Table of Contents

• What is Islam? What is the Purpose of Islam
• Teachings of Prophets for Social and Reproduction matters
• 1. What They taught about Faith?
• 2. How Prophets shaped socities for survival and reproduction
• Five pillars, books, and sectors in Islam and why Islam faced resistance from other religions?
• Reminder of Quran for everyone

The Creator’s Divine Guidance through Prophets:

As we discussed before about creation of humans in a pair form, how their weak physiques create dependencies and their growth on earth brought many social challenges along religion conflicts, and why The Creator sent guidance by angels to chosen individuals (Prophets) to guide humans.
Now here we explore, how Prophets did deal with those challenges (like divisions, social and humans reproduction issues) and How they educated for better individual’s and social life with the guidance from Creator.

| “Mankind was [of] one religion [community]. And Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Book in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed…” Al-Baqarah (2:213)

1. What They taught about Faith? What is the purpose of right belief?

Every Prophet taught about the Tawhid (for Unity), belief in one unseen Creator who created human beings and made this life a test (trial) for recording everyone’s actions. And after death, on the day of judgment, He will resurrect everyone for accountability, rewarding those who did good to others and punishing those who did wrong to others, leading to an unimaginable and eternal life in the Hereafter – with the supreme honor of meeting their Lord.

The Identical lives, death, memories and actions with aftereffects for other humans are the clear signs for the Resurrection.

Purpose of Right Belief:

• Tawhid: Builds unity, equality, and peace in society. Prevents division and injustice caused by false beliefs.
• Fear of accountability: Creates self-accountability, even in private actions.
• Hope of eternal reward in the afterlife promotes right actions and brings peace and justice in life.

That’s why Shirk (associates with One Creator) is unforgivable sin in Islam, it causes long term instabilities in a society. True belief is the foundation of a stable and just human society, while distorted beliefs lead to conflict and misguidance.

They taught The Creator’s presence is unseen while the trial, so social life is not directly controlled by force or fear. Believe in the one Creator only by seeing his signs in nature. Also, the Creator has already placed the true belief in humans’ hearts and sense of true and false for self-judgment.

1. | “Say, ‘He is Allah, [who is] One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.’” Al-Ikhlas (112)
2. | “And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided…” Aal-e-Imran (3:103)
3. | “By the soul and the One who formed it, and inspired it with its wrongdoing and its righteousness, successful indeed is the one who purifies it.” Ash-Shams (91:7–9)
4. | “Indeed, Allah does not forgive Shirk (associates with Allah),…” An-Nisa (4:116)
5. | “O you who believe! Avoid much assumptions. Indeed, some assumptions are sin….” Al-Hujurat (49:12)
6. | “And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge….” Al-Isra (17:36)
7. | “And if all the trees on the earth were pens and the sea were ink, with seven more seas added to it, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Indeed, Allah is All-Mighty, All Wise.” Al-Luqman (31:27)
8. | “Indeed, within the heavens and earth are signs for the believers. And in your own creation, and whatever living beings He dispersed, are signs for people of sure faith.” Al-Jathiya (45:3–4)
9. | “And they ask you concerning the Spirit (ar-Rūḥ). Say: The Spirit is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind has not been given of knowledge except a little.” Al-Isra 17:85

2. How Prophets applied social justice rules, for survival and reproduction:

2.1. Primary Education:

All Prophets (from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ) were mainly focused on restricting divisions and educating social ethics and laws for humans’ reproduction cycle with truth and justice, after educating Tawhid (right belief for unity and avoiding divisions),

Hadith:

• “Whoever guarantees me what is between his jaws (kind & true use of tongue) and what is between his legs (lawful use of private parts), I guarantee him Paradise.” Sahih al-Bukhari, Book of Riqaq, Hadith 6474

They also taught “kindness is a superpower” because all the humans are born with blank minds, they live and die while learning. Making mistakes is the part of learning, that’s why speaking truth with the kindness is the purest way to guide everyone.

• “He who is deprived of kindness is deprived of all goodness.” Sahih Muslim, Kitab al-Birr wa al-Silah, Hadith 2592

They make people aware of truth by inviting them to observe the signs in nature for right guidance. While inviting, some Prophets migrated with their followers to save faith and lives. Establish Just Social System and Protect the innocents from Injustice.

2.2. Two factors for Humans’ Reproduction cycles:

Prophets emphasized the importance of family for the protection and development of new generations. Since human newborns require long-term care, they guided people toward:

1. Family Factor

• Lawful sexual relationships (marriage) to ensure stable family systems
• Protection of family rights for generational safety and continuity
• Clear definition of roles and responsibilities within the family, including biologically based roles and duties
• A supportive environment that promotes the physical, emotional, and mental development of children

| “Do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse.” — Al-Isrāʾ (17:32)

2. Social Factor

To maintain social order and protect individual dignity and mental well-being, prophets regulated public behavior by:

• Promoting respectful gender interaction to ensure a balanced and safe society, by providing a clear definition of roles and responsibilities, including biologically based roles and duties, to maintain social balance and functional harmony.
• Encouraging modest clothing (parda) to protect identity and promote privacy. Adjusting dress standards by limiting body shape exposure and skin-revealing clothing to reduce unwanted sexual attraction.
• Discouraging inappropriate or shameless speech and behavior in public spaces.

| “O children of Adam! We have sent down to you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness—that is best. That is from the signs of Allah, so that they may remember.” Al-A‘raf (7:26)

| “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their private parts. That is purer for them. Indeed, Allah is All-Aware of what they do. And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their private parts and not to display their adornment except what normally appears of it, and to draw their headcovers over their chests, and not to display their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands’ fathers, their sons, their husbands’ sons, their brothers, their brothers’ sons, their sisters’ sons, their women, those their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of women’s private aspects. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.” An-Nur (24:30-31)

A example for how genders duties were assigned:

Biology shapes human roles: if a five-year-old boy and girl stand near a 3-kg stone, society instinctively expects the boy to lift it based on physical design. This childhood division grows into distinct adult experiences, for example, a man working in a wheat field gains the practical problem-solving skills, which helps him alot in leadership in the field, while women are shielded from such tasks and perform the tasks according to their biology.That’s why, Forcing the identical duties ignores these natural differences, leading to long-term social imbalance, because human desires cannot override biological reality.

| “Men are protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has given one more strength than the other, and because they support them from their wealth.”  Surah An-Nisā’ (4:34)

2.3. How They Defined, Freedom is Individual’s Responsibility:

| “You are the best nation produced for mankind: you enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and believe in Allah.”- Āl-‘Imrān 3:110

Prophets also taught that each human is a role model for others; his good and bad actions affect and influence others’ actions too.
As Life is a designed test for everyone, to record their good & bad choices and their efforts — how they learn from truth, practice it, and share it to the others, Whether they are muslims or non-muslims. And everything will be judged in the afterlife.

2.4. Social ethics & laws:

They taught about communication ethics, kindness for teaching, and prohibiting intoxicants and harmful activities. Safeguarding life, dignity, health, Wealth by educating and punishing with truth and justice, etc.

| “Satan only wants to sow enmity and hatred among you through intoxicants and gambling and to prevent you from the remembrance of Allah and prayer. Will you then desist?” — Al-Mā’idah 5:91

2.5. Financial laws:

For fair trades, they restricted unjust/untraceable activities (Interest, Fraud, etc.), and restricted the transactions which create conflicts and injustice (gambling, bets, etc.) and promoted charity (for poverty reduction), economic ethics, etc.

| “Do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly…” — Al-Baqarah 2:188

These all messages and laws (from Creator) were compiled in holy books of different religions like Christians, Jews etc. And in the last, culminating these all in the last holy book – Quran as the final guide for all humanity.

Five pillars, books, and sectors in Islam……(read more)

Reminder of Quran for everyone:

| “Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.’” — Az-Zumar 39:53

| “Except for those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds — for them Allah will replace their bad deeds with good deeds. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Merciful.” — Al-Furqan 25:70

| “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians—whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day and does righteous deeds—shall have their reward with their Lord. No fear will there be concerning them, nor will they grieve.” Al-Baqarah (2:62)