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Week 3 Response: God’s Word as Sacred Sound and the Concept of Prophethood.<\/p>\n
Title: The Chain and The Lock<\/p>\n
The Prophet Muhammad being the \u201cSeal of the Prophets,\u201d the long line of Prophets stretching back to Adam, and the role that all Prophet\u2019s played in spreading God\u2019s word on earth were all major themes of the third week\u2019s lecture.<\/p>\n
The concept of Prophethood was a central theme of the third week\u2019s lecture. The Qur\u2019an mentions, \u201cEvery nation has had a messenger.\u201d 10:47, thereby establishing the importance of God\u2019s messengers in propagating God\u2019s teachings. Furthermore, several Qur\u2019anic verses were mentioned during this week\u2019s lecture that contained direct references to different Prophet\u2019s as in the following example:<\/p>\n
\u201cSay: we believe in God and what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the tribes, and in what was given to Moses, Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between one and another among them and to Him (God) do we submit (literally, we are submitters \u201cmuslims\u201d)\u201d Quran 8:34.<\/p>\n
As well as discussing the various gifts of the various Prophets we also discussed another concept that is central to Islam, that of The Prophet Muhammad being the \u201cSeal of The Prophets,\u201d and the Qur\u2019an as being a perfect manifestation of God\u2019s message, and one that all the previous scriptures were leading up to.<\/p>\n
We also learned about how the precious scriptures and teachings revealed to the Prophet\u2019s before Muhammad are integral in gaining a complete understanding of the Qur\u2019an. The Qur\u2019anic verse that was cited in lecture and directly mentions this point is as follows:<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you (Muhammad) are in doubt concerning that which We (God) reveal to you, then question those who read the scripture (that was revealed) before you\u2026\u201d 10:94<\/p>\n
Therefore, in this drawing, I\u2019ve tried to incorporate all these elements by representing them through something we are all very familiar with: a lock and a chain.\u00a0 The underlying theme behind this drawing is that the Prophet\u2019s, starting from Adam and ending with Muhammad, were all like a chain and lead up to the lock, which in this case is God\u2019s final message: the Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve tried to convey the theme of the interconnectedness of all the Prophets, their eventual goal of perfecting God\u2019s message, a manifestation of which is the Quran, and the Prophet Muhammad being the last Prophet, and therefore the seal of the Prophet.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve purposely left some gaps while writing down the names of the Prophet\u2019s inside this chain. As the total number of Prophet\u2019s sent down by God exceeds over one hundred thousand, I\u2019ve only written down the names of some that were mentioned during lecture, and these gaps represent all those that I have not mentioned.<\/p>\n
Also, the empty gaps signify another concept that Professor Asani mentioned during his lecture, primarily that there may yet be some Prophet\u2019s that the Muslim world has not been able to identify, and therefore the void in the chain is also representative of the Prophets that still remain \u201cunknown.\u201d<\/p>\n
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