Although the ranks of the Prophets are not the same in the sight of God...

Although the ranks of the Prophets are not the same in the sight of God, they are all His Messengers, absolute obedient servants, and as such, we should not make any distinction in that sense between any of them. Thus, Islam denotes the wrong dogma of the divinity of Christ and blames Christians for exaggerating the personality of the Prophet Jesus.

The Holy Quran as such teaches the Muslims: “Say (O Muslims), We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Ibrahim, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and to the offspring of the twelve sons of Jacob, and that which has been given to Moses, and Jesus, and that which has been given to the Prophets from their Lord.

We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him, we have submitted.” (3) The different degree of the Prophets in their ranks does not also mean they differed between themselves. The Prophets were like teachers of one school teaching one subject (Islam) for different grades. Should all the Prophets descend on earth and live in one city, there will be no disagreement among them whatsoever.

Thus, the Almighty Allah in explaining the degrees of the Prophets states: “We preferred some of them above others”.

But to state the different opinions between ordinary humans, He states: “If Allah had willed, succeeding generations would not have fought against each other, after clear Signs of Allah had come to them, but they differed – some of them believed and others disbelieved.” (4) Muhammad: The Most Preferred Prophet “Amongst all the Prophets and the Messengers of Allah, the last and the Seal of the Prophets, is the most preferred of all and the highest in rank in the sight of Allah.

The Almighty Allah states: ‘Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others; to some of them Allah spoke (directly); others He raised to degrees.” (5) The phrase ‘others He raised to degrees’ is meant for (S). There are several reasons why the Almighty Allah has raised the degrees of His last Messengers above all other Prophets. The following are some examples: The Almighty Allah sent (S) but as a mercy for the world.

Thus, he must be the most virtuous of all creation, material and immaterial. Allah states: “And We have sent you (O Muhammad) not but as a mercy for the worlds”.