What authority has Allah given to the Messengers?
The messengers of God are sent to deliver various messages from God, while the messengers who are also prophets are assigned the task of delivering God's Scriptures to mankind. It is important for believers to understand the role of the messengers and also the authority that God gives them. It is of equal importance to understand what lies outside the authority of the messengers of God. We find that the majority of the cases of idolizing a messenger of God can be traced to the fact that the followers of a messenger ascribe to him greater authority than what God has given him. What a messenger is 1- Deliverer of God's message A messenger of God is entrusted with the task of delivering a message from God to the people. The message entrusted to a messenger can be any one or combination of the following: 1- Delivering a new Book/Scripture to a people. 2- Delivering specific messages to a people. 3- Unveiling information that has been kept hidden inside a Scripture. 4- Confirming an...