Prophets Idris, Shuaib, Haroon
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could u plz give
me some infomation on the prophets idris,shuaib,aaron and other prophets which
people dont kno much about.could u also give me infomation on all 4 of the
caliphs
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Answer:
Prophets Idris, Shuaib, Haroon
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none
can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright.
We bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no
prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Ref: Prophet Idris (a.s.)
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 19 Surah Maryam verses 56-57:
56 Also mention in the Book the story of Idris:
he was a man of Truth (and sincerity) (and) a Prophet:
57 And We raised him to a lofty station.
Although Prophet Idris (a.s.) is
mentioned by name in the Glorious Quran twice,
there are very few details in the Quran and Sunnah about his people and
the place where he was sent as a Prophet of Allah. Most scholars are of the opinion that the era of Prophet Idris
(a.s.) was between Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Prophet Nuh (a.s.).
The commentators are also of the
opinion that Prophet Idris (a.s.) was Enoch as mentioned in the Old
Testament. Because the Quran and
Sunnah are silent on the details of the time and place of Prophet Idris (a.s.), we cannot confirm with surety, nor deny with conviction about what is written
about Enoch from the available Scriptures of the People of the Book.
It is written in Genesis 5:
21-24:
“And Enoch lived sixty and five
yars, and begat Methuselah. And Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years……”
In the Talmud pp. 18-21 further
details are given about Enoch:
“Before Noah, when the decendants of Adam began to
degenerate, the Angel of God called to
Enoch, who led a pious life away from
the people, and said: ‘O Enoch, arise,
come out from seclusion, and go
about among the people of the earth,
guiding them to the path which they should follow, and the ways which they should adopt.’
Receiving this Divine
Commandment, Enoch left his seclusion
and gathered the people together and preached to them what he had been
commanded, with the result that they
listened to him, and adopted the
worship of God. Enoch ruled over
mankind 353 years: his rule was based on justice and truth, and consequently God favored mankind will
all kinds of blessings.”
Ref: Prophet Shuaib (a.s.)
The story, people, and the
events that took place at the time of Prophet Shuaib (a.s.) is mentioned in
great detail in Several Surahs of the Holy Quran.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verses 85-93:
85 To the Madyan people We sent Shu`aib, one of their own brethren: he said: "O
my people! Worship Allah; Ye have no
other god but Him. Now hath come unto
you a clear (sign) from your Lord!
Give just measure and weight nor withhold from the people the things that
are their due; and do no mischief on the earth after it has been set in order:
that will be best for you if ye have faith.
86 And squat not on every road breathing threats
hindering from the path of Allah those who believe in Him and seeking in it
something crooked; but remember how ye were little and He gave you increase.
And hold in your mind's eye what was the end of those who did mischief.
87 And if there is a party among you who believes
in the message with which I have been sent,
and a party which does not believe,
hold yourselves in patience until Allah doth decide between us: for He
is the best to decide."
88 The leaders of the arrogant party among his
people said: "O Shu`aib! We shall
certainly drive thee out of our city (thee) and those who believe with thee: or
else ye (thou and they) shall have to return to our ways and
religion." He said:
"What! Even though we do detest
(them)?
89 We should indeed invent a lie against Allah if
we returned to your ways after Allah hath rescued us therefrom: nor could we by
any manner of means return thereto unless it be as in the Will and plan of
Allah Our Lord. Our Lord can reach out
to the utmost recesses of things by His knowledge. In Allah is our trust.
Our Lord! Decide Thou between us
and our people in truth for Thou art the best to decide."
90 The leaders the unbelievers among his people
said "if ye follow Shu`aib be sure then ye are ruined!"
91 But the earthquake took them unawares and they
lay prostrate in their homes before the morning!
92 The men who rejected Shu`aib became as if they
had never been in the homes where they had flourished: the men who rejected
Shu`aib it was they who were ruined!
93 So Shu`aib left them saying: "O my people!
I did indeed convey to you the messages for which I was sent by my Lord: I gave
you good counsel but how shall I lament over a people who refuse to believe!
Prophet Shuaib (a.s.) was
appointed a Messenger of Allah to the people of a territory called Madyan, which lay to the north-west of Hijaz and to
the south of Palestine in the eastern side of the Red Sea and the Gulf of
Aqabah, and extended to a part of the
Sinai Peninsula.
The Madianites were in the path of a commercial highway of
Asia, viz., that between two such opulent and highly organized nations as Egypt
and the Mesopotamian group comprising Assyria and Babylonia. Their besetting sins can be characterized
as:
committing the heinous crime of shirk or associating other
gods with Allah Subhanah.
giving short measure or weight,
a more general form of such fraud, depriving people of
rightful dues,
producing mishchief and disorder, whereas peace and order
had been established
not content with upsetting settled life, taking to highway
robbery,
And rejecting the Message and Mission of the Prophet sent
to them.
The preaching of Prophet Shuaib
(a.s.) fell on deaf ears amongst his people,
and the majority of the Madianites rejected him. At long last, Allah Subhanah delivered Prophet Shuaib (a.s.) and the believers
to safety, and consequently completely
anhiliated the territory of Madyan with a devastating earthquake.
Ref: Prophet Haroon (a.s.)
The story of Prophet Haroon
(a.s.) is linked in the Glorious Quran with his younger brother, and one of the mightiest Messengers of
Allah, Prophet Musa (a.s.). The story of Prophet Musa’s mission and
challenge of the evil Pharoah is found in most of the major Surahs of the
Glorious Quran.
Prophet Haroon (a.s.) was a few
years older to Prophet Musa (a.s.), and
was born in Egypt in the year where the new-born boys of the Bani Israel slaves
were not to be slain, according to the
order and command of the evil Pharoah.
When Allah Subhanah chose
Prophet Musa (a.s.) as His Messenger to deliver Allah’s Message to Pharoah and
the Egyptians, Prophet Musa (a.s.)
asked Allah Subhanah to support him with his brother Haroon (a.s.), and Allah Subhanah granted Prophet Musa
(a.s.) his request.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 20 Surah Taha verses 25-36:
25 (Moses) said: "O my Lord! Expand me my breast;
26 Ease my task for me;
27 And remove the impediment from my speech.
28 So they may understand what I say:
29 And give me a Minister from my family
30 Haaroon,
my brother;
31 Add to my strength through him
32 And make him share my task:
33 That we may celebrate Thy praise without stint
34 And remember Thee without stint:
35 For Thou art He that (ever) regardeth us."
36 (Allah) said: "Granted is thy prayer O
Moses!"
The story of Prophet Musa (a.s.)
and Prophet Haroon (a.s.) is written in explicit detail all over the
Quran; their challenge of Pharoah and
the Egyptian leaders in Pharoah’s royal court, the victory of the Messengers of Allah with the magicians, the long period where Allah Subhanah sent
various trials upon the Egyptians, the
deliverance of the Bani Israel with Prophet Musa (a.s.) and Haroon (a.s.), the destruction of Pharoah and his
armies, the receiving of the Divine
Tablets, the worship of the golden
calf by the Bani Israel, the refusal of
Bani Israel to fight the people of Palestine,
the 40 years of wandering of Bani Israel with their Prophets Musa (a.s.)
and Haroon (a.s.)…etc. The Quran gives
reference to all the above incidents and happenings all over the Quran!
Prophet Haroon (a.s.) died
before the death of Prophet Musa (a.s.),
while they were wandering for 40 years with the Bani Israel in the Sinai
Desert.
Ref: and other prophets
which people dont kno much about.
The Glorious Quran is full of
the historical and factual stories of the various Prophets of Allah Subhanah
and their peoples. It would indeed
require a book to write down the detailed story of each Prophet of Allah; but if you need any specific information
about a particular Prophet of Allah, we
would be only too pleased to relate that to you.
Beloved brother in Islam, the lives of the four Rightly Guided
Khalifahs Hadrat Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (r.a.),
Hadrat Umar Al-Khattaab (r.a.),
Hadrat Uthmaan ibn-Affaan (r.a.) and Hadrat Ali ibn Abu Talib (r.a.) are
so varied and so full, that it would
indeed require volumes of books to document their lives and their contribution
to the Cause of Allah Subhanah and Islam.
It would be indeed impossible for us to give you general information
about these four of the noblest of the companions of the Messenger of Allah
(saws) in this short article.
If you require particular
information on any of the Rightly Guided Khalifahs, it would be an honor for us to provide you with that information.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in
Islam,
