The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Prophetic Mission
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That is why the prophet of Islam was to discharge
the duties of his mission just as the other Prophets
had done.
According to Qur’anic observations, only that
concept of the Prophet Muhammad’s mission could
be appropriate which is fully in accordance with the
mission of the other prophets. For all the prophets
had been sent to fulfill the same mission. Granted
this, any interpretation of his mission, which
presents it as being different from that of the other
prophets can never be right.
For instance, if anyone were to say that, for the
fulfillment of the prophet’s mission, fighting and
war were essential, this statement would not be
correct. For the element of fighting is absent in the
history of most of the prophets mentioned in the
Qur’an. Similarly, if it were said that the Prophet of
Islam did not accept any office under a non-Muslim
political system, because accepting such an offer
would have been an un-prophetic action, such a
statement would not be right. For it is established
by the Qur’an that the Prophet Yusuf did accept an
office under an idolatrous king-an office which in
