Was Adam عليه السلام A Prophet?
إِنَّ اللّهَ اصْطَفَى آدَمَ وَنُوحًا وَآلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهَا مِن بَعْضٍ وَاللّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ (33-3:34 [These People of the Book want to argue with you.] No doubt, God whilst giving preference to Adam and Noah, Abraham’s family Imran’s family over all the nations chose them to guide these nations. They are the progeny of one another and [whatever they have been saying and doing, God is aware of it because] God hears all and knows all . ( 3:33-34 ) (Translated from Ghamidi’s al-Bayan by Shehzad Saleem)
I agree that the conversations make it seem like that. But then Musa عليه السلام ‘s mother also had wahi and so did Luqman عليه السلام . If there’s no clear verse saying that he was a prophet (like there are for others), or there’s no clear verse indicating an itmam e hujjat sequence then why do we assume it’s prophethood? Unless the argument that Adam عليه السلام ‘s mentioning in the verse you sent above can only be interpreted as him being a prophet. Why can’t it be interpreted that it is simply being chosen over the rest of the world? So Adam عليه السلام family would be given preference since they were given the nafkh e ruh, Nuh عليه السلام because the world was restarted with him, Ibrahim عليه السلام because the prophethood of Israel was started with him, Imran عليه السلام because his grandson was the end of Israelite prophets. Also- was Imran عليه السلام even a prophet?
He was a Nabi not a Rasul.
“But there seems to be a subtle hint that he was not (which I am more inclined to believe).” Could you please share the resources Umer Bhai? It would be easier for me to weigh both the opinions and then side with one.