The killing of God's prophets and messengers is not new; the Quran teaches that several were killed by disbelievers who rejected their message to worship God alone.1, 2
Every community receives a warner, and each messenger asked no wage yet was ignored, taunted, or even killed by his people.1, 2
God sent many messengers, including Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad, and they all delivered the same message of worshiping God alone.1, 2
God sent the same message through many messengers and prophets, and all scripture has been sent by God.1, 2
No human being can communicate with God except through inspiration, from behind a barrier, or through a messenger by whom He reveals what He wills.1
After Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, and their followers continued the pilgrimage to the Ka'aba to worship the same God and preach a common message.1, 2
All messengers came with the same basic message: there is no god except the one God.1
God alone guides, and He does so through messengers sent as guiding teachers, while those who scorn His revelations and are sent astray can never find a guide.1, 2
Messengers are a blessing from God, and they ask no money from people and seek no exaltation or personal attention.1
Messengers are sent to corrupted communities, and their only duty is to deliver God's message and warn people about evil works and idol worship.1, 2
People reject, ridicule, or even kill God's messengers, not because they dislike them personally but because they cannot stand their message.1
Jesus spoke as an infant to reassure his mother and her family that he was a messenger, declaring himself a servant of God given the scripture.1, 2, 3
God sends every messenger to preach in the language of his people so that people can understand him.1, 2
Jonah abandoned his mission in protest, then implored God from the darkness of the fish's belly, declaring God's oneness and confessing a gross sin.1, 2
Ezra is mentioned only once in the Quran, which does not identify him as a messenger, though since he was idolized it is reasonable to assume he was a saintly man if not a messenger.1, 2
God sends instructions through scriptures delivered by messengers, and anyone who obeys God's will in them is guaranteed a happy life now and redemption in the Hereafter.1
Submission to God's will is the religion of strict monotheism followed by Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, and all messengers, and the God-fearing silent majority of Muslims should speak up for it.1
Only God truly guides, although His guidance can and does come through His messengers and others.1, 2, 3, 4
God chooses His messengers, inspires them, distinguishes them, and makes them do as He chooses.1
Messengers and prophets such as Moses, David, and Abraham praised and glorified God frequently.1, 2, 3
No human should exalt another human; God exalts whom He wills, and prophets and messengers disapprove of those who exalt them.1, 2
The prophets and messengers were only humans who ate and walked in the markets just like us.1
No one blessed with scripture and prophethood would tell people to idolize him, the angels, or the prophets; he would tell them to devote themselves to God alone.1
The lives of the messengers strip away excuses: Joseph forgave after betrayal, Job stayed steadfast in suffering, Solomon stayed humble in wealth, and Noah preached 950 years with few followers.1, 2, 3
The Quran is not a storybook but a manual for salvation, and the history of the messengers in it is a lesson for those who possess intelligence.1, 2
Every messenger of God was supported by miracles, such as Moses' staff turning into a serpent and Jesus giving life to clay birds and healing by God's leave.1
There is only one religion approved by God, preached by all His prophets, and Islam is not a name but a description of devotion to God alone, practiced by a small minority in every religion.1, 2
Every prophet and messenger, including Abraham, Joseph, Jacob, and Solomon, was tested, and each passed through steadfastness and perseverance.1, 2, 3, 4
The Old Testament states that the prophets and messengers who came before Jesus worshipped and prayed to God alone.1
Praising and exalting a messenger after his death instead of God is a human tendency in all religions, and it is how the purified religion gets distorted over time.1
Islam and Judaism both deny that Jesus is divine, yet Islam reveres Jesus as a messenger and prophet of God, like Abraham and Moses before him and Muhammad after him.1, 2
True Islam is the religion taught by the prophets from Abraham to Muhammad, and it is represented solely by the Quran, God's last and perfected scripture.1
A reader argues that earlier prophets preached in many languages, so the word for God was not Allah, and insisting on Allah outside Arabic is insular.1
The Quranic declaration of faith is simply There is no god beside God, taught by God and preached and followed by all prophets and messengers, including Muhammad.1, 2, 3
God responds when we reverence Him and implore Him, as He responded to Joseph, Job, Jonah, and Zachariah.1
God sent scriptures, prophets, messengers, and other righteous people from time to time to point their people back to His words and establish justice.1, 2
God's messengers knew their only job was to deliver the message, and that God is the ultimate guide.1, 2
Believers must firmly commit to upholding the truth, as all prophets, messengers, and martyrs did with confidence in God and were ultimately blessed with success.1, 2
Consistently naming Muhammad as God's messenger while neglecting the other messengers amounts to denying them, and the Quran in 2:285 commands giving no distinction to any messenger.1, 2
According to 3:81, a prophet is given a scripture to deliver, while a messenger confirms existing scripture and does not bring a new one.1, 2, 3, 4
Muhammad is God's final prophet but not God's final messenger, and the Quran never calls him the final messenger.1, 2, 3, 4
God sends messengers only to deliver good news and warnings, and those who believe and reform have nothing to fear and will not grieve.1
According to the Quran, the contact prayer was practiced by God's messengers, from Abraham and Ishmael to Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.1