The Real Winners | Importance of Prophet Stories
Channel: Rezwan Mahbub
Date: 16/08/2018

Characteristics of the Prophets and Messenger of God
Why Philosophers are Atheist?
A Glimpse of the Real Winners
Whom do you actually think, are the Real Winners?
What are the most common characteristics of these Winners?
Is it necessary for us to know about these Winners?
If yes, why is it necessary?
Whom do you think is Successful in life - A Rick Guy or a Poor Guy?
Now, consider the rich guy as Firawn and the poor guy as Musa(A.S)-when he left the kingdom. You may also consider him as Ayub(A.S)-when Allah(swt) took away all his wealth, as a test for him. Even Ibrahim(A.S) was left in desert with his mother and was homeless for a certain period of time. As Muslims, we know that the super rich Firawn was the worst loser on earth, whereas these Prophets were the real heros of humanity.
The real fact is:
The more Pious a person is the more successful he is.
(Surah Al Mu’minum Verse 1)

Ultimate Winners Revealed
The first in class of all them are the Prophets. Prophets (Nabi) are the messenger of God who delivered new scriptures or revelations that came to them straight from Allah.
Surah An Nisa, verse 69 revealed the real winners of world as the Prophets, the Siddiqin, the martyrs, righteous and their companions. 
The Common Characteristics of Prophets were:
They were Chosen by God
They were Best person of all - in their Nations, no nations were there without a warner (prophet)
They were Truthful even prior to their Prophethood
They were Trustworthy and Honest
Intelligent
The used to be Philosophers - They used to think not just follow their Nations blondly
They were Trained in some special ways:
For Example The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, "Allah did not send any prophet but who shepherded sheep." {Sahih al-Bukhari 2262: Book 37, Hadith 3)
They didn't have any repulsive appearance and all were handsome - the most handsome among them was Yusuf A.S.
They were Protected by Allah from committing Sin
None of them sought a reward/payment/power against their serving of deen
They were Great preachers with direct messages straight to the point -- (e.g. do it / don’t do this)
All had their Miracles, the final miracle among them is the Quran).
All were tortured and accused to be telling lie and being magician.
An amazing statistical analysis over the Philosophers of the world showed that about 72.8% 
Read and Try to Understand these stories. Then Authenticate them from the Quran and Hadis, after valid verification spread the true stories of these winners as much as you can. We, being Muslims, have an obligation to follow the Deen/religion collectively (not individually). Please don’t be afraid to study about Islam, with the fear that you might get misguided. Instead ask Allah(swt) to guide you and Insha-Allah you will not be misguided in any way. Remember, you may only be easily mislead if you don’t have proper knowledge, and if you don't have the proper knowledge it opens up all the risky doors of misguidance and misconceptions.
May Allah bless us all Ameen