If we look into the past, we will see that God has sent a number of messengers on earth to guide mankind towards His Unity and Oneness. The revelation process started with Prophet Adam, who was the first man on earth. Soon after the death of Adam, his message was forgotten, and Satan guided people towards the wrong path. The time came for Prophets to be sent to humanity to guide them towards the right path. This way a number of Prophets came with the same message. Some Prophets were preceded by others, while there were also times when two or three prophets were present in the world at the same time, sent to different people. A clear example of this is Prophet Musa and Prophet Shuaib, as well as Prophet Ibrahim and prophet Lut being present in the world at the same time. However, anything that starts is definitely going to have an end. The line of prophets also ended when God sent Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him).
Now the question that comes in mind is; what was the need to send so many messengers on earth? Well, the main reasons for this are known to God as He is All Wise, and there is wisdom in everything He does. However, if we consider it, we can see that God sent His Messengers on Earth at different time beings, after intervals to remind people of the true message. With time, people used to forget the messages of God, passed on to them by the messengers and started following the path shown to them by Satan. That brought the need to send another messenger.
We can see that the first prophet was Adam, and his followers were believers. They submitted themselves to the worship of God. However, after his death as time passed, people started worshipping idols. God then sent Prophet Nuh for the guidance of mankind. However, he was continually scoffed and abused by his people. There were only a very few people who were believers. Then; the next major prophet who came was Prophet Ibrahim. Then came a line of prophets of his descendants. The second last prophet was Prophet Isa and years after his death, came the last Messenger, Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him). So, the message of God was being forgotten by people, which brought the need of different messengers. Moreover, different messengers were sent to their own communities so that they could communicate with the people in thee own languages according to their own nature.
Sometimes, when one Messenger was sent to one area, another Messenger was sent to another area so that the light of guidance and the darkness of ignorance could be lifted up from the world. All these prophets and messengers passed on the actual message and were completely truthful. They never concealed or omitted anything and were the best of humanity, chosen by God over all other creation for this special purpose.
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