MOST PROPHETS CAME FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.... BUT THEY STILL DENY THE LAST PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PBUH) Almost all of the prophets whose names are mentioned or not mentioned in Quran emerged and carried out the duty of delivering God’s messages to people in the geographic regions of Mediterranean Basin (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt), Mesopotamia (Iraq, Jordon, a part of Iran) and Arabic Peninsula. In fact, the real reason of this issue is a sign of Divine fate (Mesnevi-i Nuriye, p.91). That’s to say; Allah’s discretion and willpower required sending prophets to the East. As Allah sent prophets in order to deliver His messages, it is also He who decided who will be sent as a prophet to which place. Slaves of Allah (human beings) do not affect this and are not involved in this issue. As for the wisdom behind this issue; though there are a lot of wisdoms behind this, a few of them which we can instantly think of are as follows: Firstly, Prophet Adam who is the father of humankind met our mother Eve near Arafat Mountain near Mecca. So the reproduction of humankind started also in the same neighborhood. Though Prophet Adam’s children increased a lot in number, they continued to live in the same neighborhood; for instance, his sons Prophet Seth and Prophet Enoch carried out their duty in Mecca as well. Secondly, although there is a long time between Prophet Adam and Prophet Noah, Prophet Noah lived in the neighborhood which is called Kufa today and delivered the messages of Allah there. Prophet Saleh (Shelah), Prophet Isaac, Prophet Job and Prophet Elias lived around Damascus and Prophet Zachariah, Prophet John, Prophet David, Prophet Solomon and Prophet Jesus lived in Jerusalem. Prophet Eber was sent as a prophet to Yemen (ancient Arabia Felix), Prophet Moses and Prophet Joseph were sent as prophets to Egyptians. Other prophets also emerged in the same neighborhoods. In fact, prophets were sent to humanity, that’s, to places where people lived in crowds. So, the people lived in those places in those times. According to what we can deduce from anecdotes about prophets, interpretations of holy book and other books about Islamic history that humankind lived in these places mentioned above until Prophet Jesus. And the population of humankind was as little as a few billions in those times. For this reason, there was not a need of migrating to other parts of the world. Once the population increased, people started to migrate and settle down in Europe and inner parts of Asia. Another point is that prophets were not only sent to Arabic nations. Other holy books before Quran were sent in Hebrew language. Prophet Joseph’s and Prophet Moses’ tribes were people whom we call Egyptians and Copts. The people living in Damascus, Iraq and other neighboring places were not all Arabs. They were all from different nations. When we consider that the majority of prophets were sent to Israelites, we can understand that the majority of prophets were not sent to Arabs. Although all other prophets were sent to specific nations and communities, our Prophet Mohammad Mostapha (pbuh) is the last prophet and was sent to all humankind. The fact that our prophet is of Arabic origin and the Quran is in Arabic language does not change this reality. This is already obvious from the fact that there are Muslims almost from all races and nations today.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:38:54 +0000
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