Brief History of Prophethood

Now let us look at the history of Prophethood. Let us see how this long chain began, how it gradually unfolded it self and finally culminated in the Prophethood of the last of the Prophets, Muhammad (blessings of Allah and peace be upon him).

The human race began from one man-Adam. It was from him that the family of man grew and the human race multiplied. All human beings born in this world have descended from that earliest pair-Adam and eve. History and religion are agreed on this point. Nor do scientific investigation in to the origin of man show that originally different men came into being, simultaneously or at different points, in different parts of the world .Most scientists conjecture that one man would have been brought into existence first and the entire human race might have descended from that one man.

Adam, the first man on earth, was also the first Prophet of God. He revealed his religion- Islam –to him and told him to convey and communicate it to his descendents: to teach them that Allah is One, the creator, the Sustainer of the world; that he is the lord of the Universe and he alone should be worshipped and obeyed; that to him they would have to return one day and to him alone they should appeal for help; that they should live righteous lives in accordance with God’s pleasure and that if they did so they would be blessed and if they did not they would suffer both here and in the hereafter.