included in the hadith of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam: **<< The belief is to believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, the Day of Judgment, and Destiny–what is good and what is evil. >> **This hadith is sahih, related by Muslim.
And Allah knows best.
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[This message has been edited by Ahmad G (edited April 03, 2001).]