God did send many apostles; not all of them have been mentioned in the Quran; because they are so many. God – be exalted – said in the Quran 4: 164
وَرُسُلاً قَدْ قَصَصْنَاهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلاً لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلَّمَ اللّهُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيمًا
The explanation: (And messengers We mentioned to you [Mohammed] before and messengers We have not mentioned to you – But Moses did God speak to with a [hearable] speech.)
God, in fact, sent into every nation an apostle to teach them to serve God alone: this is the First Commandment. God – be exalted – said in the Quran 16: 36
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُواْ اللّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُواْ الطَّاغُوتَ
The explanation: (We did send into every nation an apostle [proclaiming]: "[O people] serve God [alone], and avoid [following] the arrogant." So some of them God did guide, but others had the straying incumbent on him.)
Each one of those apostles spoke the language of his people, and he being one of them. God – be glorified – said in the Quran 14: 4
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلاَّ بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ
The explanation: (We did not send any messenger [before you, O Mohammed] but [to teach] in the language of his [own] people, in order to explain to them.)
But all the apostles invited people to the One God: that is to serve none but God, and to abandon the idolatry and the associating with God, which is considered a betrayal and fornication, according to the Torah [included in the Old Testament] and the Quran. God – be glorified – said in the Quran 21: 25
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِ
The explanation: (We never sent any messenger [to his people] before you [Mohammed], unless We revealed to him [saying]: "There is no god [in the universe] but I [: God]; so [O people] serve Me [alone.]")
The Quran came to confirm the past heavenly books: the Torah including the Books of the Prophets, the Psalms and the Gospel; the Quran did not come to contradict them; we believe not only in the first five books of Moses, but in the book of Abraham before him (a part of which may be copied in the Book of Genesis.) We believe also in the Psalms of David, and the Books of the Prophets, as do we believe in the Gospel revealed to Jesus. God – be exalted – said in the Quran 2: 136
قُولُواْ آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
The explanation: (Say [O Muslims]: 'We believe in God and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, the Tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.)
None can say that Moses, who came after Abraham, forged the Torah, taking it from Abraham. Neither may one say that Jesus, coming after Moses, forged the Gospel according to the books before him. Nor should one say that Mohammed, coming after all these, forged the Quran according to the past books. When in fact the One That sent all of them is the same One God.
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Last edited by Ea Nassir; 09/30/07 06:39 AM. Reason: for completing the post.
