Describe Allahs relationship with his messengers Allahs relationship with his messengers is of love,mercy,care,compassion and affection.He chooses them on the criteria of piety,sacrifice and passion for serving humanity.He then grooms ,nurtures and mentors them for the task to be accomplished ,given to them by Him. Allahs relationship with Hz Adam is of a guide and a teacher .Allah created him as the first complete human being and then elevated his position by blowing his own spirit and asking the angels to prostrate before him. He taught him the names of everything and provided him with the freedom of choice to distinguish between the right and the wrong.This enabled Adam to protect himself from evil temptations and whispers of Satan .He did not only provide Adam with worldly but also the Divine knowledge .This ensures that man is Allahs best creation as his vice regent ,the Quran verily says,You are the best of the creation enjoining what is good and forbidding what is wrong. This gift of knowledge is a gift and tool forAdam for the lasting generations to identify their real enemySatan and protect themselves against him.Allahs plan is not appreciated by the angels specially Iblis as he thinks his creation with fire holds a higher position that of Adam who is created out of clay which is very inferior as compared to fire.It is here that on this grand coronation ceremony the battle between Iblis and Adam starts. Allah calls Adam His ambassador on earth thus.declaring a special affiliation with him.He blesses him with a partner a companion Hz Huwa to share his physical and emotional needs.When they both transgressed their limits,on satans instigation and ate the fruit from the forbidden tree,they felt ashamed of the consequence and soon wanted to repent,Allah then shows his special favour by teaching them words of repentance as they are humble and do not want to earn Allahs displeasure.As a Hadith Qudsi says,My mercy overcomes my wrath,Allah forgives them.This shows that man will err however if he seeks sincere repentance Allah does forgive him.This is the greatest favour on Adam. With Hz Ibrahim Allah shares his relationship as a best friend calling him Khalilullah. Allah in the Quran mentions,man only gets what he strives for,which was truly true for Hz Ibrahim . Right from childhood he had the quest for the truth. He was born in a family where his father earned his living by making idols and saw people worshipping them. He from the beginning could not reconcile with the thought of believing in them as he thought that those idols which could not take care of their own selves how could they take care of their worshippers.Besides idols the people believed in celestial bodies too. Hz Ibrahim from childhood was a keen observer and was not convinced to take the stars, moon and the sun as their lords. He comes to a decision that the creator of these celestial bodies is his lord and then he remains steadfast on this belief.he then pledges that he will not associate partners to his lord. He remained steadfast all his life along with his wives Hz Hijra and Hz Sarah and his sons Hz Ismael and Ishaaq. He surrendered totally to the one and onlyAllah thus earned allahs pleasure which was not only for that time but is everlasting. This is evident from the rituals of umrah and haj when the believers follow the sunnah set by him and his family. Not only the Muslims show reverence for Hz Ibrahim and his family but the Jews and the Christians show the same respect to him, which is allahs greatest Favor on him. ,Allah showed His special favour on Hz Isa and his virgin and pious mother Hz Maryam. Hz Isa was the last messenger from the Bani Israel and lived in the time when the harsh and cruel Romans ruled. The people believed in miracles and would not agree to the messenger, Allah provided Hz Isa with a lot of miracles. He was born to a virgin mother according to Allah s will thus Allah gave him the power of speech in his cradle to speak about his mothers chastity.He was given the power to heal the blind ,and the lepers. He could breathe life into a clay bird for a certain time .He was bestowed with the Divine book Injil. Allah s favour was proved when he blew his own spirit in him.His birth , his death ? And he been raised on the fourth heaven and his appearance in this world before the day of judgement to fight against the anti Christ are ways of Allah s special favour on Hz Isa . However ,Allah reminds him that he has been able to earn these through Allah s Will and not on his own.This makes it clear that Allah showers his mercy and facilitates his affairs on his messengers and Allah s knowledge is above and beyond our comprehension .
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