Mufti Menk – Which Prophet Has The Highest Status

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My beloved brothers and sisters, you and I

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know that Musa alayhis salam or the prophet

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Moses, may peace be upon him,

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was one of the greatest of the prophets

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of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala,

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one of the top 5.

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And Allah Almighty makes mention of his name

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the most in the Quran from among the

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messengers.

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The fact that his name has been mentioned

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the most does not elevate his status beyond

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that of

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Muhammad

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Because

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your name being mentioned in the Quran, or

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should I say a name being mentioned in

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the Quran,

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does not necessarily mean

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that it is depicted of its value based

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on how many times it is mentioned.

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And the reason I say this is there

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are people who are saying

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that

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Jesus, may peace be upon him, has a

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higher status in prophethood than Muhammad because

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he was mentioned more times in the Quran.

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And that

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is not true. It's got nothing to do

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with how many times you were mentioned.

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The prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam, the Quran was

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revealed to him.

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So

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if the Quran was revealed to him, it

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is natural that his name won't appear in

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the Quran

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as many times

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as other messengers

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whose stories were repeated in the Quran.

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Another thing is,

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if value was added to the number of

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times

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someone was mentioned in the Quran,

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then the pharaoh or Firaun is mentioned in

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the Quran so many times. What value did

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he have? Nothing at all. It was reverse

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value.

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Shaitan, Iblis is mentioned several times in the

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Quran.

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So let's get this straight.

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How many times your name or a name

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is mentioned in the Quran is not indicative

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of its value in the eyes of Allah

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Almighty.

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We believe that Afdalul Khalki wa Akramurusuli

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is Nabi Muhammad sallallahu

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alaihi wasallam. What that means is

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the greatest of creation, the most noble of

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all prophets of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala is

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Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam.