You have given me (something) of the kingdom and taught me...

You have given me (something) of the kingdom and taught me (something) of the interpretation of events: Originator, the heavens and the earth! You are my Guardian in this world and the hereafter; make me die a Muslim and join me with the righteous (4) Allah the Exalted, relates Moses’ proclamation in the Quran: “And Moses said: 0 my people! If you believe in Allah, then rely on Him (alone), if you have indeed become Muslims (those who submit to Him).

(5) Allah also says: Surely We revealed the Torah, in which was guidance and light, by which the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah) judged the Jews…(6) And, “When I inspired the disciples, (saying): Believe in Me and My Apostle (Jesus), they said: We believe and bear witness that we are Muslims (have submitted).

(7) Allah also commands Muhammad like all other prophets to say: “I am commanded only to serve the Lord of this land (Mecca), Who has made it sacred, and His are all things: And l am commanded to be of those who are Muslims (submit to Him). (8) Thus, all these divine invitations meet along the line of submission – Islam – to the Lord of the worlds in its true context; that is, servitude and true faith in Allah, the Exalted.

The explicit meaning becomes apparent in Abraham’s (PBUH) words: “I submit to the Lord of the worlds; that is, he regards his submission as a religion for worship, as a trust, he commits to his sons and his followers, as a slogan for the monotheists, and as a motto for the invitation to faith: the faith of your father Abraham (is yours); He named you Muslims before (in previous scriptures).

(9) Through these Qur’anic verses, we understand that all the prophets followed this unified line of faith with a single aim: The implementation of servitude to Allah – mankind’s submission to the Lord of the worlds liberating them from the worship of tyrants or their own inner desires.

As such, the Qur’an regards belief in the prophets as a major basis of a Muslim’s ideology and as historical and logical proof of the truthfulness of Muhammad’s (PBUH&HP) message: “Say (0 Muslims): We believe in Allah and (in) that which has been revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Moses and Jesus, and (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we make no distinction between any of them, and to Him, we submit (become Muslims).