The Messengers and Muhammad ﷺ

Allah did not leave humanity without guidance. He sent messengers to every nation with the same core message: ﴿وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِى كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَّسُولًا أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱجْتَنِبُوا۟ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَ﴾ (“We sent to every nation a messenger, saying: Worship Allah and avoid false gods”) (16:36). Among them were Nuh (Noah), Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses) and 'Isa (Jesus), peace be upon them. Muslims believe in all of them and make no distinction between them (2:285).

The Prophet ﷺ said that the prophets are like brothers with different mothers, "and their religion is one" (Sahih al-Bukhari 3443). Each called to the worship of Allah alone, and the Qur'an describes Ibrahim as one who submitted to Allah, a Muslim (3:67).

Muhammad ﷺ is the last of them: ﴿مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ﴾ (“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets”) (33:40). He compared himself to the one missing brick that completes a beautiful house built by the prophets before him (Sahih al-Bukhari 3535). He was sent not to one people only, but as a mercy to all: ﴿وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ﴾ (“We have sent you only as a mercy to the worlds”) (21:107).