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The first ones who objected to the Prophethood of Rasool Allah -saww were the polytheists of Makkah, who said why did God Send a Prophet who looks and walks like us and eats food?

So, Allah -azwj Replied: ‘If I -azwj were to Send a Prophet -saww in the image of an angel, you would not be able to see him -saww (Quran – 25:7, 21:8).’ And Allah -azwj also Said: ‘There has come to you from Allah, Noor (a Light – The Prophet) and a Clarifying Book [5:15].’ In the Book, Allah -azwj has used the word Noor (Light) as a metaphor for guidance, which Allah -azwj Propagated through -saww .

To allow Muslims to emulate him -saww , Allah -azwj Sent him -saww in the outfit of a human body بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ (in the appearance of human beings). Allah -azwj has Sent two angels in the appearance of human beings, e.g., Harut and Marut (2:102), and a group of angels were sent in the outfit of human beings to Prophet Lut -as (11:70, 11:77, 11:81 and 29:32) . Hence, it is pointless to debate on the essence of an angel or a Prophet -as .

By doing so, one would be questioning the Power of Allah -azwj , Who is able to Make them (angels/Prophets) to appear in the outfit of a human body. The responsibility of a believer is to respect the Guides from Allah -azwj and follow the Revealed Commands as being transmitted through them -as . Believers have been told (Holy Quran) not to ask for that which does not concern them.

[1] As an inferior form of living being (as humans are tainted with sins), we cannot comprehend the status of a Prophet -as nor his -as successor – and -saww is the chief of Prophets -as .

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