Unity of Prophethood
All prophets are regarded as the One and of having the same essential message and disbelief in one of the Prophets is tantamount to disbelief in all of the Prophets. “We make no distinction between any of His Messengers.” (Qur’an 2:286) Sometimes, however, Prophets are ranked higher or lower than other ones, as shown in the Qur’an: “These Messengers have We exalted some of them above others; among them there are those whom Allah spoke; and some of them He exalted in degrees of rank...” (2:254)
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