Re: Purpose of Sending Prophets
God’s message should be consistent - according to my own rationale
God’s message should be miraculous
God’s message should be something that a human could not replicate
Without talking about the Torah and Bible since we cannot look to the actual books in this day and age, we can indeed look to the Qur’an … so this Book fulfils these points and furthermore it does more than this:
It not only fulfills these points but makes mention of these points within itself literally claiming that it does these things.
I feel its truth and appeal to others to follow at first blindly to what I have experienced, but the process of faith is iterative:
Ok it starts with an initial assumption - or lets say a small risk to be taken … This risk can be reduced by looking at the history of the message carrier. Muhammad (SAW) was well known for his truthfulness and trustworthiness. Trusting him would make total sense … So he asked us to believe that the Qur’an is from Allah (SWT) and he asked us to believe he (SAW) is a prophet. Now, since the people of his time knew him very well they would know what resources he would have or not … yet still being able to receive revelation that was superior to the most learned poet yet he himself being a lay man unlettered made it seem unimaginable for that to happen. A small step towards him is then taken because he earns your audience and ear and then at each stage more things are disclosed about reality you assess them against your reason and slowly but surely you gradually edge towards truth and belief …
No one is asking to make a huge leap of faith - but at least accept the given … and then operate on the basis of a common ground - which is also a Qur’anic statement.