Talk:Prophets in Islam

Added the following: While traditionally Muslims always believed the stories of the Qur'an to be history, some liberal movements in Islam argue that they are primarily illustrations of Islamic ethics; as such they may or may not be historically accurate. Modern historians generally take the view that neither the Qur'anic nor Biblical accounts of these stories are historically reliable. --Zeeshanhasan 20:26, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You have this some "liberal movements in Islam" inserted almost everywhere in these articles, regardless of the topic. In most cases it seems this some "liberal movements in Islam" consists only you and your web site. For example, you inserted a belief of some "liberal movements" in Noah article that the Qur'an borrows the flood story from Sumerian mythology. I defy you to find me proof of this claim (other than your own web site). Which "liberal movement in Islam" has said that? Until you do that, I would remove that claim from Noah article. You are inserting you own oneliner beliefs everywhere in all these articles by preceding the beliefs with 'some "liberal movements in Islam,"' it seems. OneGuy 11:56, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I removed:

The most widespread Islamic view is that all these prophets originally preached the same message, most recently exemplified by the revelation of the Qur'an to Muhammad. However, various sects such as the Mu'tazilis and the Ismailis, as well as liberal movements in Islam have speculated that divine revelations such as the Qur'an and Bible are created by God according to the needs of particular times and circumstances. This would allow for a legitimate diversity of revealed truths (accounting for the differences between Biblical and Qur'anic stories of prophets).

The premise is at best too vaguely stated; the Qur'an explicitly notes that some regulations were imposed by God on the prophet's own community but not on other communities (eg the Sabbath and some of the Jewish dietary regulations), and the various revealed books are of course different, although in some sufficiently abstract sense they might be considered the same "message". The Mutazili and Ismaili beliefs described are relevant to Qur'an, but seem to have little connection to here. - Mustafaa 12:16, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Zacharias vs. Zechariah

Correction: Zechariah is an Old Testament prophet. He is not mentioned in the Qur'an. The 'Zakariya' mentioned as a prophet in the Qur'an is in fact the father of John the Baptist. His name is Zacharias. (I don't know how to edit it.)Prater 13:43, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Uzair (Ezra)

Hughes' Dictionary of Islam also lists Uzair (Ezra) and Luqman. Uzair should definitely be added to the list in the article. Prater 14:00, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Different articles?

Why is it that some prophets have their "Islamic view" pages different from the non-Islamic view (e.g. Sulayman) but others (e.g. Ibraim, Yahya) don't? --Abdousi 21:18, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)