How Does Allah Decide Who Will Be His Messenger ?
A related question is : If some man or woman claims to be a Prophet of God, and he/she is a false Prophet, how does Allah treat/punish him/her ?
I use him/her interchangeably, since God has no specific gender. You are free to use He/Him if you prefer.
Common practice can’t be used to justify prohibition of a usage when Allah also refers as “I / We/ He” .. we can’t prohibit something unless it is specifically mentioned that masculine gender is the only valid address for Allah. I don’t think what you did was fair, and your allegation on me is doubly unfair. Anyway, this was not the main topic of the thread, so I am not pushing this gender point further.. concentrate on the main question. Just for your reference, “She” is a common usage in many modern literature/articles to refer to people/employees when the gender is not assumed.
People who are the most sound morally. Who have the best of character and calibre. Who would do their job with utmost honesty and humility. He knows how each soul would do in this world so He picks the Best of the Best.
As I said, no one knows the true character of the Prophet .. at best we can make the collective picture from his actions and sayings observed and narrated by various people. We can always accept good comments about him and ignore bad comments as fabricated, but that will be dishonest. We need a solid evidence to reject those hadiths which paint a bad picture of the Prophet. If it is pick and choose, then it is not a good approach. I am basing my opinion on Sahih hadiths in 6 Sunni sources and also from Ibn Ishaq’s biography of the prophet.. now I don’t claim them to be correct.. but these are some of the best available mainstream/widely accepted accounts.. if some other better and widely accepted accounts are available, I will change my opinion.
Clarity of the sun ?? So, where is that clarity now ? If Qur’an is so clear, why the majority of scholars can’t understand it apart from Ghamidi saab ? What proofs did God show for Muhammad?