Sentences with phrase «as the prophet received»

As the Prophet receives the divine message, he has the archangel Gibreel, transformed into a character, first lurking in the shadows and then occupying the center stage with his elaborate dream concerning the city of Jahilia (jahiliyya = the pre-Islamic era of darkness and ignorance).

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Since the time of the Prophet, Muslims have for generation after generation received the Qur» an as it was given to the Apostle himself from Allah, passing it on precisely as it was taught at the beginning — whereof there is no doubt whatsoever.

Angels, as we mentioned previously, are the messengers of Allah to His prophets and apostles, but Jinn, like mankind, receive the revelations through His apostles.

This emphasis on the primacy of belief was the first message of Muhammad to the Arabs, just as it was the message of all apostles and prophets; as the Qur» an says, «Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from theprophets; as the Qur» an says, «Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from theProphets received from their Lord.

Shaikh Draz, who received his doctorate at the Sorbonne, is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the Muslim world on the Qur» an and the life of the Prophet.

The resurrection of Christ is a way of affirming that God has received into his own life all that the historical event, designated when we say «Jesus Christ», has included: — his human existence as teacher and prophet, as crucified man upon his cross, in continuing relationship of others with him after that death, and also what has happened as a consequence of his presence and activity in the world.

If the fashion in which the basic New Testament proclamation has been interpreted in the preceding chapter has validity, then talk of the resurrection of Christ is a way of affirming that God has received into his own life all that the historical event, designated when we say «Jesus Christ», has included: his human existence as teacher and prophet, as crucified man upon his cross, in continuing relationship of others with him after that death, and along with this what has happened in consequence of his presence and activity in the world.

Hermann Gunkel, in a sense the unique father of us all in modern biblical scholarship, despite his insistence on saga's supervision of the Elijah narratives as we receive them, nevertheless affirms on the one hand Elijah's kinship with the greatest of all ministers of ancient Israel, Moses, in their mutual contention with their own people; and, on the other hand, Elijah's legitimate and immediate relationship to the great prophets who follow him and who, essentially, continue the work he began.

At the very least, Jesus would be received as the great prophet he was.

But the prophet, as distinct from both priest and sage, received his revelation deep in his own consciousness by means that for him were genuinely supernatural.

There is, of course, much self - revelation as to the nature of the Prophet in what he includes, but of local setting or circumstances under which he received the revelations there is nothing.

Naturally Mormon writers deny this and defend the book as a genuine revelation received through the prophet Joseph Smith.27 It is impossible to enter here into the merits of the controversy, but there is much circumstantial evidence to support the claim of non-Mormon scholars.

This is known as the «farewell pilgrimage,» during which the Prophet received the divine message that his mission was fulfilled and foresaw that the end of his life was near.

Jesus teaches in Matthew 10:40 - 42 that if we receive prophets and teachers and even do something small like give cups of cold water, then we will receive reward and praise from Jesus because it was as if we were doing these things to Him.

Their knowledge of the life and ministry of Jesus, their experience of him as risen from the dead, and their recognition in him as 1) that hoped - for eschatological prophet (the Christ), as 2) God's own envoy, who could and does bear God's name (the Lord), and as 3) one who did and does God's saving work (the Savior)-- all contribute to the significance of that sign received first by the shepherds.

It is the role of the prophet to receive the Word and convey it to the priest: «You (Moses the prophet] shall be to him as God» is the Word to Moses.

He was received as king rather than as prophet, priest, elder or president.

He was well received, not only as a scholar who had studied in Mecca but also because he was, according to tradition, a Sharif — a descendant of the Prophet.

The term is used in the Bible of Christ, and it is used of the gospel as preached by the early church before a canon of scripture existed, and it's used of prophecies received at a particular time for particular people to a particular prophet.

A recipient of the 2014 Kresge Arts Fellowship and former Junior Media Fellow at the United Nations University, she received her MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University and has directed numerous award - winning short films, including her latest, American Prophet, set in 1968 Detroit and due to be released in December as part of a feature - length film.