seeking4truth
Active Member
It occurred to me this weekend that there is a big divergence of understanding of the status of Prophets in religions that may be behind the confrontations with Muslims over depicting the Holy Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessing be on him).
If you read the stories in the Old Testament there are stories of prophets behaving in immoral ways, no better than most men and worse than many.
Muslims believe that all Prophets are of the very highest moral stature and had to be to be a role model and leader able to increase the general standards of piety and morality of those they led. Hence enabling their followers to gain greater understanding of God.
Muslims hold the Holy Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessing be on him) to be the perfect man and perfect Prophet, as perfect as it is possible for a man to be to be an example to us all.
This divergence of concept may account for the ease with which some non-Muslims depict the Prophet offensively and the rage they provoke in Muslims.
If you read the stories in the Old Testament there are stories of prophets behaving in immoral ways, no better than most men and worse than many.
Muslims believe that all Prophets are of the very highest moral stature and had to be to be a role model and leader able to increase the general standards of piety and morality of those they led. Hence enabling their followers to gain greater understanding of God.
Muslims hold the Holy Prophet Muhammad(peace and blessing be on him) to be the perfect man and perfect Prophet, as perfect as it is possible for a man to be to be an example to us all.
This divergence of concept may account for the ease with which some non-Muslims depict the Prophet offensively and the rage they provoke in Muslims.