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===Prophets with a Divine Book=== | ===Prophets with a Divine Book=== | ||
Some prophets had a divine book. Divine messages they received were collected in a sacred or a divine book and served as the main source for their followers to act upon. Some prophets who had a divine book include: Noah (a), Ibrahim (a) ([[Suhuf of Ibraham (a)|Suhuf]] or Scrolls of Abraham), [[David (a)]] ([[Zabur]]), [[Moses (a)]] ([[Torah]]), Jesus (a) ([[Gospel]]), and Muhammad (s) (the Qur'an).<ref>See: Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 240.</ref> | Some prophets had a divine book. Divine messages they received were collected in a sacred or a divine book and served as the main source for their followers to act upon. Some prophets who had a divine book include: Noah (a), Ibrahim (a) ([[Suhuf of Ibraham (a)|Suhuf]] or Scrolls of Abraham), [[David (a)]] ([[Zabur]]), [[Moses (a)]] ([[Torah]]), Jesus (a) ([[Gospel]]), and Muhammad (s) (the Qur'an).<ref>See: Kulaynī, ''al-Kāfī'', vol. 1, p. 240.</ref> | ||
==Women’s Prophethood== | |||
No women in the Quran is called a "prophet" or "apostle" and thus the commentators have disagreed as to whether there were any female prophets. | |||
===Opponents=== | |||
[[Al-Baydawi]], the [[Sunni]] commentator of the 8th/14th century states that it is the consensus of Muslims that women did not reach the position of prophethood. According to some other commentators, almost all Muslim scholars agree that there were no female prophets. | |||
[[Allama Tabatabai]] believes that women were not prophets, but there is another kind of [[revelation]] that is not exclusive to prophets such as the revelation to the [[mother of Moses]]. | |||
[[Ayatollah Javadi Amoli]] maintains that there are two types of prophethood: informed (''inba'i'') prophethood and legislative (''tashri'i'') prophethood. Since the latter involves administrative tasks, it was not given to women, but the former, which is about knowing the truths of the world, is not exclusive to men. | |||
Among the reasons used by the opponents of the prophethood of women is the verse "We did not send [any apostles] before you except as ''men'' to whom We revealed" <ref>Quran 12:109</ref>, which indicates that only men reached this position. | |||
===Proponents=== | |||
Al-Qurtubi, the 7th/13th century commentator, believes that Mary reached the position of prophethood, because, like other prophets, [[God]] spoke to her through angels. | |||
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani reports that [[Abu l-Hasan al-Ash'ari]] and Ibn Hazm believed in the prophethood of women. The latter counted [[Eve]], [[Sarah]], [[Hagar]], Moses’ mother, [[Asiya (a)]], and [[Mary (a)]] among prophets. | |||
==The Finality of Prophethood== | ==The Finality of Prophethood== | ||
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