Ngoobani abaprofeti bamaSilamsi?
AmaSilamsi afundisa ukuba uThixo wathumela abaprofeti eluntwini, ngamaxesha ahlukeneyo nakwiindawo, ukunxibelelana nomyalezo wakhe. Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwexesha, uThixo uthumele isikhokelo sakhe kwaba bantu banyuliweyo. Babengabantu abafundisa abantu ababangqongileyo malunga nokholo kuThixo uSomandla omnye nendlela yokuhamba umendo wobulungisa. Abanye abaprofeti baveze iLizwi likaThixo ngeencwadi zesityhilelo.
Umyalezo wabaprofeti
AmaSilamsi akholelwa ekubeni bonke abaprofeti banikeze izikhokelo kunye nemiyalelo kubantu babo ngendlela yokunqula ngokufanelekileyo uThixo kwaye baphile ubomi babo. Kuba uThixo Mnye, umyalezo wakhe ubufana ngokuhamba kwexesha. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba, bonke abaprofeti bafundisa umyalezo we-Islam: fumana uxolo ebomini bakho ngokuzithoba kuMdali oMninimandla onke; kholelwa kuThixo kwaye ulandele isikhokelo sakhe.
IKoran ngabaprofeti
“UMthunywa uyakholelwa koko kutyhilwe kuye yiNkosi yakhe, njengamadoda okholo. Ngamnye wabo uyakholelwa kuThixo, kwiingelosi zakhe, kwiincwadi zakhe nakwiMishini yakhe. Bathi ke, 'Akukho mahluko phakathi komnye wabathunywa bakhe.' Kwaye bathi, "Siva kwaye siyathobela. Sifuna uxolelo kuwe, Nkosi yethu, kwaye sisiphelo sakho konke ukuhamba kwakho ”. (2: 285)
Amagama abaprofeti
Kukho abaprofeti abangama-25 abakhankanywe ngamagama kwiQur'an, nangona amaSilamsi ekholelwa ukuba zazininzi ngakumbi ngamaxesha kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo. Phakathi kwabaprofeti abahlonitshwa ngamaSilamsi ngaba:
UAdam okanye uAadam, wayengumntu wokuqala, utata woluntu kunye noMuslim wokuqala. Njengase-Bhayibhileni, uAdam kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uEva (Hawa) bagxothwa ngaphandle komyezo we-Eden ngokutya iziqhamo zomthi othile.
UIdris (uEnoki) wayengumprofeti wesithathu emva koAdam nonyana wakhe uSete kwaye wachongwa njengo-Enoch waseBhayibhileni. Yabekelwa ukuba kufundwe iincwadi zamandulo zookhokho bakhe.
UNuh (uNowa), wayeyindoda eyayihlala phakathi kwabangakholwayo kwaye yabizwa ukuba yabelane ngomyalezo wobukho bothixo omnye, uAllah. Emva kweminyaka engaphumeleli yokushumayela, u-Allah walumkisa uNuh ngentshabalalo ezayo kwaye uNuh wakha umkhombe wokusindisa izibini zezilwanyana.
UHud wathunyelwa ukuba ashumayele kwinzala yama-Arabhu kaNuh ebizwa ngokuba yi-'Ad, abathengisi bentlango ababengekamkeli monotheism. Babhujiswa sisiqhwithi sentlaba ngokungazinanzi izilumkiso zika-Hud.
USaleh, malunga neminyaka engama-200 emva kweHud, wathunyelwa eThames, eyayivela kwisibhengezo. I-Thamud yacela uSaleh ukuba enze ummangaliso wokubonisa ukunxibelelana kwakhe no-Allah: ukuvelisa inkamela ematyeni. Emva kokwenza njalo, iqela labangakholwayo liceba ukuyibulala inkamela yakhe baza batshatyalaliswa yinyikima okanye yintaba-mlilo.
U-Ibrahim (Abraham) ukwangu-Abraham ekuthethwa ngaye eBhayibhileni, ohlonitshwe ngokubanzi nohlonitshwa njengomfundisi-ntsapho, utata notatomkhulu wabanye abaprofeti. UMuhammad wayengomnye wenzala yakhe.
U-Isma'il (uIshmayeli) ngunyana ka-Ibrahim, ozelwe nguHagare kunye nokhokho kaMuhammad. Yena nonina baziswa eMecca ngu-Ibrahim.
U-Ishaq (Isaac) ngunyana ka-Abraham osebhayibhile naseQur'an, kwaye bobabini yena kunye nomntakwabo u-Ismail baqhubeka beshumayela emva kokubhubha kuka-Ibrahim.
ULut (uLote) wayengowosapho lakwa-Ibrahim, owathunyelwa eKanana ukuba abe ngumprofeti kwizixeko ezazigwebe iSodom neGomora.
U-Ya'qub (Jacob), nosapho lakwa-Ibrahim, wayenguyise wezizwe ezili-12 zakwa-Israyeli
U-Yousef (uJoseph), wayengunyana weshumi elinanye nothandekayo kaJacob, abantakwabo bamphosa equleni apho wasindiswa khona ngabantu abahambahambayo.
UShu'aib, ngamanye amaxesha enxulunyaniswa noJetro webhayibhile, wayengumprofeti owayethunyelwe kuluntu lwaseMidiyan olwalunqula umthi ongcwele. Xa bengafuni ukumamela uShuaib, u-Allah walutshabalalisa uluntu.
U-Ayyub (uYobhi), ngokufana naye eBhayibhileni, wabandezeleka ixesha elide kwaye wavavanywa ngokuqatha nguAllah, kodwa wahlala enyanisekile elukholweni.
UMusa (uMoses), wakhulela kwiinkundla zasebukhosini zase-Egypt kwaye wathunyelwa ngu-Allah ukuba ashumayele ngoThixo omnye kuma-Egypt, wanikwa isityhilelo seTorah (ebizwa ngokuba yiTawrat ngesiArabhu).
UHarun (uAaron) wayengumzakwabo kaMusa, owasala nezalamane zabo kwiLizwe laseGoshen, kwaye wayengumbingeleli omkhulu wokuqala wamaSirayeli.
UDhu'l-kifl (uHezekile), okanye uZul-Kifl, wayengumprofeti owayehlala e-Iraq; ngamanye amaxesha enxulunyaniswa noJoshua, Obadia, okanye u-Isaya kunoHezekile.
UDawud (David), kumkani wakwaSirayeli, wafumana ukutyhilwa kweNdumiso.
USulaiman (Solomon), unyana ka Dawud, wayenokwazi ukuthetha nezilwanyana kwaye alawule i-djin; wayengukumkani wesithathu wabantu bamaYuda kwaye ethathwa njengoyena mlawuli mkhulu emhlabeni.
U-Ilia (u-Elia okanye u-Elia), okwabhalwa no-Ilyas, wayehlala kubukumkani basentla bakwa-Israeli kwaye wayekhusela uAllah njengenkolo eyinyani nxamnye nabathembekileyo bakaBhahali.
UAl-Yasa (uElisha) uchazwa njengoElisha, nangona amabali ebhayibhile engaphindwanga kwiQur'an.
UYunus (uYona), waginywa yintlanzi enkulu kwaye waguquka wazukisa uAllah.
UZakariyya (uZakariya) wayenguyise kaJohn umbhaptizi, umgcini kamama ka-Isaya uMariya kunye nombingeleli olungileyo owaphulukana nobomi bakhe ngokholo.
UYahya (uYohane uMbhaptizi) wangqina ilizwi lika-Allah, eliza kubhengeza ukufika kuka-Isa.
U-Isa (uYesu) uthathwa njengomthunywa wenyaniso kwiQuran owayeshumayela ngendlela elungileyo.
UMuhammad, utata wobukhosi bamaSilamsi, wabizwa njengomprofeti eneminyaka engama-40, ngo-610 AD
Beka abaprofeti
AmaSilamsi afunda, afunde kwaye ahloniphe bonke abaprofeti. AmaSilamsi amaninzi abiza abantwana bawo emva kwawo. Kwakhona, xa umSilamsi ekhankanya igama lakhe nawuphi na umprofeti kaThixo, wongeza la mazwi wentsikelelo nentlonipho: "uxolo malube kuye" (alaihi salaam ngesiArabhu).