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The
characteristics of the respected Prophets (chastity)
Chastity is the sense of being moral,
decent, and uninvolved in any kind of unethical immoral act. Chastity is the
main characteristic of the Prophets that evolve their character so high in
rank. The whole structure of the religion stands on the moral and good conduct
of the messengers.
Arguments of Scholars on Chastity
1. All the words and deeds of the prophet
are true and have no discrepancy in them, not even a small discrepancy could be
found. The words of the prophet are always true.
2. The miracle of the prophets is one of
the proofs of their honesty and truthfulness. It is the power of Allah that is
given to them to show the miracles. Otherwise, if the prophets claim by themselves,
it could be magic or enchantment. While it’s not like that, it is the divine
power of the supreme God that has bestowed the favors upon His beloved
messengers.
3. If
any prophet became the violator of the law himself, then no one will follow his
path because people will think of him to be dishonest immoral, and low in
chastity. While it’s not possible. The prophets are innocent and they always
follow the command of Allah.
4. It is also mentioned in the Quran.
Allah said in surah Al Anam ayah no 85 “They were all virtuous” It is the
evidence from the book of Allah that the prophets were innocent.
5. In another place surah Suwad ayah no 47
Allah mentioned that “decidedly they are in our eye the elected one and most
righteous.”
6. It is so amazing to hear that even
Satan does not have any supremacy over the prophet and even he cannot mislead
them like he is used to mislead other human beings. In the same surah Suwad
ayah no 82 and 83 it is mentioned that “I shall mislead every one of them
except those of your slaves who are right-minded”.
7. Allah has made the Prophets superior to
the angels; the angels are chaste Prophets of Allah are even more chaste than
them.
Prophet never makes any mistake knowingly
or unknowingly. Before the Prophethood or after the Prophethood,
nor in the child nor their adult age. Every Prophet is free from sins. However,
there are some of the Prophets mentioned in the Quran who had committed some
mistake, which shows their human intellects. Their mistakes are just a slip and
Allah has even forgiven them and even evaluated their ranks. Like Prophet
Yunus. When he told his people to follow Allah, they did not listen to him, which
makes the Prophet Yunus dishearten and after many tries, he decided to leave
the place.
Gifted
blessing
Prophethood is not an ordinary task that
Allah has assigned. It is a trusteeship which is a very important
responsibility. And Allah gives this responsibility to whom he wants and loves
the most. The Prophethood cannot be achieved by doing good deeds and investing
in religious cases rather it is the gift of Allah. He gives this gift to
whomever he wants.
Humanness
Almighty Allah chooses some of the souls
to guide the human being, Allah knows the best that why he chooses those souls
and the son of Adams to guide the human being. While some points could be
understood.
1. Prophets are sent to follow so a
Prophet must be from the same tribe and or group so that anyone cannot argue
about the ability to follow. They were selected from the same group so that
every individual could follow them. Otherwise, Allah could have sent the
angels.
2. If Prophets were sent from the angel to
the human, it would be impossible for the human to follow them because the
qualities of the angel are far distinctive from the human beings.
3. It is worth noticing that Quran has
mentioned that Prophet is a human being while on the other hand, Quran has
drawn a line of distinction between an ordinary human being and the Prophets of
Allah. That line is the revelation that is bestowed on them. If all the human
being collected to gather even, then they could not bear the weight of a single
revelation. It is also mentioned in the Quran that if we reveal the verses on a
mountain they could have turned into pieces because of their weight. This is
only the ability of a Prophet to bear the load of revelation.
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