Maeda 19
19-O PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, OUR MESSENGER HAS COME TO YOU AFTER A LONG TIME WITHOUT MESSENGERS, SO THAT YOU MAY NOT SAY: WE HAD NO ONE TO GIVE US GOOD NEWS OR TO WARN US, NOW COMES TO YOU ONE WHO BRINGS YOU GOOD NEWS AND WARNING YOU, FOR ALLAH IS ABLE OVER ALL THINGS
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him was given the prophecy and the message long time after the last prophet and messenger, Esa (Jesus) peace upon him. The period between them is about 600 years. This was a long time, for there has always been very little or no time between messengers.
The prophets and messengers mission on earth is to deliver the message they are entrusted with to the people they are sent to. They do not all have the same degree of success. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “I am the closest one to the son of Mary, as there are no prophets between us”. (Bukhari & Muslim)
By the time Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him was sent down, there were Christians and few Jews and many Idol worshippers. Most people were idols worshipper, some worshipped fire, and other worshipped man or angels. This was the state of the faith when Mohamed prayer and peace upon him was sent down.
All the messengers, peace upon them all, carried a message from Allah the Highest, giving good news about Allah and the Hereafter, and in the mean time warning people about the punishment they will suffer if they do not believe in Allah the Highest and follow the messenger.
Allah the Highest is just; therefore He does not punish people unless he have sent them a messenger to warn them. Allah the Highest said: “AND WE WERE NOT TO PUNISH BEFORE SENDING A MESSENGER”. (S:17 A:15)
Now history is repeating itself, and there is a great deal of disbelief and idols worshipping on Earth. At present, the number of disbelievers is on the increase.
By sending messengers, and the last messenger prayer and peace upon him and the book, the disbelievers can not argue that they were not told and were not warned. Now they have no excuse, and can not claim ignorance.
We can not expect a new messenger or prophet any more, for the last of them was sent. Allah the Highest said: “MOHAMED IS NOT THE FATHER OF ANY OF YOUR MEN, BUT HE ALLAH’S MESSENGER AND THE LAST PROPHET”. (S:33 A:40)
Therefore we can not expect a new prophet to revive Allah’s Faith, the believers have the responsibility of reviving Faith.
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