rightfully worthy of worship (May He be Glorified and Exalted). Therefore, every grace that comes to a person at the hand of a young, old, slave or free person, is from Allah's Blessings (Glorified and Exalted be He), for He is the One Who provides it and makes it possible to you. He is the One Who creates the person who brings it to you and promotes him to bring it and gives him the power, the heart, and the mind and makes that person resolve to bring it to you.
Every blessing is from Allah (Exalted be He) regardless of the means by which it comes to man. Indeed, Allah (may He be Exalte) is the One who is rightfully worthy of worship. He is the Creator of humankind, the One Who blesses them with bounties and the One Who judges between them in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. He is the One Who is described with the Attributes of Perfection and is far above the attributes of imperfection. He is One in His Lordship, One in His Divinity, and One in His Names and Attributes (May He be Glorified and Exalted). Allah (May He be Praised) entails all aspects of Tawhid. He, Alone, Who creates His servants, prepares their life for them, provides them with sustenance and arranges their affairs while no one shares this with Him (May He be Praised and Exalted).
Allâh is the Creator of all things, and He is the Wakîl (Trustee, Disposer of affairs, Guardian) over all things.
Verily, Allâh is the AllProvider, Owner of Power, the Most Strong.
Surely, your Lord is Allâh Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and then rose over (Istawâ ) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty), disposing the affair of all things. No intercessor (can plead with Him) except after His Leave. That is Allâh, your Lord; so worship Him (Alone). Then, will you not remember? To Him is the return of all of you
Allah Alone is worthy of worship, owing to His perfect blessing and benevolence. He disposes of the affairs of all creatures and guides them. He Alone is the Creator, the AllProvider, and the Perfect in Self, Attributes, and Names. Thus, He deserves worship and submission of all His servants. `Ibadah (worship) means submission and humility. Religion is called `Ibadah, because the person who adopts a religion offers the rites of that religion with submission and humility before the one whom he worships. So, Islam was called `Ibadah.
In the etomology of `Ibadah, the Arabs said "tareeq mu`abbad" means a paved way frequently treaded by people so that it became marked. In describing a camel, the Arabs said "ba'eer (camel) mu`abbad", i.e. a mount that has been frequently used in travel.
So it becomes known and marked for this task. `Abd, i.e. a slave, refers to the one who submits to Allah (May He be Exalted) and avoids Allah's Prohibitions. Indeed, the more a slave knows about Allah (Exalted be He) and has perfect faith in Him, the more he offers acts of worship perfectly. On this basis, Allah's messengers were the most perfect slaves of Allah (Exalted be He) and they worshiped Him the best due to their knowledge and glorification of Him more than anyone else. May Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon them!
Therefore, the best characteristic by which Allah (Exalted be He) described His Messenger, Muhammad (peace be upon him) was being a Allah's slave.
Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allâh) [above all that (evil) they associate with Him] Who took His slave (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﻢ) for a journey
All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has sent down to His slave (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) the Book (the Qur'ân)
And when the slave of Allâh (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) stood up invoking Him (his Lord Allâh) in prayer
To be a slave of Allah is a great and honorable rank. Allah (may He be Praised) endowed His messengers with an extra honor, which is the Message that was revealed to them. Therefore, they acquired two kinds of honor; the prophetic message and being Allah's Special Slaves. Indeed, Allah's messengers (peace be upon them) are the most perfect persons in terms of worship and piety followed by the 'sincere servants' (Siddiqun) who were the foremost to believe in Allah (Exalted be He) and His messengers, adhered to His commandments and became the best people after the prophets, like Abu Bakr AlSiddiq (may Allah be pleased with him). Abu Bakr Al Siddiq was the most sincere and perfect person after the Prophet (peace be upon him), because of his honor, piety, precedence in good deeds and observance of the teachings of Islam as well as the fact that he was the companion of Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) in the cave who helped the Prophet (peace be upon him) as much as he could. May Allah be pleased with him!
To summarize, the ranks of slaves and prophets are the noblest. If the honor of prophethood came to end then there remained the rank of Siddiqiyah, i.e. being a Siddiq (sincere servant to Allah) by sincerely worshiping Allah (Exalted be He). Allah's messengers (peace be upon them) were the most perfect persons with regard to faith, righteousness, piety and guidance owing to their perfect knowledge, worship, and submission to Allah (May He be Glorified and Exalted). They are followed by the sincere servants (Siddiqun), the martyrs, and then those who are righteous.
And whoso obey Allâh and the Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ), then they will be in the company of those on whom Allâh has bestowed His Grace, of the Prophets, the Siddiqûn (those followers of the Prophets who were first and foremost to believe in them, like Abu Bakr AsSiddîq (ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻨﻪ), the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions are!
It is prerequisite to believe in the prophets in order to have pure faith in the Oneness of Allah (Exalted be He). That is why the prophets called people to believe in Allah (Exalted be He) at first and then to believe in them as Allah's messengers. Thus, there are two points required: (i) to believe in the Oneness of Allah and to be sincere in worshiping Him; and (ii) to believe in Allah's messengers (peace be upon them). Therefore, whoever believes in the Oneness of Allah but denies the messengers is a disbeliever and whoever believes the messengers but does not believe in the Oneness of Allah is also a disbeliever.
Differences may occur in the Shari`ahs (revealed teachings and laws) whereas there have never been any discrepancy between the messengers with regard to the Oneness of Allah, being sincerely devoted to Him and ascribing no partners to Him. The messengers knew no difference in all the revealed religions. Indeed, there is no Islam, religion, guidance, or salvation except by having firm belief in the Oneness of Allah, ascribing no partners with Him in worship and believing in all that was conveyed by the messengers of Allah (peace and blessings be upon them).
Moreover, whoever believes in the Oneness of Allah but does not have belief in Nuh (Noah) at his time, Ibrahim (Abraham) at his time, or other prophets such as Hud (the prophet Hud), Salih (the Prophet Salih), Isma`il (Ishmael), Ishaq (Isaac), Ya`qub (Jacob), or who followed them until our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them) at their times, becomes a disbeliever unless he believes in the