In the next verse "نَزَّلَ عَلَيۡكَ الۡـكِتٰبَ بِالۡحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَاَنۡزَلَ التَّوۡرٰٮةَ وَالۡاِنۡجِيۡلَۙ" meaning "He has revealed to you the Book with the truth confirming what has been before it, and sent down the Torah and Injil", an objective argument for the Oneness of Allah (Tauhid) has been given.
What it means is that the principle of Tauhid was first brought by Hazrat Adam AS to human beings. Then after a long gap Hazrat Noah AS came and called people to exactly the same message of Tauhid. Then after another very long interval Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) AS, Ismail (Ishmael) AS, Ishaq (Isaac) AS, and Yaqoob (Jacob) AS were born in Syria and Iraq and all of them gave the same message of Allah's Oneness. Then after another very long interval Hazrat Essa (Jesus) AS came and gave the same message. Then after another several hundred years the Holy Prophet ﷺ came and brought the same message of Tauhid.
If anyone looks at this objectively this question must crop up in his mind that nearly one hundred and twenty four thousand prophets came between Hazrat Adam AS to the last Prophet ﷺ, they were born in different countries and nations, and spoke different languages, most of them never met each other, there were no books and printing presses in that time so there wasn't even a question that they could have read each other's books and knew what message an earlier prophet had given, then how come all of them gave exactly the same message that Allah Ta'alah had created all of us, that He was One and no one shared His existence or powers, and no one else deserves to be worshipped other than Allah Ta'alah. The other aspect is that the character of all Prophets was such that even those who did not accept them as prophets, never denied their honesty and integrity, like even the non-believers of Makkah called the Holy Prophet ﷺ Sadiq (always truthful) and Ameen (Trustworthy). When so many of such honest people over thousands of years gave exactly the same message, it must make one wonder if there is a Superior Being who taught all of them the same message over these thousands of years.
Adapted from ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Rehmatullah Elaih
What it means is that the principle of Tauhid was first brought by Hazrat Adam AS to human beings. Then after a long gap Hazrat Noah AS came and called people to exactly the same message of Tauhid. Then after another very long interval Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) AS, Ismail (Ishmael) AS, Ishaq (Isaac) AS, and Yaqoob (Jacob) AS were born in Syria and Iraq and all of them gave the same message of Allah's Oneness. Then after another very long interval Hazrat Essa (Jesus) AS came and gave the same message. Then after another several hundred years the Holy Prophet ﷺ came and brought the same message of Tauhid.
If anyone looks at this objectively this question must crop up in his mind that nearly one hundred and twenty four thousand prophets came between Hazrat Adam AS to the last Prophet ﷺ, they were born in different countries and nations, and spoke different languages, most of them never met each other, there were no books and printing presses in that time so there wasn't even a question that they could have read each other's books and knew what message an earlier prophet had given, then how come all of them gave exactly the same message that Allah Ta'alah had created all of us, that He was One and no one shared His existence or powers, and no one else deserves to be worshipped other than Allah Ta'alah. The other aspect is that the character of all Prophets was such that even those who did not accept them as prophets, never denied their honesty and integrity, like even the non-believers of Makkah called the Holy Prophet ﷺ Sadiq (always truthful) and Ameen (Trustworthy). When so many of such honest people over thousands of years gave exactly the same message, it must make one wonder if there is a Superior Being who taught all of them the same message over these thousands of years.
Adapted from ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Rehmatullah Elaih
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