570 C.E. in the city of Mecca on the Arabian Peninsula. At the age of forty he began to receive Sacred Revelation. For the next twenty-three years, Prophet Muhammad invited people to the religion of Islam. Tens of thousands of people believed in Prophet Muhammad and followed him. After his death in the year 632 C.E., Islam continued to spread far beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

Prophet Muhammad, like all the Prophets, performed miracles. Among the miracles of Prophet Muhammad was the springing of water from between his fingers; feeding many people from small amounts of food; healing the sick and injured in extraordinary fashion; prophecy regarding liberation of Constantinople (Istanbul), and the circumstances of death for some of the honorable Companions. Prophet Muhammad’s greatest miracle is the inimitable Qur’an. It is the final Sacred Scripture Revealed to humanity and will remain in its original form until the end of this world.

The miracles of Prophet Muhammad are numerous and were seen by many witnesses who reported them to large numbers of people. Those reports were compiled and verified by the meticulous work of many reliable Muslim scholars, such as, al-Bukhari, Ibn Majah, Abu Dawud, at-Tirmidhi, and Imam Muslim. Hence, we know that Prophet Muhammad is indeed a Prophet.

He is the greatest of the Prophets and the most influential human being God has ever created, as his historical legacy well testifies.

It is obligatory upon us to believe in Prophet Muhammad and follow his Religion--the Religion that was taught by all the Prophets--i.e., the Religion of Islam. One becomes a follower of Islam by saying and believing in the Declaration of Faith which is:

I bear witness that no one is God except Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

This is all that is necessary for one to become Muslim. One does not need witnesses to become a Muslim. Islam is the only acceptable Religion to God and the only Religion that will grant us true safety and security in this life and the Hereafter.

Praise be to Allah, and Allah knows best.

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Praise and thanks be to the Creator Who is glorified from all imperfection. We ask the Creator (Allah) to exalt the honor of our Prophet Muhammad, and protect his Nation from the things he feared for it. May Allah enlighten our hearts with knowledge and sincerity and enable us to follow the path of the Prophet and the righteous Muslim scholars.

Praise and thanks be to Allah for the numerous Prophets whom Allah has sent to humanity throughout the ages. All the Prophets were Muslim (i.e., followers of the Religion of Islam). A Prophet is a recipient and conveyor of God’s Divine Revelation. Usually the Prophets received Divine Revelation through the agency of the Angel Gabriel (Jibril). There are special Prophets called, Messengers. A Messenger is a Prophet who receives a new set of Sacred Laws. Prophets (who are not Messengers) receive Divine Revelation, but not a new set of Laws--they follow the Laws of the previous Messenger. Hence, every Messenger is a Prophet, but not every Prophet is a Messenger.

The Prophets have the greatest mission, which is, to convey the Creator’s Holy Revelation to the people. They inform the people about the correct belief in the Creator. The Creator is perfect and does

not change; hence, the correct belief about the Creator does not change. All the Prophets taught that there is only One Creator, and that there is absolutely nothing similar to the Creator. The Creator is Incomparable and cannot be imagined. The Prophets taught that the Creator does not need any of the creations, and that the Creator exists without being in a direction, or a place, or being subject to time. All the Prophets taught about Destiny, i.e., whatever God has willed to be shall be--whether it is good or evil.

The Prophets inform people about how to worship the Creator, as well as, the events of the Hereafter, among other things. Allah supported the Prophets with miracles to demonstrate to the people that they were indeed Prophets. A miracle is an extraordinary event performed by a person claiming Prophethood. The miracle cannot be outdone or matched by someone attempting to discredit a Prophet, and the extraordinary action complies with his claim.

The Prophets are the masters of humanity, and they are examples of human perfection. All the Prophets were truthful, trustworthy, honest, intelligent, God-fearing and God-reliant, patient, handsome, courageous, and had all the praiseworthy traits that a human being can possess. The Creator protected the Prophets from blasphemy, major sins

and minor demeaning sins (before and after receiving Revelation). All the Prophets believed without doubt that their Lord is One, Knowledgeable, Powerful, Eternal, and Everlasting. None of the Prophets committed, robbery, adultery, unjust killing, insincerity in worship, or other major sins. Also, none of the Prophets committed lesser sins that are belittling in nature, such as, stealing something of trifling value, or looking at a woman with a desirous look (that is forbidden to him). It is true that some of the Prophets did commit minor sins, however, those sins were not belittling in nature.

Among the long line of honorable Prophets is the first human being, Prophet Adam. Prophet Adam was a tall, handsome, articulate, and intelligent Prophet of Allah. Adam was not a stooped over grunting monkey-man. Other Prophets include, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Moses, Elijah, Jonah, Job, Solomon, Zachariah, John, and Jesus the son of Mary.

The last Prophet sent to the people is Prophet Muhammad. He is the last and the greatest of all the Prophets. Prophet Muhammad was born around the year

* The stories ascribing major sins and humiliating actions to the Prophets in the Bible and some corrupted English translations of the Qur’an are categorically false. For example, no Prophet drank alcohol, committed incest, ordered people to commit blasphemy or was guilty of worshipping the planets or the sun.

The Masters of HumanityIn the name of Almighty God