The Concept of the Sanctification of the Prophets in the Qur'an and the Torah: Research Review

Abstract

Human beings are created as the best of Allah’s creation and are gifted with mental faculties. To keep these mental faculties on the righteous path, Allah sent a series of Prophets. Prophets are used to pave the path between Allah and His people. They make the people follow the orders of Holy Books and scriptures. They not only advised the people to follow the orders of Allah but also practiced those instructions for the ease of people. The Prophets are assigned the duty to guide the people and people are also guided to respect and follow their teachings. The sacredness of Prophets is the essence of all divine religions including Islam, but the people of previous divine religions not only altered their divine books but also disrespect their Prophets. In Judaism, many things about Prophets are added in their religious literature which is not appropriate. In the Old Testament, Prophets are blamed in a certain way that their dignity and sacredness are challenged. It is described that the Prophets committed adultery murders and many more sins. Moreover, these dignitaries are proved sexually appealed like other masses that Islamic teachings are totally different from these. In this article, the comparison between Quranic teachings and the Old Testament has been discussed in this regard and outcomes have been explained in brief.