The Prophet's Role in Receiving and Practicing the Revelation
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Cağfer Karadaş, PhD

Due to the fact that it may be difficult for ordinary people to directly receive the Divine message, owing to their nature and position, the message has been sent from the Divine world into the human world via angels to a human prophet, and the revelation has been simplified to a level at which it can be understood by human beings.

Transcription of the Quran
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Muhittin Akgül, PhD

The Quran was revealed to Muhammad who was brought up as an illiterate in an uneducated society. Therefore, when he became the Prophet, he paid special attention to guarding the revelations and spreading them to others. The order followed that he would first learn them by heart and then transmit them to other people around him.

The Companions' Efforts to Memorize and Transcribe the Quran
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Muhittin Akgül, PhD

Here we attempt to identify the reasons behind the ability of the Companions of Prophet Muhammad to protect the Quran and the sunnah (practices of the Prophet) and pass them on to the next generations without any omissions or additions.

How and When Did The Miraj Take Place?
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Salih Sabri Yavuz, Prof. Dr.

Deriving the root uruj, meaning "to ascend, to rise," the word miraj means "a vehicle for ascending." As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad's ascension to the heavens and his rise to God's presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the miraj in two stages.

A Miracle Is The Statement of a Challange
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Elif Eryarsoy Aydın

Miracle, as a term denotes an extraordinary action that is realized with the will of Allah and with the help of the power Allah bestowed on a person. It is an action that normally surpasses human capacity and that cannot be acquired by human effort It is an act performed –with the help of Allah- by a prophet.

The Historical Basis of Tolerance in Islam
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Ali Akyüz, PhD

Throughout history it is important that the consecutive arrival of prophets who were all followers of the same teaching, that is, they defended universal moral values, is something that is shared by all of humanity. This is an important shared value and an important cultural common denominator for all who find themselves with such a historical background.

The Call of Prophet Muhammad within the Framework of His Exemplary Personality
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / İbrahim Sarıçam, PhD

The Prophet’s call to Islam which started from his immediate family and relatives and then extended onto and went beyond the whole of Arabian Peninsula continued throughout his life with enormous achievement.

Farewell Address
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Editor

Full text of the Farewell Address made by Prophet Muhammad to all humanity during his Final Pilgrimage: "Praise be to Allah. We glorify Him; we thank Him. We expect help Him. We ask to be forgiven by Him and, with repentance, we turn to Him in obedience..."

Why we should Love the Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Mevlüt Güngör, PhD

The matter of loving the Prophet holds a special importance for the practice of Islam. Allah, to Whom we owe everything we have, has presented the Prophet as the most ideal example and invites those who love Him to obey His Messenger as a proof of their love.

Prophet Muhammad as a Human and a Prophet
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Ali Akyüz, PhD

Our aim is to understand the human identity of Prophet Muhammad, not those that are connected to the prophethood. His superhuman quality is related to those things that we must accept as part of the faith. But the Prophet's human identity is that in which the divine revelation becomes concrete.

Jesus’ Development as a Man and a Prophet in the Gospels and the Quran
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Remzi Kaya, PhD

Sent to the Jews, Jesus is a prophet who showed people the path Allah commanded for gaining this world and the next. Belief in the Trinity, which was attributed to him by Christian religious scholars, was not commanded by him.

What does the Quran say about the Prophets?
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Fatma Bayram

Why does the Quran relate stories? What does someone feel, who is reading the Quran for the first time and is not accustomed to the Quran's style and topics, about this book that frequently relates stories and sometimes repeats the same story again and again?

Ulu'l-Azm Prophets and their Common Characteristics
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Salih Karacabey, PhD

It is understood that some prophets chosen among the messengers are called ulu'l-azm due to their qualities different than the others. Although there are different views about the number and identity of these prophets, it is generally agreed that ulu'l-azm refers to the five greatest messengers, that is Muhammad, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Noah, peace be upon them.

The Institution of Prophethood
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Bekir Topaloğlu, PhD - Yusuf Şevki Yavuz - İlyas Çelebi

Belief in the prophets is an important principle in Islam and in other Abrahamic religions. In order to understand the information related to this issue, one must understand various concepts concerning prophethood such as nubuwwat (prophethood), revelation, nabi (prophet) and rasul (messenger).

'Seal of Prophethood' in Islamic Intellectual History
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Metin Yurdagür, PhD

"The Seal of Prophethood" is a title to indicate that prophethood came to an end with Prophet Muhammad and that no other prophet is to follow. In Arabic, this phrase means "to complete a task, to put a seal at the end of something and to seal a writing or document".

Prophet Adam
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Süleyman Hayri Bolay, PhD

The fact that the creation of Adam was unlike the rest of humanity is clearly established in the Holy Quran. In this context, the Quran signifies the supernatural creation of two prophets as in the following, “The creation of Jesus for Allah is like the creation of Adam. He created him of dust, then He said unto him: Be! and he is.”

Prophet Moses
Lastprophet.Info / Prophethood / Ömer Faruk Harman, PhD

Moses was a major prophet and a leader who freed the Israelites from the oppression of the Pharaoh; he is not only referred in Judaism and Christianity, but also in Islam. There is information about Prophet Moses in the Quran as well as in the Old and the New Testament.