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ome Muslim scholars have suggested 240 thousand prophets. We are only sure of what is clearly mentioned in the Quran, that is, God has sent a messenger (or more) to every nation. That is because it is one of God's principles that He will never call a people to account unless He has made clear to them what to do and what not to do. The Quran mentions the names of 25 prophets and indicates that there have been others who were not mentioned to the Prophet Mohammed





And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.


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240 thousand prophets is an amazingly high figure to just pluck out of the air, with no basis in proof. I find the way the prophets are dealt with in Islam is unsatisfactory.. I can see why there is confusion about the message they brought because it does not demonstrate a clear understanding of why God sent which Prophet, to who and why.. It seems you are left to fill in the gaps, and thus have scholars making remarkable claims like 240 thousand prophets, which cannot be substantiated. As muslims pride themselves on the need for logical proof I find this strange indeed.



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The well-known difference between a Prophet and a Messenger is that a Messenger is one to whom a law is revealed and he is commanded to convey it, whilst a Prophet is one to whom a law is revealed but he is not commanded to convey it. But this distinction is not free of problems, because a Prophet is also commanded to call people, convey the Message and judge among the people. Hence Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: The correct view is that the Messenger is one who is sent to a disbelieving people, and the Prophet is one who is sent to a believing people with the sharee’ah of the Messenger who came before him, to teach them and judge between them, as Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Verily, We did send down the Tawraat (Torah) [to Moosa (Moses)], therein was guidance and light, by which the Prophets, who submitted themselves to Allaah’s Will, judged for the Jews”
[al-Maa’idah 5:44]
So the Prophets of the Children of Israel judged by the Tawraat which Allaah had revealed to Moosa.
With regard to the aayah,
“but he is the Messenger of Allaah and the last (end) of the Prophets” [al-Ahzaab 33:40]
and why it did not say the last of the Messengers – the end of the Message does not mean the end of Prophethood, but the end of Prophethood does mean the end of the Message. Hence the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “There will be no Prophet after me,” and he did not say, there will be no Messenger after me.
Thus we know that there is no Messenger and no Prophet after him (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him); he was the last of the Prophets and of the Messengers, (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
That's interesting.. In the Bible the titles of Prophet and Apostle speak of two different but closely related ministries. The prophet is a spokesman for God, given a message to pass on to others. An apostle is God's ambassador who is appointed, called or commissioned to the authoritative and special ministry of initially presenting the gospel to an ethnic people group who have not heard it. The title of prophet is used in both the Old and New Testaments, while the title of apostle is used only in the New Testament. Lord Jesus the Messiah is "the Apostle" commissioned by God the Father. There were 12 "Apostles" commissioned by Jesus the Messiah to represent him, and there were numerous other apostles (Barnabas, Timothy, etc.) later commissioned by God’s Holy Spirit.

What at about Joseph Smith? He claimed to be a Prophet sent revelation through an angel from God.. His followers in the world number around 15 million..no small number considering his revelation was received in the 1800s.. Fairly recently if you consider the timescale of previous revelations. I am sure you as muslim and I as Christian would agree that he was a false prophet, however, it does not change the fact that millions of people believe his message. You will judge him a false prophet because the Prophet of Islam said their would be no prophets after him.. I judge him false because God gave us the criteria to judge by what was false and truth in the Bible.


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Messengers of faith and respect is part of Islam

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You have 25 named.. The Bible has 133 named prophets plus at least 626 unnamed prophets whose works are mentioned which equals a total of at least 759 prophets in the Bible. Included in this number are the 16 women prophets. I was not thinking to mention each and every one!!

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