Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him: A Summarized Story of God’s Last & Final Prophet from Birth to Death

Summary

How would one know their role and life purpose unless one receives clear and practical instructions of what God wants and expects of him or her? Here comes the need for prophethood. Thus, God has sent thousands of messengers and prophets to mankind to convey his message and communicate to us. Every nation on Earth received a prophet. They all preached the same general message that there is only one deity worthy of worship. He is the one and only God, without a partner, son, daughter, or equal. 

God sent messengers and prophets to guide humanity from worshipping created beings and to worship their Creator, the Creator of all things. The prophets came to teach their people about who their Creator is, how to build a relationship with him, and how to love him. The prophets taught their people that life is only a test, where the successful will enter Paradise eternally and the unsuccessful will enter the ultimate punishment in the afterlife.

Out of the infinite mercy and love of God, God continued to send messengers with books from God to guide humanity - starting with Prophet Adam, including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Jacob, Moses, Prophet Jesus, and Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon them all. Many of the prophets are found in Jewish and Christian traditions. 

All the previous messengers and books other than the Holy Quran and Prophet Muhammad were sent down only to a specific group of people and were only meant to be followed for a particular period. For example, Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, was one of God's mightiest messengers, who was sent down with the same general message of all the previous prophets but was only sent to the children of Israel - the nation that lived before us, as their final prophet because they were disobeying the commandments of God and veering away from the laws sent down by the previous messenger Moses, PBHM.