Why Believe In A Prophet
Believing in one God explains who created the universe, but it doesn’t explain how humans are supposed to live or be held morally accountable. If God created humans with free will and responsibility, it is logical that He would also communicate guidance. The question then isn’t “why believe a man,” but how God would reasonably guide humanity. God speaking individually to everyone would remove free will, and abstract philosophy alone has never produced moral clarity or unity. The most reasonable method is that God selects certain human beings as messengers—people who live among us, speak our language, understand human struggles and demonstrate the message through their lives. We don’t believe in a prophet because he is a man; we believe because of the evidence attached to his claim—his character, consistency, lack of personal gain, the transformation his message brings, and the preservation and coherence of the revelation he conveys. In Islam, Prophet Muhammad ﷺ never claimed divinity, pointed people only to God, and left behind a message that can still be examined rationally and historically. So belief in a prophet isn’t blind faith in a person—it’s trust in a logical and just method by which God guides humanity.