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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Lessons About Islam Part 5 : 28: Believing in and Honouring All Prophets The Qur'an openly proclaims that Islam is not the creed of Mohammed (SAW) alone; it is the religion of all the prophets of God. Because Islam, which means surrendering to the truth, is accepting the teachings of God, acquaintance with God and obeying Him and being aware of selfishness and bias in these matters.

Accordingly Islam is not only the creed of the prophets but it is the religion of men seeking the truth. This is why Muslims respect all prophets, and their scriptures, and believe in them. "The messenger believes in what was sent down to him from his Lord, and the believers; each one believes in God and His angels and in His books and His messengers (and says): 'we make no distinction between any one of His Messengers; and they say: 'We hear and obey.

Our lord, grant us Thy forgiveness; unto Thee is the homecoming!" Holy Qur'an, Sura 2: verse 285 29: Deviation The teachings of the messengers of God were gradually tainted by impure hands and various superstitions introduced.

Matters would go so far that even qualified scholars were not able to distinguish the true teachings of the prophets after hard labour and scholarship because those ignorant friends as well as foes with ill intentions had tampered with the sources of religion and even with the divine scriptures. Under such conditions the only remedy was to send a new prophet to whom revelation would be made again and thus the divine truths would be made available anew.

The Qur'an has in the course of relating the stories of most prophets explained this point. 30: Mohammed (SAW) And The Qur'an This state of affairs was renewed in the seventh century. If anyone sincerely sought after the teachings of Abraham, Moses and Jesus or the other prophets of God, it was no longer possible for him to attain to the truth. because there was no reliable source at hand. Neither the Pentateuch had a clever history nor the Gospels or the teachings of the other prophets.

These books had been tampered with and this had rendered them valueless. At this time Mohammed(SAW) was raised by God to accept his revelations and hand the them over to mankind. According to the unquestionable evidence of history, the verses of the Qur'an which Mohammed (SAW) as prophet delivered from God had an entirely new and miraculous style which was inimitable. This feature was effective in guarding the Qur'an from alteration.