Lesson video

Hi, my name is Miss Speakman.

We are lesson seven of 14 on the Islamic Beliefs and Teachings unit.

And we're going to be focusing on prophethood today.

So the belief in Islam on prophets, who they were, what their roles are, and specifically looking the importance of the Prophet Muhammad as the final prophet.

So just to go over really quickly what was going on the agenda for today.

So learning about the roles of prophets, such as leaders of the community, receiving revelation, perfect examples for others.

Looking at the roles of particular prophets.

The Arabic names Adam, Ibrahim, Musa, Dawud, Isa.

And learning about importance of Muhammad as the final prophet and significance that has on Islam.

Let's make sure that we are ready for our lesson.

So we've got a pen or a pencil, paper or an exercise book, a different coloured pen for corrections.

But that we've also cleared our desk space.

So we've got a clear, clear work a clear nice space for working on that we've also put distractions too on side.

So TV, music off.

Phone to one side, if you're not using it for lesson.

That just allows us to really focus on what we're learning today.

If you need to get any of those things sorted, can you please pause the video now, then unpause when you are ready to learn about prophets.

Okay, so hopefully you should be ready.

Now prophethood is so important as it is in both the six articles of faith for Sunni and also in the five roots for Shia Muslims. So the idea of prophethood is one of the key beliefs for both Sunni and Shia.

Now, first of all, I'm going to give you a definition of an Arabic term.

So Risalah, which means prophethood.

So an Arabic term directly translates to mean prophethood, which is the idea that a prophet is someone who has received a revelation from God.

So we have ideas of prophets within all sorts of religious traditions; Christianity, Judaism, Islam, even more.

And in all of those religions, it's the idea that a prophet is someone who has received a revelation from God; a message.

And an idea or revelation is something that they didn't know before.

When you reveal something to someone.

So when we talk about prophethood and we talk about it within Islam, we're talking about those people who've received those revelations from God, those messages.

What I'd like you to do is to please pause the video now and to write down this definition because it's really, really key for us.

Okay, have you written the definition down? Well done, if you have.

Thank you very much for doing that.

We're now going to move on.

What I'd like you to do is to pause the video just to consider something that links some of the lessons that we've done so far together.

If you haven't looked at some of my previous lessons it's absolutely fine.

I want you to sort of think about how these two things are linked anyway.

So we'll spend about three minutes on this question.

And my question is, what have angels got to do with prophets? How are those two ideas linked? So even, perhaps if you've not tuned in some of our other lessons you might know about a particular angel in Islam and what that angel did in reference to prophets.

If not have a thing, even if you're not quite sure, I'd like to write something down please.

Always better to write something rather than nothing.

I'm going to pause the video.

Please spend about three minutes on this.

What have angels got to do with prophets? And how are they linked? Okay, have you written something down? Well done for having a go.

It's really important to get started getting thinking about linking things together.

Because it's not just that Muslims believe prophets, angels, books, et cetera.

All these things are really closely connected.

And you could even argue that you could not have one without the other.

So angels and prophets, how they linked? Well we know from previous lessons from and from previous understanding that angels are the intermediaries, they are in the middle.

They pass on the messages from Allah to the prophets.

Muslims believes that humans cannot directly speak to Allah and cannot be in his presence as they are unworthy, as they're sinful.

And so many Muslims would say you would need angels in the middle to essentially pass on that message.

You may remember the story of Muhammad it is Angel Jibril, who passes on that message, passed on that revelation.

So many Muslims believe that angels are therefore those messengers of God that pass on those messages from Allah to humans.

Well done if you put that or put something along those lines.

It's really, really good knowledge.

Really good to link these things together.

So they can make everything else make a bit more sense.

So if you're saying, "Oh, yeah, so angels do this that has got to do with prophets, yet that's got to do with holy books, et cetera." Really good to link.

So what we're going to do now is just I'm going to get started on some little quickfire questions.

If you've watched any of my videos before, then you'll know exactly what I mean by this.

But I'll explain anyway, just to make sure we're super clear.

I give you a question.

There are two possible answers.

I ask you after I count down from three to say out loud or to point to your screen, which one is the correct answer.

It's a really good quick way of assessing understanding and making us think, "Okay, do I know that or do I need to go back that at some point?" So when you are ready, we're going to get started with a couple of quickfire questions.

Are you ready? Yes, brilliant.

A first question.

Without angels there could be no prophets, true or false? Three, two, one.

False, because we know of course without angels Allah would have found another way to communicate with human beings.

Who revealed the Quran to Mohammed? Is it Maalik or Jibril? Three, two, one.

Good, it's Jibril.

Just a really good way of just recapping some key key points before we move on.

Let's now move on to thinking about the what who prophets are and the roles of prophets.

Okay, let's now consider what prophets do.

So for example, the main roles that prophets in general have within Islam.

Now, the first thing is that many Muslims believe that they act as intermediaries between Allah and humans by receiving and passing on Allah's message.

So by that we mean that they are in the middle.

So Allah gives them a message through angels and then they pass on that message.

The prophets pass on that message to other humans.

And so therefore they are those who receive revelation.

Secondly, many Muslims believe that they are perfect examples of how this method should be practised to others in the community.

So essentially like a model person.

This is what it looks like to follow Allah.

This is what it means to practise in the way to Allah has asked.

This is what we should be believing.

This is how you submit to Allah.

So they are perfect examples of what submission looks like and what it means to stay on the what they call the straight path of Islam.

So following the teachings of the Quran correctly.

And then thirdly, Muslims believe that they should lead the community so they will also live as Allah wants them to.

So not only themselves personally following the teachings of Allah, but encouraging and showing others.

Leading that community and showing this is how you do it.

Lead by example and also follow my example.

So it's essentially leading the community to encouraging them to submit in the right way.

Now Muslims have different views about whether prophets themselves could sin or not.

So, for example, Sunni Muslims believe that by the power of Allah, prophets cannot sin, that they would not make any mistake when they're transmitting a revelation to humans.

And therefore Sunni Muslims can trust that the message they've received from prophet is without mistake and without error.

Shia Muslims, on the other hand, believe that there is a possibility that prophets could sin, but out of complete and utter obedience they do.

So there is a slight difference there about whether prophets are able to sin or not.

But the main thing is that all Muslims will believe that prophets have a very important role to play as muzzle people for following the Quran and for receiving revelation from God.

So we're going to do now is do a couple more multiple choice questions, quick fire questions.

I hope you're ready for them.

And I hope that you get them all correct, but it's okay if you don't because this is just a way of recapping, okay? Ready.

Muslims believe that prophets do not lead a community< true or false? Three, two, one.

False, Muslims believe that they should lead a community as that's a good way of showing how they should, how they should follow the teachings of the Quran.

Prophets are intermediaries between Allah and humans.

Is it true or is it false? Three, two, one.

True, Muslims believe that prophets are intermediaries between Allah and humans and so pass on messages.

Next question.

Muslims believe prophets sin.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

False, whereas Sunni and Shia Muslims have into slightly different views about prophet sinning Sunni Muslims will believe they cannot sin through the power of Allah and Shia Muslims believe there's a possibility of them sinning, but they don't as part of perfect obedience.

What we're going to move on to now is looking at what Muslims believe about the Prophet Muhammad in particular and the importance he plays it within Islam.

Okay, so this is what we're going to look now, Muhammad and why is he so important as the seal of the prophets.

I've got a quotation there from the Quran, which says he is the Messenger of Allah and the last of the prophets.

So when we talk about Allah being Allah, Muhammad being the seal of the prophets, we mean that Muhammad is the last of the prophets.

Now over time, Muslims believe that different prophets were given different revelations, but over time this was changed by humans or forgotten or some of those messages were lost.

And so Muslims believe that Allah revealed the Quran to Muhammad, which is the direct unchanged Word of God, that it can never be altered and will be true for all people for all time.

Because of this, Muslims believe that Muhammad must be the last of the prophets.

If there's never going to be a new revelation, if the Quran itself is all a Muslim needs for the rest of time, there is no need then for another prophet.

And therefore, Muhammad would be referred to as the seal of the prophets.

Not like an animal seal, but like a seal like to close something.

Essentially he's closing off the lines of prophets.

So for Muslims, Muhammad is the most important as he is the one who receives the direct unchanged Word of God throughout in the Quran and has given that to people.

And that's all that a Muslim will need for the rest of time in order to know exactly how Allah wants them to live.

What we're going to do is I'm going to test you a couple of times now.

Some multiple choice questions, then we're going to have it go doing some longer questions to check our understanding of why Muhammad is so important within Islam.

So first question, Muslims believe there will be another prophet after Muhammad.

Is that true or false? Three, two, one.

Good, that is false.

Muhammad is the seal of the prophets.

He's the last of the prophets.

Muslims believe the Quran is the direct word of Allah.

Is that true or is that false? Three, two, one.

Good, that is true.

They believe it's the direct unchanged word of Allah.

True for all people for all times.

What I'm going to ask you to do now please is to pause the video on the next slide after I've given you some instructions on your next task.

Like I said, this is going to bring together our understanding of Muhammad and why he is so important.

So what I'd like you to do is to finish off these sentences.

I'd like to make sure you've copied out the beginning of these sentences and then try and finish them in your own words please.

Those are Muslims believe that other messages sent by Allah were, what happened to them? Muslims believe Muhammad received the Quran which is? Tell me a bit about the Quran.

Muslims believe another prophet will never be sent because, what's the reason why? And Muhammad is called the seal of the prophets because and you tell me why.

What you're going to do please is to pause the video now, have a go by writing out those questions and finishing off those sentences in your own words.

Thank you.

So pause now.

Okay if you can see the slide them assuming you are ready for corrections.

If you are then please have your different coloured pen out ready for corrections.

If you're not then rewind the video, pause back on the questions.

Keep going with them then come back when you're ready.

So for the first four questions.

Muslims believe that, oh, there are only four questions.

Silly me, don't worry.

For the four questions, Muslims believe that other messages sent by Allah were changed, lost or forgotten.

They're no longer the original message.

Muslims believe Muhammad received the Quran which is the direct word of Allah and can never be changed.

Muslims believe another prophet will never be sent because if the Quran can never be changed or lost no other prophet or revelation is needed.

And Muhammad is called the seal of the Prophet because he's the last prophet and another will not be sent.

If you need to make any corrections, can you please make sure you pause the video and done that.

It's okay if it's not word for word like mine, but as long as you've got those key points in there.

So pause the video now, make corrections if you need to.

And then we'll be ready to move on.

Okay, so now moving on to these other important prophets within Islam.

Looking at Adam, Ibrahim, Musa, Dawud, Isa.

Those are the Arabic names.

You might know them as Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus.

So start off with Adam, Muslims believe he was the first human and the first Prophet, who, according to in a Sunni Muslim view, momentarily forgot the teachings of Allah and disobeyed him by eating the fruit, which led to him and Eve being banished from the Garden of Eden.

Muslims believe that he also built one of the first Kaabas, the first house of worship, from worship for God.

Muslims believe that he was tempted to eat the fruit by Iblis or Shaytan, which is the devil within Islam.

Ibraham is Abraham.

Muslims believe that he rejected the polytheism of his family, believed in only one God.

They believe that he was the first to fully submit to God and that he was willing to sacrifice his son on command of Allah.

Also the belief is that Ibraham and his son Ishmael built another Kaaba after Adams' one was destroyed in the flood, Noah's Ark.

Then we have Musa, who was Moses.

Muslims believe he received a really important revelation and he was a very good leader and was also given the task of being able to perform miracles and rescuing the Israelites from slavery within Egypt.

Dawud or David is King David.

And Muslims believe he was a great king and a great military leader who was given the Psalms or the Zabur, which were important poems and songs about praise of Allah.

And then lastly, we have Isa.

Muslims believe that Isa is the second most important prophet or the most important prophet before Muhammad himself.

Muslims believe that Isa, Jesus, was not the Son of God, because if God had a son that would go against the idea of Tawhid, the idea of complete oneness.

And so they believe that Jesus was a very important prophet who was given the role of performing miracles, but was not the Son of God.

Muslims also believed that Isa was not crucified.

So they do not agree with the Christian account that Jesus died on the cross.

Okay, so what we're going to do is do a couple of multiple choice questions again, just to see how much we can remember of what we've done so far.

So I'm going to hide my my camera, then you can have a go at some multiple choice questions, quick fire questions, to test what we have learned from this bit of our lesson.

Muslims believe Adam was the first prophet.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

Good, yes, they do believe Adam was the first prophet.

Muslims believe Adam built the first Kaaba.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

Yes, that is true.

They do believe this.

Adam's Kaaba still exists today.

True or false? Three, two, one.

That's false.

Muslims believe that it was destroyed in the flood.

Ibraham was a polytheist.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

False, Muslims believe that he was the first to fully submit, he rejected the polytheism and he was a monotheist.

Musa spread the word of Allah to lots of people.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

Good, that is true.

So Musa received a revelation and spread this far and wide to lots of different people.

Musa rescued the slaves from Egypt.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

Good, true.

Muslims do believe that Musa rescued the slaves from Egypt.

Muslims believed Dawud was a king.

True or false? Three, two, one.

Good, yes, it's true.

They believe that King David, Dawud, was king.

Dawud received the Quran.

Is it true or false? Three, two, one.

False, it's Muhammad who receives the Quran.

Muslims believe Isa was crucified.

True or false? Three, two, one.

Good, it's false.

Muslims do not believe that Isa, Jesus, was crucified on the cross.

Well done if you got all of those correct.

It's a really good way of us recapping what we've learned so far about those particular prophets.

What we're now going to do is move on to having a look at some questions to bring all of that together.

What I'm going to ask you to do is to pause the video on the next slide to complete your task.

I'm going to ask you some questions.

We're going to go through corrections, make sure that they're all really good.

So what you're going to need to do is summarise what the prophets did.

I've given you five sentences.

One for each prophet, which you are going to complete.

Where there is a pink section that's where you need to answer by answering that question to fill in that blank.

What like to do is to copy out all of the sentences and make sure that you have added in your answer.

What like to do is to think really hard about it.

If you need to go back in the video and check something then feel free to do that and return to this to do your task.

So I want you to pause the video now please and have a go answering those five questions.

Good, if you can see the slide I'm assuming that you are ready for corrections.

It's okay, if you're not quite ready.

If you're not, then you go back and carry on with the questions.

But if you are ready, then I'd like you to have your different coloured pen out ready for corrections so that we can then go through it and make sure we are correct.

Adam is important as he's the first Prophet.

He built the first Kaaba.

Adam was tempted by Iblis, Shaytan, but asked for forgiveness.

Ibraham was the first to fully submit to one God.

He was willing to sacrifice his son on command of Allah.

He rejected his family's belief in polytheism.

Musa is the Arabic name for Moses.

He rescued the slaves, the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

Dawud is the Arabic name for David.

He was a king who received a revelation called the Zabur or the Psalms. Isa is the Arabic name for Jesus.

Muslims believed he performed miracles, but he's not the Son of God.

They do not believe he was crucified.

If you need to make any corrections, please make sure that you do so now by pausing the video and adding those things in.

Well done if you got all of those things correct.

So I want to say a huge thank you for working so hard on our lesson today.

Because we've covered quite a lot, haven't we? We've looked at the roles of prophets.

Muhammad, in particular, as the seal of the prophets.

We've also considered the roles of other prophets within Islam too.

I really hope you found it useful and that you've learned lots today.

And so I thank you again for working so hard.

I hope to see you again for another lesson soon.

So see you later.