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But this is not enough for many Christians and therefore they get offended when you call Jesus a prophet. Meanwhile saying that somebody is a prophet is of course the highest honor. Therefore, I believe that we should learn more about the prophets prior to Jesus. With no further ado, let's have a look. Indeed, there is no nation that has passed except that there has been a messenger who was sent to that nation. It is he, Allah, the glorious and the powerful who sent into this world at different times and places, messengers, peace and blessing be upon them all, who were gifted with divine scriptures, the highest of morals by which to guide and educate the human beings to a life which is legislated for them and fulfills their very purpose. What is the total number of Ambiya? Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said 120,000 and messengers among them are 315. At one moment there could be tens of prophets, one in the east, one in the west, one in the south, one in north and maybe they did not see each other but Allah sent so many prophets and messengers. 25 of them are mentioned in the Noble Quran. So all those prophets came forward from Almighty God, calling the people towards God, calling the people towards good actions, coming to the people in their time, in their language, ordering the people in the same way. O my people, obey Almighty God and worship only Almighty God and do good actions. Ultimately, this is the strongest point of Islam, a congruent message, a message that is permeating throughout the times, a red threat, so to speak, a message that never changed. If you really think about it, it makes sense. Looking at Genesis, the creation of Adam, how it all started. If you look at Adam as the first human and no matter if you're a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, you will believe in Adam. So when Adam was created, what was his religion? There must have been a religion if we believe in religion to begin with, right? If we believe that there is such a thing as religion, what is religion? Is it a relationship between us and God? Is it a man-made concept? Is it something fabricated? What is religion? So if we believe yet again in Adam and Adam was the only man around and we do believe in religion, then we have to ask ourselves, what can that religion be? So it obviously cannot be Christianity, because Jesus wasn't around. It cannot be Buddhism, because Buddha wasn't around. It cannot be Judaism, because Judah wasn't around. So what could it be? It could only be something that is essentially even transcending of the term religion, the way that we understand it today. Because if we think about religion nowadays, we think about a man-made institution. We think about the church. We think about the synagogue. We think about the Buddhist temple. But honestly, if you really think about it, Adam didn't even had a temple. He was in a garden. So what is the religion? We really have to think about this logically. And the only way to describe religion then would be relationship. It would be a relationship between him and God. And what would that relationship be? The only logical conclusion would be, of course, that Adam submitted himself to that God. We should only Almighty God and do good actions. That's what Abraham said, that's what Noah said, that's what Moses said, that's what David said, that's what Solomon said, that's what John the Baptist said, that's what Jesus Christ said, that's what Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, said. So the prophethood began with the first man and the first prophet, Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was Allah's final messenger and the seal of the prophets. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says. Okay. I'm sure this seems very strange to you guys watching, but for me personally, it just clicked in my mind. Out of the sun when he mentioned Adam as the first and Muhammad as the last, it clicked. It made sense. This message of monotheism, reoccurring, reoccurring over thousands of years until it has become finalized. Best of stories. These are the best of stories because they are dealing with the best of creation. Relate unto them the stories. It's a command from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala given to Rasulullah that he must narrate these stories unto the Ummah. These stories are not to entertain us. These stories are for us to derive lessons and reflect and to contemplate and to think about, to deeply reflect on them. That is what we need to do. And Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, that he must follow the way of Ambiya of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. If this instruction was given to Rasulullah, peace and blessings be upon him, then what should we do? They are those whom Allah has guided. So follow their guidance. There is a difference between a Rasul and a Nabi. So what is the difference? One is a messenger and one is a prophet. The one who has a higher status is a Rasul, a messenger. A Rasul is a person who came with a new sharia, with some law. But the Nabi, who is not a Rasul, is following the law of another Rasul. So every Rasul is a Nabi, but not every Nabi is a Rasul. Every prophet is not a messenger, but every messenger is a prophet. If a prophet is given a new law, then he becomes a... So every messenger is a prophet, but not every prophet is a messenger? That doesn't make sense to me because every prophet would come with a message, no? Rasul and a Nabi. If he is not given a new law, then he is a Nabi, only a prophet. An example of that, to make it a little bit clear. Now, Musa A.S. was a Rasul. So Nabi is over Rasul. He was a messenger given a new legislation, Taurah. While Zaharun A.S. was a Nabi, because he wasn't given a new legislation. Instead, he was following up on the legislation of Musa A.S. This seems kind of mixed up to me. Please clarify it in the comment section, guys. What is Haya, a Nabi or a Rasul? The way that I understood it, the Rasul is the prophet and the messenger, and the Nabi would be just a messenger. Because if we look into Muhammad, he came as a prophet with the message and with the Sharia. So with a law, if we look at Jesus, for example, he was obeying the Mosaic law and therefore he didn't come with a new law set. He was only coming with the message. So please explain which term means what exactly. Nabi, the plural of it is Ambiya. Rasul is the plural of it is Rasul. There is a third type of person who is neither a Nabi nor a Rasul. But he is a Rasul of a Rasul, which means he is a messenger of a messenger. And who is that? Every single one of us, Subhanallah. We are all messengers of Rasulullah, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. We have the message. It becomes mandatory on us to convey the message of the Ambiya of Allah, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And their stories. There are certain qualities that all the prophets had. We need to know these qualities. Number one is Wahi, divine revelation from Allah, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. This was something especially for the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Messengers were always truthful. They never uttered a lie even prior to prophethood. They were trustworthy and they were known as trustworthy, all of them. Another quality of the prophets of Allah, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, physically, they did not have any defect. When you looked at them, you felt like getting closer. All the messengers were described as very handsome. Then there is another quality of the messengers. They were very intelligent. They wanted to give the message. They wanted to always spread the goodness. They were not selfish with it. None of them wanted money in return for their message. None of them wanted to gain some form of popularity through their message. Absolutely. If you look into the prophets, you will see that they are always followed by the lower people, by fishermen, for example, in the instant of Jesus, or by slaves, even in the instance of Muhammad. Allah does not send a female prophet. Allah does not send a prophet as a slave. The eyes of the Mba, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam sleep, but their hearts do not sleep. The next special characteristic is that they are given a choice at the time of death. They are buried where they pass away. The bodies of the Mba, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam do not decay. If it was possible for us to open a grave of a prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, we would find their bodies intact. Because the earth does not consume the bodies of the Mba, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. If you do not know someone, you cannot love him. We all claim that we love the Mba of Allah. But if we don't know the details of their life, we don't know what they went through, how could we have respect for them? Whenever we say the name of a messenger, it is our duty to say may peace be upon them. They have done a splendid job. In fact, Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says that there is a curse upon the one who says Muhammad without saying Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. We don't differentiate between any one of his messengers. Likewise, to reject any one of the messengers, even if you believe in them all, except for one, that means that you've disbelieved in them all. All the messengers were trained in a specific way. Do you know what the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam says? There was no Nabi except that he was a shepherd at one stage. Allah trained them with sheep, with animals, before they came to human beings. What is more difficult? To look after animals or to look after human beings? It is definitely more difficult to look after animals. We must have some role models. We must have some people whom we look up to. If you are not going to provide our children and our youth with the role models of the ambia and the role models of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and the role models of the Sahaba, they will go and find role models somewhere else because human beings cannot live without role models. So we need to study the lives of the ambia of Allah SWT so that they can become our role models. It's a really good point, especially youths try to emulate. They need a role model. This is why it's so important to have a strong father figure. If they don't have that, they're going to seek on the outside and they're going to look at rap music, for example, certain famous people on social media and whatnot. They're going to get the wrong role models and they're going to try to emulate it. It is the formative years. And they're going to try with all their might to become like those false role models of the previous nations. And in the stories of the prophets are lessons for those with sound intellect. All right, guys. And this is it for the first episode of the Prophet series. Extremely interesting here. I learned something new. The differentiation between Rasul and Nebi. I personally always thought a prophet is a prophet and that's that. But of course it makes sense to differentiate between a prophet that comes with a message and a prophet that comes with a whole new law set. And that would, of course, set them apart. Moses came with a message and he came with a law set. Jesus came with a message, but not with a law set. Muhammad, on the other hand, came with a message and yet again with a law set. Extremely interesting stuff. I never thought about it in this way. All right, guys. But this is it for today's video. If you want me to continue with this Prophet series, please let me know in the comment section. If you like this video, leave it a thumbs up. 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