The Abrahamic House, the House of Prophethood...
Selections from the Book of The King Prophets...
Written by Dr. Ali Muhammad Al-Sallabi...
Episode (1)
The Qur’an states that Allah Almighty granted prophecy to the descendants of Abraham, peace be upon him, when Allah Almighty said: {And Lot believed him. [Abraham] said, “Indeed, I will emigrate to [the service of] my Lord. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise” (26) And We gave to Him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous (27)} [Al-Ankabut: 26-27]; Allah gave Abraham both Isaac and Jacob, peace be upon them all. This was after he immigrated for the sake of Allah and left Iraq for the Holy Land.
The following branches from the tree of Abrahamic prophecy:
- The Ismaili branch: represented by Ishmael bin Abraham, (peace and blessings be upon them) and this branch was sealed with the seal of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) the master of the children of Ishmael, indeed the master of the children of Adam, the best of all creatures, and the most beloved of them to Allah.
- The Israeli branch: represented by Israel (Jacob), the grandson of Abraham, peace and blessings be upon them both. He is the father of the Children of Israel, the origin of their tribes, and all their prophets are descendants of Jacob son of Isaac son of Abraham, even Jesus son of Mary, is from the descendants of Jacob son of Isaac, on the mother’s side; Because he has no father, peace and blessings be upon him. For this reason, Israel (Jacob) was mentioned in connection with Abraham, peace be upon them both, in the verse: {and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel} [Maryam: 58].
1- Prophets of the Israeli branch:
Allah made prophecy and the Book in the descendants of Abraham and his grandson Jacob, peace and blessings be upon them, and it is most likely that the third person pronoun in his saying {in their descendants} refers to Abraham and Jacob. The basis for this is what we have previously determined regarding the branches of the two branches of prophecy from the Ibrahimic tree: the Israeli branch (the branch of Israel "Jacob" and his sons), and the Ismaili branch (the branch of Ishmael and his sons).
Prophecy continued in the branch of Allah’s Prophet Israel and his sons for a number of centuries; Allah sent many prophets to the children of Israel. The first of them is the Prophet of Allah, Israel himself (peace be upon him), who was a prophet to his children, then his son, the Prophet of Allah, Joseph (peace be upon him), then the other prophets from the children of Israel, such as Musa, Aaron, David, Solomon, Zechariah, and John, and the last of them is Jesus, son of Mary, peace and blessings be upon him.
2- The seal of prophecy in the Ismaili branch:
Allah wanted to seal all prophecy with a prophet from the branch of Ishmael (peace be upon him), who is the best of all creation, the master of the first and the last, and the seal of the prophets and messengers, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.
Episode references:
- Ali Muhammad Al-Salabi, The King Prophets, first edition, Dar Ibn Kathir, 2023, pp. 26-28
For further information and review of the sources for the article, see:
The Book of The King Prophets on the official website of Sheikh Dr. Ali Muhammad Al-Sallabi:
https://www.alsalabi.com/salabibooksOnePage/689
