Faith in Prophets
Prophets are chosen by Allah to deliver divine messages to humans. Faith in prophets means believing that they are the sacred messengers of Allah, and believing in everything they transmitted from Allah.
Faith in prophets is one of the principles of Islam. Although there are certain differences and distinctions among them according to Islam, when it comes to faith, prophets and their revelations cannot be discriminated. Therefore, Muslims accept, love and respect all prophets without any discrimination, and take them as role models and follows the last prophet, Muhammad (saw).
The fist human Adam is also the first prophet. The last prophet is the Prophet Muhammad. Allah the Almighty never left humanity without a guide, leader, prophet and a role model. There are various prophets between these two, the names of whom are either known or not known, and to whom a book was either sent or not send down. The call of all of them is the same: Be servants of Allah!
Prophets are responsible for conveying Allah’s message without adding or removing anything. But, transmitting information, or “inviting”, is not their only duty. They are also responsible for explaining the divine knowledge, living in line with this knowledge, and being a role model for the humans. The stories of prophets who experienced various suffering and oppression, and who sometimes displayed miracles with Allah’s permission are told in the Qur’an for people to draw lessons.
Even though human mind has the capacity to understand the existence of a divine creator, they were able to learn the commands of Allah only through His messengers. Therefore, the person who wishes to follow Allah’s commands and avoid from the forbidden needs to take the prophets as role model. To believe in divine books, one should primarily believe in the prophet to whom that book was sent down.
Prophets are straightforward, honest, trustworthy, smart, nice, and protected from sins. They recite the verses of Allah to people, teach them the book and the wisdom, call them to tawhid and goodness, and keep them away from denial and evil. Undoubtedly, the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the last and greatest link in the chain of prophets.
11 Nisa, 4/150-151.