even in 7th century south asia is 2nd or 1st in popualation compared to china. but prophet mohamed did not say anything about southasia
eventhough there was trade between both regions.
so what ! does it matter ? Did the prophet say anything about the Isle of Wight ? What is your point ?
Yes he did in the hadith there he has mentioned the land of hind
I dont have the time to go and pull up this hadith for you but maybe someone else might.
Remember that he was just a messenger
The prophet SAW once questioned that how would he be able to get
the message across to all the people of the world
Allah swt replied that your duty is to convey the message to the people
and it is upto me to make that message reach to whom i wish
I have been asked this question a number of times from my South Asian (namely Hindu) friends. They object that the whole focus of Qur’an is on Jews, Christians and Pagans of Arabs and thus Islam cannot considered be a universal religion. Here is a gist of the answer I give to them.
First, there are mentions of Qur’an about other people that most scholars speculate to be part of nation’s other than Arab. For example, Hazrat Luqman, who has a whole Surah named after him and is praised thoroughly is not known to anyone outside the Qur’anic context. Some scholars believe him to be from Africa, other from Asia minor. Was he a just some pious man or was he prophet, there are differences of opinion. He very much could be someone in South Asia!
Secondly, Quran does talk about other nations and prophets in other nations.
[10: 47/48]. And for every people there is a Messenger. So when their Messenger comes, it is judged between them with equity, and they are not wronged.
Another verse states very clearly…
[35: 24/25]. Verily, WE have sent thee with the Truth, as a bearer of glad tidings and as a Warner; and there is no people to whom a Warner has not been sent.
It is commonly believed among Muslims that prophets, namely 124,000 of them, all came among the progeny Hazrat Ibrahim or his forefathers. They do not conceive that Krishna, Zoroaster, Confucius, Buddha, or elders that Native Americans consider to be sprits were prophets. I disagree! According to Ahmadiyya belief all such noble souls should be treated with respect as all religions were from the One God and God is not selective on his blessings. The verses mentioned above clearly state that all nations were given prophets!
Lastly, then why an emphasis on Judo-Christian heritage, you ask?
The answer is the prayers of Hazrat Ibrahim :as:
According to Islamic belief, previously all religions were perfected on geographical terms and were fine tuned for people of that time and place according to their needs. With the spiritual evolution of man to it’s perfection, the final religion was prescribed and man achieved it’s spiritual perfection in the shape of the Holy Prophet :saw: As the world was to come closer, there had to be only but one religion from one God! Earlier prophets knew about it and prophesized about it (where, in which scriptures is a different & lengthy discussion) but Hazrat Ibrahim :as: prayed to God that let the recipient of the final religion be from among his progeny! And it was due to his sacrifices, his prayers and his obedience that his people were chosen above others to be the bearer of the final religion for the world.
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Yes he did in the hadith there he has mentioned the land of hind
I dont have the time to go and pull up this hadith for you but maybe someone else might.
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I know the Hadith that you are referring to, but somewhere I read somewhere that Hind refers the lands that the River Indus flows through, rather than the whole of the subcontinent, bearing in mind that even the word "Hindu" is derived from "Indus". Even Mohammed Al-Qasum landed with his army in Sindh, the mouth of the Indus, and conquered that area, rather than anywhere else on the sub continent.
The fact is that this is a facetious question that has been asked at the start of this thread - it is just as pointless as asking why the Quran doesn't talk about the Americas, or Iceland, or the Falklands, or the volcanoes on Venus
Actually, with the exception of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Masih e Maod, the rest of biblical prophets were born inside a 150 mile radius. You can say that monotheism is an Arab imperialism in religion.
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Actually, with the exception of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Masih e Maod, the rest of biblical prophets were born inside a 150 mile radius. You can say that monotheism is an Arab imperialism in religion.
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was that taught to u by the great prophet ahmad qadyani too???
Mogul, Were you not taught geography at your madrassah? Listen show some respect to holy personalities of other people if you expect yours to be respected.
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Actually, with the exception of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Masih e Maod, the rest of biblical prophets were born inside a 150 mile radius. You can say that monotheism is an Arab imperialism in religion.
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is it 150 or 1500 or 15,000? how far is bethlem from mecca, or cairo from mecca?
Alright Degas, they didn’t use Range Rovers back then, but the point is that they were all from one bad part of the world. Who was born in Cairo? He floated into upper nile, and was not born there. Why is that all of them were Semitic? Majority of them from a place smaller than the Central Park.
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Alright Degas, they didn’t use Range Rovers back then, but the point is that they were all from one bad part of the world. Who was born in Cairo? He floated into upper nile, and was not born there. Why is that all of them were Semitic? Majority of them from a place smaller than the Central Park.
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limitations of human minds cant answer many things and quran is not a history of the world.. its a guidence and is forward looking to create a new civilizations and it did that magnificiently..
but ur blesssed u got a messenger from one of the most populous country.. but he also revelaed that Jesus(AS) also spent some precious years in India around 86 which neither Bible nor Quran had a hint..