Sublime

Islam preaches the continual self-revelation of God from Adam down to all the prophets who have ever existed in all religions. These prophets are called nabis in Arabic, and they have been chosen to relay God’s divine message to all humanity. But sometimes a nabi is given the extra burden of handing down sacred texts: Moses, who revealed the Torah;

Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find mentioned in their own (Scriptures)127,—in the Law and the Gospel;—for he commands them what is just and forbids them what is evil; he allows them as lawful what is good (and pure) and prohibits them from what is bad (and impure); he releases them from their heavy burdens and

At the very least, prophecy is truth telling.

Every nation has a messenger. Once their messenger has come, judgement will be passed upon them in all fairness and they will not be wronged.

In this verse is a prefiguring, to Moses, of the Arabian Messenger, the last and greatest of the Messengers of Allah. Prophecies about him will be found in the Torah and the Injīl. In the reflex of the Torah as now accepted by the Jews, Moses says, “The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee, of thy brethren, like unto me” (Deut.xviii.15): the only

3. The Anointed Prophet

No one to whom God has given the Scriptures and on whom He has bestowed wisdom and prophethood would say to men, ‘Worship me instead of God.’ [He would say rather], ‘Be devoted servants of God, for you have taught and studied the Scriptures.’

Yet, like his great prophetic predecessors—Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus—Muhammad would be something more.