The Islamic claim to supersede Judaism and Christianity is embodied in the theological assertion that the office of prophecy is hereditary but that the line of descent ends with Muhammad, who is the seal, or last, of the prophets. While Muhammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, he is said to have adopted a man named Zayd, and mutual rights of inheritance were created between the two. Zayd b. Muhammad, also known as the Beloved of the Messenger of God, was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muhammad to be named in the Qur'an. But if prophecy is hereditary and Muhammad has a son, David Powers argues, then he might not be the Last Prophet. Conversely, if he is the Last Prophet, he cannot have a son. In Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men, Powers contends that a series of radical moves were made in the first two centuries of Islamic history to ensure Muhammad's position as the Last Prophet. He focuses on narrative accounts of Muhammad's repudiation of Zayd, of his marriage to Zayd's former wife, and of Zayd's martyrdom in battle against the Byzantines. Powers argues that theological imperatives drove changes in the historical record and led to the abolition or reform of key legal institutions. In what is likely to be the most controversial aspect of his book, he offers compelling physical evidence that the text of the Qur'an itself was altered.

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From Dave Eggers, bestselling author of The Circle, a tightly-controlled, emotionally searching novel. Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? is the formally daring, brilliantly executed story of one man, struggling to make sense of his country, seeking answers the only way he knows how. In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at his chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn't want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn't answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions.

What it means to be a man or a woman is questioned today like never before. While traditional gender roles have been eroding for decades, now the very categories of male and female are being discarded with reckless abandon. How does one act like a gentleman in such confusing times? The Catholic Gentleman is a solid and practical guide to virtuous manhood. It turns to the timeless wisdom of the Catholic Church to answer the important questions men are currently asking. In short, easy- to-read chapters, the author offers pithy insights on a variety of topics, including • How to know you are an authentic man • Why our bodies matter • The value of tradition • The purpose of courtesy • What real holiness is and how to achieve it • How to deal with failure in the spiritual life

Although Muḥammad had no natural sons who reached the age of maturity, Islamic sources report that he adopted a man named Zayd shortly before receiving his first revelation. This "son of Muḥammad" was the Prophet's heir for the next fifteen or twenty years. He was the first adult male to become a Muslim and the only Muslim apart from Muḥammad whose name is mentioned in the Qur'an. Eventually, Muḥammad would repudiate Zayd as his son, abolish the institution of adoption, and send Zayd to certain death on a battlefield in southern Jordan. Curiously, Zayd has remained a marginal figure in both Islamic and Western scholarship. David S. Powers now attempts to restore Zayd to his rightful position at the center of the narrative of the Prophet Muḥammad and the beginnings of Islam. To do so, he mines traces left behind in commentaries on the Qur'an, in biographical dictionaries, and in historical chronicles, reading these sources against analogues in the Hebrew Bible. Powers demonstrates that in the accounts preserved in these sources, Zayd's character is modeled on those of biblical figures such as Isaac, Ishmael, Joseph, and Uriah the Hittite. This modeling process was deployed by early Muslim storytellers to address two key issues, Powers contends: the bitter conflict over succession to Muḥammad and the key theological doctrine of the finality of prophecy. Both Zayd's death on a battlefield and Muḥammad's repudiation of his adopted son and heir were after-the-fact constructions driven by political and theological imperatives.

The present volume contains essays dealing with the Second Temple Jewish traditions and documents preserved solely in their Slavonic translations. It examines these Slavonic pseudepigraphical materials in the context of their mediating role in the development of early Jewish mystical traditions from Second Temple apocalypticism to Merkabah mysticism attested in rabbinic and Hekhalot materials. The book represents the first attempt to study Slavonic pseudepigrapha collectively as a unique group of texts that share common theophanic and mediatorial imagery crucial for the development of early Jewish mysticism. The study demonstrates that mediatorial traditions of the exalted patriarchs and prophets played an important role in facilitating the transition from apocalypticism to early Jewish mysticism.

Allah bestowed upon Abraham prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Ishmael prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Isaac prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Jacob prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Joseph prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Job prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Moses prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Aaron prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon David prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Solomon prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Elias prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Elisha prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Jonah prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Zachariah prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon John prophet-hood and surrender to Him Allah bestowed upon Jesus prophet-hood and surrender to Him The message of Abraham was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Ishmael was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Isaac was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Jacob was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Joseph was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Job was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Moses was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Aaron was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of David was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Solomon was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Elias was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Elisha was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Jonah was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Zachariah was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of John was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Jesus was there was no god save Allah, so, submit to Him The message of Muhammad is there is no god save Allah, so, submit to Him Abraham's Descendants - A Abraham was the seed of Noah Allah bestowed upon Abraham; Isaac and Jacob Allah guided Isaac and Jacob, to the straight path; He honored them by bestowing upon them prophet-hood and surrender to Allah Among Abraham's Descendants were David, Solomon, Job, Joseph, Moses and Aaron; Allah guided all of them by bestowing upon them prophet-hood and surrender to Allah. All of them confess Allah's divine Oneness Abraham's Descendants - B Abraham's Descendants are Ishmael, the firstborn son of Abraham, Elisha, Elias, Jonah, and Zachariah (and his son John) and Jesus. Allah preferred all of them above the people of their own time through prophet-hood Abraham's Descendants - C Allah chose this great prophet-hood chain of Abraham's Descendants and guided them unto the straight path and made them firm on His path Allah sent a messenger to every nation on the earth so that humankind might have no argument on the Day of Judgement to make against Allah Allah sent a messenger to every nation on the earth Who was the messenger Allah sent to North America? Who was the messenger Allah sent to South America? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Canada? Who was the messenger Allah sent to China? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Japan? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Europe? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Asia? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Africa? Who was the messenger Allah sent to Australia? Abraham was a nation, a leader, an Imam and a good example for humankind Allah gave Abraham in this world a righteous progeny and good mention Allah commanded the Prophet Muhammad to follow Abraham's religion