Killing of the prophets, the messengers and the righteous people is as old
as the creation of the human being itself. We all know the story of Adam's
son killing his righteous brother. Only the naive among us think that the
bad people are permitted to be killed by God Almighty, while the other good
ones are permitted to die naturally. When the Jews thought that they killed
Jesus on the cross, they used this incidence to claim that Jesus cannot be
a prophet of God since they were able to kill him. Again this reflects their
misunderstanding of the system that God Almighty established on earth. On
the contrary, some people believe that since Jesus escaped his killing, then
there is a proof that the prophets and messengrs of God will not have their
life terminated by a killer.
Everyone of us have a life span that will end at a predetermined time. Only
God decides and knows when everyone's life ends. If the whole world got together
and decided to kill someone. he/she will not be killed unless it was the
time for his/her life to be over and God let them do it. If you hide in a
formidable castle to avoid being killed or to run away from death, nothing
will save your life when it is your time to go.
"Wherever you are, death will catch up with you,
even if you live in formidable castles......" 4:78
Also, it is God who knows how your life will end, in a natural death, by
aging, by a disease, by a car accident, by a gun shot wound , a stab wound
, burn in a fire, in an airplane crash, eaten by sharks or by other human
cannibals. It does not make a difference, it is all death and has nothing
to do with how righteous you have been. These decisions go back to God.
When the Prophet Muhammed was alive, God could have told him how his life
will come to an end, but He did not . On the contrary, God made it so vague,
no one could have predicted how the Prophet Muhammed would die. If it was
the rule that the prophets and/or messengers do not get killed, God would
not have told Muhammed that he may die or get killed.
"Muhammed was no more than a messenger like the
messengers before him. Should HE DIE OR GET KILLED, would you turn back on
your heels?..: 3:144
Muhammed suffered from fever and unknown disease before his death, according
to history books, and died at 63 years of age. God could have saved him the
suffering, the weakness and loss of control that comes with sickness ,but
God wants us to know that he is a human being like us, who would go through
everything we go through.
Other messengers and prophets have different fate. God told us repeatedly
in the Quran that He sent many prophets and messengers and this was one of
His blessings for the people. Some of these prophets and messengers lived
and died naturally and God did not mention anything about their life or death
and some others were killed. God made it special to tell us that these messengers
and prophets were killed and did not die naturally. God does not mention
anything in the Quran unless He wants us to take NOTION. God could have stopped
the killing of these prophets and messengers of His, but He did not.
Prophets and Messengers are human beings like us and are subject to the same
fate we are subjected to. They may die naturally or get killed. Their killing
is not an indication of them being rejected by God or being any less than
other messengers or prophets. It was the way God, not the people , who chose
to terminate their life in this way.
"We gave Moses the scripture, and subsequent to
him we sent other messengers, and we gave Jesus, son of Mary, profound miracles
and supported him with the Holy Spirit. Is it not a fact that everytime a
MESSENGER went to you with anything you disliked, your ego caused you to
be arrogant ? Some of them you rejected, and some of them you KILLED."
2"87
"We have taken a covenant from the Children of Israel,
and we sent to them messengers. Whenever a MESSENGER went to them with anything
they disliked, some of them they rejected and some they KILLED. "
5:70
"......... They have incurred condemnation, humiliation
and disgrace, and brought upon themselves
wrath from God. This is because they rejected God's revelation, and KILLED the PROPHETS unjustly. This
is because they disobeyed and transgressed."
2:61
See also, 3:112 and 5:70
The savage killing of prophet John (Yahia) is well documented in the
Bible. Our Muslim history is not free of this kind of atrocity where
righteous people were killed SUPPOSEDLY in the name of God. Omar Ibn Al-Khattab,
the second Khalifa to rule the Islamic State was killed, supposedly, in the
name of God during his reign. Othman Ibn Affan , the third Muslim Khalifa
was killed, supposedly, in the name of God during his reign. Ali Ibn Abu
Talib, the fourth Muslim Khalifa was also, supposedly, killed in the name
of God.
All these killings were committed, supposedly, in the name of God when it
has nothing to do with God, and it was in reality in the name of Satan. All
these killings could have been stopped by God, if killing of righteous people
is not supposed to happen. But these people have their life coming to an
end according to God's plan. No one could have ended their life ahead of
time or surprised God and took their life away. They were not killed because
they were bad people but because they were good ones.
So, for the naive person who thought the death of a person by killing is
only for the bad people, a sincere look at the Quran will clarify that.
Our generation was lucky enough to witness the same phenomenon and be blessed
by sending the messenger of the covenant, as promised in 3:81. The killing
of the late Dr. R. Khalifa, who proclaimed and proved to be the messenger
of the covenant prophesied in 3 :81, in 1990, was not because the enemies
of God were smarter than God or did their Job faster than God .but because
his life was over . It was not because he asked the people to worship him
or follow him but because he told the people to uphold the true Islam
(Submission), discard the false Islam built on tradition and go back to worship
God Alone and follow Quran Alone. His message was completely delivered as
far as God is concerned. The message was loud, clear, strong and unambiguous,
follow Quran ALONE and worship God ALONE. His life was then over, like many
of the other prophets and messengers who were killed, according to God ,
not according to the followers of Satan. Surely, we can now see a new generation
of Muslims (Submitters) who insist on cleaning, purifying and clarifying
the universal message of Islam (Submission) to the whole world. Islam
(Submission) is born again, cleaner, clearer, stronger, and
compassionate towards all human beings. God promised and his promise
is clearly happening. He put His promise in the Sura called Muhammed and
in the Verse number 38. ( that they may take heed !!)
"...If you turn away, He will substitute other people
in your place, and they will not be LIKE
YOU." 47:38
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