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23 How are the Prophet Muhammad and
the Prophet Abraham related?
he Prophet Abraham was born in Ur (Iraq). His sons,
Tthe Prophet Ismail (Ishmael) and Prophet Ishaq (Isaac)
were ancestors to two streams of prophets. The Prophet
Isaac was the forefather of the line of prophets starting
from the Prophet Jacob until the Prophet Jesus. The
Prophet Muhammad belonged to the tribe of Quraysh,
which traced its origin to the Prophet Ishmael.
The period between the era of the Prophet Abraham and
that of the Prophet Muhammad is over two thousand
years. But all the prophets from Ishmael and Isaac to
Muhammad (including Jesus and Moses) share a common
lineage going back to the Prophet Abraham. This is why
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are called Abrahamic
religions.
24 Except the Prophet Muhammad, which
were the other prophets who took
political positions?
n the modern sense of ‘politics’, the Prophet Muhammad
Idid not occupy any political position. He was only the
chief of a tribal system. It was the Prophet Dawud (David)
and the Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon) who held positions
of head of state during their period of prophethood.
The Prophet Yusuf (Joseph) was also only in charge of the
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