Prophets Sent To All Nations
A Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad reveals that “124,000 Prophets” came before his advent . This is in accordance with many Qur’anic verses, namely: “And there is no people to whom a Warner (Nazir) has not been sent.” (35:25) “And there is a guide for every people.” (13:8) “There are no people (in the world) to whom We have not sent a Warner.” (32:25) Each prophet brought forth a message suited for his own societal needs, time period and specific place on earth, i.e. it is inconceivable that an Australian at the time of Moses be a Jew. This is also in accordance with the Qur’anic verse: “And We sent Messengers before thee among parties of ancient peoples.” (15:11) In accordance with this Qur’anic principle, there is the following verse of the Qur’an: “We sent some Messengers whom We have already mentioned to thee and some Messengers whom We have not mentioned to thee” (4:165) Thus, as the Qur’an only mentions 24 Prophets, these Prophets whom God has not mentioned in the Qur’an, according to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, would be the Prophets of the Bible not mentioned in the Qur’an and the Founders of the World Religions and other religious personages sent throughout the world. The Promised Son who was also the Second Khalifa-tul-Masih of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community writes: “According to this teaching there has not been a single people at any time in history or anywhere in the world who have not had a warner from God, a teacher, a prophet. According to the Holy Quran there have been prophets at all times and in all countries. India, China, Russia, Afghanistan, parts of Africa, Europe, America - all had prophets according to the theory of divine guidance taught by the Holy Quran. When, therefore, Muslims hear about prophets of other peoples or other countries, they do not deny them. They do not brand them as liars. Muslims believe that other peoples have had their teachers. If other peoples have had prophets, books, and laws, these constitute no difficulty for Islam.” Ahmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community wrote in his book “A Message of Peace”:
“Our God has never discriminated between one people and another. This is illustrated by the fact that all the potentials and capabilities (Prophets) which have been granted to the Aryans (Hindus) have also been granted to the races inhabiting Arabia, Persia, Syria, China, Japan, Europe and America.”
Ahmad also wrote within the same book:
“God also made it clear in several places in the Holy Qur’an that His Messengers have been appearing in different lands all over the world. In fact He did not neglect any people or any country.”
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