A Muslim understands that Islam is Allahs final message and through our prophet Muhammad (PBUH) it is now complete in every respect. Do earlier revelations speak of Islam?
It is true that the Prophet (PBUH) and the message of Islam is mentioned in the revelations which Allah had vouchsafed to earlier prophets and messengers. Indeed Allah tells us in the Qur’an that He had made a covenant with all prophets which stipulated that by the virtue of what He had given them of revelation and wisdom, should a messenger who endorses their own messages be sent to them, they would believe in him and support him. All the prophets had agreed to this covenant and pledged themselves to support that prophet and messenger. It is clear from the Quranic Text and the Prophet’s Hadiths that it was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) who was named in the covenant. Obviously, a pledge given by other prophets is binding on their followers. This is only to be expected since Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is the last of all Allah’s prophets and messengers. He has been given the final and complete form of Allah’s single message based on the belief in the oneness of Allah. Since it is the final form,
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