How was prophet ibrahim a muslim,wheareas he was born thousands of years before islam.
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Adam first muslim Ibraheem
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Dear and beloved brother, it is absolutely incorrect and
inaccurate to say or believe that the deen or religion of ‘Islam’ was revealed
for the first time to Prophet Mohamed (saws), or that Prophet Mohamed (saws)
was the first ‘Muslim’! Allah Subhanah
revealed the religion of ‘Islam’ with the very first human being who was sent
to this earth, Prophet Adam (a.s.); thus in light of the clear guidance of the
Glorious Quran, the Truth is that Prophet Adam (a.s.) was the first ‘muslim’.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 30 Surah
Taha verse 122
122 But his Lord chose him (Adam (a.s.)): He turned to him and gave him guidance.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imraan verse 33:
33 Allah did choose Adam, and Nuh, the family
of Ibraheem, and the family of Imraan above all people.
All the Prophets who came after Prophet Adam (a.s.) (ie: Idris
(a.s.), Nuh (a.s.), Ibraheem (a.s.), Ishaaq (a.s.), Ismail (a.s.), Musa (a.s.),
Isa (a.s.), etc.) were all also ‘muslims’ and followed and propagated the same
deen of Al-Islam.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verses 83-90:
83 That was the reasoning about Us which We gave to Ibraheem (to use)
against his people: We raise whom We will degree after degree: for thy Lord is
full of Wisdom and Knowledge.
84 We gave him Ishaaq and Yaqoob: all (three) We guided (to Al-Islam):
and before him We guided Nuh, and among his progeny Dawood, and Sulaimaan, and
Ayyub, and Yusuf, and Musa, and Haroon: thus do We reward those who do good:
85 And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyaas:
all in the ranks of the righteous:
86 And Ismail and Elisha and Yunus and Lut: and to all We gave favor
above the nations:
87 (To them) and to their fathers and progeny and brethren: We chose
them. And We guided them to the
88 This is the Guidance of Allah: He giveth that Guidance to whom He
pleaseth of His worshippers. If they
were to join other gods with Him all that they did would be vain for them.
89 These were the men to whom We gave the Book, and Authority, and
prophethood: if these (their descendants) reject them behold! We shall entrust
their charge to a new people who reject them not.
90 Those were the (Prophets) who received Allah's Guidance: copy the Guidance
they received; Say: "No reward for this do I ask of you: this is no less
than a Message for the nations."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 22 Surah
Hajj verse 78:
78 And strive in His (Allah’s) Cause as ye ought to strive (with
sincerity and under discipline): He has chosen you and has imposed no
difficulties on you in religion; it is the cult of your father Ibraheem. It is He (Allah) Who has named you ‘Muslims’
both before (in the Previous Divine Scriptures) and in this (Glorious Quran);
that the Messenger may be a witness for you and ye be witnesses for mankind!
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 130-132:
130 And who turns away from the religion of Ibraheem but such as debase
their souls with folly? Him We chose and
rendered pure in this world: and he will be in the Hereafter in the ranks of
the righteous.
131 Behold! his Lord said to him: "Islam’ (Bow thy will to Me)" He (Ibraheem (a.s.) said: "Islam-to” (I
bow my will) to the Lord and Cherisher of the universe."
132 And this was the legacy that Ibraheem left to his sons, and so did Yaqoob
(who said to his children at his death-bed); "O my sons! Allah hath chosen
the faith for you; then die not except as ‘Muslim’."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah
Nahl verses 120-123:
120 Ibraheem was indeed an example, devoutly obedient to Allah (and)
true in faith and he joined not gods with Allah:
121 He showed his gratitude for the favors of Allah Who chose him and
guided him to a
122 And We gave him good in this world and he will be in the Hereafter
in the ranks of the righteous.
123 So We have taught thee the inspired (message) "Follow the ways
of Ibraheem, the true in faith, and he joined not gods with Allah."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 127-129:
127 And remember Ibraheem and Ismail raised the foundations of the House
(with this prayer): "O Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us for Thou
art the All-Hearing the All-Knowing.
128 O Our Lord! Make of us ‘Muslims’ bowing to Thy (Will), and of our
progeny a people ‘Muslim’ bowing to Thy (Will); and show us our places for the
celebration of (due) rites; and turn unto us (in mercy); for Thou art the
Oft-Returning, Most-Merciful.
129 O Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of their own, who shall
rehearse Thy Signs to them, and instruct them in Scripture and Wisdom and
sanctify them; for Thou art the Exalted in Might, The Wise."
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imraan verses 64-68:
64 Say: "O people of the Book! Come to common terms as between us
and you: that we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with
Him; that we erect not from among ourselves Lords and patrons other than
Allah." If then they turn back say:
"Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah's
will)."
65 Ye people of the Book! Why dispute ye about Ibraheem when the Torah,
and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have ye no understanding?
66 Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (even) in matters of which ye
had some knowledge! But why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no
knowledge? It is Allah Who Knows and ye
who know not!
67 Ibraheem was not a Jew, nor yet a Christian, but he was true in
faith, and a ‘Muslim’ (who bowed his will to Allah's), and he joined not gods
with Allah.
68 Without doubt among men the nearest of kin to Ibraheem are those who
follow him, as are also this Messenger (Mohamed (saws)) and those who believe;
and Allah is the Protector of those who have faith.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imraan verses 84-85:
84 (O believers) Say : "We believe in Allah and in what has been revealed to us
(Quran), and what was revealed to Ibraheem, Ismail, Ishaaq, Yaqoob, and the
Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Musa, Isa, and (all) the Prophets from
their Lord; we make no distinction between one and another among them, and to
Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)."
85 If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah)
never will it be accepted of him; and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks
of those who have lost (all spiritual good).
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Glorious Quran, it is absolutely evident that the deen and religion of Islam
was revealed by Allah with Prophet Adam (a.s.), and every single Prophet who
came after him also followed and propagated the same deen of ‘Al-Islam’. With
the advent of the Last and Final Prophet, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws), Allah
Subhanah simply completed and perfected the same deen of ‘Al-Islam’ which was
followed and propagated by every Prophet of Allah, but with the passage of time
was changed and altered by the people.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah
Maidah verse 5 (part):
(O you who believe:) This
day have those who reject faith given up all hope of your religion: yet fear
them not but fear Me. This day
have I (Allah) perfected your religion for you, completed my favor upon you, and
have chosen for you ‘Al-Islam’ as your religion.
Thus in conclusion brother, Prophet Ibraheem (a.s.) was
indeed a ‘muslim’ and he was not born thousands of years BEFORE the advent of
Islam; but in light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the Quran,
Prophet Ibraheem (a.s.) was born thousands of years AFTER the advent of Islam!
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister