the message they brought with them, honouring them and having great respect for them. "Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say,) 'We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers.'" (Qur'an 2:136) The above verse refers to the fact that in terms of the Messengers all speaking the truth and that they were indeed sent by Allah, there is no distinction between them, because they all exhibited these qualities. However, whilst the prophets and messengers have a higher status that the rest of mankind because of the noble task they were given, some of the prophets were preferred over prophets too. "And indeed, We have preferred some of the Prophets above others" (Qur'an 17:55) The five who are the most revered and superior to all others are Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all).  Of these, Muhammad is the greatest of all of them. Prophets could never be guilty of the major sins, nor could they lie about the message they were sent with.  Allah says in the Qur'an: "And if he [Muhammad (PBUH)] had forged a false saying concerning Us [Allah], We surely would have seized him by his right hand (or with power and might), and then certainly should have cut off his life artery (aorta)." (Qur'an 69:44-46) Allah only sent His message with the most trustworthy people and Allah does not make mistakes.  Prophets are however, human and they are not perfect - only Allah