The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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However, the Qur’an declared: ‘Your Lord may
exhalt you to a position of praise and glory’, (17:79).
This divine proclamation meant that his
prophethood would pass from the stage of doubt to
the stage of full acceptance. The stage
of Mahmud
(worthy of praise) is the final stage of recognition
and acknowledgement.
Whenever a Prophet is born, his good faith becomes
a subject of doubt to his people. “Is he really a
prophet, or does he just claim to be one?” To the
end, such thoughts keep coming to people’s minds.
Prophethood, in its initial stage, is merely a claim. It
has no such inbuilt proof as people will be forced to
acknowledge.
That is why, whenever a prophet comes to any
community, he becomes in their eyes a
controversial personality, established historical
proofs not having been gathered in his support.
Supportive arguments do come into existence, but
always only after a certain time has elapsed.
Generally, the Prophets did not reach this second
stage of full acceptance.
All other prophets came to the world and also left
