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Islam: Key Religious Concepts

Nabi, rasul, nadir and risalah

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  • AS Unit 1

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Scriptures given to Musa, Dawud and Isa and calling Muhammad the Seal of the Prophets.

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Key term

How is a rasul commonly distinguished from a nabi?

Key term

How secure is the distinction between nabi and rasul?

Key term

What is a nadir, and how does the Qur'an use the term?

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  1. 1

    What is meant by risalah?

    Model answer

    Risalah is the channel of prophecy by which God sends His message to humanity through chosen human beings, so that no community is left without guidance.

  2. 2

    Define nabi.

    Model answer

    A nabi is a prophet, a human being chosen by God to receive revelation and to call people back to the worship and guidance of the one God.

  3. 3

    How is a rasul commonly distinguished from a nabi?

    Model answer

    The popular distinction is that a rasul is a prophet entrusted with a scripture and a body of law for a community, so every rasul is also a nabi while not every nabi brings a new book.

  4. 4

    How secure is the distinction between nabi and rasul?

    Model answer

    Scholars differ over it, since the Qur'an sometimes uses the two words of the same person and gives no formal definition, so the distinction is a useful convention rather than a fixed doctrine.

  5. 5

    What is a nadir, and how does the Qur'an use the term?

    Model answer

    A nadir is a warner who alerts people to the judgement to come, and the Qur'an repeatedly presents Muhammad as both a warner of punishment and a bringer of good news.

  6. 6

    What does Qur'an 3:144 say about Muhammad, and why was it needed?

    Model answer

    It says that Muhammad is only a messenger and that messengers have passed away before him, asking whether the believers would turn back if he died; it steadied a community shaken by the rumour of his death at Uhud and later by his actual death.

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