Welcome to Ahmadiyyat, The True Islam

by Dr. Karimullah Zirvi

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− a Warner; and there is no people to whom a Warner has not been sent. (35:25) According to a tradition of the Holy Prophet , the number of sa Prophets is one hundred and twenty four thousand. The Holy Qur’an − speaks of only a few of these Prophets beginning with Adam unto the as time of Muhammad. The Prophets specifically mentioned in the Holy sa ± Qur’an are: − Adam ( ), Idris ( ), Nuh ( ), Hud , Salih , as as as as as Adam Enoch Noah − − − ± − ± − Ibrahim ( ), Isma‘il ( ), Ishaq ( ), Lut ( ), as as as as Abraham Ishmael Isaac Lot − − − − ± − − ± Ya qub ( ), Yusuf ( ), Shu‘aib ( ), Ayyub ( ), Musa ‘ as as as as as Jacob Joseph Jethro Job − − − − − ( ), Harun ( ), Dhul-kifl ( ), Da’ud , ( ), Sulaiman Moses Aron Ezekiel David as as as as − − − − − ( ), Ilyas , ( ), Al-Yasa‘ ( ), Luqman *, Yunus Solomon Elijah Elisha as as as as − − − ( ), Zakariyah ( ), Yahya ( ), ‘Isa ( ) Jonah Zechariah John the Baptist Jesus as as as − − − − and Muhammad. sa ± * Whether Luqman was a Prophet is not known. as (Q/A Hadrat Khalifatul − ± ± − Masih IV 11/2000) aba − ± (Dini Syllabus for the Training of 'Nou Muba‘in', (In Urdu), − − − − − Nazarat Nashru Isha‘at, Qadian, p 5) ± − − The names mentioned in the Holy Qur’an are just a few examples. − The Holy Qur’an makes it incumbent on every Muslim not only to believe − in all the Prophets, but it also clearly informs us that in every region of the world and in every age, God did raise Messengers and Prophets. Apart from Islam, none of the Divine Books of religions bear testimony on the − truth of the founders of other religions. According to the Holy Qur’an, the − institution of Prophethood is universal and forever. Muslims are admonished to believe in all other Prophets in exactly the same manner as they believe in their own Prophet. However, Muslims believe that the Holy Prophet is the greatest and the having been sent not sa Seal of the Prophets, to just one nation but to all nations and thus to all mankind. God Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: − 70