Islam
| This section relies on references to primary sources or sources affiliated with the subject. Please add citations from reliable and independent sources. |
There is no verse of the Qur'an which states that divine revelation has ended with it. The Islamic prophet Muhammad received scriptural as well as non-scriptural revelations, some of which were recorded as Hadith Qudsi. Nor does the Qur'an restrict the sending of divine revelation to prophets/messengers, for the mother of Moses received revelation (28:7). The Qur'an refers to the continuity of messengers (7:35) and promises that those who obey Allah and Muhammad will be favoured with the blessings of prophethood (4:69) which includes being given knowledge of the unseen through divine revelation.
The verse (5:3) refers to the perfection of religion and not to the cessation of prophethood or revelation. The verse (33:40) refers to the excellence and superiority of the prophethood of Muhammad and the continuity of prophethood amongst his followers, and not to the complete cessation of all types of prophethoods or revelations. According to a well-known hadith of Muhammad recorded in Sahih Muslim, the Messiah would received revelation from Allah during his second advent. Thus, there is no real basis for the common misconception among some modern day Muslims that all types of divine revelations and prophethoods have been discontinued.
Read more about this topic: Continuous Revelation
Famous quotes containing the word islam:
“Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses. The blossoming of mathematics and astronomy was a natural consequence of this awareness. Understanding the cosmos and the movements of the stars means understanding the marvels created by Allah. There would be no persecuted Galileo in Islam, because Islam, unlike Christianity, did not force people to believe in a “fixed” heaven.”
—Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist. Islam and Democracy, ch. 9, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. (Trans. 1992)
“The exact objectives of Islam Inc. are obscure. Needless to say everyone involved has a different angle, and they all intend to cross each other up somewhere along the line.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“Sooner or later we must absorb Islam if our own culture is not to die of anemia.”
—Basil Bunting (1900–1985)